Today
Año del Caldo chat
The Leadership and Social Change team will host a chat about students’ stories and experiences of their culture at 6 p.m. via Zoom. RSVP is available through VLink.
Tuesday
People Series: Las Cholitas de Bolivia
Students can learn about indigenous women from Bolivia at 2 p.m. via Zoom. The series, sponsored by the Center for Diversity & Inclusion and DREAM Resource Center, will feature a range of people, cultures, identities and much more. Registration is available through VLink.
Book Club: ‘Awakening’ by Kate Chopin
The Student Union will host a discussion on the book, “The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin,” by Kate Chopin at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom. Participants will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win UTRGV apparel. RSVP is available through VLink. Students can download the book for free at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/160.
Stress management strategies
The Counseling Center will offer students new strategies to help deal with stress from 1 to 2 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, contact the Counseling Center at 665-2574 or email counseling@utrgv.edu.
Wednesday
Suicide prevention
Clover Educational Consulting Group Inc. will conduct “Suicide Prevention for College Students,” a 90-minute training via Zoom to learn how to recognize the warning signs of suicide and what they can do to help. The training will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. RSVP is available at clovered.org, or call (512) 494-4556.
Luncho Libre
Students can join a casual conversation about horror movies, villains and monsters at noon via Zoom. Sponsored by the University Library, participants will look at classic cinema, as well as contemporary movies and films, play games and win prizes. RSVP is available through VLink.
Meditation through midterms
UTRGV International Admissions and Student Services and Quiet Mind Yoga will present a breath workshop and Yoga Nidra guided meditation led by Yoga Alliance Certified instructor Matthew Morales at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Students can tackle the stress of midterms and distance learning with century old techniques to help center their mind and empower their soul. Registration is available through VLink.
Celebration of Afro-Latinx Poetry
Malcolm Friend, author of the poetry collections “Mxd-Kd-Mixtape” and “Our Bruises Kept Singing Purple,” will lead a discussion of poems in the “Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States” at 7 p.m. via the Center for Mexican American Studies Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/utrgvcmas.
Watch Party: ‘Goyo: The Boy General’
The UTRGV Leadership and Mentoring office will host a Netflix Watch Party to celebrate and honor Filipino American History Month. The movie “Goyo: The Boy General” will be shown at 7 p.m. RSVP is available through VLink. The first 30 students to RSVP will receive a movie snack pack.
Thursday
Café y Conversaciones: Higher Ed
The Civic Engagement Alliance will host a conversation for students to engage, learn and listen to different perspectives of the topic of higher education from 3 to 5 p.m. via Zoom. RSVP is available through VLink. The event is part of the university’s observance of Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month.
Friday
‘Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’
The Leadership and Mentoring office will host a Netflix Watch Party movie series in observance of LGBT+ History Month. The movie “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” will be shown at 7 p.m. RSVP is available through VLink.
–Compiled by Brigitte Ortiz
