Creating connections, building community

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In order to serve the community and help each other feel connected during a challenging year and election season, we have compiled a list of post-election events below. We hope this list serves as a starting point for connection, conversation, and support.

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February 2021 Update: C+V & 4D have partnered with HRIC to add this module to Pioneer@Work for DU faculty and staff. If you are a faculty and staff member, visit the below PDF which will show you how to complete the module through Pioneer@Work. You will be able to save your progress on the module through this learning portal.

C+V is partnering with 4-D, HRIC, DUGC, The Cultural Center, Athletics and Recreation, and other campus partners to create an asynchronous, self-guided module for our DU community to facilitate their own virtual journey through the topics of resilience and growth mindset. Participants will learn about the various definitions and aspects of resilience and growth mindset and create their own “roadmap” and goals to grow through these difficulties and emerge stronger.

Each participant will who completes the module will receive their personalized roadmap, a resource packet, and a FREE e-copy of Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, and Energy by Bonnie St. John & Allen P. Haines.

* After you register, you will receive the link to the self-guided module, your guidebook, and additional information for the module from the C+V team. This is an asynchronous, self-guided module. Participants can complete this module at any date/time that works best for them. Module will be available throughout 2020.

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We know at DU that we like to bring our whole selves to the community, and it’s hard to find time to slow down during these chaotic times and welcome people to DU. So we want to make space for two wonderful people who recently joined our DU community, DU Provost and Vice Chancellor Mary Clark and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Todd Adams. We are excited to invite you to join us for our first C+V Community Leadership Conversation with Mary and Todd, where we will learn more about “what makes them, them!”

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We know that this year and the physical distancing measures have presented new challenges for all of us. It's more important now than ever before that we feel supported and in community in our daily lives. In that spirit, C+V and the Office of the Provost would like to invite you join us for a free cup of coffee or hot chocolate and some human connection while practicing physical distancing protocols every Thursday at Beans!

Please note, the final coffee hour will now take place on 11/12 due to the updated COVID level. There will be no coffee hour on Thursday, 11/19.

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Meet the 2020-2021 C+V Graduate Fellows! Learn more about their experiences and how they'll be co-leading the work of C+V.

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“The key to creating or transforming community, then, is to see the power in the small but important elements of being with others.” – Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging

Community is a powerful concept – community allows us to feel a sense of belonging and support. Fellow community members are there to hear us, see us, share in experiences with us, and accept us for who we are. However, building community does not just happen. It takes intentional, authentic, thoughtful action to connect and engage with others. We invite you to join Community + Values, in collaboration with the 4-Dimensional Experience and other campus partners, as we create an authentic space for DU community members to come together and dialogue about how we can intentionally build community together at DU.

*There will be no video recording of this event to honor the privacy of the participant conversations

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It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. Students have moved into dorms and apartments. They are sitting down in classrooms and convening online. For the first time in months, people are running, walking, and socializing on campus (with masks and distance #DUYourPart). Faculty and staff are welcoming students they've missed so much and working with colleagues not just on planning for a new reality, but giving it a go. Read our 2020-2021 welcome back message.

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As we jump into the fall, the level of uncertainty and change seems to grow every day. One of the biggest areas of change is being back in school environments during COVID — we recognize that DU community members, including faculty, staff, and students, are sending their own children back to school or tackling online education or both. We also have parents of DU students sending their children off to college, knowing things can change in the blink of an eye. School and change can and should be rewarding and exciting, but we know it’s stressful, and we know at times it’s confusing and unpredictable.

With this in mind, our C+V webinar will feature special guest, Stephen Ginsberg, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and DU alum, who will answer questions live from a student & parent panel. 

Thursday, September 17, 2020 | 11am-12pm

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During these times, Community + Values recognizes that everyone feels tired. Each day brings more change and therefore more decisions. It feels like everything is on the table and nothing is on auto pilot or easy. Decisions feel bigger now. With this in mind, our C+V Community Talk will create an authentic space where we can talk about decision fatigue and how everything feels new, ever changing, and simply really hard in these times. We will discuss how to process these feelings, manage these tough decisions and make the best ones, and incorporate strategies to help lessen anxiety around decisions and change.

Featuring special guests:

Melissa Akaka, PhD
Associate Professor | Department of Marketing
Co-Director | Consumer Insights and Business Innovation Center
Academic Director | Project X-ITE
Elizabeth and Ali Machado Faculty Fellow

Ali Besharat, PhD
Associate Professor | Department of Marketing
Co-Director | Consumer Insights and Business Innovation Center

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Community + Values is excited to announce the launch of Community Voices, a C+V initiative focused on capturing and elevating the stories and voices of our community. Especially while living through these uncertain times, we know how important this work is, and we are committed to amplifying the voices of our community and creating a stronger sense of belonging for all at DU through highlighting these experiences and narratives.

We invite you to visit the Community Voices web page to hear the stories of community members. We will continue to update this page with community members’ stories, and if you are interested in sharing your story or if you have any questions, please email CommunityPlusValues@du.edu.

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As we enter into August and draw closer to what we know will be a unique, at a times, challenging year, our upcoming C+V webinar focuses on communication within our community. Community members asked if we could create a space during this talk where we can all learn how to healthily ask for the information we need and create a highly open environment, full of transparency and grace with others. We are headed into our first-ever hybrid environment of online and in-person working and learning, so our webinar will focus on some key tips around communication, finding patience within the process, and successfully navigating the unknown as a community.

Featuring special guests:

Valerie Bartelt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Business Information and Analytics
Daniels College of Business

T. Michael Boddie
Freelance Journalist & DU Graduate Student
Media, Film and Journalism Studies School

Renee Botta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health & Development Communication
Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies
University of Denver

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We know that right now continues to be a difficult time full of unknowns that can be wearing on our community. This week we want to focus on the importance of taking a deep, collective breath together. Creative expression is important for wellness, and this week we hope to inspire creativity during this time and help us to remember that we are all in this together and here to support each other. We will be joined by DU Alum and award-winning writer, performer, and cultural worker, Bobby LeFebre, and Blake Sanz as we as we explore creative spaces in our community.