Happening Today at VCU: Thursday, April 18
Looking for something to do today at VCU? Check out some of the exciting events happening on and around campus on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
Asian Americans and Model Minority Myths: Racial Wedge Politics
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The session will be facilitated by Christine J. Cynn, Ph.D., assistant professor, VCU’s Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies. The talk will be in Room 215, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. For more information, contact Kishla Conner at connerka2@mymail.vcu.edu.
UHCN Healthcare Summit
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
United Healthcare Network at VCU presents its annual Healthcare Summit. The event will be in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. A free catered dinner and professional headshots will be available. Health care professionals will be available to answer questions and network. For more information, contact Caroline Collard at collardcm@vcu.edu or (804) 572-3137.
NABCJ Scavenger Hunt
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The VCU chapter of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice will host a scavenger hunt. The event will be held in the Senate Chambers Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. For more information, contact Victoria Salas at salasva@vcu.edu.
Grand Passover Dinner
8 p.m.
Jewish Life at VCU and Hillel at VCU will host a Grand Passover Dinner. Experience Jewish rituals, customs and foods of Passover. All VCU students are welcome to attend the dinner, at 115 N. Morris St. RSVP at the following URL. For more information, contact JewishVCU at passover@jewishvcu.org or visit https://jewishvcu.org/passover.
PBS To Broadcast VCU Faculty Documentary on Photographer Garry Winogrand
9 p.m.
The broadcast premiere of “Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable,” by VCUarts faculty and filmmaker Sasha Waters Freyer, will be on the PBS series “American Masters.” The documentary won a Special Jury Prize from the 2018 SXSW Film Festival and was called “one of the year’s best films” by The New Yorker’s Richard Brody. “Winogrand” is an intimate portrait of an artist who both personified his era and transformed it. For more information, contact Sasha Waters Freyer at swfreyer@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2162 or visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/garry-winogrand-all-things-are-photographable-about/11274/.
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