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THIS WEEK:

Banned Books Initiative – Reception for Educators

K-12 educators and Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff are invited to learn more about our upcoming community-wide initiative and events to support the teaching and reading of banned books.  We hope this space provides an opportunity to network and meet with others who are interested in navigating these challenges to make banned books more accessible to students, teachers and community members.  Attendees will also be entered for the chance to win a banned book!  We hope you will join us, and we look forward to seeing you there! RSVP here. 

Monday, September 19
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Banned Books Initiative – Panel Discussion

Join us for a panel discussion about the reading and teaching banned books. Recent policies and legislation across the US have made the reading and teaching of banned books even more difficult in K-12 classrooms and libraries.  To learn more about the impact of these practices on students and communities, please join us for a panel discussion with:

Emily Pendergrass, Associate Professor of the Practice of Literacy Education 
Matthew Shaw, Assistant Professor of Law & Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Education
Brianna Newhouse, Current VU Student & Future Teacher

We hope you will join us, and we look forward to seeing you there! RSVP here. 

Wednesday, September 21
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Central Library Community Room

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Narrative Circles for Graduate & Professional Students

For Peabody Professional & Graduate Students, the Narrative Circles approach is distinguished by principles and practices of narrative theory intended to create a shared exploration where each individual’s multi-storied self is affirmed. A welcoming and safe space is created for affirmation and connection across lines of difference so that we learn to take a values-based approach to how we exist and interact with each other. The workshops also provide an opportunity for professional development and anyone participating in 3 or more sessions will receive a certificate. Dinner will be provided, so please be sure to RSVP!

Circles will be held: 9/21; 10/5; 10/19; 11/2; 11/16

Wednesday, September 21
7:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Peabody Administration Building, Room 104

Open to all Peabody professional and graduate students

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Peabody Library Open House

Come to the Peabody Library Open House!

See the latest library services and technology for your research and studies! Meet your librarians to help you through your program or faculty research projects. See what digital visualization can do to enhance your data or presentation. Learn about Open Access and Open Educational Resources. See examples of what the Digital Commons can do for you. Discover Special Collections materials available for instruction and research. Visit our computer lab where you can use our statistical, adaptive and multimedia creation software. Browse our Curriculum Library with award-winning kids lit, instructional materials, and manipulatives. Seek out various study spaces for solo and group study.

And we will have SNACKS and study swag!

Wednesday, September 21
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Peabody Library 

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Tiffani Fontno

Peabody Connects

Peabody Connects is a welcoming and reflective space for students to make connections with others and to feel supported on your Peabody journey. If you are looking for community, this is the space for you! Beverages and light snacks provided. Feel free to bring your lunch too!

Every other Thursday starting September 22
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
In-person event. 6 Magnolia 019

Open to all Peabody students

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Higher Education and Latinx Individuals: Journey to (No)Where?

Join PLASA to learn more about the barriers that often prevent Latinx and other marginalized students from attaining a higher education. Gini Pupo-Walker, the State Director of The Education Trust, will join us as the featured speaker. The following topics may be discussed: the school-to-prison pipeline, the percentage of Latinx individuals with a master’s degree, and the retention of Latinx students in higher education. Co-sponsored by Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Thursday, September 22
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117. RSVP Here

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Book Event with Professor Ilana Horn

Join Professor Ilana Horn and co-author Brette Garner (University of Denver) for a discussion of their new book, Teacher Learning of Ambitious and Equitable Mathematics Instruction: A Sociocultural Approach. The two will be joined by Susan Jurow (University of Colorado) and Justin Reich (MIT) for a rich conversation about the authors’ study of experienced teachers’ learning and the implications for sociocultural theory and teacher education.

Thursday, September 22
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 
Sign-up for Zoom link here. (Signups are encouraged by Monday, September 19.)

Open to all Peabody students, faculty and staff

Questions? Ilana Horn

Yoga on the Lawn

Join a beginner flow & stretch sequence led by Maddy Kelly, 2nd-year Community, Development, & Action master’s student. Grab a towel or yoga mat and join us on the Peabody Lawn. Breakfast provided after! RSVP here.

Friday, September 23
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
In-person event. Peabody Lawn in front of Peabody Administration Building.

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

ISSS CPT and OPT Information Session for Peabody International Students

This session is intended for international students who are interested in Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training (OPT), and want to learn about eligibility requirements and the application process. We will also have a Q&A session with Andrea Pietrzyk, assistant director of ISSS. No reservation is needed but please come to the session on time.

Friday, September 23
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117

Open to all Peabody students

UPCOMING:

Alumni PATH Dialogue with Shan Foster and Barbara Bell

Come hear from two amazing Peabody alums: Vanderbilt basketball great, Shan Foster (B.S. ’08), and retired U.S. Navy Captain Barbara Bell (Ed.D. ’18) as they share about their recently published books – What Hurt Didn’t Hinder (Foster) and Flight Lessons: Navigating Through Life’s Turbulence and Learning to Fly High (Bell) – and how their paths to and from Peabody have shaped who they are and who they continue to become. Defined by Purpose, Authenticity, Transformation, and Head/Heart (PATH). come be in dialogue with our distinguished speakers and other students, faculty, and staff. We hope you’ll join us for dinner and dialogue – RSVP here!

Date correction: Tuesday, September 27
7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 
In-person event. Mayborn 117

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Faculty/Staff Circles of Trust

This program, based on The Center for Courage and Renewal’s Circle of Trust approach, provides a foundation for courageous conversations that afford us the opportunity to be more effective and authentic educators, colleagues, and individuals. Spaces are created for reflection, deep listening, and meaningful conversations where you learn to trust your own wisdom and align your inner life with your outer work in the world. Registration required. 

Wednesday, September 28
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 
In-person event. Fireside Reading Room, Peabody Library. 

Open to Peabody faculty and Peabody staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being

LIVE Lunch Series

LIVE is an interdisciplinary center for learning technology that focuses on research and applications to technology in support of consequential learning. We support research and the development of ideas for application of learning technology with corporate and community partners. The LIVE lunch series is a diverse series of presentations, interactions, and discussions each week. Pizza is provided.

September 28: Gautam Biswas (Computer Science). SPICE – Science Projects Integrating Computing and Engineering, an NSF-funded STEM+C Design and Development project that develops NGSS aligned curricular materials integrating computational modeling with science and engineering for students in grades 5 and 6.

Wednesday, September 28
1:00 p.m. 
In-person event. Wyatt 201

Open to Peabody student, faculty, and staff

Questions? Nancy Price

Liberating Structures

Join us on Sept. 28 for a highly interactive, hands-on exploration of strategies that help build more inclusive and engaged teaching and research communities, online and in person.

Liberating Structures, led by Anna Jackson and Fisher Qua, is a methodology grounded in the idea that the strategies commonly used to organize collaborative discussion often end up stifling creativity and a sense of belonging. Liberating structures offer an alternative way to approach and design how people work together. In the session, you’ll learn new ways to encourage students and fellow colleagues to take risks, tolerate ambiguity, and engage others’ perspectives both critically and generously. Come ready to engage, share, and learn new ways to build community in your classes and collaborative discussions!

Wednesday, September 28
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
In-person event. OMC 241

Open to Peabody student, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Fireside Chat and Lunch with Clifton Harrison

Join us for a Fireside Chat with acclaimed Black classical musician, lecturer, and researcher Clifton Harrison. Mr. Harrison specializes in uplifting the lives and musical works of historically underrepresented classical composers, and through his work, discusses both navigating and achieving extraordinary success in white dominated fields/disciplines, and what it means as a Black person to stay connected to one’s roots and heritage in the process. Co-sponsored by the Blair School of Music and the BCC. RSVP Here.

Wednesday, September 28
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 
In-person event. BCC Auditorium

Open to Peabody student, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Peabody Research Spotlight 

The Peabody Research Spotlight (PRS) series is designed to showcase research conducted by Peabody Ph.D. faculty, students, and alumni, and to facilitate and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations.

The session will feature new Peabody College faculty members. Each faculty member will provide a brief overview of their program of research. This session is intended to encourage within and across departmental collaborations, as well as to provide prospective Ph.D. students with an overview of the exciting research conducted at Peabody. Each presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A period.

Presenters:

Jennifer Russell: Leadership Policy and Organization
Jessica Logan: Special Education
Nicole Allen: Human and Organizational Development
Jessika Boles: Psychology and Human Development
Heidi Carlone: Teaching and Learning

Thursday, September 29
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
Virtual event. Registration Required 

Open to all students, faculty and staff

Questions? Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez

CONTINUING:

Meditation Monday

Begin your week with a 20-minute meditation session, a partnership between the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being and the Center for Student Wellbeing. This event is held both in-person and virtually.

Every Monday
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. 
In-person. Center for Student Wellbeing Meditation Room. Virtual. Zoom link here. 

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Center for Student Well-Being

University Counseling Center (UCC) Drop-in Consultation for International and APIDA-identifying Students

UCC Drop-In Consultation provides easy access to informal, confidential, and free consultations with University Counseling Center counselors.

UCC Drop-In Consultation is generally helpful for students who 1) are not sure about counseling and wonder what it’s like to talk with a counselor, 2) may not be interested in ongoing therapy but would like the perspective of a counselor, 3) have a specific problem and would like to talk it through with a counselor, or 4) have a concern about a friend and want some thoughts about what to do.

Students who are experiencing an immediate mental health emergency are encouraged to attend UCC Urgent Care, instead of Drop-In Consultation. For any questions about UCC Drop-In Consultation, please call 615-322-2571.

Every Tuesday
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Peabody Administration Building Heritage Room 218B

UCC Drop-In Consultation hours at Peabody are specifically for APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) students and/or International students who wish to receive brief support around concerns which may be impacted by their identities, in an overtly affirming space.

Drop-in Care with SCC

Student Care Coordination Drop-in meetings are offered so that students can meet quickly with a care coordinator to discuss any immediate needs, including but not limited to:

• Planning for a successful semester
• Identifying and connecting with resources for support on or off-campus
• Discussing academic options, taking a Medical Leave of Absence (MLOA), and/or assistance with communicating with faculty/Dean’s office
• Connecting with the University Counseling Center (UCC) Drop-in care coordination meetings are not therapy or counseling, but we can help you get connected to counseling on or off-campus!

Every Thursday 
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Peabody Administration Building Heritage Room 218B

Open to all Peabody students

Questions? please call SCC at 615-343-WELL or email at studentcare@vanderbilt.edu

Tutor Nashville

The Accelerating Scholars program is recruiting community volunteers to tutor more than 7,000 MNPS students who may need a little extra help and support with personalized and positive learning experiences. Tutors will receive training and support on all tutoring session plans and materials. Virtual and in-person opportunities are available.

Learn more and sign up here.

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

EDI & OSEW Office Hours

Stop by Peabody Administration Building Room 216 to get to know the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being. Virtual or in-person office hours are available by appointment.

Monday – Friday:  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Open to all Peabody students, faculty, and staff

Questions? Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being