Student Issue for June 6, 2022

Today

VCU Writing Center Workshop: Write With Confidence

Add to calendar 06-06-2022 10:00:00 06-06-2022 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/.

National Science Foundation Writing Workshop

Add to calendar 06-06-2022 12:00:00 06-06-2022 13:00:00 America/New_York National Science Foundation Writing Workshop 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. Zoom Meredith Sisson mrsisson@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

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.

This week

VCU Writing Center Workshop: The Personal Statement

Add to calendar 08-06-2022 14:00:00 08-06-2022 America/New_York VCU Writing Center Workshop: The Personal Statement Learn how to use the tools you need to write your best statement. Register at the following URL. https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/ Trey Burnart Hall hallbr@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2022 at 2 p.m.

Learn how to use the tools you need to write your best statement. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Trey Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/calendar/.

Coming up

'To Be Free, or To Be Wired – How Connections in Your Brain Affect Behavior'

Add to calendar 13-06-2022 12:00:00 13-06-2022 13:00:00 America/New_York 'To Be Free, or To Be Wired – How Connections in Your Brain Affect Behavior' 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. via ZOOM only Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, pmdillon@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

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.

EMT Course Informational Session

Add to calendar 21-06-2022 19:00:00 21-06-2022 America/New_York EMT Course Informational Session 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. Zoom Jonathan Alford - VCU alfordja@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

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.

Notices

RecWell Meditations Available on YouTube

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.

Faculty/Staff Golf League

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.

Camp Qmunity 2022, Queer Interventions: Space and Place Making, Now Accepting Applications

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/.

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.

Black Love Safe Love Research Study

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/.

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