11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Purchase a 2023 Dogs on Call calendar and support the therapy dog teams who visit patients and staff at VCU Health and students at VCU. The calendars are $12 (cash or credit) when purchased in person and will be available at the MCV Campus, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St., First Floor, kiosk. Calendars will be available for purchase while supplies last. Online orders are $14 and can be placed at: https://www.support.vcu.edu/event/CHAI_Calendar

For more information, contact Center for Human-Animal Interaction at CHAI@VCUHealth.org or (804) 628-2532 or visit https://chai.vcu.edu/.

At the beginning of winter break, VCU RealTime will be migrated from on-campus servers to TimeClock Plus cloud, the vendor for RealTime. This transition is planned at the start of winter break on Friday, Dec. 23 to minimize impact on RealTime users and payroll processing. The transition of VCU RealTime will bring a fresh new look to RealTime, however, there will be no changes in how you perform your daily tasks in the system. Employees can clock in and out, enter hours via timesheet and request leave and managers and timekeepers can review, edit and approve hours and leave in the same manner. During the transition, RealTime will be down from 10 a.m.-noon on Friday, Dec. 23. Communication will go out when RealTime is back online and employees who were not able to clock in or out during the transition period should be able to perform a missed punch action at their next scheduled clock in or out time. Non-exempt staff who enter time via timesheet entry will be able to enter their time as soon as the system is back online.

For more information, contact VCU Real Time at realtime@vcu.edu.

VCU’s School of Medicine requests proposals about educational research or innovations in health professions education at VCU. The March 23, 2023 Health Sciences Education Symposium, "Redefining Professionalism to Foster a Positive Learning Environment," is sponsored by the VCU College of Health Professions and Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Visit the following URL to learn about presentation opportunities and to submit scholarly proposals. Proposals are due by Jan. 9, 2023.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or visit https://go.vcu.edu/vcuhses.

APPM 357 is open to all VCU students and faculty. All levels are accepted. If it has been a while since you played your instrument, come develop your skills in an inclusive and welcoming group. University Band practices every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2-2:50 p.m.. The band performs one concert each semester and plays fun music that is not too stuffy.

For more information, contact Duane Coston at costonpd@vcu.edu or (804) 240-7974.

Individuals who smoke tobacco cigarettes daily are needed to participate in a research study that requires multiple laboratory visits. Compensation may be available. This study will be conducted at VCU. Principal investigator is Alison Breland, Ph.D., Department of Psychology.

For more information, contact Alison Breland at abbrelan@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3562 or visit http://cstp.vcu.edu/studies.

The VCU Wellbeing Lab invites you to participate in a research study on two stress reduction programs for undergraduate students. VCU investigators seek to understand how two online stress reduction programs affect students’ mood and stress-related behavior. Compensation is available. Sign up before Feb. 1, 2023.‬‬

For more information, contact Polina Beloborodova at vcu.stress.reduction@gmail.com or (804) 215-6196 or visit https://beloborodp.wixsite.com/stressreduction.