Putting the Humanities to Work panels: We are offering many Putting the Humanities to Work panels this spring. Some of these panels are specific to certain career paths, and others are more generally about career exploration or preparation. We know you can't make it to all of them, so will be providing the recordings following those panels here. We encourage you to browse and watch. (Please note: Watching these recordings does not replace attendance at a weekly event. If you have a week during which you are unable to attend an event, please let us know in advance so that we can discuss schedule accommodations.)

1) Ashley Pinney's resumé workshop recording (Links to an external site) and presentation slides .

2) How to Look for (and Find) your First (Career-Oriented) Job (hosted by Ashley Pinney and Anna Umbreit) recording

3) Career/Professional Panel: Psychology & Social Work recording

4) Career/Professional Panel: Performance-based arts recording (links to artists' websites and social media in the Zoom chat, visible if you follow the recording link)

5) Career/Professional Panel: Education recording (links to educators' email and social media in chat)

6) Career/Professional Panel: Animation, Visual Arts & Writing recording

7) Career/Professional Panel: Humanities & Arts recording (links to panelists' email and social media in chat)

8) Career/Professional Panel: Mass Communications recording (links to panelists' email and social media in chat)

9) So, You Want to Be Your Own Boss, Huh? panel recording

10) What Can I Be Doing Now to Prepare for my Career? panel hosted by Ashley Pinney and Anna Umbreit recording (links to VCU panelists' email in chat)

Presenting your e-Portfolio at the e-Portfolio Showcase: Professor Janelle Marshall guides students in preparing for and presenting their e-Portfolios at the Showcase. recording: and presentation slides

Info sessions: Please feel free to view the info session recordings below

1) Recording of 2/23 Mellon Research Fellow info session here (Links to an external site.).

2) Recording of 2/24 VCU School of the Arts info session here

3) Recording of 4/2 Off Campus Housing Panel here

Arts & Humanities events: We offer many exciting arts & humanities events over the course of the semester. We know you can't make it to all of them, but will be providing the recordings following those events here. Please feel free to browse and watch. (Please note: Watching these recordings does not replace attendance at a weekly event. If you have a week during which you are unable to attend an event, please let us know in advance so that we can discuss schedule accommodations.

1) Recording of 2/25 A&H event, "Our Lives Online" can be found here.

2) Recording of 3/3 A&H event, "Maus: I'm not telling rumors, only what I really saw" can be found here

3) Recording of 3/5 A&H event, "Scream Against The Sky: Gutai and Japanese Animators in Internment Camps" can be found here

4) Recording of 3/11 A&H event, "Poetry of Motion: Skateboarding in a Pandemic" can be found here

5) Recording of 4/8 A&H event, "Space is the Place: Afrofuturism in Music" can be found here (playlist of musical examples here )

6) Recording of 4/15 Open Mic Night here

Scholarship Information Sessions: We offer information sessions on all things scholarships over the course of the semester. We know that sometimes your work, school, or personal schedule can conflict with session dates and times, but will be providing the recordings, and resources following those sessions. Please feel free to browse and watch. (Please note: Watching these recordings does not replace attendance at a weekly event. If you have a week during which you are unable to attend an event, please let us know in advance so that we can discuss scheduling accommodations.

1) PowerPoint 2/9 Scholarship Discussion here

2) PowerPoint of 2/16 General Scholarship Information here

3) Recording of 3/9 Where and How to Look

and PowerPoint Presentation here

4) Recording of 3/23 Time Management and Organization here, Scholarship Tracker here, and PowerPoint here

5) Recording of 4/6 Essays and Recommendations and PowerPoint here

6) 4/27 Searching and Applying Wrap-Up PowerPoint here

Other resources:

- - Scholarship databases for undocumented students here
  - Use Control + F (on your keyboard) while searching websites to use identifying words specific to you and your scholarship needs

Other events:

1) Our Mellon Research Fellows symposium on 3/2/21 focused on overcoming creative block (like writer's block) and dealing with perfectionism and fear of failure. It offered concrete suggestions and recommendations, and we give it five stars! We encourage you to watch the recording and take a look at the slides.