Monday, Jun. 13, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Social Security may be an important income source for retirement. Learn about key Social Security claiming ages and how your benefit is calculated, so you can better understand the choices. Join this brief informative session for answers to your questions. The session will be sponsored by VCU HR and Fidelity. Register in Talent@VCU or at: https://bit.ly/3GeiSFf.

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

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.

Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2022 at 11 a.m.

Everyone has a leadership voice, whether they know it or not. From the most quiet to the most gregarious, we all have the ability to lead others. For many, we lead accidentally, based on our own bias, experience and perspective. Most people don’t know their leadership voice or how to use it. Some don’t know what it is, others are insecure in their voice and have been told it is unimportant, and others immaturely overuse their voice. This session will be hosted by VCU's Center for Corporate Education. The fee is $40.

For more information, contact Carrie Hawes at corp-ed@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2616 or visit https://business.vcu.edu/about-us/events/center-for-corporate-education/five-voices-of-leadership.html.

VCUarts' Department of Art Education will offer Creative Arts Day Camp for children rising into grades K-9. Students will explore digital media, painting, drawing, bookmaking, fibers and more. Classes will be taught by graduate and undergraduate art education students on the VCU campus. Four classes will be offered each session with classes divided by age group. Sessions will be July 11–15, July 18–22, July 25-29 and Aug. 1–5. Registration is open now, Discounts and scholarships are available.

For more information, contact Marzia Farhana at artedcadc@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/academics/departments/art-education/creative-arts-day-camp/.

You are invited to participate in a research study aimed at experiences regarding authorship on projects at VCU. The accompanying survey will take approximately 10 minutes. You must be a research-active faculty member to participate. This research is being led by UNC Charlotte and NC State, among other universities. To complete the survey, click the following URL.

For more information, contact Sven Kepes, Ph.D., at skepes@vcu.edu or visit https://uncc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_doMvwqlS5kg74vc.

The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program pledges $1.5B for outstanding early career faculty committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Funding will be awarded to outstanding basic biomedical researchers, including physician-scientists in their efforts to create labs in which everyone can thrive. Apply at the following URL by Sept. 28.

For more information, contact Emily Komornik at komornikea@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3GKcAxp.

The three finalists have been selected for VCU's Cabell First Novelist Award. The finalists are "Hades, Argentina" by Daniel Loedel (Riverhead Books), "The Five Wounds" by Kirstin Valdez Quade (W.W. Norton) and "The Final Revival of Opal and Nev" by Dawnie Walton (Simon & Schuster). Congratulations to the finalists and a big thank-you to all our volunteer readers. The winner will be announced toward the end of June.

For more information, contact Ty Phelps at cabellfn@vcu.edu or visit https://firstnovelist.vcu.edu/.

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.

There is a potentially useful technique measuring blood flow on ultrasound as a way to noninvasively identify extremity compartment syndrome (dangerously elevated pressures in arms or legs). VCU's Dept. of Emergency Medicine plans to perform a study to investigate this hypothesis with 25 healthy volunteers. The study will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. If you are interested in participating, RSVP to the following email address.

For more information, contact Stephanie DeMasi at stephanie.demasi@vcuhealth.org.