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The Protection of Minors Office, part of VCU Equity and Access Services, has published its July newsletter. This month's edition includes helpful reminders, resources and updates. View the newsletter at the following URL.

For more information, contact Protection of Minors Office at youth@vcu.edu or visit https://equity.vcu.edu/media/equity-and-access-services/docs/July26MinorsNewsletter.pdf.

Thursday, Jul. 9, 2026 at noon

Sometimes debt can feel like a mountain you’ll never finish climbing. In this session, brought to you by VCU HR and Virginia Credit Union (VACU), we will help you start cutting down your debt until it’s a thing of the past. Register in Talent@VCU or at: https://bit.ly/4b2wrYO

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or visit https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/.

Sunday, Jul. 26, 2026 at 4 p.m.

The 25-member VCU Community Guitar Ensemble will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a concert in Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall of the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. This performance is free to attend. The program will include works by Marcello, Toselli, Mompou, Frank Mullen III and the Del-Vikings. The concert will also be live streamed at go.vcu.edu/concerthall.

For more information, contact Department of Music at music@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/40th-anniversary-community-guitar-ensemble-concert/.

The VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is seeking dedicated and detail-oriented Federal Work Study (FWS) students to support the cancer research training and education (CRTEC) department. This role welcomes FWS applicants from all departments and programs. See the job posting link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Massey HR at masseyhr@vcu.edu or visit https://app.joinhandshake.com/public/jobs/11160425?utm_source=web&utm_campaign=job_share&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_content=emp-copy_link-job_page.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs is hiring. OMSA is looking for office interns for its Transforming Federal Work Study program for the upcoming school year (Fall 2026-Spring 2027). All applicants must be enrolled as a full-time in-person student at VCU and must have accepted a Federal Work Study award for the 2026-27 school year. Applications must be received by Friday, July 10. This is a paid part-time internship position in OMSA. The full job description is in Handshake at the following URL. Note: The job description is only viewable after you have accepted your FWS award for the upcoming school year.

For more information, contact Dave Brown at dgbrown@vcu.edu or visit https://app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/11127480.

Looking to apply for your first U.S. passport or renew your current passport? Need a 2-inch by 2-inch photo for your visa or OPT application? Get your free passport-style photograph taken at VCU's Global Education Office. Passport-style photo services are offered on the first Tuesday of each month from 1-3 p.m. and the third Wednesday of each month from 9-11 a.m. in the Global Education office (912 W. Grace St., fourth floor.) Sign up for a 15-minute time slot at the following URL. Note: Passport photo services will only be offered once a month in July.

For more information, contact Julianna Hill at hilljk5@vcu.edu or (804) 827-7882 or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejLHsHb1Q3lapB5hNPwQiMxVs8-YfY1IWQ5OPVp5zVVmGscQ/viewform?usp=header.

The Translational Research on Eating and Affect (TREAT) Lab is recruiting adolescent girls and young adult women (aged 12 to 25 years) for a brain imaging study to understand risky decision-making in individuals who have concerns about their body shape/weight, or overeat, purge, use laxatives, diet severely or exercise excessively. We are also investigating these processes in individuals without a psychological disorder. There will be compensation for participation.

For more information, contact TREAT Lab (or Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D., PI) at treatlab@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-4174 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=48YEAYT8MK33E8EJ.

This study is seeking individuals between the ages of 18 and 35 years who have GAD or symptoms of GAD. The purpose of this research study is to examine the effect of cold water immersion on GAD symptoms with specific focus on blood vessel function. This study will be conducted at 500 Academic Centre on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Principle Investigator: Ryan Garten, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences.

For more information, contact Ryan Garten at rsgarten@vcu.edu.

This study is seeking individuals between the ages of 18 and 55 years who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or symptoms of PTSD. The purpose of this research study is to examine the effect of heat therapy (infrared sauna) on PTSD symptoms with specific focus on blood vessel function. This study will be conducted at 500 Academic Centre on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Principle Investigator: Ryan Garten, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences.

For more information, contact Ryan Garten at rsgarten@vcu.edu.