11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In celebration of the fall season, Her Campus at VCU will provide pumpkins, paint and brushes at Park Plaza.

For more information, contact Taylor Mickel at mickeltk@vcu.edu or visit http://hercampus.com/vcu.

12 p.m.

VCU's Dean of Students Office, University Counseling Services and the Wellness Resource Center are piloting a new student group on the MCV Campus to encourage student mental health and wellness initiatives. Students are being recruited to help with this effort, and an interest meeting will be held in the first-floor conference room at Hunton Student Center, 1110 E. Broad St. Register at the following email address. Lunch will be served.

For more information, contact Kendall Plageman at kwplageman@vcu.edu or (824) 828-1079.

7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The Political Action Committee of the NAACP at VCU will host a candidate informational event regarding the upcoming Congressional midterm and Virginia state elections for Districts 1, 4 and 7, in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Sierra Lewis at lewissm23@vcu.edu.

9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

All items at 50 percent off at the annual Friends of VCU Libraries book sale, in Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. The sale concludes Oct. 31 with discount day, when a bag of books sells for $5. Proceeds benefit the VCU Emerging Leaders Program service projects and library programs.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/book-sale-2018.html.

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Jeff Wing, director of the National Scholarship Office, will offer an information session about national and international scholarships and fellowship opportunities in Room 1303, Honors College, 701 W. Grace St.

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

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Stop by the Workshop in the lower level, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., to have your picture taken in front of a green screen with a spooky background. Costumes encouraged but not required.

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

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice will hold a professional development brunch in Room 2005, Raleigh Building, 1001 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Nila Cameron at cameronnc@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 at noon

The VCU Department of Painting + Printmaking presents a lecture by Fountainhead Fellow Sedrick Chisom in Room 535, Bowe Street Parking Deck. Chisom, a painter and writer, references the racialized idioms of Victorian fantasy illustration and uses the Romantic landscape as a site where the apocalyptic narratives of white supremacy, Christianity and climate change intersect.

For more information, contact Kat Wilson at papr@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/2018/09/25/sedrick-chisom-fountainhead-fellow-lecture/.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 at noon

VCU's School of Education will host Join Ross Collin, Ph.D., and Gabriel Reich, Ph.D., at the #VCUSOE Master's of Teaching: Secondary History/Social Studies and English Informational Session in Room 2089, Dean's Conference Room, Oliver Hall, 1015 W. Main St. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jenna Lenhardt at soeinfo@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/2vgRQtz.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

In the midst of scandal and political uncertainty, three members of the Catholic faith from varying backgrounds will share their personal stories at a luncheon meeting of VCU's Catholic Graduate Student Organization themed "Rome Sweet Rome??!!" in Room 3-016, Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St.

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

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Community Health Education Center presents Lunch with VCU Health Arts in Healthcare, an overview of the department, therapy services, wall art policies and programs, at the center, 1200 E. Marshall St. The program is free and lunch will be provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact K.J. Ricasata at ricasatakj@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2432 or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/4738182.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 at 4 p.m.

Reuters journalist and VCU alumnus Ronnie Greene will talk about his book, "Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina," in Lecture Hall 1165, T. Edward Temple Building, 901 W. Main St. Greene edits investigative stories for Reuters and teaches graduate writing at Johns Hopkins University.

For more information, contact Marcus Messner at mmessner@vcu.edu or visit https://robertson.vcu.edu/news/reuters-journalist-to-deliver-talk-at-robertson-school.html.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

VCU Department of Political Science presents, "Gerrymandering, Redistricting and the Midterm Elections," in Room 1104, Monroe Campus Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Alex Keena at keenaja@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Safe Zone Program, sponsored by University Counseling Services, presents a workshop in Virginia Rooms A & B, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to raise awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues. Register at the following URL (keyword "Safe Zone"). More information is also available at https://students.vcu.edu/counseling/safe-zone/.

For more information, contact Lisa Beck at labeck@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu/.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will kick off Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month in Room 215, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., with information about regional indigenous tribes, music, trivia and Native American-inspired food.

For more information, contact Kishla Conner at connerka2@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Volunteers are sought at the RamBikes shop. Assistance is needed to repair bikes for the rental program, disassemble for recycling or prepare for donation to nonprofits. Volunteer nights will be held each Thursday for the remainder of the semester at the shop, 201 N. Belvidere.

For more information, contact Sera Erickson at ericksonss@vcu.edu or (571) 353-0196 or visit http://bikes.vcu.edu.

Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Melanie Moore, VCU Health Psychology Doctoral Candidate, will present "Developing a Targeted HIV Testing Message for Young African American Women" in the Founders Conference Room, Virginia BioTechnology Research Park – BioTech One, 800 E. Leigh St., at a seminar hosted by VCU's Office of Research and Innovation.

For more information, contact Lydia Klinger at leklinger@vcu.edu or (804) 628-2642 or visit https://research.vcu.edu/events/because_of_you.htm.

Information sessions about the RFP to develop diversity and inclusion courses are being held through Nov. 14 by VCU's Division for Inclusive Excellence in the first-floor conference room, 817 S. Cathedral Place. Sessions will be held at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 31.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, PhD at inclusive@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8947.

Virginia Commonwealth University's December Commencement exercises take place at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 in the E.J. Wade Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Faculty participating in the ceremony will wear academic apparel. Regalia must be ordered at your respective campus by Nov. 2. For ordering information, visit the following URL.

For more information, contact . at . or visit http://apps.bsv.vcu.edu/retailstr/commencement.pdf.

VCU's Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences is seeking individuals between the ages of 18 and 35 years, females and males, to participate in a study examining the effect of estrogen on blood vessel function at rest and during exercise. This study will be conducted at 500 Academic Centre, 1020 W. Grace St. Principal Investigator is Ryan Garten, Ph.D.

For more information, contact Ryan Garten at rsgarten@vcu.edu or visit https://khs.vcu.edu/.