11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Join VCU's Education Abroad team in celebrating Study Abroad Day 2023 at their table in the lobby of James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Learn about the program and add your travel bucket list to the board. Share your international experiences online and tag the program at @studyabroadvcu. See photos of current VCU students' experiences abroad on the big screen today, Feb. 27, from 8 a.m.-noon.

For more information, contact Alex Levy at levya@vcu.edu or (804) 828-5794.

12 p.m.

Katie Boston-Leary, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, director of nursing programs at the American Nurses Association, will discuss "nursism," racism and its role in the history of nursing. Her talk will be available in person (Room 1013, VCU School of Nursing, 1100 E. Leigh St.) and virtually. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link. Leary will also talk about the potential for an antiracist practice climate to foster inclusive excellence and how to strengthen strategies to address social determinants of health.

For more information, contact Caitlin Hanbury at cshanbury@vcu.edu or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0eqpyKmfSIW5BVWlmUU2sA#/registration.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation will host Diana Isaacs, Pharm.D., who will speak at an interprofessional diabetes clinic as part of the center's spring seminar series. Attend the event in person (Room 545, Robert Blackwell Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St.) or via Zoom. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sydney Weber at webers2@vcu.edu or (804) 628-7614 or visit http://bit.ly/CPPISeminar.

12:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.

VCU's department of Graphic Design will present an Objects and Methods lecture with Bilphena Yahwon via zoom (https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97671228958). No registration is required; all are welcome. The talk will have live captions and ASL.

For more information, contact Diana Caramat at caramatdl@vcu.edu or (804) 467-8946 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/om-lecture-with-bilphena-yahwon/ .

2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a hazing prevention and remembrance day for Adam Oakes in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The event will begin with a video premiere in the Commons Theater celebrating Adam's life and the importance of eliminating hazing. A Q&A session with the Oakes family will follow the video. Hazing prevention activities highlighting the dangers of hazing and alcohol will occur from 3-5 p.m. The video will also replay during this time. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rachael Tully at tullyrj@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/hazingprevention/rsvp_boot?id=1927248.

4 p.m.

Meet the needs of a target audience by writing strong, logical, structurally sound work. 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/.

4 p.m.

You First at VCU will host a reception for Asian American and Pacific Islander students in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons basement, 907 Floyd Ave. Meet Julie Nguyen, the new You First AAPI Student Success coach, learn more about the services offered and engage with other VCU AAPI students. Food will be provided. Space is limited. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Julie Nguyen at nguyenjq7@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/yj3wGzVddiadkEpDA.

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will host "Student Gift Exchange: Cycling in the City." Each week, one student will share a unique gift with others. The conversation will include cycling rights, laws, bike safety and ergonomics.

For more information, contact Russ Kerr at kerrr@vcu.edu or (804) 658-4064 or visit http://www.thepacecenter.com.

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Join the Humanities Research Center, School of Education and Office of Multicultural Student Affairs for a film screening and discussion of "Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem," a documentary film by Brave New Films. The screening (Room 1107, Academic Learning Commons 1000 Floyd Ave.) will be followed by an audience discussion facilitated by Rachel Gómez, Ph.D., assistant professor, School of Education. Refreshments will be provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rani Sisavath at sisavathr@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4714 or visit https://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/events/racially-charged-americas-misdemeanor-problem-film-screening-and-dialogue.html.

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host an evening of intimate “real talk” in honor of Black History Month. Black women will spill all the tea about issues that impact, influence and affect them. Space is limited and registration is required. Food will be provided. The event will be at the OMSA, Suite 215, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at omsa@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1926802.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Lebanese Student Association will host a hot cocoa social to kick off the semester in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Lebanese Student Association at contact.lsa.vcu@gmail.com.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Donate Blood with the Red Cross at the Pace Center (next to Rhoads Hall). Donors will receive a $10 gift card, snacks and a T-shirt (while still in stock).

For more information, contact Hanna Deller at dellerha@vcu.edu or visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=vcu.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's Transfer Peer Advocates will host student hours in the lobby of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Stop by the table to have questions answered or connect with a fellow transfer student.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Heck at ebheck@vcu.edu or visit https://transfer.vcu.edu/.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Solve Clues with other transfer students while crisscrossing campus. The starting location is the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Heck at ebheck@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1927285.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Join staff from the da Vinci Center to learn about the Master of Product Innovation program. The MPI at VCU is a cross-disciplinary master’s program focused on students applying knowledge in advanced product innovation, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship topics with real-life clients. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/MPI-Feb282023.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

To build great teams, you have to meet great people. So, why not take time to connect with our greatest community: ourselves? Join students, faculty and staff at the Shift Retail Lab, 1235 W. Broad St., with other da Vinci undergraduate and graduate students. All students are welcome. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact LLoyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/networking-feb2023.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Join the first of three sessions at VCU's ICA which will explore how to see and understand contemporary art. For a long time now, anything could be seen as a work of art: found objects, gestures, fragments of language, ideas, events and literally anything else. How and why did this happen? How can we say which artworks are good anymore? Join in one, two or all three classes at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Natalie Hale at halene@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/making-sense-of-contemporary-art-can-art-be-anything/.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Join faculty and staff from the VCU School of Nursing and VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation to learn about a new graduate certificate program that will make it simpler for those with an interest in innovation to develop products and solutions to challenges facing the health care industry. The certificate will provide opportunities for students to advance their knowledge and skills in identifying problems and implementing solutions to foster high-quality, safe and accessible health care. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact LLoyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/HCInfo-Feb28.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Join Active Minds at VCU for a game of classic Bingo, but with a self-care twist. Bingo boards will be related to mental health content that will provide plenty of room for discussion and bonding. Winners will receive prizes. The meeting will be held in Room 2110, Grace E. Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Active Minds at VCU at motsingera@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/activemindsatvcu/home/.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

All students are welcome, no dance team registration is required and no dance experience needed. The free workshop will be in the big studio at the Cary Street Gym, 101 S. Linden St.

For more information, contact VCU Ishaara at ishaaravcu@gmail.com or (571) 246-7597.

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Join VCU Career Services and RVA Collab for the RVA Internship and Experiential Opportunities Fair in the Richmond Salons and Commonwealth Ballroom, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Connect with organizations that combine your academic goals with real-world experiences, such as internships, project-based opportunities and volunteer and service hours. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Career Services at careers@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/34973.

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023 from noon to 1 p.m.

Matt Banks, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, will discuss strategies for incorporating required rigor and reproducibility information into an NIH grant application. The talk via Zoom will be part of the grant-writing series hosted by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Questions: http://www.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/tZctduurrzspGtBNLTnkAgduZr3uX2wnq7LB.

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will partner with the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture for a screening of the documentary "The Arab Americans" followed by a discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Abe Kasbo. Filmed in 11 states and in production for over seven years, the film places the Arab American immigrant experience within the context of American History. The screening will be in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Joshua Lockhart at lockhartjcj@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1927198.

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Super Bowl 57 was the fourth consecutive Super Bowl in which 20-plus Brandcenter alumni were involved in creating ads for the Big Game. If this sounds like something you might want to do in the future, come check out the Brandcenter — the top graduate program for advertising and branding in the country. Register for the virtual informational session at the following URL.

For more information, contact Erica DePompeo at brandcenter@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/BCVirtualInfoSessionMarch1?utm_source=Telegram.

Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Join a panel of VCU graduate students from psychology and related fields to discuss the challenges faced during the journey to grad school. The session will be held in person (SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.) and on Zoom. The event is organized by the Psychology Department's Committee for the Promotion of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Polina Beloborodova at beloborodp@vcu.edu or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=CFJA3EPLNFXP8FHT.

Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023 from 3:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

A Sociology Lab on Gender, Sexuality and Globalization Studies taught by Ying-Chao Kao, Ph.D., will present "God Loves Uganda," which explores the role of the American evangelical movement in Uganda when an anti-gay bill wins support. The screening will be moderated by research assistants Sarah Young Eleanor Northrup. The film will be shown in Room 203, Founders Hall, 827 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Ying-Chao Kao at yckao@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Join the Humanities Research Center in exploring how in Western modernity, time is often understood in progressive, linear terms, but these measures are increasingly incommensurate and insufficient to understand our contemporary timescape. Petro-time asserts that time itself has been compressed through millennia to become fossil fuels, and then burned, resulting in climate chaos. This hybrid event will be in-person (Room 1102, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.) and via Zoom. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rani Sisavath at sisavathr@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4714 or visit https://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/events/petro-time.html.

Monday, Mar. 6, 2023 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The American Chemical Society Student chapter at VCU is seeking volunteers to travel to John B. Cary Elementary School, 3021 Maplewood Ave., to participate in science experiments with third, fourth and fifth graders. STEAM Day is an annual event held by the ACS Student Chapter at VCU that provides engagement, support and interest in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) careers and concepts at local elementary schools. An interest form is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Xuliana O at chemistryatvcu@gmail.com or visit https://tinyurl.com/STEAMdayACS.

Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Are you interested in social work or social welfare? Come join the VCU Association of Black Social Workers. Ask questions about your social work interests and get connected. Nomad Deli and refreshments will be served. The meeting will be in Room 1201, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Oscar Kemp at vcuabsw@gmail.com or (434) 250-5045.

The City of Richmond Department of Public Works has announced alternating lane closures for paving in the Carver neighborhood near VCU's Monroe Park Campus. Multiple streets are subject to closures through Friday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, including sections of West Leigh, North Harrison, West Clay and West Marshall streets. View the complete list at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Police Ofc. Jose DeJesus at jedejesus@vcu.edu or visit http://alert.vcu.edu.

RecWell offers Women+ on Weights, a biweekly small-group program open to women and non-binary/gender-nonconforming individuals. This six-week course is designed to teach participants the foundational methods of resistance training and workout design. RecWell personal trainers will utilize strength machines, resistance bands, cable stacks and free weights to build participants’ skill and knowledge of proper technique and progressions. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tanika Santos-MacSwain at fitness@vcu.edu or visit https://recwell.vcu.edu/thrive/small-group-training/.

VCU's Dental Hygiene Class of 2024 will host a clinic bag fundraiser open to the broader university audience. The event will end Friday, March 3 and orders will be placed Saturday, March 4. Orders may be placed at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sarah Mitchell at mitchellsg@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/c138aYWk9uLom5zd7.

VCU's English Language Program is offering an eight-week Test of English as a Foreign Language Preparation course from March 20-May 11. The course is online synchronous and is designed to help English language learners improve academic and cultural background knowledge, develop vocabulary, improve reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. For more information, contact geo-elp@vcu.edu or visit the following URL.

For more information, contact Rachel Aziz at rcwiltshire@vcu.edu or visit https://global.vcu.edu/elp/toeflprep/.

The VCU Pauley Heart Center "Teach BP" Study is looking for volunteers to be field teachers to lead blood pressure-related activities in the Hopewell City Public School System. This is a great way to get volunteer experience and hours for any programs that require it. While dates and times are still being finalized, volunteers will be needed at the Hopewell family night on April 11 and for six additional class sessions starting April 17. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Grace Smith at smithg6@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/wdFnZsPzHz6XbVnK8.

VCU’s Journal for Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship, AUCTUS, is currently accepting student submissions to its STEM, Social Sciences, Creative, Humanities and News and Noteworthy sections. Students can join AUCTUS as reviewers to gain experience reviewing work in their field. Visit https://linktr.ee/auctusvcu to learn more.

For more information, contact VCU AUCTUS at auctus@vcu.edu or visit http://auctus.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 identity 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. Amazon gift card compensation is available. Participation in this research study is voluntary.

For more information, contact Kristina Hood, Ph.D., at progresslab@vcu.edu.