Diversity & Inclusion Events

Join us on February 1st, 2023 at the Slice for a Taste of Soul from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. Come for delicious soul food and a chance to catch up with friends!

Whether you are a law school applicant or admitted student, we hope you will join us for a panel discussion with members of the W&M faculty and alumni body who are veterans or service members. 

Master the skills for holding difficult conversations well.

Want to learn more about recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will impact your teaching? Panelists from the Arts & Sciences A.I. Writing Tools Working Group and campus experts in educational technology will lead the conversation.

INHABITANTS follows five Native American Tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies as they restore their traditional land management practices. 

The Village Initiative's Local Black Histories Project and its W&M partners, invite you to an unveiling exhibition illuminating the residents who were displaced by the U.S. government for the construction of the Naval Weapons Station in Yorktown.

The Gilman Scholarship is specifically designed for Pell eligible students to study abroad. 

Chenyuan Ma is a PhD candidate at Minzu University of China and a visiting scholar at William & Mary. Her talk is about the ethnic minority religious festival known as the Ha Festival in Sino-Vietnamese cross-border Jing Communities in southwest China.

The Law School's Black Law Students Association is hosting a panel for prospective and admitted J.D. applicants.

Let's talk about our understanding and experience of speech on campus. Join in dialogue with six other participants from across Williamsburg and W&M. Leave with new perspectives and an Extraordinary Cupcake.

Join William & Mary faculty and staff for a book chat of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray. Our discussions are informal, there is no pressure to chat much or prepare anything, you can just listen, and all are welcome.

Join the William & Mary and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation communities as we officially launch the preservation of the Williamsburg Bray School at its new, permanent exhibition site in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area.

Charter Day marks the 330th anniversary of the awarding of the Royal Charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England establishing William & Mary. Tickets are not required to attend.

Kadencia is a 13-piece orchestra that has quickly made an impact in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States through performances that deliver heavy-hitting original music. 

The Hulon Willis Association invites you to join us for a Charter Day weekend celebration. Commemorate William & Mary’s 330th birthday with fellow W&M alumni, family and friends the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Join us for a panel event to explore careers in creative spaces. This session of Creative Careers Immersion focuses on freelancers and creators. 

Explaining Microaggressions 

The Lemon Project Genealogical Research Roundtable is an extension of the Genealogy Show & Tell sessions started as part of our Sankofa Summer Workshops. It is a collaboration of genealogists and family historians at all expertise levels.

A&S Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion 2023 Spring Speaker Series featuring award-winning author and speaker, Colum McCann. Open to everyone in the W&M community. 

Join the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement for our Career Diversity Brunch/Expo. The Career Diversity Expo will offer distinct ways for students and employers to engage.

Join the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement for our annual Spring Career & Internship Fair. This event will be hosted in the Sadler Center.

Boswell Panel: Trans Youth: Pasts, Presents, and Futures. Panelists include Shannon McKay, Vivian Hamilton, and Dr. Samantha Rosenthal. This panel is sponsored by the John Boswell Initiative.

Each year the Government Dept. invites a distinguished alum to speak as part of the Baxter-Ward Fellowship. This year's recipient is Dr. Allison P. Anoll '09, & an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. 
 

2/20 6PM LGBTIQ Ukrainian activists Bogdan Globa and Dr. Maryna Shevtsova discuss the state of the LGBTIQ Ukrainian community. The touring exhibition will also highlight portraits of LGBTIQ Ukrainian military service-members and humanitarian workers

Performing Queerness in Singapore: Beyond Illiberal Pragmatism and Cane. With guest Zoom speaker Zihan Loo.

Join us for the Lemon's Legacies Porch Talk, The Search for Founding Black Mothers: Digital Storytelling as Reclamation. This Digital Humanities project that was born as an NEH Summer Institute held at Morgan State University.

Join us for an illustrated lecture by Charles Palermo, professor of art history at William & Mary.

William & Mary is once again working with the Williamsburg Regional Library for the One Book, One Community program. This year's selection is author Micheline Marcom's book, The New American.

Let's talk about talking to strangers and the norms that often keep us from engaging. Join in dialogue with six other participants from across Williamsburg and W&M. Leave with new perspectives and an Extraordinary Cupcake.

This webinar features riparian and fisheries experts representing several U.S. tribes discussing how Traditional Ecological Knowledge can be in incorporated into riparian conservation and hydropower decision making.

Recipient of The Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Let’s talk about the tension between cross-cultural groups in the African diaspora. How do we understand the differences among our cultures while continuing to promote Black unity? Join us for lunch and conversation! 

"A Home for My Heart" film screening around trans experiences in South Asia.

SEP is one of the precollegiate learner program offerings at William & Mary's Center for Gifted Education. We welcome all gifted learners, including those with disabilities. 

The Minority Pre-Law Association and Black Law Student Association invite you to our first mixer of the semester, a paint and sip! Join us on February 26th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Law School in Room 119 for an evening of art, networking, and fun!

Come celebrate Study Abroad Day! Peer advisors will be at Sadler with giveaways, snacks and info about how you can study abroad, too!

The exhibit explores the history of Chinese dance through images and text co-curated by William & Mary professor Dr. Emily Wilcox and University of Michigan Chinese Studies Librarian Dr. Liangyu Fu.