Dialogue Over Dinner: Conversations about Vaccine Hesitancy.
Event Details
Monday, May 11, 2026
6:30 p.m. -
8:00 p.m.
Public includes SDSU Faculty/Staff/Students
On Monday, May 11, at 6:30 - 8:00 pm at McCrory Gardens Visitor Center, join members of the Brookings community for a facilitated dialogue and expert panel discussion about how to communicate about vaccine hesitancy, which is a complex and context-specific topic important to many people in our community.
Attendees will first engage in facilitated dialogue about vaccine hesitancy through watching and discussing clips from the 2022 documentary, Virulent. Attendees will then learn more about this topic from listening to a panel of local experts, including a physician, nurse, pharmacist, immunization advocate, and a health communication expert.
ANCC Approved Provider # N008480: South Dakota State University, College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Completion of this activity awards 1.5 hours of Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD).
Because we are serving a free boxed meal at this event, we ask that you RSVP & choose your meal preference using this link: https://forms.office.com/r/HA156dhPPT Please RSVP by Monday, May 4, 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Becky Kuehl, professor and associate academic director in the School of Communication and Journalism at South Dakota State University, at rebecca.kuehl@sdstate.edu.
This event is supported in part by the Karen McComish Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Program at South Dakota State University.
Co-Sponsors of the event.
-College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
-College of Nursing
-College of Pharmacy and Applied Health Professions
-School of Communication & Journalism
-School of American & Global Studies
-Ness School of Economics & Management
Attendees will first engage in facilitated dialogue about vaccine hesitancy through watching and discussing clips from the 2022 documentary, Virulent. Attendees will then learn more about this topic from listening to a panel of local experts, including a physician, nurse, pharmacist, immunization advocate, and a health communication expert.
ANCC Approved Provider # N008480: South Dakota State University, College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Completion of this activity awards 1.5 hours of Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD).
Because we are serving a free boxed meal at this event, we ask that you RSVP & choose your meal preference using this link: https://forms.office.com/r/HA156dhPPT Please RSVP by Monday, May 4, 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Becky Kuehl, professor and associate academic director in the School of Communication and Journalism at South Dakota State University, at rebecca.kuehl@sdstate.edu.
This event is supported in part by the Karen McComish Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Program at South Dakota State University.
Co-Sponsors of the event.
-College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
-College of Nursing
-College of Pharmacy and Applied Health Professions
-School of Communication & Journalism
-School of American & Global Studies
-Ness School of Economics & Management
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May
11
Dialogue Over Dinner: Conversations about Vaccine Hesitancy.
6:30 p.m. -
8:00 p.m.
McCrory Gardens Education and Visitor Center
SMRY 109 Great Hall
