12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU Career Services and the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs present the Government and Public Service Career Fair in the Richmond Salons, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Local, state, and federal government agency representatives are scheduled to attend.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at careers@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/GovFair18.

4 p.m.

Clare Sears, associate professor of sociology, San Francisco State University, will discuss "Arresting Dress: Cross-Dressing, Law and Fascination in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco" in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., as part of the speaker series “Gender TRANSgressions, Past and Present” that continues through the semester. The talk is sponsored by the Humanities Research Center, the Office of the President, the Division of Inclusive Excellence, the LGBTQIA+ Hub Action Committee and the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies.

For more information, contact Michael Means at meansmm2@vcu.edu or visit http://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/fall-2018-speaker-series-clare-sears/.

5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

VCU's Pre-Physical Therapy Club and Kinesiology and Health Sciences will host an informational session featuring two VCU alumni who are practicing physical therapists, a faculty member from the VCU Doctorate of Physical Therapy program and the executive director of VCU's health science programs and advising, in Room 1107, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Maybelle Singson at singsonme@mymail.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at noon

"Unconscious Racial Bias and Clinical Decision Making" is the topic of the eighth annual Clancy A. Holland Lecture, hosted by VCU's Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, in Rooms 104-105, Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D., will deliver the address.

For more information, contact Dana Rajczewski at dana.rajczewski@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-0180.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Presented by VCU Libraries, the Real Life Film Series explores topics in the health sciences. This film offers an inside look at the domestic violence program at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. Bring your lunch. Cookies will be provided. Following by a discussion featuring experts from VCU and VCU Health. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at mackta@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0017 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/real-film-2018-19.html.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU's School of World Studies and the Division for Inclusive Excellence present artist and Puerto Rican activist Steven Casanova, who will discuss Pueblo sin Comida (People Without Food), how moving people affects food and moving food affects people, in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons,907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Anita Nadal at nadalaa@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8947 or visit http://www.inclusive.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at 9 a.m.

The 2018 class of the VCU Leadership Development Program, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute in the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, will make final presentations in the Richmond Salons, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. A detailed schedule can be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact Olivia X. Barnes at gehli@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1169 or visit http://gehli.vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

The VCU Center on Health Disparities hosts "Living Proof Outreach: Supports for Mental Health Recovery in Richmond" presented by Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Calendria Jones Arroyo at the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Lunch will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alisa Brewer at alisa.brewer@vcuhealth.org or visit https://goo.gl/forms/bcJoohdTG5sCCxS33.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 at 3 p.m.

Cartoonist Ron Rege Jr. talks about his exhibit, “From the Word of First Thought,” in Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. His new work will be exhibited Oct. 12-Dec. 14 at The Anderson, 907 1⁄2 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Maggie Flanigan at mflanigan2@vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Mengchu Li, graduate student for VCU's School of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry Department, will speak on “Discovery and Development of Neurokinin Receptor 1 Antagonists for the Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting" at a seminar in the Founders Conference Room, Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh St.

For more information, contact Sharon Lee at slee@vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 at 6 p.m.

VCU and The Association of Black Cardiologists will host a community leaders' forum featuring President Michael Rao and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney discussing trends impacting the community's health status and strategies to improve the quality of life in our communities, at the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Logan Vetrovec at lavetrovec@vcu.edu or visit https://abcsohrich.eventbrite.com.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCUarts will host a reception for an exhibit featuring works from 2012-2018 by VCU alumni Kevin H. Jones at The Anderson, 907 1⁄2 Franklin St.

For more information, contact Maggie Flanigan at mflanigan2@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 at 4 p.m.

The VCU Department of Music presents a faculty recital featuring Sonia Vlahcevic on piano in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall of the W.E. Singleton Center for Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 at 1 p.m.

VCU's Safety and Risk Management will conduct annual Silica Awareness training for all facilities management personnel in Room 403, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. Any facilities management employee who works with concrete, brick, mortar, rock, stone or ceramic products is required to attend, although training is open to all VCU employees.

For more information, contact Christine Blakey at cblakey@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0357 or visit http://srm.vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Massey Cancer Center and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery host an evening of education and a celebration of breast cancer survivorship at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's Kelly Education Center, 1800 Lakeside Ave. Presentations will explain breast reconstruction options and legal resources for breast cancer patients. Light refreshments will be provided. The event is free; RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Brooks at elizabeth.brooks@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-0041 or visit https://www.vcuhealth.org/events/events-details?ceid=187ca73e-0f24-404e-ab57-c8a64d4b0cf1.

Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 from noon to 1:15 p.m.

Human Resources presents "How to Retire with the Virginia Retirement System" for VCU employees in Jackson Ward Conference Room B of the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. This session is open to VCU employees only, not VCU Health System employees.

For more information, contact Jennie Kim at jhkim5@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=16791.

The Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory in the Center for Public Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs offers free one-hour consultation to faculty, staff and graduate students regarding survey and program evaluation projects. Now in its 36th year, SERL is also a resource for survey or program evaluation proposals, project design, instrument development, data collection, analysis and reporting.

For more information, contact Jim Ellis at jmellis@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2839 or visit https://serl.vcu.edu/.

Human Resources presents on-campus Weight Watchers meetings on Tuesdays at both campuses. Weigh-ins are held at 11 a.m. in Room 1-038, Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St., and 12:15 p.m. in Room 5173, Grace E. Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Debbie Fitzgerald at dmfitzge@vcu.edu or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/weight-watchers/.

The Wellness Resource Center is looking for students who would like to take on a newly created leadership role as peer health educators who learn to provide innovative and inclusive programs and events to meet the health needs of VCU students.

For more information, contact Carrie Baines at peerhealth@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0231 or visit https://thewell.vcu.edu/healthy-living/wellness/peer-health-education/.

VCU's Wellness Resource Center and the One Love Foundation present the Escalation Workshop, a film-based, guided discussion designed to heighten awareness to the warning signs of relationship abuse. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lisa Joyner at lijoyner@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdd-3Ti1Z_WtU7FnuCGJIgRge8kTnjnnt2d70fIo8FYe8WhZA/viewform.