12 p.m. to 12:45 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 a virtual informational session to learn about undergraduate certificates at the da Vinci Center. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/ug-sept19-22.

12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Studying art and design at VCUarts, be it in Richmond or Doha, is an exciting journey Join students from the two campuses as they talk about art, leadership and semester exchanges and discuss new areas of collaboration. The event will be at the Pollak Building, 325 N. Harrison St. Register at https://forms.gle/4EhfUhATRB2aXYg4A

For more information, contact Isabel Latayan at vcuqevents@vcu.edu or visit https://qatar.vcu.edu/events/qatar-week-2022.

3 p.m.

Learn how to establish your ideas in a strong, logical way that will hook your audience. Register at the following URL.

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

Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

Wavelength, an online artist lecture series presented by the ICA at VCU, VCUarts and VCUarts Qatar, will return for the fall semester with a virtual talk featuring multimedia artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme.

For more information, contact Becky Hudson at rhudson5@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/wavelength-ruanne-basel/.

Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries and the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research will host a data management seminar to be presented by Sandy Brooks, DPS, director, VCU Human Research Protection Program, via Zoom. Register at https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcuqqrj4qHdX8_TbafIOSveQ1NPBw3Mk6.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://cctr.vcu.edu/.

Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022 at noon

Join VCUarts Qatar alumni for a panel discussion on VCUarts Qatar women’s involvement in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. An in-person discussion will be at VCUarts/Qatar House, 1326 W. Broad St., moderated by Dean Amir Berbić. Join online at https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0cnbAbz9RXyDAL9KjN_W8A

For more information, contact Isabel Latayan at vcuqevents@vcu.edu or visit https://qatar.vcu.edu/events/qatar-week-2022.

Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

VCUarts and The Anderson will host a reception for Research Labs, an exhibition from VCUarts Qatar. The exhibit will be on view at The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St., through Oct. 28. As part of an annual exhibition exchange between the VCUarts Richmond and VCUarts Doha, Qatar campuses, the Research Labs exhibition will feature projects from 11 teams of faculty, students and alumni.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/news/vcuarts-qatar-research-labs-exhibition-at-the-anderson/.

Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

First-gen students embark on many firsts, but while being a pioneer is exciting and rewarding, parts of the journey can be exhausting and uncertain. Jamie Fueglein, assistant professor, Focused Inquiry, will discuss the strengths that first-gen students carry with them, often without even knowing it. Come learn more about the skills you possess and how you can use them to thrive in college. The meeting will be held in Room 2104, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave., and also online. Register for the virtual option at https://cglink.me/2dV/r1789302

For more information, contact Elizabeth Bambacus at bambacuses@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3927 or visit http://youfirst.vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022 at 4 p.m.

Want to know how to get a high score in the game of credit? Join The Money Spot coaches for an informative and interactive walk-through of credit - how to get it, how to build it and how to fix it. Register at https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kAaGc2nDT3WblDubhz7b9w#/registration

For more information, contact Dorian Philpot at themoneyspot@vcu.edu or visit http://themoneyspot.vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Children’s Hospital of Richmond and Child Health Research will present a talk by Jeffrey Fineman, M.D., University of California San Francisco. His topic will be "Translating Natural History of CHD into Pathobiology: Hemodynamic Forces." The talk will be presented in person in Room 5-086, Children's Hospital of Richmond, 1001 E. Marshall St., and also virtually. See the Zoom link at the following URL. The passcode is 805055.

For more information, contact Emma Burge at emma.burge@vcuhealth.org or visit https://vcuhealth.zoom.us/j/94870828312?pwd=UzB3RU9ZZUpibDJoQ2ZFdExQM2hyQT09.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 at 10 a.m.

Learn the tools to articulate your own, unique ideas in the style of your discipline in this virtual workshop. Register at the following URL.

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

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 from 11 a.m. to noon

Monique Williams, MPH, CCRC, assistant director, Early Phase Development, Massey Cancer Center, will discuss the unique responsibilities and activities for investigator-initiated clinical trials. The Central Virginia Society of Clinical Research Associates Chapter and VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research will co-sponsor the online session. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. Registration is required.

For more information, contact Shirley Helm at shelm@vcu.edu or (804) 241-7340 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclce6srT0tHNa1yowFt0Y1hfPFdUukexP8.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

VCU's Global Education Office will host Cultural Conversations with participants from Ivanovo State Polytechnic University. This fall series will focus on travel. Participants can sign up for one or more sessions of the four-part series, which will meet every other Wednesday 11-11:50 a.m. through Nov. 2. Register for the Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/VCUCCRussiaFall2022

For more information, contact Audrey Emiko Short at aeshort@vcu.edu or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/cultural_conversations/#:~:text=Cultural%20Conversations%20engages%20VCU%20students,%2C%20language%2C%20music%20and%20tourism..

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 from noon to 3 p.m.

Are you exploring majors or considering a minor? Or just wanting to learn more about the major you have chosen? Check out the annual Majors Fair, hosted by VCU's Discovery Advising team. Connect with all the majors the university has to offer and learn more about various campus resources. Majors Fair will be held in the second-floor Commonwealth Ballroom, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Gregory Miller at millerg6@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

How can schools more effectively respond to mass shootings and firearm violence? What does it take to successfully plan and implement programs to prepare and train teachers, administrators and students? Join Donna Michaelis for an online discussion on best practices to plan for and respond to emergencies in Commonwealth schools with a Virginia-based public safety model that can be adopted nationwide. Michaelis is director of the Division of Public Safety Training and Virginia Center at the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact David Slipher at wilderschool@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ub5Ol3oSSJyLx2FWl56Mww#/registration.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 from noon to 2 p.m.

Join VCUarts Qatar Tasmeem Doha 2022: Radical Futures co-directors, and Dominic Willsdon (moderator, Associate Professor of Art Education, and executive director of the Institute for Contemporary Art) for the Tasmeem Doha 2022 Radical Futures Panel Discussion. This is a hybrid event. The in-person session will be at VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. Register at https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0SnOPeldST6fpsRwiHvynw to join the discussion virtually.

For more information, contact Isabel Latayan at vcuqevents@vcu.edu or visit https://qatar.vcu.edu/events/qatar-week-2022.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a mixer for all Latine faculty, staff and students in Richmond Salons III-IV, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Come for the community and stay for the elote, chips, churros and agua fresca catered by E-Loteria. Event co-sponsors are TriO Student Support Services, You First at VCU, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science at VCU and Latinx Student Association. RSVP by Sept. 19 at the following URL.

For more information, contact Beck Oh at ohrn@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/sewzTantEA8BgF8U6.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 at 6 p.m.

Carmenita Higginbotham, dean, VCUarts, Richmond, and Amir Berbić, dean, VCUarts Qatar, will host showings of videos and Metaverse 2.0 film screenings from Tasmeem Doha 2022 curated by Róisín Tapponi at VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. RSVP at the following URL. The screenings are part of Qatar Week at VCU, a series of dialogues, exhibitions, performances, panel discussions and screenings.

For more information, contact Isabel Latayan at vcuqevents@vcu.edu or visit https://qatar.vcu.edu/events/qatar-week-2022.

Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.

The Society of Women Engineers at VCU will hold a general body meeting in Room 3229, College of Engineering East Hall, 401 W. Main St. Come learn about the organization, its executive board, future events and the annual WE22 Conference. Follow the group on Instagram @swe_vcu

For more information, contact Brianna Patrick at patrickbn@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pups on the Plaza, the Dogs on Call fundraising event, will once again be held outside the McGlothlin Medical Education Building, 1201 E. Marshall St. Come for the music, visit with therapy dog teams and support Dogs on Call by purchasing T-shirts and lunch (hot dogs, chips and a drink). Purchase lunch tickets or merchandise in advance at the kiosk (near Volunteer Services and the main hospital Subway) today, Sept. 20 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

For more information, contact Karl Dorn, Program Coordinator for the Center for Human-Animal Interaction, at chai@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-2532 or visit http://chai.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs invites you to participate in its Latin Dance Nights, ¡Muevete! This five-week series will have various Latin-inspired dances each Thursday at Monroe Park, 620 W. Main St. This week's dance will be the Cumbia, Merengue and Bachata. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at omsa@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1783379.

Friday, Sep. 23, 2022 at 6 p.m.

VCU's Activities Programming Board and The Commons will host a free screening of “Top Gun: Maverick” in the theater of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Bria Taylor at taylorbc7@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/apb/rsvp_boot?id=1783670.

Monday, Sep. 26, 2022 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

VCU's School of Education will host a session about becoming a leader who understands and mitigates power imbalances related to race, ethnicity, culture and class. Learn to establish policies and practices which will nurture an anti-racist organizational climate. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jazmin Tilfas at soeinfo@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.soe.vcu.edu/register/?id=c09304c7-393e-4c21-8197-0ad96120b629.

Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Are you wondering what Richmond has to offer after graduation? Not sure where to start looking for jobs or internships? Find a unique experience featuring entertainment, activities and career connections at the RVA College Jam. Whether you're actively hunting for next summer's internship or looking to network, this event is about exploring and experiencing what it's like to live and work in Richmond. The event, to be held at the Foundry at Historic Tredegar, 470 Tredegar St., is open to undergraduate and graduate students with a valid student ID.

For more information, contact VCU Career Services at careers@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/college-jam-2022-tickets-394331254397.

Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2022 at 7 p.m.

Are you interested in social work and do you identify as a member of the African diaspora? Come find out more about the Association of Black Social Workers at VCU and how the group is connecting Black students interested in social work and public service to established professionals and mentors. All students and faculty are welcome. The meeting will take place in Room 3201, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave., and online. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Oscar Kemp at kempod@vcu.edu or (434) 250-5045 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/87634788335.

Students and parents are invited to attend financial health online sessions hosted by JPMorgan Chase Bank. These two-part sessions are offered on Zoom by JPMorgan Chase Bank. Seminars on budget and savings will be held Sept. 21, Oct. 6 and Nov. 1. Seminars on credit will be held Sept. 28, Oct. 13 and Nov. 8. All workshops will be held 4:30-5:30 p.m. The Zoom webinar ID is 929 6163 1318. The pass code is 632518. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Denise Laussade at laussaded@vcu.edu or visit https://jpmc.surveymonkey.com/r/Fall22Student.

Are you interested in planning programs and building queer community at VCU? Apply today to join PRISM, a new, student-led group to plan and implement programs for queer students at VCU. Applications are now being accepted for the five executive board positions. PRISM is a part of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs' LGBTQIA+ Initiatives division. Apply at the following URL by Friday, Sept. 23 at 11:59 p.m.

For more information, contact Beck Oh at omsalgbtqia@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/k4gNTb3feu4aGMeL8.

Join the Ram Pantry in the effort to reduce food waste. The pantry is seeking students, faculty and staff who would like to receive free surplus produce and bread that would otherwise go to waste. Questions: Email the following address or complete this form: https://forms.gle/E1tALMG8SnvVVBto8. The pantry is open Mondays-Thursdays from noon-6 p.m. in Room 121, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth at rampantry@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4514 or visit https://dos.vcu.edu/services/ram-pantry/.

VCU's Equity in Cardiovascular Health Outcomes Lab will host focus groups on the stress, vulnerability and resilience of young Black women. Virtual sessions will be held Wednesday, Sept. 21; Monday, Sept. 26 and Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 6-8 p.m. To check your eligibility and to sign up, visit the following URL.

For more information, contact Anika L. Hines, Ph.D., MPH, at EqCHOlab@vcuhealth.org or (804) 828-5030 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=P8FMMYKNAEMCF8TC.

Federal regulation 34 CFR 600.9(c)(2) requires that all institutions (including VCU) make a determination of the state or other place where students are physically located. This fall semester, students will be prompted via email to confirm where they are currently physically located. It will only take a couple of minutes to complete. For more information, please review the FAQ or email location@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact VCU Online at location@vcu.edu.