Join the Public Health Student Association for daily events to celebrate National Public Health Week. This year's theme is "Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: We Are All Public Health." The association will host a presentation by Rich Killingsworth, executive director of VCU Health Hub, titled "The Art of Placemaking in Public Health: Its History and Future Opportunity." This discussion, in Room 644, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St., is open to all students, faculty and staff. RSVP at the following URL. For more information, contact Brooke Nissim-Sabat at nissimsabab@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/publichealthstudentassociation/rsvp_boot?id=1932327.

VCU's Robertson School will host a virtual informational session for prospective students about its M.S. in mass communications with concentrations in integrated communication and media leadership. The school also offers a certificate in media and leadership. Join a session at this Zoom link: https://vcu.zoom.us/my/robertsongrad For more information, contact Jonathan Brown at brownj64@vcu.edu or visit https://robertson.vcu.edu/academics/graduate/.

Join the Poetry Club at VCU for a night of fun and expression. Paint the night away with other poets. Bring your own poetry or become inspired by the poems provided. The session will be in Room 2129, Grace E. Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave. All are welcome. Spots are limited; RSVP at the following URL. For more information, contact Kaitlyn Lee at Leekj10@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2GlLBNVH59zPsEYrwiXRj0tgcVgP9ctsY8Yw6koDL8CSOoQ/viewform?usp=sf_link.

The Health Sciences Library will offer a hands-on experience designed to explore a Civil War-era amputation procedure. Participants will be challenged to correctly arrange the surgeon’s tools of amputation in the correct order for the procedure. Students who correctly guess the order will win a prize after spinning the library's new prize wheel. The session will be in the lobby of the library, 509 N. 12th St. For more information, contact Sue Moss at mosssr2@vcu.edu or (804) 838-3737 or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/12148276.

Learn how to use the tools you need to write your best statement. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. For more information, contact Trey Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/.

Whether living with or without disability, ableism affects daily life for all of us, and we need connections with diverse groups of staff, students and faculty where we can share personal experiences and understand the unique stories of others. RAMmalogues, led by trained facilitators, is a respectful space for dialogue about who we are and what matters to us. The session will be held in Room 6101A, sixth floor, 912 W. Grace St. Register at the following URL. For more information, contact Jan Altman at inclusive@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/KE4X13H2kLrPtzN56.

VCU's Bioinformatics Shared Resource will present an online demonstration of Tempus Lens, a self-service oncology data analytics platform that delivers on-demand access to Tempus multimodal data. Use Lens to generate or explore hypotheses, identify cohorts of interest and uncover critical research insights. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. For more information, contact Jinze Liu, Ph.D., at mccbioinfo@vcu.edu or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcOuupz8qG9OoPlmxvueUh0sPBI5v-uqI#/registration.

Carolin Schneider, M.D., RWTH Aachen University, will present an online research seminar titled, "Novel Preventive Strategies for Metabolic Liver Diseases - Personalized Medicine in Times of Big Data." Join online - no registration required - at https://vcuhealth.zoom.us/j/97679355685 For more information, contact Jennifer Sayne at Jennifer.Sayne@vcuhealth.org or visit https://liverinstitute.medschool.vcu.edu/.

Join VCU HR and RecWell for this full-body circuit training which takes the basics of martial arts and adds the fun. You'll be punching and kicking your way through 30 minutes of strength and cardio. Register in Talent@VCU or at: https://bit.ly/3PFWydI For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or visit https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/events/upcoming-events-for-employees/.

SpeakEasy, an open mic club, will host an open mic night in the theater of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Students can present their poetry, spoken word and songs. Questions: Visit the Instagram page @speakeasyatvcu For more information, contact Jenna Abed at abedjn@vcu.edu or visit https://www.instagram.com/speakeasyatvcu/.

Hear Monique Washington discuss “Risk of Major Congenital Malformations and Exposure to Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy” at a virtual meeting of the club. Students who join will also be automatically considered for Medical Journal Club’s MCAT Scholarship, which covers a $3,199 MCAT course through Kaplan. The Zoom link is https://vcu.zoom.us/j/83815994580 For more information, contact Medical Journal Club at VCU at mjc.vcu@gmail.com or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/mjc/home/.

Learn to use the necessary tools to professionally communicate in a positive, skillful, confident manner. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. For more information, contact Trey Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/.

Learn to feel comfortable with the process of paraphrasing in academic writing. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. For more information, contact Trey Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/.

Filipino Americans Coming Together will hold its annual art market in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Artists will be selling prints, crochet, charms and a variety of other items. For more information, follow FACT on Instagram @factatvcu. For more information, contact Reagan Kelly at facteboard@gmail.com.

Come out to see speakers and artists from the VCU community and explore their ideas. The event will include talks and art and will be followed by a participant meet-and-greet and light refreshments. The event will be in the theater of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Reserve a free ticket at the following URL. For more information, contact TEDxVCU at tedx@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/tedxvcu/rsvp_boot?id=1932005.