Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Join VCU HR for this workshop from Social Security and learn answers to questions such as - When are you eligible to receive benefits? How does early retirement affect your benefits? How do you get the most from your benefit? And more. Register in Talent@VCU or at: https://bit.ly/4eZFKJX

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/worklife-at-vcu/employee-events/.

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

In preparation for implementation of the new IRB system (VIRBs), the Human Research Protections Program (HRPP)/IRB will hold a VIRBs open lab for the research community. The labs will include VIRBs real-time practice and Q&A sessions. Several lab sessions will be held through August. A complete schedule has been posted on the New IRB Review System: VIRBs (VCU IRB System) webpage. Registration is not required. Labs will occur in real time. Recordings will not take place during the sessions. A Zoom meeting link will be opened at each date and time specified on the labs schedule. Join the lab at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89679536817

For more information, contact Jennifer Rice at irbeducation@vcu.edu or visit https://research.vcu.edu/human-research/hrppirb/virbs/.

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at noon

Join the VCU School of Public Health for a virtual informational session for the Master of Public Health program. The program will be offered online and in-person beginning Spring 2026. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katherine Peterman at petermankb@vcu.edu or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/atxku4bSQGKd6Om8jI1vPw.

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 from 11 a.m. to noon

This course will cover how to get your Canvas course shell ready for students in the Fall 2025 semester. To access the Zoom meeting, please authenticate using your eID and password. The Zoom link is https://vcu.zoom.us/j/2324828315?omn=86372590733

For more information, contact Jon Reed at reedjj@vcu.edu or visit https://learningsystems.vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 from 11 a.m. to noon

This course will cover how to get your Canvas course shell ready for students in the Fall 2025 semester. To access the Zoom meeting, please authenticate using your eID and password. Register at: https://training.vcu.edu/course.aspx?processFlag=2&itemID=18525. Sponsored by Academic Affairs and Technology Services. The Zoom link is https://vcu.zoom.us/j/2324828315?omn=82872185582

For more information, contact Jon Reed at reedjj@vcu.edu or visit https://learningsystems.vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 at 9 a.m.

VCU HR Organizational Effectiveness is offering Crucial Coffee beginning in August on Zoom. Crucial Coffee is a summer series designed for past participants of Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue who want to continue sharpening their skills. Each session focuses on one key skill, with space to reflect, apply and practice in a supportive setting. Join one, a few, or all 10. View the schedule and sign up at the followoing URL.

For more information, contact Jeremy Bost at jbost2@vcu.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/58bu6hy5.

Wednesday, Sep. 3, 2025 from noon to 3 p.m.

Meet hundreds of job-seeking students and recruit staff for your department at the Part-Time Job Fair hosted by VCU Career Services. Registration is discounted at $50 and includes lunch. Sign up to reserve your spot before registration closes on Tuesday, Aug 19. This fair is for student jobs off- and on-campus; a part-time (non-work-study) job on Handshake is required to participate. Register at the following URL; select nonprofit rate and discount will be applied before invoicing. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Aimee Selleck at selleckap@vcu.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/VCUPTJobFair25Emp.

Peer Career Advisors assist and advise students during weekly drop-in advising hours with résumé and cover letter writing, job and internship searching and more. They also host presentations for classes and on-campus organizations. Must be Federal Work-Study Program eligible and able to commit to the 2025-2026 school year. Apply on Handshake at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ashley Worthington at worthingtonar@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/jobs/9984702/share_preview.

Be proactive and aware of flash flood safety in your community and at work. Subscribe to weather apps, stay away from areas prone to flash floods and do not walk through moving water. Six inches of moving water can cause falls and move an SUV. Do not drive into flooded areas. If floodwaters rise around your car, abandon the vehicle and move to higher ground. Visit the following URL to meet the Wellness Team at 800 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact VCU Employee Health at EHS@vcu.edu or (804) 628-2594 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/employeewellness.

VCU ​Residential Life and Housing will hold its annual move-in weekend on Friday, Aug. 15 and Saturday, Aug. 16. Faculty, staff and students are needed to help unload vehicles, manage and push move-in carts and welcome the Class of 2029. The Student Organization Competition will return; the group with the greatest number of volunteers in each category will receive additional funds for their respective organization. Sign up to volunteer at the following URL. Questions: Email RLHconduct@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Kenzel Hill at hillka4@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/2uAd2WWCRCp7v7Jt9.

The VCU Family Cultural Exchange program provides Richmond community members and international students and scholars the opportunity to develop cross-cultural relationships that stimulate curiosity, increase cultural understanding and provide insight into a world beyond personal perspectives. Participating families meet with their assigned international students at least once a month to take part in activities, family events or local exploration. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kelly Richard at richardkj@vcu.edu or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/fface/.

Learn how to prevent, recognize, respond to and care for aquatic and breathing/cardiac emergencies that may occur in or around the water. Learn critical thinking and communication skills that are crucial to an effective emergency response. This course meets the requirements for lifeguard employment at many pool facilities but may not meet requirements for waterfront, waterpark or specialty facilities. The class runs Friday, Sept. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 14 at Cary Street Gym Aquatic Center, 101 S. Linden St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Mat Scott at aquatics@vcu.edu or visit https://portal.recwell.vcu.edu/program?classificationId=2ce927aa-e031-40e6-b64c-d3a8ac5d6876.

This study is seeking postmenopausal females to participate in a research study examining the effect of exercise training on blood vessel function. This study will be conducted at 500 Academic Centre on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Principle Investigator: Ryan Garten, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences. For more information, contact Ryan Garten at rsgarten@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Ryan Garten at rsgarten@vcu.edu.

The Translational Research on Eating and Affect (TREAT) Lab is recruiting adolescents and young adults assigned female at birth (aged 12 to 25 years) for a brain imaging study to understand risky decision-making in individuals who have concerns about their body shape/weight, or overeat, purge, use laxatives, diet severely, or exercise excessively. We are also investigating these processes in individuals without a psychological disorder. There will be compensation for participation. Questions: Contact the following email address, telephone number or URL.

For more information, contact Kelsey Hagan, Ph.D., PI at treatlab@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-4174 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=48YEAYT8MK33E8EJ.

This study is inviting individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 who identify as LGBTQ.

For more information, contact Karen Gorgey at healthyheart@vcu.edu.

Black women ages 18-35 who have little to no experience with resistance exercise (e.g., lifting weights, resistance bands, body weight exercises) are invited to share these experiences along with their desired features of a mobile app aimed to help guide and track their exercise regimens. Women will be invited to complete a one-time interview plus two surveys at a local library of their choice. Compensation is available. Check for eligibility at the following URL.

For more information, contact Chloe Jones, Ph.D., Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at jonesc53@vcu.edu or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=CJCT4ELK87PHXKK3.