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“Memory Wars,” a six-part podcast series that explores how societies confront their difficult histories and sin, has been selected as the 2024-25 #VCU Common Book. It is the first podcast selected in the decade-plus history of the VCU.
Read more: news.vcu.edu/article/2024/01…
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‘Seek You’ selected as VCU’s 2023 Common Book. The graphic nonfiction text explores the ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness in America and seeks to offer solutions as to how people can connect with those around them.
news.vcu.edu/article/2023/01…
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“Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness,” a graphic nonfiction book by award-winning author @KristenRadtke that documents the “silent epidemic of loneliness” in American society, has been chosen as the 2023 @VCUCommonBook. news.vcu.edu/article/2023/01…
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And a reminder: After you finish your projects and exams and give a deep exhale, muse on your entry for the Jurgen Comics Contest. Deadline is February 9, 2023. All #VCU students are encouraged to enter! go.vcu.edu/JurgenContest
ALT Image of King Jurgen peering over a wall. "Jurgen Comics Contest"
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Sometimes you just need a visual aid. As FI students processed what happened to Bruce Tucker in this year’s @VCUCommonBook Organ Thieves, a timeline of events helped them identity their biggest concerns in the case.
#vcu2026 #vcu #organthieves #focusedinquiry
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Today is the day! Join us for the #WilderSymposium, “Racism, Health, and Accountability,” THIS EVENING from 6-7:30 p.m. at the VCU Singleton Center at 922 Park Ave. (pre-event reception from 5-6). The event is free and open to the public. bit.ly/2022ws. #Above100
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Join us and the @VCUWilderSchool this evening for the #WilderSymposium that will discuss the 2022 @VCUCommonBook, The Organ Thieves!
🚫💰The event is free and open to the public.
📍922 Park Ave.
More info➡️bit.ly/2022ws
#SocialEquityMatters #Above100
ALT Racism, health and accountability. Monday, Sept. 19 6pm singleton center
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Join @VCUHSLibrary tomorrow at 5 p.m. for the screening of Hidden Heart: The Story of the First Human Heart Transplant. Stay for discussion with @VCUHealth’s Dr. Marlon Levy.
Register today: go.vcu.edu/films
@VCUCommonbook #VCU #RVA #MCV #HeartTransplant
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Join us and the @VCUWilderSchool this upcoming Monday for the #WilderSymposium that will discuss the 2022 @VCUCommonBook, The Organ Thieves!
🚫💰The event is free and open to the public.
📍922 Park Ave.
More info➡️bit.lt/2022ws
#SocialEquityMatters #Above100
ALT 2022 Wilder School Symposium. Racism, Health and accountability. Monday, Sept 19 at 6pm. Singleton center
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There is still time to register: Join @VCUHSLibrary on Thurs. Sept 15 @ 5 p.m. for the screening of Hidden Heart. Stay for discussion with @VCUHealth's Dr. Marlon Levy. go.vcu.edu/films
@VCUCommonBook #VCU #RVA #MCV #HeartTransplant
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This Friday!
Join us for To Tell It Like It Is: A Teach-In to hear several speakers from the VCU and Richmond community discuss efforts to disrupt systemic racial and health disparities in Richmond.
ALT To tell it like it is a teach in. Friday September 16. Commons plaza.
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Join us for the Wilder Symposium, “Racism, Health, and Accountability,” on Mon., Sept. 19 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the VCU Singleton Center at 922 Park Ave. (pre-event reception from 5-6). The event is free and open to the public. bit.ly/2022ws. #Above100 #WilderSymposium
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Join @VCUHSLibrary on Thurs, Sept 15 @ 5 p.m. for the screening of Hidden Heart: The Story of the First Human Heart Transplant. Stay for discussion with @VCUHealth's Dr. Marlon Levy.
Register today: go.vcu.edu/films
@VCUCommonBook #VCU #RVA #MCV #HeartTransplant
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If you’re a first-year student, make sure to download your free e-book copy of this year’s @VCUCommonBook!
Download here➡️ bit.ly/3x6DFHp
ALT Download your we’re e book. All first year students receive a free download. Visit commonbook.vcu.edu
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Tomorrow! Join us to learn about the hidden curriculum🔎📚
You’ll leave with a better understanding of how to navigate the hidden curriculum, personalized advice from an upperclassman and resources and tools to ensure your success while @VCU!
ALT Demystifiying the curriculum. Tuesday august 2. 11:45 am-12:30 pm in Harris Hall 5116
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Read how two @VCU_FI faculty started a research group to examine power, community formation, narrative structure and historically-excluded voices.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/3LACbdv
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Today!
Next Monday is the second event in the @VCU_FI Expo Series! Drop by or Zoom in to see some of the great work that students have created!
A Q&A will follow where students will answer questions about their creative processes.
Zoom➡️bit.ly/3wv7Fx3
ALT Multimodal Gallery. Monday, March 28. 3pm-4pm Harris Hall 4169.
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Thank you Carver Weakley for talking with us about this year's common book! @VCUCommonBook @VCU_FI
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Check out this wonderful Q&A with one of our @VCU_FI professors about a truly awesome project!
Meet-a-Ram: Tanya Boucicaut, a @VCU_FI professor and @VCUarts, reached thousands with a viral @TED_ED video lesson on Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God." news.vcu.edu/article/2022/03…
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Next Monday is the second event in the @VCU_FI Expo Series! Drop by or Zoom in to see some of the great work that students have created!
A Q&A will follow where students will answer questions about their creative processes.
Zoom➡️bit.ly/3wv7Fx3
ALT Multimodal Gallery. Monday, March 28. 3pm-4pm Harris Hall 4169.