10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is hosting an opportunity at the Compass to meet the 2018-19 Ram student-athletes and donate to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Cash, gift cards, new children’s books and new Hot Wheels toy cars will be accepted.

For more information, contact Artis Gordon at ajgordon@vcu.edu.

7 p.m.

VCU Department of Music presents the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the W.E. Singleton Center for Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1169 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2018/08/22/symphonic-wind-ensemble-september-26/.

Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

Meet the staff and learn more about the VCU Honor System at a meet and greet in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Also, an open house will be held from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at 809 W. Broad St., second floor.

For more information, contact Karen Belanger at honorsystem@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1963 or visit http://scai.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

Antonio Villa, M.D., president of La Casa de la Salud, will discuss language barriers and health at a program presented by VCU's Community Health Education Center, 1200 E. Marshall St. A light lunch will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Dana Ladd at dlladd@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/4597288.

Friday, Sep. 28, 2018 at 10 a.m.

The National Scholarship Office will hold an information session for the Presidential Management Fellowship in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. A second session will be held at noon on Sept. 28 in Room 109, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St. Graduate students interested in pursuing employment with a federal government agency are encouraged to attend. Also, faculty members are encouraged nominate graduate students to apply to the program.

For more information, contact Haley Clouser at natlscholar@vcu.edu or visit https://www.pmf.gov/.

Saturday, Sep. 29, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

NAACP at VCU and Fuzion Modeling presents the Sickle Cell Awareness Extravaganza, a fashion show, in Room 101, Grace E. Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave. Student tickets are $8. Proceeds will go to sickle cell research. Also, NAACP at VCU will be accepting donations of hot and cold compresses, writing utensils, notepads, new blankets, thermometers, toothpaste and toothbrushes for sickle cell patients at Massey Cancer Center. NAACP at VCU will be tabling through Sept. 28 in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact London Armstrong at armstronglj@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018 at 4 p.m.

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

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1169 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2018/08/22/faculty-recital-michelle-huang-piano-september-30/.

Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Inc. at VCU will be tabling at the Hibbs side of the Compass to help spread awareness for breast cancer and to benefit the sorority's Breast Cancer Initiative.

For more information, contact Amy Ni at nia@mymail.vcu.edu or (434) 327-3640.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The University College's Common Book Program will host a screening of “Under the Same Moon,” a film about a young boy from Mexico who emigrates to America to reunite with his mother, an undocumented immigrant in California, in Room 1107, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. A discussion facilitated by VCU faculty members Anita Nadal and Thad Fortney will follow.

For more information, contact Micol Hutchison at commonbook@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1110 or visit http://commonbook.vcu.edu/events.

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's Office of Admissions and VCU Career Services present VCU's Fall Graduate and Professional School Fair in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Meet graduate school representatives from across the country and learn about the graduate admissions application process.

For more information, contact Troy Washington at admrecruit@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1222 or visit http://www.go.vcu.edu/gradfair.

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The 13th annual Burnside Watstein LGBTQIA Awards program will be held in Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brie Dubinsky at dubinskyb@vcu.edu or visit https://goo.gl/forms/PQINMQoDWq94Pty62.

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Active Minds at VCU will observe National Day Without Stigma in Room 1030J, VCU Globe, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact McKenzie Rybak at rybakmc@vcu.edu.

Those who choose to drive their personal vehicle for VCU business should know that the Commonwealth’s auto insurance plan does not cover personal vehicles. In most instances, the plan also does not provide liability coverage for the driver when using a personal vehicle. Mileage reimbursement is encouraged and is expected to supplement the cost of the owner’s insurance. However, the Commonwealth's auto insurance plan may accept liability for judgments that exceed the driver’s personal auto liability limit.

For more information, contact Steven Kessinger at sbkessinger@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4989 or visit https://srm.vcu.edu/i-want-to-know-about/insurance/#vehicle.

Human Resources provides eligible VCU faculty and staff with seasonal flu shots on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in October. To receive the vaccine, employees must participate in the State Health Benefits program and show their health plan card. Dates and locations are available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Debbie Fitzgerald at dmfitzge@vcu.edu or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/employee-health/flu-vaccination-clinics/ .

VCU's Department of Psychology (principal investigator Kirk Warren Brown, Ph.D.) seeks participants in a research study of two stress reduction programs. Those who take part will receive a free, 14-day smartphone-based stress reduction course and receive up to $300.

For more information, contact Hadley Rahrig at rahrighm@mymail.vcu.edu or (804) 250-1534 or visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03485807?term=stress+reduction&recrs=ab&cntry=US&state=US%3AVA&city=Richmond&rank=1.

Researchers in VCU’s Department of Psychology are interested in learning more about body image and wellness in South Asian women over the age of 18. Participation includes a 90-minute focus group and the completion of a demographic survey. Compensation is available. Participants eligible for SONA may qualify for research credits.

For more information, contact Neha Goel at goelnj@mymail.vcu.edu or (602) 578-8777.

The fall 2018 schedule for Write on Site is now available via http://go.vcu.edu/writeonsite. Write on Site provides a designated space and time for faculty members to research and write in a supportive, distraction-free environment.

For more information, contact Office of Faculty Affairs at vpfacaffrs@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/faculty-affairs/faculty-resources/writeonsite/.

Pwatem is seeking writing submissions relating to autonomy. Selected submissions will be published in the fall 2018 chapbook, Rabble. Pwatem is also soliciting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, experimental writing and proposals for performances addressing the theme of radical queer self-love for an Oct. 20 event. Submissions for both Rabble and the radical queer self-love event are due Oct. 2.

For more information, contact Emily Furlich at furlicheg@vcu.edu or visit http://pwatem.com/submit/.