Calendar of Events

08/08  DIBS (VTCSOM)

8/10 - 8/11  Gear UP (SOAR)

8/13 - 8/15   Jump Start (SOAR)

8/18  CLAHS College Social (CLAHS)

8/22  Welcome Back Open House (Indigenous Community Center)

8/26  Welcome Back BBQ  (SOAR)

8/26  Welcome Black BBQ  (Black Cultural Center)

8/28  Black Faculty/Staff Meet and Greet  (Black Cultural Center)

8/30 Fashion Show (Indigenous Community Center)

8/30 Welcome Back Picnic (College of Architectyre, Arts, and Design)

8/31  Music, Listening and Work Hour Student (Black Cultural Center)

9/4   Labor Day

9/6  Comida y Comudidad: Welcome (El Centro)

9/6  6th Annual Fall Diverse Professionals Network Event (OID)

9/7  Pride Center Open House (Pride Center)

9/8  BOC Showcase (Black Cultural Center)

9/15  APIDA+ Welcome Back Event (APIDA + Center)

9/15 - 9/17  Rosh Hashanah

9/16  La Gran Bienvenida (SOAR)

9/19  Movie Night (Black Cultural Center)

9/21  SOAR Open House (SOAR)

9/24 - 9/25 (sundown - sundown)  Yom Kippur

10/1 - 10/31  LGBTQ+ History and Heritage Month

10/1 - 10/31  National Disability Employment Awareness Month

10/1 - 10/4  Future Faculty Diversity Program 

10/5   Webinar with Anita Cameron, Disability Justice Author and Activist | Register for the Webinar

10/9   Indigenous People's Day

10/11    National Coming Out Day

10/15   Comida y Comunidad 

10/15 - 11/15  American Indian & Indigenous People History & Heritage Month

10/18  International Pronouns Day  

10/23 - 10/29  Asexual Awareness Week

11/10   Veteran's Day

11/12    Diwali

11/20   Transgender Day of Remembrance

12/8    Reading Day Events

12/7 - 12/15    Hanukkah

12/25    Christmas

12/26 - 1/1   Kwanzaa

1/12   Advancing Diversity Gathering

1/16   Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/16   DPN's MLK Jazz Brunch

1/19   MLK Jr. Celebration

1/22   Chinese New Year

2/1 - 2/28   Black History Month - Celebration of the African Diaspora

2/22    Ash Wednesday

3/1 - 3/31    Women's History Month

3/1    Disability Day of Mourning

3/2   Latinx Symposium

3/13 - 3/7   Principles of Community Week

3/15 - 4-15   Jewish Cultural Month

3/16    Learning Lunch with Dr. Viet Thanh Nguyen

3/16   Moss Evening with Dr. Viet Thanh Nguyen

3/23   Ramadan begins

3/31   Transgender Day of Visibility

4/1 - 4/30   Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month

4/2 - 4/8   Pride Week (Queer in Appalachia, Drag Show, Keynote)

4/5    Passover begins

4/7    Denim Day

4/7    Good Friday

4/9    Easter

4/13   Passover ends

4/20   Faculty Women of Color in the Academy | Washington DC

4/20   Ramadan ends

4/21 - 4/22 (sundown - sundown)   Eid al-Fitr

4/28   APIDAHM Event with Owens 

TBD   Native at VT Spring Powwow

5/11    Lavender Achievement Ceremony

5/11    Gesta Latina 

5/4    Ramen for Reading Day Reading Day

5/11   Cultural Achievement Ceremonies

6/1 - 6/30    Pride Month

6/19    Juneteenth

Black College Institute (Dates TBD)

8/14 - 8/17   Jump Start

8/16  Inclusive VT Summit

8/ 23   Cultural & Community Centers (CCCs) Community Kickoff 

8/25   Putting Black in Blacksburg Welcome & Networking Event (BCC)

8/27   Welcome Back Block Party

9/5   Labor Day

9/8   SOAR Open House 

9/9   APIDA Welcome To/Welcome Back 

9/9    BOC Showcase 

9/12 - 9/16   InclusiveVT Welcome (September 15 Keynote Speaker Judith Heumann)

9/15   Comida y Comunidad 

9/15 - 10/15    Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month

9/16   La Gran Bienvenida sponsored by El Centro & SOAR

9/16   ACEC Learning Lunches 

9/22   Word of Mouth Poetry Slam: VTDITC 

9/23   Celebrate Bisexuality Day 

9/23   BCC/BOC Soulful Friday 

9/25 - 9/27 (sundown - sundown)   Rosh Hashanah

9/26   Black Faculty Staff Meet & Greet 

10/1 - 10/31  LGBTQ+ History and Heritage Month

10/1 - 10/31  National Disability Employment Awareness Month

10/2 - 10/5  Future Faculty Diversity Program 

10/4 - 10/5 (sundown - sundown)  Yom Kippur

10/10   Indigenous People's Day

10/11    National Coming Out Day

10/15   Comida y Comunidad 

10/15 - 11/15  American Indian & Indigenous People History & Heritage Month

10/19  International Pronouns Day  

10/21  Latinx and Hispanic History & Month GALA

10/23 - 10/29  Asexual Awareness Week

10/24    Diwali

11/5   AASU Cultural Show

11/11   Veteran's Day

11/20   Transgender Day of Remembrance

12/8    Reading Day Events

12/18 - 12/26   Hanukkah

12/25    Christmas

12/26 - 1/1   Kwanzaa