Student Issue for May 4, 2022
Today
VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation Undergraduate Informational Session
4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Are you interested in working with other students across different disciplines? Are you fascinated by creating solutions to complex problems? Have you always wanted to start a business or nonprofit? Attend an informational session to learn about our undergraduate certificates at the da Vinci Center. This event via Zoom will be open to all VCU students. Register at the following URL.
For more information, contact Erika Boltz at boltzef2@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/05042022UG.
Ram Exscream
9 p.m.
Join Students Alumni Tomorrow to relieve your stress at Ram Exscream. The event will be held at the Commons Plaza. There will be music, raffles and food. Before heading into finals, students can collectively scream their stress away.
For more information, contact Catherine Ruiz-Romero at ruizromec@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1583149.
This week
RamBikes Workshop Series: Brakes
Thursday, May 5, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
RamBikes will host a workshop about brakes at 1106 W. Broad St. (near the intersection of Broad and Harrison streets) for anyone who wants to learn how to adjust bike brakes. The event will cover the most common types of brakes and problems encountered when working on brakes. The workshop will also include instruction on changing brake pads and cables.
For more information, contact Carter Barker at rambikes@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2453 or visit https://bikes.vcu.edu/events/.
Sila Chanto and Belkis Ramírez: 'Aquí Me Quedo / Here I Stay'
Friday, May 6, 2022 at 10 a.m.
"Aquí me quedo / Here I Stay" proposes a conversation between late artists Sila Chanto (Costa Rica, 1969-2015) and Belkis Ramírez (Dominican Republic, 1957-2019), who radically transformed the language of printmaking. By introducing experimental techniques, both women advanced new ways of discussing the body, power relations, architecture, patriarchal violence and environmental issues in deeply conservative societies. The exhibit will be available through June 19 at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St.
For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/exhibitions/aqui-me-quedo-here-i-stay/.
Plant Giveaway/Swap
Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Pace Center will be giving away/swapping plants for Mother's Day. Feel free to come outside the center, 700 W. Franklin St., to receive a plant grown by a member of the Richmond community. Come while supplies last. Questions: Email Niara Gray at graynr@vcu.edu.
For more information, contact Colleen Diep at diepeg@vcu.edu.
Notices
Extra Security Patrols During Finals
RMC Events security officers will conduct additional foot patrols around James Branch Cabell Library nightly until 3 a.m. Friday, May 13. VCU Police organized these patrols to enhance coverage on the Monroe Park Campus as students study for finals. Five RMC Events security officers also conduct mobile patrols on campus every night. To reach VCU Police at any time, call the following number or use the LiveSafe app.
For more information, contact VCU Police at policedept@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1234.
VCU First Destination Survey
The VCU First Destination Survey is now live for May 2022 graduates on Handshake at VCU. Answers to the survey will help VCU to improve career and academic advising, student recruitment and overall student services. The survey is open to both undergraduate seniors and graduate/professional students completing their degrees in May. Graduating students who complete the survey will be eligible to win prizes (AirPods, air fryer, robot vacuum, VCU luggage set or a $250 Amazon gift card).
For more information, contact Danielle Pearles at ddpearles@vcu.edu or visit http://tiny.cc/VCUFDS22.
Food Drive To Benefit Feed More
VCU's School of Education will host a food drive through May 6 with Puritan Cleaners for their 100K Meals program to benefit Feed More. Nonperishable items will be collected in bins located at Oliver Hall, 1015 W. Main St., rooms 1037, 2136, 3096-A or 4064-C. Bins are also located at 700 E. Franklin St. and 3600 W. Broad St.
For more information, contact Jennifer Cousins at cousinsjl2@vcu.edu.
Apply by May 16 for Paid Summer Humanities Fellowship in Richmond
Are you studying the humanities? Interested in libraries and research? A new fellowship funded by the American Library Association offers a paid summer learning opportunity. As many as three fellows will be hired. Apply by May 16 at the following URL.
For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2022-news/humanities-fellows.html.
Other resources
VCU Libraries workshops
See a schedule of workshops and classes that teach how to use collections and databases.
LinkedIn Learning @ VCU
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RamsConnect events
View all of the student events happening on campus and register for events that interest you.