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The Story Mosaic Committee is excited to invite you to their third event on Friday, May 10 from 2:30pm-3:30pm at Community Commons 1700! This quarter, we are thrilled to collaborate with 4D and have our theme be Unsung Heroes: Mentors of a Moment. Storytellers will share about a mentorship moment and thank their mentor for their guidance. Click Here to Sign up as a Storyteller!

The Story Mosaic is a cross-campus story telling initiative aimed at bringing the DU Community together to tell, listen and learn from powerful stories. Social norms have taught us that men should not be emotional or vulnerable. Instead, men ought to be tough and hide their emotions. Storytellers will share their experiences, understandings, and lessons learned along their journey to living authentically. We are excited to see you there!

Community Film Screening: Snapshots of Confinement

Date: May 2

Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm (Please arrive before 6:00pm when the film starts)

Location: Margery Reed Hall, Reiman Theater

During World War II more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and confined in a series of camps managed by the War Relocation Authority. The US government initially imposed policies that limited the use of cameras by Japanese Americans in confinement sites, while simultaneously utilizing photography for propaganda. Despite the ban, Japanese American families found ways to document their lives. Join us for this screening of Snapshots of Confinement, a film highlighting how these photos reveal stories of community and resilience, transforming how this dark history is understood today. A Q&A session following the film will feature film participants, Derek Okubo & Marge Taniwaki, as well as director and producer, DU Professor, Esteban Gómez.

Event Sponsors: C+V, IRISE, and CCESL

Earth Week Community Celebration

Join us in celebrating our planet by exploring local Colorado businesses and internal DU partners advocating for environmental sustainability! There will be free food, drinks, raffle prizes, and of course, plants! Learn what you can do to show some care for our earth. Open to DU students, staff, and faculty. Please scan the QR Code to register for the event. Sponsored by C+V, Sustainability Council, Well@DU, and DUSF.

Story Mosaic: Healthy Masculinities

The Story Mosaic Committee is excited to invite you to their second event on Wednesday, March 6th  at 5:00 PM in AAC290. This quarter, we are thrilled to collaborate with ThriveatDU and have our Theme be on Healthy Masculinities. The Story Mosaic is a cross-campus story telling initiative aimed at bringing the DU Community together to tell, listen and learn from powerful stories. Social norms have taught us that men should not be emotional or vulnerable. Instead, men ought to be tough and hide their emotions. Storytellers will share their experiences, understandings, and lessons learned along their journey to living authentically. We are excited to see you there!

Employee Appreciation Day Coffee Hours

C+V and HRIC will be hosting coffee hours to celebrate Employee Appreciation Day on Friday, March 1 from 9am-11am at Beans Coffee! Thank you to all of our faculty, staff and student employees who make DU a special place for learning and community, we couldn't do it with out you! 

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C+V and the Business & Financial Affairs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee are partnering up again this year for a Community Wellness Hour at Beans! We invite you to join the BFA DEI and C+V team members at the Joy Burns Center to engage in fun and meaningful conversation on how we can increase community here at DU and to learn about the BFA DEI team. 

Stop by to grab a beverage and have some fun conversation with other community members!

9:00 am – 11:00 am | Beans, Joy Burns Center

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Join us for an enlightening event featuring the distinguished Lili Cheng, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. Explore the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in this dynamic discussion. Lili Cheng will share her expertise and insights into the latest AI advancements, their practical applications, and the evolving AI landscape.

The Chancellor will then host a conversation about the future of AI in higher education and beyond with Lili who will be joined by Vivek Choudhury, Dean of the Daniels College of Business and Russell Kaurloto, Vice Chancellor of Information Technology.

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The violence that is taking place in Israel, Palestine, and Gaza is incredibly tragic and painful – it is hard to even find the words to explain it. Our thoughts are with all of those affected by this conflict. We know that this has impacted, both directly and indirectly, many in our community. We invite you to listen to this Zoom panel of DU community members from across the University of Denver who engage in meaningful discussion and learning. We explore the human impact, recent events, and geopolitical context. 

Our goal was to create a space for empathy and understanding, where participants can gain insight into the perspectives of those affected and engage in constructive reflection and learning. 

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The Community + Values Team is excited to officially launch the DU Story Mosaic: Sharing Stories, Building Community,’ a storytelling initiative at DU. Join us on October 11th! Check out the information below to learn more and RSVP. Everyone is welcome!

Over the past year, our C+V team, C+V Steering Committee, and a cross-campus planning committee has been discussing ways for us as a community to learn from one another and practice reflection in our lives – with these goals in mind, we are excited to officially launch the ‘DU Story Mosaic: Sharing Stories, Building Community,’ a storytelling initiative at DU. The DU Story Mosaic is a cross-campus collaboration that recognizes the incredible power of storytelling. Modeled after the Human Library and building on our C+V Community Voices work, this initiative aims to bring together the entire DU Community to engage in a meaningful exchange of our unique stories. Our hope is that community members listen, learn from each other, and practice reflection to experience personal growth in the process. We also seek to inspire change within our organization through storytelling.  

The DU Story Mosaic will offer participants the opportunity to share stories through a variety of creative expressions, such as one-on-one and group conversations, spoken word, art, and poetry, both publicly and anonymously, to cultivate an embodied community experience where everyone can feel safe to be vulnerable and their authentic selves.  

This fall, we will be hosting an in-person story telling event for approximately 30-40 community members, including students, faculty, staff, and alums (details below). We invite any DU community member to join us for the event! Attendees can either share a story as a storyteller or RSVP as a listener participant. Please don’t hesitate to sign up to share your story as we would be honored if you do! We hope you can join us, but if you can’t, don’t worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to join us this coming academic year!

DU Story Mosaic Fall 2023 Event: Sharing Stories: Building Community

• Date/Time: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm; Lunch will be provided, Attendees do not have to be present for all sessions

• Location: Burwell Center for Career Achievement, Third Floor

• The Theme this year is: What has been your path to DU? What brought you to DU and what does DU mean to you? Any stories may be shared.

• Storyteller Logistic Details: If you want to be a storyteller, we would be honored! You can share a story that is between 5 – 10 minutes each. Storytellers can share any story that they would like around the theme. During a test soft launch event this past August, community members shared personal anecdotes about their lives leading up to DU, what led them to DU, how their experiences shape how they work with others at DU, and more. 

*If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at chase.mcnamee@du.edu and Kadijha.kuanda@du.edu. Thank you!

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C+V and the Newman Center team are partnering up for a special C+V Pop-Up Wellness Hour on October 4, 2023 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm MST! We invite you to join the Newman Center and C+V team members in the Joy Burns Plaza to engage in fun and meaningful conversation on how we can increase community here at DU and to learn about the Newman Center.

Free food and beverages will be available!

Stop by to grab lunch and have some fun conversation with other community members!

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm MST | Joy Burns Plaza, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO, 80208

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In our C+V declaration, we declare our intention to “engage multiple perspectives and foster greater belonging.”

The DU Story Mosaic is a cross-campus collaboration that recognizes the incredible power of storytelling. Modeled after the Human Library and building on our C+V Community Voices work, this initiative aims to bring together the entire DU Community to engage in a meaningful exchange of our unique stories. Our hope is that community members listen, learn from each other, and practice reflection to experience personal growth in the process. We also seek to inspire change within our organization through storytelling.  

The DU Story Mosaic will offer participants the opportunity to share stories through a variety of creative expressions, such as one-on-one and group conversations, spoken word, art, and poetry, both publicly and anonymously, to cultivate an embodied community experience where everyone can feel safe to be vulnerable and their authentic selves.

Our Story Mosaic lives in Digication. DU community members with an active du.edu accounts can log into Digication and view mosaic details and past stories. This is where all of our stories and guidelines will live. 

If you would like to begin working within Digication, go to the Digication page via the button below, click the Login button in the upper right, then use your DU email address and password to access the platform. If you experience any login issues or need additional help with creating your portfolio in Digication, please contact IT at support@du.edu.

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We are excited to welcome back the community continue our weekly Beans Community Coffee Hours this Fall! With our return back to campus, we want to celebrate being in community together again! Grab a coworker, classmate, peer, friend, or mentor and come by for a cup on us!

When: Every Thursday, 9 am - 11 am between September 21st and November 16th
Where: Joy Burns Center

Additional details: We will ask all community members to check in by scanning their DU ID cards at our Wellness Hours.