As the diversity among U.Va.’s student body continues to grow, how can U.Va. make that diversity an enriching experience that improves student learning? U.Va.’s Teaching Resource Center will host a diversity workshop tomorrow from 1:30-3 p.m. in the Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room, where participants can share ideas and questions about how faculty and graduate TAs can engage all students, and what directions might be pursued in the future. Milton Adams, U.Va.’s vice provost for academic affairs, will moderate. All who teach at U.Va. are invited to the session, “Making the Most of Diversity,” for any part of the time that their schedule allows. Register online.

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To commemorate Black History Month in February, U.Va.’s Office of African-American Affairs will host nine events throughout the month. In collaboration with this year’s theme, “Preserving Our Past, Capturing Our Future,” lecture topics include black intellectual entrepreneurship and bridging the digital divide; strategies for paying down student loan debt and building wealth; the scope of advances for black women in the sciences; black neo-conservatism in the Post-Civil Rights Era; the implications of the “No Child Left Behind” education legislation; and the state of African-American affairs at the University. Civil rights leader and colleague of King, Rev. Dr. Albert Paul Brinson will give the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration speech tonight at 7 p.m. in the Special Collections Library Auditorium. Full story.

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