12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will offer a virtual workshop to help applicants tackle the required personal statement for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. First- and second-year graduate students in the non-health care STEM fields are eligible to apply for the fellowship, which provides up to three years of funding. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Meredith Sisson at mrsisson@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/TV2yXzTMyxyuSQC68.

Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

More independence, greater financial security and a better quality of life – that’s the future ABLEnow is building. The advantages of ABLE accounts and the national ABLEnow program will be explained at a virtual informational meeting. Register in Talent@VCU for the Zoom link or at: https://bit.ly/3Gd2XqN.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/.

Monday, Jun. 13, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

Mathula Thangarajh, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Neurology, will speak via Zoom at a Discovery Dialogues seminar hosted by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Questions: https://cctr.vcu.edu/. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucOmgrD8tGdHRsHqDiZCQlGXkwgsHehi2.

Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2022 at 7 p.m.

VCU's Center for Trauma and Critical Care Education will host a virtual informational session for its upcoming fall Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course that starts in September. Registration is required for the informational session. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jonathan Alford - VCU at alfordja@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuhealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-irpzgqE9VehM3w2O6BSj4EbdhmgUl3.

In response to VCU's collective commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and the professional development of the university community, this fall the School of Education will launch a new five-course (15 credit) graduate Certificate in Culturally Responsive Leadership. See the application checklist at https://soe.vcu.edu/media/school-of-education/pdfs/application-checklists---nov-2021/Admissions-Checklist-Certificate-in-Culturally-Responsive-Leadership_ada.pdf. Apply for the certificate at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jenna Lenhardt at jlenhardt@vcu.edu or visit https://soe.vcu.edu/academics/certificates/culturally-responsive-leadership/.

RecWell's weekly meditation sessions are going on summer vacation. Mindfulness moments are still available by visiting RecWell Health Promotion on YouTube at the following URL. View a playlist of prerecorded guided meditations.

For more information, contact Health Promotion at thewell@vcu.edu or visit https://www.youtube.com/user/thewellvcu.

RecWell’s 2022 Faculty/Staff Golf League will be hosted at newly renovated Belmont Golf Course. The new site includes a driving range, 18-hole putting course, and six-hole par-3 course. An end-of-season banquet will follow immediately after the last day of play. Cost: $60 league fee, $45 weekly green and cart fee. A food and beverage discount is available at the clubhouse. Dates are June 1-July 27.

For more information, contact Anthony Muscatello at amuscatello@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1708.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence invites you to join facilitator Carver Weakley this fall for the Common Book program's inaugural faculty book club. These facilitated meet-ups will allow faculty to create community by exploring a piece of VCU's institutional history, engage in group discussions surrounding equity and social justice and help advance teaching and learning by discussing the classroom application of what we have learned. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://ctle.vcu.edu/initiatives/communities/.

Join VCU’s Queer Research and Advocacy Center, known as the Q Collective, for a paid summer intensive on LGBT+/Queer Studies. Throughout the month of July, the collective will meet synchronously and asynchronously to talk about space. Topics will range from asking “what does queer space look like?”, “how do we queer space?”, and playing with space/place making as a group. Apply by 5 p.m. today, June 6, at the following URL.

For more information, contact Archana Pathak at aapathak@vcu.edu or visit https://inclusive.vcu.edu/institutes-and-centers/q-collective/camp-qmunity/.

RecWell’s 2022 Faculty/Staff Golf League will be hosted at newly renovated Belmont Golf Course. The new site includes a driving range, 18-hole putting course and six-hole par-3 course. An end-of-season banquet will follow immediately after the last day of play. Costs include a $60 league fee, $45 weekly green and cart fee. A food and beverage discount will be available at the clubhouse. The league will be operational through July 27. Register at the following URL by Tuesday, June 7.

For more information, contact Jordan Gardner at ejgardner@vcu.edu or visit https://portal.recsports.vcu.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=219e7140-7394-470e-a186-465fb2d0fc7f&semesterId=2d8235df-e724-4c3a-a7e7-0383f98a9f4f.

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.

This is a research study aiming to receive feedback on a sexual health intervention designed for couples. To be eligible to participate, you have to identify as Black or African American and be 18 to 35 years of age. The study requires participation in a 120-minute session and completion of a questionnaire. Compensation is available.

For more information, contact Kristina Hood, Ph.D., at progresslab@vcu.edu or visit https://progress.vcu.edu/research/.