1 p.m.

Learn to break writing into manageable chunks and how to avoid procrastination. 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/.

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

VCU's Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture will host a virtual informational session for prospective students to learn more about the M.S. in Mass Communications with concentrations in Integrated Communication and Media Leadership. The school also offersr a certificate in Media and Leadership. Join a session at https://vcu.zoom.us/my/robertsongrad

For more information, contact Jonathan Brown at brownj64@vcu.edu or (804) 525-9425 or visit https://robertson.vcu.edu/academics/graduate/.

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Join SHIFT Retail Lab (1235 W. Broad St.) for Feedback Friday, a dynamic roundtable at which the voices of the participants shape the future of student entrepreneurship. Bring your curiosity and questions; snacks and beverages will be provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cael Parker at parkerc10@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/Feedback-Friday-2-21.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Join Bioethics 4 Students for the group's monthly ethics discussion and to prepare for its cancer ribbon service project. The session will be in the Honors College Multipurpose Room (1303, 701 W. Grace St.) Sign up to volunteer for the ribbon-making tables the week of Feb. 24-28 at the following URL.

For more information, contact Riya Bajpai at bajpair2@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_49W3yukJfAoxkgklKHwQHpF9IV-uD39gSqLDS9BAaCVcdw/viewform?usp=sharing.

Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at 10 a.m.

Learn to meet the needs of your audience with strong, logical, structurally sound writing. Register at the following URL.

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

Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 from noon to 1 p.m.

Join VCU Biology for a seminar featuring Xandra Evans, U.S. Geological Survey. Evans, an interdisciplinary scientist specializing in rivers, coasts, ecological restoration and remote sensing/GIS, will discuss how remote sensing technology is transforming our understanding of coastal resources and landscape change. The event will be in the Eugene P. and Lois E. Trani Center for Life Sciences, Room 253, 401 W. Main St.

For more information, contact Joseph Ellis at biology@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1562.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The HR Learning, Development and Organizational Culture team offers a course via Zoom for all VCU managers. This course is in two parts (Tuesday, Feb. 25 and Thursday, Feb. 27) and both parts must be attended in order to receive credit for the course. Register by Saturday, Feb. 22 in Talent@VCU at the following URL.

For more information, contact Penny McFarline at mcfarlinep@vcu.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/387r6m33.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering will present the Rehabilitation Research Grand Rounds, featuring Nina Exner and John Cyrus via Zoom. The two will discuss how researchers can collaborate with VCU's librarians to take their research to the next level. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Joshua Hahn at hahnj2@vcu.edu or (804) 628-6630 or visit https://pmr.vcu.edu/research/cerse-grand-rounds/.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

An indoor carnival hosted by the Latinx Student Association will raise funds for an organization that helps support and provide resources for newly arrived immigrants. The event will be held in the University Student Commons, Richmond Salons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Mariana Ramirez-Linares at ramirezlinmm@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Join VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence for an interactive session that invites faculty to explore how Gen AI can streamline your classroom tasks and enhance teaching practices. Participants are encouraged to bring a small, manageable project or idea - such as developing a rubric, creating slides, or generating assignments or activities based on course topics - to work on during the session. Through hand-on work, faculty will have the opportunity to refine Gen AI outputs into usable classroom resources and receive feedback and guidance from peers. Bring your laptop and a course-based element you'd like to develop to make the most of this workshop. The event will be at James Branch Cabell Library, Room 303, 901 Park Ave

For more information, contact Jordyn Richardson at richardsonj9@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/yT6PEqPZVpQ3gg67A.

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This event seeks to participate in the broader national debates and discussions on campus expression and free speech policies. Timothy Zick, J.D., William & Mary Law School, has written on a variety of constitutional issues, with a special focus on the First Amendment, and is the author of many university press books on the subject. Zick will briefly introduce the topic and then answer questions from the audience. He will give his talk in the Academic Learning Commons, Room 1100, 1000 Floyd Ave. The event is open to all VCU campus community members, including students and faculty from all departments. The event has been organized by VCU's Department of History's Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee.

For more information, contact Antonio Espinoza Ruiz, Ph.D., at gaespinoza@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at 3 p.m.

VCU's Division of Inclusive Excellence will present Rammalogues, an informal and inclusive space where students, faculty and staff can come together to share thoughts, perspectives and experiences about what’s happening on campus and in the world. The sesion will be held at theGrace Street Center, Room 2121, 912 W. Grace St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brooke Berry at inclusive@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/pAb8GvEqmH8EZ3KD6.

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

Join the VCUarts Graphic Design department in welcoming visiting artist Yusuf Hassan as part of the 2024-25 Objects and Methods lecture series. Hassan (b. 1987, New York) is the founder of BlackMass Publishing. Hassan’s work explores the idea of the book and its limitations. The lecture will be given in the T. Edward Temple Building, Room 1169, 901 W. Main St. Doors will open at noon. A Q&A wil follow. The event is free and open to all. Also, a workshop will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 2 at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. RSVP at https://icavcu.org/events/yusuf-hassan-workshop/

For more information, contact Luiza Dale at oliveiramal@vcu.edu or visit https://objectsandmethods.net/.

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Christopher Brooks, Ph.D., and Alvin Schexnider, Ph.D., will explore the challenges and opportunities facing Black faculty in higher education today. This event will focus on the importance of diversity in academia, the unique experiences of Black faculty members and the future of inclusion and equity in academic institutions. The session will be in the Academic Learning Commons, Room 1100, 1000 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tre Straughter at inclusive@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5yeMyv_se85kjzeURx3-InYnmwB-3AxfSP5EYlC2eogziYw/viewform.

Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Humanities Research Center will present a Work-in-Progress Seminar with Rachel Gevlin, Ph.D., to explore the crime of bigamy — in its essence a problem of too much marriage — and the curious role it has played in the history of marriage and divorce in England. The talk will be at the Valentine House, Room 201, 920 W. Franklin St. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ellie Musgrave at musgraveec@vcu.edu or (301) 213-8664 or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenFRYbcZHNxs3pq1ElRLPnPFGhtKeU6EtvildzZH7x19aF2g/viewform.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 Presidential Awards for Community Multicultural Enrichment (PACME). The VCU and VCU Health System communities are invited to nominate a faculty member, staff member, academic or administrative leader or organization, or a student or student organization. Submit nominations by Monday, March 3 using this link: https://forms.gle/z1pGNGMH9UWJqxts5

For more information, contact VCU Inclusive at inclusive@vcu.edu or visit https://president.vcu.edu/nominations/pacme/.

Help shape the future of political discourse by highlighting the importance of your personal values. Your input will reveal how values drive political identity and related processes. This study seeks equal representation from all sides of the political spectrum — your perspective matters. First, fill out the survey at the following URL. If eligible, you will be sent an email to schedule a one-hour lab session to complete computer-based tasks. Each participant will receive $50.

For more information, contact Sydney Kavanaugh at kavanaughs@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/bJeLuvsPu8r5mMTR6.

Calls for proposals for 2025-2026 GEO Global Impact awards for Global Learning and Global Partnerships are now open. These awards will fund proposals from VCU academic units to develop partnership collaborations with institutions abroad or new global learning programs. For each CFP, there will be up to five awards of up to $5,000. See the Global Learning Program Development Awards CFP at https://global.vcu.edu/media/global/pdf/Global%20Learning%20Program%20Development%20Awards%202025.pdf See the Global Partnership Impact Awards CFP at https://global.vcu.edu/media/global/pdf/Global%20Partnership%20Impact%20Awards%202025-26.pdf Two informational sessions will be held. The Global Learning Program Development Awards CFP informational webinar will be facilitated by Jill Blondin, Ph.D., and Stephanie Tignor. It will be held virtually on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. Interested attendees may register in advance to attend and can join the session via Zoom. The Global Partnership Impact Awards webinar, “Faculty Opportunities for Global Engagement” will be facilitated by Paulo Zagalo-Melo, Ph.D., GEO’s senior internationalization strategist, and held on Tuesday, March 18 at noon at the Global Education Office, 912 W. Grace St., Room 4133. Register in advance to attend. Register for either informational session at https://forms.gle/Hze27pPgFEqdYd6h8

For more information, contact Nicol Tinsley at nctinsley@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6463 or visit https://global.vcu.edu/media/global/pdf/Global%20Learning%20Program%20Development%20Awards%202025.pdf.

VCU has a vibrant, diverse faculty with broad, innovative, rigorous research and teaching practices. VCU will recognize faculty members over the next two months for their excellent work in communities with a spotlight on faculty scholars. A faculty member will be showcased daily on the website through March 7 and March 17-31. The goal is to continue featuring all of the university's diverse faculty each year. See the following URL.

For more information, contact Archana Pathak at vpfacaffrs@vcu.edu or visit https://faculty.provost.vcu.edu/faculty-recognition/spotlight-on-faculty-scholars/.

Interested in joining Student Government? Email sga@vcu.edu with the subject line "SGA Elections" by Thursday, Feb. 27 for more information on entering the elections process or visit the SGA office in The Commons during office hours.

For more information, contact Natalie Bowen at bowennm@vcu.edu.