4 p.m.

Learn how to articulate your own, unique ideas in the style of your discipline. Register at the following URL.

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

Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2024 from noon to 1 p.m.

What effect has the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision had on reproductive rights and health policy in the U.S.? Wendy Klein, M.D., MACP, associate professor emerita of internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology at the VCU School of Medicine, will offer insights into the consequences and challenges that have emerged from this pivotal moment when the constitutional protections for abortion established by Roe v. Wade were overturned. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact David Slipher at slipherd@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PT8uQxQkR72VLPRLmpeEmw.

Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

Learn more about VCU's Evening MBA program at a webinar hosted by the School of Business. This online presentation will provide an overview of the Evening MBA formats (Flexible and Online Cohort), curriculum and admissions process. No registration is required; join via Zoom with the following URL.

For more information, contact Hawley Smyth at smythh@vcu.edu or (804) 828-5127 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/81378362494.

Thursday, Jun. 27, 2024 from noon to 12:30 p.m.

Join Employee Health Services and VCU HR for a virtual session about safe options for the pool, exercises you can do in the pool and overall summer safety tips. Register in Talent@VCU or at https://bit.ly/3yEIYlf

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or visit https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/.

Thursday, Jun. 27, 2024 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU's School of Medicine will present the Dean's Seminar Series lecture, to be given by Yi Zhang, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, known for his expertise in epigenetics and chromatin biology. Zhang's work has significantly advanced our knowledge of how chromatin modifications influence cellular processes and contribute to various diseases, including cancer. The talk will be in the auditorium of the Egyptian Building, 1223 E. Marshall St.

For more information, contact Hengbin Wang, Ph.D., at Hengbin.Wang@vcuhealth.org.

Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Grace E. Harris Leadership Development Institute’s Fundamentals for Supervisors is open for registration. This three-day course at Westover at Maymont provides essential skills required by those new to supervising others, leading project teams or who have not received prior supervisory training. The goal of the training is to increase an individual’s performance as a supervisor and to provide practical tools to enhance staff performance. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Deb Taminger at dktaminger@vcu.edu or visit http://www.pmg.vcu.edu.

Welcome the Class of 2027. Residential Life and Housing will hold its annual move-in weekend on Friday, Aug. 16 and Saturday, Aug. 17. Over 3,000 first-year students will be moving in and help is needed to unload vehicles, manage and push move-in carts and welcome the Class of 2028. To volunteer visit the following URL. Questions: Email RLHconduct@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Kenzel Hill at hillka4@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/TLbULLT3jfecmSs9A.

Learning Systems announces that an agreement to procure Möbius has been reached and is now available to all VCU faculty, staff and students for your STEM-based learning needs. For more information on this platform, including why and how it came about, visit the Learning Systems blog at https://blogs.vcu.edu/learning-systems/ Visit https://go.vcu.edu/mobius for more information, including support and how to get started with Möbius. Questions: Email LSRequest@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Jamillah Martin at jpmartin@vcu.edu.

The Cashiers Office will close at noon on Friday, June 28 for fiscal year-end processing. The office will reopen at 9 a.m. on Monday July 1.

For more information, contact Lee Francis at ycfranci@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1874.

Participants are sought who can attend three 90-minute sessions, are open to sharing their experience and willing to photograph their "voice." Participants will be paid $25 for each session. Participants must be a first-generation student and a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

For more information, contact Traci Wike, Ph.D., M.S.W., at twike@vcu.edu or (804) 420-2715 or visit https://tinyurl.com/bdfx5px5.