Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at 1 p.m.

The Records Management Office will hold a Records Management 101 training session in Room 2-010 of Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St. Training will cover recordkeeping requirements and practices to be compliant with state regulations and university policy. Self-paced Records Management 101 training is also available. Registration is available at https://training.vcu.edu/ (keyword "records"). On-site department training can be requested at recman@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Amber Peranski at aperanski@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2097.

Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon

VCU Environmental Health and Safety hosts training for the safe handling of dangerous goods at George Ben Johnston Auditorium, 305 N. 12th St., for VCU and VCU Health employees who come in contact with such materials. This includes receipt for, marking, labeling, packing and preparing or signing shipping documents. Handling dangerous goods without training or with lapsed training is illegal and may subject the handler and University to fines. Register to attend at https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=HH3RY99WRP. Call or email Danny Munoz for more information (828-1279; dmunoz2@vcu.edu).

For more information, contact Helga Mitchell at hcmitchell@vcu.edu or (804) 827-2202 or visit https://srm.vcu.edu/.

Utility work and construction at and near the former Virginia Treatment Center for Children site will affect traffic patterns in the area of the MCV Campus over the next several months.

For more information, contact Jake Hughes at jake.hughes@am.jll.com or visit https://www.vcuhealth.org/news-center/building-projects/outpatient-facility-updates.

VCU Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Program offers weekly clinics throughout the summer, including mountain biking, sunset stand-up paddleboarding, whitewater kayaking and rafting.

For more information, contact Karl Schmidt at outdoors@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6004 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/trips-clinics--more/.

Nominations are being accepted until Aug. 24 for this year’s President’s Awards for Professional and Administrative Distinction. These awards recognize and honor full-time university and academic professionals, classified employees of VCU and staff members of the VCU Health System. Questions may be directed to Marella Briggs in the President’s Office at mbriggs@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Debbie Fitzgerald at dmfitzge@vcu.edu or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/recognition-and-awards/presidents-awards/.

Men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 who smoke cigarettes are invited to participate in a research study that requires five, three-hour laboratory visits. Compensation is provided. This study will be conducted at VCU's Thurston House, 808 W. Franklin St. Principal investigator is Andrew Barnes, Ph.D., VCU's Department of Health Behavior & Policy.

For more information, contact Michaela Blankenship at blankenshipmg@mymail.vcu.edu or (804) 828-1867 or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/cobbco/current-studies/.

The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs is accepting applications for the VCU Leadership Development Program. The goal of this 10-month program is to develop current and emerging leaders who represent the academic and administrative units of the university and the VCU Health System. Applications are due Oct. 15.

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

The federal government has enacted a program to provide protection for employees against reprisals for certain whistleblowing activities in connection with federal grants and contracts.

For more information, contact Susan Robb at sarobb@vcu.edu or visit https://research.vcu.edu/federal_whistleblower/index.htm.