12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

RamTech is hosting a free Appy Hour: “Intro to Coding using Swift Playgrounds,” in the Alumni Board Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The iPad app “Swift Playgrounds,” which teaches the coding language “Swift,” will be explored. Snacks provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Erinn Budd at budde@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8324 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ramtech-appy-hour-intro-to-coding-using-swift-playgrounds-tickets-50908390366.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Nature Appreciation and Community Healing Organization (NACHO) presents Outdoor Yoga on the lawn at Monroe Park with certified instructor Baldeep Singh Pooni, who specializes in Ashtanga yoga. Suitable for all levels; bring your own mat.

For more information, contact Shanara Helton at heltonsr@vcu.edu or (540) 219-1333.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU Health holds a Town Hall in the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building Auditorium. An update on Vision by Design will be offered by Marsha Rappley, M.D., CEO of VCU Health System, and Deborah Davis, CEO of VCU Hospitals and Clinics. Successes and other important topics of the current and past year and where VCU Health is going in the coming years will also be discussed.

For more information, contact Carrie Carroll at carrie.carroll@vcuhealth.org.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

ASPiRE, a living-learning program that is part of VCU's Division of Community Engagement, will host an open house and service activity in Room 1004 F-G, West Grace Street Student Housing – South, 835 W. Grace St. Current ASPiRE students will be available to answer questions and share experiences. Session attendees will be invited to complete a service activity to benefit Richmond youth.

For more information, contact Jenny R. Callear at callearjr@vcu.edu or visit https://aspire.vcu.edu/apply/.

Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The three candidates vying for the U.S. Senate in Virginia - Democrat Tim Kaine, Republican Corey Stewart and Libertarian Matt Waters - have been invited to a structured Q&A at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. The event is presented by Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Richmond, co-sponsored by Virginia21 and hosted by VCU's Department of Political Science.

For more information, contact Ravi Perry at rkperry@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The VCU School of Business and the Robertson School of Media and Culture invite you to join social media experts Emerson T. Brooking, John Worthington, Christina Dick and Butch Sarma for a discussion of the global nature of social media and how it affects today’s world. The event will be held in the ballroom of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. A reception in the atrium of Snead Hall, School of Business, 301 W. Main St., will follow.

For more information, contact Van Wood at vwood@vcu.edu or visit http://www.ciba.vcu.edu.

Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 at 7 p.m.

Emerging Healthcare Leaders will host a mentorship social in the Jackson Ward Conference Room, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St.

For more information, contact Vamsi Divakaruni at divakarunirv@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

Bethany (bee) Coston, Ph.D., Assistant Professor VCU's Health and Queer Studies, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Department, will speak at a seminar, “Mental Health at the Margins: Being LGBTQIA+, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent,” in the 12th floor conference room, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St. A light lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact Mary Johnson at johnsonme6@vcu.edu or (804) 628-3443 or visit https://hbp.vcu.edu/research-seminar/.

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

Editing and publishing a podcast is the topic of VCU Libraries Innovative Media Department's Tech Tuesday at the lecture room in Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St. Registration is not required.

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at mackta@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0017 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/tech-tuesdays-fall-2018.html.

Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at 5 p.m.

VCU's Campus Learning Center is hosting an informational meeting in Room 220, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. (and also at the same time Oct. 25 in Room 207, Hibbs), for students interested in applying to become tutors or Supplemental Instruction Leaders for Spring 2019 and beyond.

For more information, contact Jennifer Lee at jllee2@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8108 or visit http://clc.vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) presents "How to Cope With and Capitalize On Failure" in Rooms 104 and 105, Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. VCU's Joyce A. Lloyd, Ph.D., will share her "Failure CV" and Trisha Saunders, associate director of the Wellness Resource Center at VCU, will discuss the development of healthy habits.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/y7rsqs4j.

Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.

Phi Sigma Rho will have a pie-eating contest in the courtyard at College of Engineering West Hall, 601 W. Main St., in which participants will have π minutes to finish one pie. RSVP at the following URL. The event will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

For more information, contact Samantha Zhao at zhaos@vcu.edu or (804) 332-8832 or visit http://tinyurl.com/Pie-Sigma-Rho.

Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

VCU's Equity and Access Services presents a Sexual Misconduct/Violence and Sex/Gender Discrimination Policy Review Session in Room 311, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Audience members will be invited to contribute feedback.

For more information, contact Tammi Slovinsky at tslovinsky@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1963.

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.

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 from noon to 1 p.m.

An interest meeting about the CLARION competition, in which interdisciplinary teams of health-related professional students brainstorm solutions of health care problems, will be held in Room 6-032, Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St. Food will be provided. RSVP at the following URL. Visit the competition website at: https://www.chip.umn.edu/clarion/case-competition

For more information, contact Eun Joo at ejseo@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2898 or visit https://goo.gl/forms/tt22yVLgWXXoOWs53.

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of Family Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, will hold an open house in Room 644, One Capitol Square Building, 830 E. Main St., focusing on the department's Master of Public Health and Ph.D. in Epidemiology programs.

For more information, contact Shana Ryman at sryman@vcu.edu or visit https://familymedicine.vcu.edu/epidemiology/about/.

VCU Career Services (located in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.) will not be offering drop-in hours during Reading Days, Oct. 18 and 19. If you need to see an adviser, visit the following URL and log in to Handshake to make an appointment. Normal hours will resume Oct. 22.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at careers@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit http://careers.vcu.edu.

Students are encouraged to go to eServices to begin checking whether their professors submitted a midterm grade for one or more classes. Log on to Student eServices at the following URL. Students who have received a midterm grade indicating unsatisfactory academic progress should see their instructor or academic advisor. The last day to withdraw from classes is Nov. 2.

For more information, contact Office of Records and Registration at rar@vcu.edu or visit http://www.eservices.vcu.edu.

University Student Health Services offers free flu vaccines to all VCU students on both campuses. Students have the option of getting the flu shot or a nasal spray. The flu vaccine is available during immunization hours or immediately following a scheduled medical appointment. University Student Health Services is located on both campuses: Monroe Park Campus at 1300 W. Broad St., Suite 2200, and MCV campus at 1000 E. Marshall St., Room 305.

For more information, contact University Student Health Services at ushsimmuniz@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8047 or visit https://health.students.vcu.edu/.

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 current information and updates, visit the website below.

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.