Make sure to visit VikesConnect for lots of other student organization activities & events throughout the week!

Good Tuesday morning, Vikings! We hope you had an enjoyable three-day weekend and are ready to tackle the week ahead. Make sure to stop by the voter registration table on Tuesday and CAB is hosting a mid-autumn festival and a family festival this week. Details are below. We hope you have a great week!

Go Vikings!!

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Voter Registration Table

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Student Center Inner Link

It's election season again and it's important to exercise your right to vote! Come to the Student Center Inner Link to register to vote. The Office of Civic Engagement is partnering with Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates (NOVA) during this voter registration drive. 

Hosted by the Office of Civic Engagement

Government Agency Spotlight - FBI & Secret Service

Tuesday, September 6

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

3rd Floor Ballroom, Student Center

Attend to learn more about government agencies. US Secret Service and the FBI will be attending, sharing details about their organizations and answering questions.

Hosted by Career Development & Exploration

GPSA Coffee Hour

Tuesday, September 6

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

In front of Rhodes West

Join the GPSA for some free coffee on the way to class and learn more about their organization. 

Hosted by the Graduate and Professional Student Association

Anxiety & Depression Screening Day

Wednesday, September 7

1:00 AM - 1:30 PM

3rd Floor Ballroom, Student Center

All are welcome to come to the Student Center Ballroom for a free anxiety and depression screening. Counseling Center will be on hand and there's also free chocolate!

Hosted by CSU Counseling Center

Come out and cheer on YOUR CSU Vikings this week at home! For more information, visit https://csuvikings.com/

Wednesday, September 7

Men's Soccer vs Marshall

7 PM

Krenzler Field

Friday, September 9

Women's Volleyball vs Morgan State

6 PM

Woodling Gym

Saturday, September 10

Women's Volleyball vs Valparaiso

12 PM

Woodling Gym

Asian Mid-Autumn Festival

Friday, September 9

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Student Center Atrium

Join CAB and the Chinese Student Association as we celebrate the auspicious Asian Mid-Autumn Festival by eating special desserts like mooncakes, sharing stories, making lanterns, decorating candles and learning about the Asian culture. At this event, there will be Asian music and name writings that you don't want to miss!

Hosted by Campus Activities Board

A Sankofa Screening and Panel Discussion

Friday, September 9

7:00 PM

Fenn Tower Theater

This event is a screening and panel discussion for John Singleton’s Higher Learning. This emotionally-charged movie highlights a new college student’s encounter with some very serious conflicts and features a cast including Omar Epps, Tyra Banks, Kristy Swanson, Laurence Fishburne and Ice Cube.

CSU Panelists:

Beverly Pettrey, M.A.

Acting Chief of the CSU Police Department

Bruce Menapace, Ph.D.

CSU Counseling Center Psychologist and Outreach & Groups Coordinator

Kimberly Springer, M.Ed.

CSU Director of Campus Engagement

Valerie Wright, Ph.D.

CSU Chair of the Department of Criminology & Sociology

CSU ID or official form of ID required.

For more information contact Prester Pickett, M.F.A., Coordinator of the Howard A. Mims African American Cultural Center at (216) 687-3656 or p.pickett@csuohio.edu.

Family Festival

Saturday, September 10

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Music & Communications Building Lawn

Airbrush tattoos? Bungee Run? Velcro Wall? We say yes. Join CAB on Sept. 10th from 1-3 on the MU Lawn to bring out your inner child with carnival games and prizes! Make sure to bring your family and friends!

Hosted by Campus Activities Board

Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day holiday! Your hard work does not go unnoticed and we want you to know we are here if you need support!

For more information on the CSU CARE Team and our services you can visit our website at https://www.csuohio.edu/care/reporting-concern. If you are in need of assistance or know someone else who may be please reach out to us using our e-mail address magnusacts@csuohio.edu.

-CSU CARE Team

#becauseweCARE

Fall 2022 DEI Workshops for CSU Students, Staff, and Faculty

The Diversity Institute is thrilled to continue to offer trainings for students, staff, and faculty at CSU. This Fall, they added a 4th training to round out their  series. One series will be during Sept/Oct and again during Nov/Dec. The full series now includes the following workshops, the descriptions/registration of which are linked below:

1. Leveraging Difference – 9/14 & 11/9
2. Privilege, Power, and Society -- 9/28 & 11/16
3. Bias in Action – 10/12 & 11/30
4. Allyship and Solidarity Across Identities – 10/26 & 12/7

For more information, contact Caitlin Hawkins at c.hawkins63@csuohio.edu

Planning Schools as Public Infrastructure: Linking Universities with Grassroots Education Organizing

Join the College of Education and Public Affairs on Thursday, September 29, 2022 for Planning Schools as Public Infrastructure: Linking Universities with Grassroots Education Organizing. This talk will focus on efforts to create a community-driven school facilities master planning process in Philadelphia. Building on decades of organizing and in partnership with parents and advocates across the city, we discuss the role of universities in supporting a movement for educational justice through school facilities planning.

Specifically, we talk about the role of the classroom and pedagogy in bringing together researchers and communities in participatory action research (PAR). Drs. Ariel Bierbaum (University of Maryland) and Akira Drake Rodriguez (University of Pennsylvania) have partnered across universities to collaborate in creating curricula that align with and are responsive to on-the-ground community needs for healthy school buildings and transparent school district planning in Philadelphia. Drs. Bierbaum and Rodriguez will discuss their multi-year project on planning for public schools facilities as equitable infrastructure, how their partnered courses provide a new component of PAR, and how their and their students' work support organizing for improved district and city decision-making.

Learn more about this event: https://cepa.csuohio.edu/events/planning-schools-as-public-infrastructure-092922

Campus Safety Reminders

Your safety and wellbeing are our top priorities. Now that the fall semester has begun, we ask that you take a few moments to learn how you can help protect yourself and your fellow Vikings. 

The CSU Police Department is here to help you!

• Sign up for the free the RAVE Guardian app.
• Report on-campus crimes or suspicious behavior to Cleveland State University Police Department (CSUPD) at 216-687-2020. 
• Call 911 for emergencies immediately. If calling from a cell phone, ask the dispatcher to connect you with Cleveland State University Police. Look for and be familiar with the  locations of “blue light” emergency phones on campus. 
• When outdoors, walk in well-lit areas, walk with a friend or call for a Viking Safety Escort. Viking Safety Escorts are provided 24 hours day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for on-campus locations and nearby off-campus student housing locations. Request a safety escort at 216-687-2020.
• When meeting someone you don’t know to purchase or sell something, meet at the safe transaction zone in the public lobby of the CSUPD, 1840 Chester Ave.