Faculty/staff Issue for August 22, 2018
Special Announcement
2018 Faculty Convocation
President Michael Rao invites the VCU community to the 36th annual Faculty Convocation at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, Aug. 22, at 3 p.m. The event will welcome faculty members and honor this year’s distinguished faculty award recipients. Faculty and staff traveling to the Monroe Park Campus may use the RamRide shuttle (Cabell Library stop) or find reciprocal parking options at http://www.parking.vcu.edu/parking/faculty-and-staff/reciprocal-parking/. A live webcast will be streamed at go.vcu.edu/convocation.
Today
XA Cookout
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Chi Alpha Campus Ministries presents the XA Cookout at 1836 Park Ave.
For more information, contact Emily Bambury at bamburyec@mymail.vcu.edu or (434) 964-7685.
This week
KL2 Scholars Information Session
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
The Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research is accepting applications for its KL2 Scholars Program, a mentored research career development program for junior faculty which provides protected research time and a research stipend for faculty who aspire to become independent, federally funded researchers. An information session will be held in the Center's first-floor conference room, 1200 E. Clay St. The session will also be broadcast via Zoom at https://vcu.zoom.us/j/579129617.
For more information, contact Pamela Dillon at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://cctr.vcu.edu/education/kl2/index.html.
Biostatistics Student Research Symposium
Friday, Aug. 24, 2018 at 9 a.m.
Students will present original methodological and substantive work at VCU's Department of Biostatistics' 2018 Biostatistics Student Research Symposium Aug. 24 and Aug. 31 at One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St.
For more information, contact Robert Perera at robert.perera@vcuhealth.org or visit http://www.biostatistics.vcu.edu/2018/08/10/student-research-symposium-4/.
Notices
Lose Weight. Get Fit. Feel Better.
The REACH trial, a free weight-loss program funded by the National Institutes of Health and offered by the VCU School of Medicine, is available for young adults ages 18 to 25.
For more information, contact Megan Henderson at megan.m.henderson@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-2250 or visit http://www.reachtrialrva.com.
Fixed Assets Policy Open for Public Comment
A draft of the revised Fixed Assets policy is available for university comment through Sept. 4.
For more information, contact Henry Winfiele at winfielehc@vcu.edu or visit https://policy.vcu.edu/policies-open-for-public-comment.
Other resources
VCU Libraries workshops
See a schedule of workshops and classes that teach how to use collections and databases.
LinkedIn Learning @ VCU
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