Student Issue for May 25, 2022

Special Announcement

West Broad Deck Subscribers To Relocate During Graduations

Upcoming high school graduations will create interruptions to parking. Today (May 25), June 10 and June 14-16, all West Broad Street Deck subscribers will relocate to the West Cary Street Deck, 1101 W. Cary St.; Jefferson Street Deck, 100 S. Jefferson St.; or Henry Street Decks (East/West), 200 and 201 Henry St.

A dedicated shuttle service will be provided by Parking and Transportation today (May 25), June 10 and June 14-16 to transport subscribers to and from the West Cary Street Deck and Jefferson Street Deck. RamSafe shuttles will run on a continuous loop to and from the West Cary Street Deck, Jefferson Street Deck, Harrison and Franklin Streets, Franklin and Laurel Streets and Shafer and Franklin Streets from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Transportation requests outside of these hours can be made by placing a ride request through the RamSafe service at 828-SAFE (7233) or using the RamSafe mobile app.

Reciprocal parking will not be permitted on the West Broad Street Deck today (May 25), June 10 and June 14-16. MCV Campus subscribers may park on the West Cary Street Deck, Jefferson Street Deck or Henry Street Decks (East/West).

Additional information regarding high school graduation impacts can be found at go.vcu.edu/hsgraduations.

Today

VCU Writing Center Workshop: Write With Confidence

Add to calendar 25-05-2022 10:00:00 25-05-2022 America/New_York VCU Writing Center Workshop: Write With Confidence Learn to break writing into manageable chunks and how to avoid procrastination. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/ Trey Burnart Hall hallbr@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

10 a.m.

Learn to break writing into manageable chunks and how to avoid procrastination. 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/.

This week

'Responding to Research Grant Critiques'

Add to calendar 26-05-2022 12:00:00 26-05-2022 13:00:00 America/New_York 'Responding to Research Grant Critiques' Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, will discuss effective strategies via Zoom for responding to reviewers’ comments about your grant. The seminar is part of the center's series about grant writing. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. Via ZOOM only Pamela Dillon, research liaison, pmdillon@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Thursday, May 26, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, will discuss effective strategies via Zoom for responding to reviewers’ comments about your grant. The seminar is part of the center's series about grant writing. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpfu6vpzMsEt1GtCy6T1c_iIGAg30TSx7j.

Notices

VCU Continuing and Professional Education

VCU Continuing and Professional Education offers learning options for the VCU community and members of the public. Choose from aikido, automaton and controls, bookkeeping, computer skills, craft beer, cultural competency and languages, customer service, data analysis, digital marketing, digital reporting, early childhood guidance, event planning, Excel, Google Analytics, infant mental health, paralegal studies, play therapy, podcasting, social media, storytelling, supervisory and leadership, test prep, WordPress and world drumming.

For more information, contact VCU Continuing and Professional Education at ocpe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1322 or visit https://ocpe.vcu.edu/courses/.

STAR Seeks New Members for Executive Board

For those who are passionate about refugees and are looking for a leadership position, Students Together Assisting Refugees (STAR) is looking for new members to join its Executive Board team for next year. Applications are due at the following URL by Monday, May 30.

For more information, contact Vineeth Vaidyula, STAR president, at vaidyulavr@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/DqDxx1Ui4wrGXiaC8.

Patients With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Are Invited To Participate in a Study of a Potential New Treatment

We are inviting male and female Type 2 diabetes patients with painful diabetic neuropathy ages 18-75 to participate in a research investigation of a new treatment to alleviate pain and examine its effects on pain perception. In addition to the new treatment, this study involves completing surveys and undergoing tests to evaluate perceptions of pain. Volunteers will be compensated for their time. Participants are only required to come once for the study. The study is conducted within the VCU Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Lab. Questions: Email Edmund Acevedo, Ph.D., FACSM, at eoacevedo@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Bhushan Thakkar at thakkarbs2@vcu.edu.

Invitation: Research Study on Two Stress Reduction Programs

The Wellbeing Lab at VCU invites you to participate in a research study on two stress reduction programs. VCU investigators seek to understand how two stress reduction programs can beneficially influence neural activity and behavior related to stress, including emotions, desires and reactions to adverse events like social conflict.

For more information, contact Hadley Rahrig at vcusrs@gmail.com or (804) 223-0360.

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