Events

The Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion events page features DEI happenings across the campus community and are primarily for current MSU students, staff and faculty. Please submit your DEI events using the link below.

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Feb 3

2024 Chinese New Year Temple Fair

Saturday, February 3, 2024 5:00 PM - Saturday, February 3, 2024 9:00 PM at MSU Union: 2nd Floor Ballroom

Mar 1

The REDress Project Exhibition

Friday, March 1, 2024 12:00 AM - Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:00 AM at MSU Museum and along West Circle Drive

This evocative art installation spotlights the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. This exhibition will feature approximately 60 red dresses suspended along West Circle Drive in public spaces near the MSU Museum and Beal Botanical Garden.

Mar 8

The REDress Project Opening reception

Friday, March 8, 2024 2:00 PM - Friday, March 8, 2024 5:00 PM at MSU Libraries Green Room

Join the opening reception, featuring a talk with MSU School of Social Work Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Suzanne Cross of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe on "Murdered and Missing Indigenous, Women, Girls and Two-Spirit"

Mar 12

Disability in Higher Education: Creating Inclusive Spaces for Students with Autism

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 10:00 AM - Tuesday, March 12, 2024 11:00 AM at ZOOM webinar

Brad Cox, Associate Professor, College of Education, founder of National College Autism Network

Mar 12

Annual Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series, Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5:00 PM at Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center

This series gives the community opportunities to interact with the multicultural leaders from education, business, industry, entertainment and government. For 24 years, this series has featured living icons of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Mar 12

The REDress Project "Bring Her Home" film screening and discussion

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5:30 PM - Tuesday, March 12, 2024 8:00 PM at 108 Bessey Hall

"Bring Her Home," follows three Indigenous women - an artist, an activist and a politician.

Mar 12

Dr. J. Drew Lanham presents "Birding While Black."

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:30 PM - Tuesday, March 12, 2024 8:00 PM at Kellogg Center Auditorium

Dr. J. Drew Lanham will be sharing his experiences across the arts and sciences as an ecologist, poet, essayist, and birder.

Mar 14

Meet The REDress Project artist Jaime Black-Morsette

Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:00 PM - Thursday, March 14, 2024 2:00 PM at Zoom

Presentation - REDress Resistance Through Arts - Bringing Awareness to the Crisis of Murdered and Missing Women through Art by Metis artist Jaime Black-Morsette.

Mar 15

In our stories anything is possible: A time-honored narrative for indigenous education

Friday, March 15, 2024 1:00 PM - Friday, March 15, 2024 2:00 PM at Union Ballroom, 49 Abbot Road, East Lansing

This talk, presented by SAA & HALE alum Dr. Matthew Makomenaw (Grand Traverse Bay Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians).

Mar 15

Radically Reciprocal: 2024 Symposium on Global Community-University Partnerships

Friday, March 15, 2024 - Friday, March 15, 2024 at RCAH LookOut! Gallery, 2nd Floor, Snyder Phillips Hall orZoom

To celebrate what the Network for Global Civic Engagement (NGCE) has achieved during five years of network engagement and global projects.

Mar 15

APIDA/A Heritage Month kick-off event

Friday, March 15, 2024 6:00 PM - Friday, March 15, 2024 8:30 PM at Minskoff Pavilion, Broad College of Business Multipurpose Room + Entrepreneurship Lab

Join the Asian Pacific American Student Organization a documentary screening and discussion with Adele Pham.

Mar 18

Join in a special dinner in collaboration with the Wharton Center's performance by Small Island Big Song

Monday, March 18, 2024 4:30 PM - Monday, March 18, 2024 9:00 PM at The Edge at Akers

Enjoy a screening of the short film "Small Island Big Song: An Oceanic Songline" in the Akers Auditorium for a chance to win two tickets to the performance!

Mar 21

Small Island Big Song

Thursday, March 21, 2024 4:30 PM - Thursday, March 21, 2024 9:00 PM at Wharton Center

Experience a transcendent musical journey combining song, spoken word and cinematic visuals filmed over a multi-year voyage across 16 island nations.

Mar 25

2024 MSU César Chávez & Dolores Huerta Commemorative Celebration

Monday, March 25, 2024 2:00 PM - Monday, March 25, 2024 8:00 PM at Kellogg Center

Each year, the Michigan State University, Greater Lansing, and East Lansing communities gather at MSU to honor the legacy of two of the most prominent U.S. labor leaders and civil rights activists, César E. Chávez and Dolores Huerta. This year's event will include workshops, dinner, a keynote speaker, and awards.

Mar 29

Learning Narratives from Students with Disabilities in STEM Classrooms

Friday, March 29, 2024 12:00 PM - Friday, March 29, 2024 1:30 PM at STEM 2110 or via ZOOM

Panelists will include undergraduate and graduate students.

Mar 29

The Council of Student's with Disabilities Presents "Ableds Are Weird", featuring Imani Barbarin

Friday, March 29, 2024 - Friday, March 29, 2024 at Brody Hall and Zoom

Imani Barbarin is a disability rights and inclusion activist.

Apr 1

Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Series with Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Jabbar R. Bennett, Ph.D.

Monday, April 1, 2024 6:00 PM - Monday, April 1, 2024 8:00 PM at Kellogg Center and Conference Center, Auditorium

The third annual signature event features: Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Conversation with Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Ph.D.

Apr 4

Studying Human Development in Context: The Case of Latinx Youth and Families in the U.S.

Thursday, April 4, 2024 6:00 PM - Thursday, April 4, 2024 7:30 PM at Lake Huron Room, MSU Union

Join this lecture with Dr. Cynthia Garcia Coll.

Apr 5

POE Anniversary Celebration

Friday, April 5, 2024 5:00 PM - Friday, April 5, 2024 8:00 PM at University Club, Heritage Room, 3435 Forest Road, Lansing, MI 48910

Event theme is "Championing Change, Empowering the Future". This event will honor 5 years of the POE Department and 15 years of gender-based violence prevention efforts at Michigan State University.

Jun 14

MSU Juneteenth Commemorative Celebration

Friday, June 14, 2024 5:00 PM - Friday, June 14, 2024 8:30 PM at Breslin Center, 534 Birch Road, Gilbert Pavilion entrance

This year's theme is "Acknowledging the Journey: Freedom, Resilience, Empowerment and Liberation." The commemorative features the multi-faceted musician and MSU alum Rodney Page as the emcee and more.