Opening reception will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the gallery.

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum SeriesProvided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Neurosurgery.

Write your memoirs to share in class. These can be short unrelated pieces or part of a larger work. New members are welcome.Facilitator: Cathy Belanger

Write your memoirs to share in class. These can be short unrelated pieces or part of a larger work. New members are welcome.Facilitator: Cathy Belanger

Colleen Vesely, Ph.D., George Mason University Topic: Inclusive Early Education Environments and Utilization of Community-based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) ApproachesRegister (https://chip.uconn.edu/inchip-lecture-colleen-vesely-ph-d/)Colleen K. Vesely, Ph.D (https://cehd.gmu.edu/people/faculty/cvesely/)., is an associate professor and graduate Academic Program Coordinator (APC) of Inclusive Early Childhood Education in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Vesely's scholarship uses Community-based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) approaches to transform systems of oppression and injustice within early care and education to create equity. Specifically, Dr. Vesely examines the experiences of young children and families who experience structural marginalization to understand how they navigate early care and education systems and spaces while negotiating parenthood in the U.S. She studies family partnership and family-led systems change, particularly among families from diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic, and ability backgrounds. Dr. Vesely also leads work focused on developing preservice early childhood education teachers' knowledge, skills, and abilities for implementing antiracist pedagogy in their early childhood classrooms and programs. Dr. Vesely also contributed to creating tools to examine college-level equity data specific to race and gender. Dr. Vesely facilitates the Child Care and Early Education Research and Policy Consortium (within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) Research Collaborative on Reimagining Family Partnership for Equity in Child Care and Early Education. Dr. Vesely's work has been funded by the Spencer Foundation (current Vision Grant Scholar), Fairfax County Office for Children, Bruhn Morris Family Foundation, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

3-6:30pmAt The BeaneryThe Beanery Café is open for drinks and snacks3:30-6:15pm SUBOG hosts an Open Mic evening with limited free coffee and baked goods for students4:30-7pmIn the Galleries:Visit with cute pet Therapy Dogs Maui and Grant Live DJ with WHUS Craft: Color your own Tarot Card Pick up an art sticker Do a fun scavenger hunt in the galleries with friends Pick up a library book 20% off in the Museum Store all day

A reception will be held in the Starr Reading Room at 5:30 PM, with the competition proceeding in the Davis Courtroom at 6:30 PM.