College of Education graduate students are invited to join Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles, Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education at North Carolina State University, for an informal fireside chat prior to her lecture, where she will speak to this year's Dean's Distinguished Speaker theme, "Will (D)iversity, (E)quity and (I)nclusion Die?: Advocacy and Action Towards Greater Accountability in an Empowered University" (12:15 p.m., 22 Education).