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Toaster Workshop: Intro to Dungeons and Dragons

The Toaster (Walter Library Basement) 117 Pleasant St. S.E. (Lower Level), Minneapolis, MN, United States

Come to immerse yourself in fantasy and fiction with Dungeons and Dragons! Open to both brand-new players and experienced adventurers, anyone is welcome to join us for the Libraries gaming event of the season. Space is limited, so register now!

Free

Stress Reduction: A Toaster VR Workshop

The Toaster (Walter Library Basement) 117 Pleasant St. S.E. (Lower Level), Minneapolis, MN, United States

Every student experiences stress, and it’s important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. In this workshop, we will use virtual reality to take us through guided meditation exercises.

Free

Long Night Against Procrastination

Wilson Library 309 19th Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Get ready for finals and the end of semester! Bring your homework and get stuff done with structured work time and study breaks. Join us at Wilson Library (west bank) for the Long Night Against Procrastination on Wednesday, April 29, 6:30-9:30 p.m. We will have structured work time, fun study breaks with snacks and activities, music and more. Don’t miss the pizza!

M Food Co will be providing coffee and treats to get things started. 

Drop by anytime during the event. No registration necessary. All are welcome. Bring your friends and get stuff done!

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

ONLINE: Research metrics: what they are and when (and when not) to use them

Virtual Event

Have you heard about impact factors, h-indexes, or other metrics used to describe a researcher's work? Do you know what these numbers actually mean? This workshop will explain journal-level and author-level metrics and discuss what they can — and can't say — about the quality of research.

This session is part of our Nuts & Bolts of Academic Publishing series. These are aimed at students who are at any stage of their graduate program and are looking for more information on all stages of the publishing process. This series focuses on publishing in journals.

Free

Intro to Sewing

HSL Makerspace (5-101 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Learn how to use a sewing machine to make anything involving fabric! During this workshop you can expect to learn how to operate and thread the machines, create custom designs, and make your very own project!

Free

VR Racing Tournament! A Toaster VR Workshop

The Toaster (Walter Library Basement) 117 Pleasant St. S.E. (Lower Level), Minneapolis, MN, United States

So you think you're a good driver? How about driving... in virtual reality?!

Take a break from finals studying and test your mettle with a racing tournament with the app V-Speedway! No prior VR (or driving) experience required. Win your way through our bracket to win the most coveted trophy: the Toaster Cup!

Free

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