Lunch & Learn

Supplier Diversity  Do you know how to find SWaM vendors with W&M contracts? Do you know how you can contribute to increasing supplier diversity at W&M? The Procurement Office will help us understand how our contributions matter. Bill Vega and Sherrene Moore will facilitate this workshop.

Register here by August 20th

Making Meaning of Mindfulness  The words mindfulness and mindful have become common expressions used in titles and phrases across all arenas of life, almost to the point of diminishing the quality and benefits of experiencing them. During this Lunch and Learn, participants will delve into how mindfulness can serve as a resiliency tool reinforcing their sense of purpose in an overly scheduled world. Mindful moments are always present; learning to seize them with awareness builds resiliency drop by drop. This workshop will be interactive and instructive with time for experiential practices and questions. Martha Rouleau with the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center will facilitate this workshop. 

Register here by September 3rd

From ‘safe’ to flourishing: LGBTQ+ allyship in action This workshop will explore the fundamentals of creating safe zones for LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff and explore strategies to foster inclusive spaces where LGBTQ+ individuals can truly flourish. Dr. Phil Wagner and Arielle Newby will facilitate this workshop.  

Register here by October 11th 

Out of the Shadows: Stories of African Americans at W&M from Slavery to Post Emancipation  The Lemon Project’s history and memory work involves steady inquiry by researchers within and outside W&M, combing the archives to recover narratives of people the university enslaved and African Americans who continued to steward the institution following Emancipation and into the twentieth century. Dr. Johnson will discuss university memory work in the context of slavery and its legacies as a communal undertaking inclusive of people who identify as descendants of enslaved people in the Historic Triangle and people committed to reparatory history. He will share stories of individuals and families he has found who contributed to building William & Mary.  Dr. Jajuan Johnson will facilitate this workshop. 

Register here by November 8th