1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

VCU Career Services presents "Resume Express with Cintas" as a part of its employer-in-residence series in the VCU Career Services office, Room 143, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. A Cintas recruiter will provide resume feedback to students. Also, from 3:15-4:15 p.m. in the same office, "Getting to Know: Cintas" will be presented.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/yackzpf7.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

The first COBE Connect Lunch of the year will be in the Forum Room/SGA Senate Chambers in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Opportunities for faculty, staff and students to collaborate with both the College Behavioral and Emotional Health Institute and the Spit for Science team will be discussed. Lunch is provided; free.

For more information, contact Marcie J. Walsh at walshmj2@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0546 or visit http://cobe.vcu.edu.

12 p.m.

VCU's Department of Painting + Printmaking presents a lecture by Raque Ford in Room 301, Fine Arts Building, 1000 W. Broad St. Ford, who received her BFA from Pratt Institute and MFA from Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University, was recently awarded the 2017 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award.

For more information, contact Kat Wilson at papr@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/2018/08/29/raque-ford-lecture/.

3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU Career Services presents the "Work That Matters" professional panel, featuring VCU departments and employers of service organizations, in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Representatives of local, national and international causes will be present.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/y8sldlb5.

5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The menu for Rib Night at Jonah’s inside Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St., includes St. Louis-style smoked ribs with corn pudding, fried green beans, house-made barbecue sauce and garlic bread. Desserts: chocolate molten bundt cake with strawberries and vanilla whipped cream.

For more information, contact Lauren Hay at lhay@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1148 or visit http://vcu.campusdish.com .

7:30 p.m.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action @ VCU will hold its first general body meeting in Commonwealth Ballroom A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. All students are welcome and refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Malena Llanos at llanosmk@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

RTR will hold an open house with pizza in Room 3085, Oliver Hall, School of Education, 1015 W. Main St.

For more information, contact Ann Cherry at teachrtr@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0102.

Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Animation and the process used to make anything look like it's moving is the topic of Wednesday in the Workshop, presented by VCU Libraries Innovative Media department Workshop in the lower level of James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0129 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/wednesday-workshops-2018-19.html.

Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

VCUDine will host a fall carnival inside Shafer Court Dining Center, 810 Cathedral Place. Menu items include foot-long corndogs, fried pickles, loaded tater tots, cheesesteak stromboli, doughnut burgers, vegan mac and cheese, fried cheesecake and more.

For more information, contact Lauren Hay at lhay@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1148 or visit http://vcu.campusdish.com.

Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018 at 7 p.m.

Global Medical Training at VCU, part of an international humanitarian organization that provides free medical and dental services to medically deprived communities outside the United States, will hold its first general body meeting at Richmond Salon IV, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Parsa Mahmoudi at mahmoudip@vcu.edu or (703) 303-7229.

Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018 at 7 p.m.

The Association of Black Social Workers at VCU will hold its first general assembly meeting in Room 3100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. The group works to strengthen the black community through advocacy, educational forums, awareness programs and human services on the VCU campus and the surrounding Richmond community. Students of all majors are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Monica Kelley at vcuabsw@gmail.com.

Thursday, Sep. 13, 2018 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Jeff Wing from the National Scholarship Office will offer two information sessions about the Goldwater Scholarship for students who will graduate in May 2020 or later and are interested in STEM research careers. A second session will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 14. Both sessions will be held in NSO Room 1210, 701 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact Jeff Wing at jawing@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1803 or visit http://goldwater.scholarsapply.org.

Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's Office of Trademarks and Licensing will host a vendor fair in the Virginia Rooms of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Students, faculty and staff may meet with licensed vendors who can help produce VCU-branded products for departmental use, student groups, giveaways and promotions. A raffle will be held and free cookies and beverages will be available.

For more information, contact Christy Rabil at crabil@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3615 or visit http://www.bsv.vcu.edu/trademarks-and-licensing/.

Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018 at 11 a.m.

In recognition of Constitution Day, VCU Libraries presents political scientist John Augenbaugh, Ph.D., and historian John Kneebone, Ph.D., who will discuss the clauses of the first amendment guaranteeing U.S. citizens the rights to assemble and to present their grievances to the government.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0129 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/constitution-day-2018.html.

Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018 at noon

The Catholic Graduate Student Organization will sponsor a mass for Catholic medical professionals and graduate students in Chapel Room 209, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. All are welcome; seating is limited to 50.

For more information, contact Mario Dance at medance@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9838.

Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU’s Science, Technology and Society program hosts “Imagining Animals Through Science,” at the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. The discussion will examine the relationships between Victorian Americans, science and animals in the midst of such events as slavery, the Civil War and the decline of the ecosystem. Panelists include Henry McGhie, head of collections and curator of zoology at Manchester Museum, University of Manchester; Abraham Gibson, NSF postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Biology and Society at Arizona State University; and VCU faculty member Kathryn Shively Meier, author of "Nature's Civil War." A book signing will follow.

For more information, contact Kathryn Shivley Meier at kmeier@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8427.

Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

VCU Libraries' newly formed Research Communication Interest Group invites all members of the VCU community to share ideas for advancing research communication. This session, at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., is for science communication enthusiasts as well as people in all disciplines interested in communicating research beyond traditional academic spheres. A second session will be held 9-10 a.m. Sept. 19 at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0129 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2018/join-new-community-of-practice-research-communication-interest-group-forming-at-meetups.html.

Utility work and construction at the VCU Health Outpatient Facility construction site, at the corner of North 10th and East Leigh streets, 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.

A draft of VCU's new Expectations of Ethical Conduct policy is now open for university comment through Sept. 21.

For more information, contact Tony Rapchick at policy@vcu.edu or visit https://policy.vcu.edu/policies-open-for-public-comment.