It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…
Trained student volunteers from the Campus Conversation Project will facilitate a discussion about status and privilege. This session is for NC State students. No prior preparation is required, but come prepared to respectfully listen and share. We joke about “keeping up with the Joneses,” but there’s real competition in our society for status and the…
The Park Scholarships Class of 2022 will present the William C. Friday Award to Julius Tillery. Tillery was selected by the Class of 2022 based on his outstanding advocacy for North Carolina’s agricultural and environmental sectors. He is the founder of Black Cotton, a business that centers and uplifts the Black community closest to the…
Jason Raitz, a digital technologies development librarian, will create a Twitch chatbot during a live demonstration on the NC State Libraries' Twitch page. The demonstration is part of a libraries' video series on coding demonstrations. Please join us on Twitch for each demonstration. If you have a free Twitch account, you can ask questions and…
Melinda Thielbar, a data scientist at Fidelity Investments, will take you on a whirlwind tour of her varied career and talk about how the skills she built at each step led to the next. From the day a college recruiter told her she was bad at math, to the minute she walked across the stage…
Think for a moment before you create a pie chart, hang signage or post a graphic. Will everyone be able to see the colors that you have used in it? Color vision deficiency, commonly called color blindness, affects 13 million Americans and 350 million people worldwide. Join us during this drop-in event to learn about…
The 2021 Labcorp Leadership in Technology Speakers Series will feature three speakers, including Mona-Lisa Pinkney, senior director of cybersecurity governance, risk, compliance, engagement and geographies in global technology at Nike. Pinkney, a graduate of NC State, will discuss "Thriving as a Woman of Color in Tech: Lessons from the Trenches." She will share her professional…
Using equipment and software available in the NC State University Libraries' VR Studio, staff member Colin Keenan will conduct a live demo. You can watch a livestream of the demo via Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can ask questions and make comments in the live chat. We're happy to answer…
Join us for a conversation with Musical Empowerment at NC State. This student-led group teaches free weekly music lessons to bring mentorship, confidence, creativity and self-discipline to underserved kids in Raleigh. We will talk with some of the teachers that are part of the program and watch clips of student performances. You can watch our…
Understanding collaborative learning is critical in making instructional and technological interventions for effective group work. Collaborative learning is both complex and dynamic and something of a black box to researchers and practitioners. This talk will discuss how to visualize dynamic and complex collaborative learning processes, using the StoryQ project as an exemplar learning context. StoryQ…
Join staff members from the Special Collections Research Center as they unbox some of their favorite materials from the collection. You can watch via a livestream on Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can ask questions and make comments in the live chat. We're happy to answer your questions or refer…
Join staff members from the Special Collections Research Center to unbox some of their favorite materials from the textiles collections. You can watch the livestream via Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can ask questions and make comments in the live chat. We're happy to answer your questions or refer you…