1:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents a String Area Recital. The concert will be in the Recital Hall of the James W. Black Music Center, 1015 Grove Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

7 p.m.

The Diversity Ambassadors from VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a conversation about the LGBTQIA+ community. The discussion will focus on resources available in Richmond and VCU, and how to be an effective ally if someone comes out to you. The event will be in the Multipurpose Room, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. Dinner will be provided. All students are welcome.

For more information, contact Dana Vandervelde at vandervelded@mymail.vcu.edu or visit http://omsa.vcu.edu.

7 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents the Trombone Choir. The concert will be in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall of the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 at noon

VCU's Department of Music presents a Horn Studio Recital. The concert will be held in the Recital Hall of the James W. Black Music Center, 1015 Grove Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

VCU's Student Accessibility and Educational Opportunity and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a screening and discussion of "Special," a new Netflix production. The show is about a young gay man with cerebral palsy who decides to branch out from a twice-closeted existence in hopes of pursuing the life he wants. The screening will be Room 215, OMSA, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact David Brown at omsa@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6672 or visit http://www.omsa.vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Stuart Horowitz, Ph.D., will speak at the April chapter meeting of the Central Virginia Society of Clinical Research Associates. The session will be in Room 304, first floor, VCU Medical Center Critical Care Hospital, 1213 E. Clay St. He will discuss comparative site trial data, site enrollment performance and how enrollment can be improved.

For more information, contact Shirley Helm at shirley.helm@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-2942 or visit https://rampages.us/vcucctr/2019/03/25/central-virginia-socra-chapter-meeting-comparative-site-trial-data-site-enrollment-performance-and-how-enrollment-can-be-improved/.

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents Piano Ensembles. The concert will be held in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall of the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Learning Systems will host a test drive for VCU faculty on Canvas and Bb Ultra. An open house will be held in Room B1-020, Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St. Additional sessions are also available at the following times and locations listed on the AskIT Page at the following URL.

For more information, contact Learning Systems at consultls@vcu.edu or visit https://ts.vcu.edu/askit/teaching-and-learning/blackboard-elearning/ultra-and-canvas-test-drive---faculty-sessions/.

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Kappa Phi Gamma Sorority presents its C.A.R.E. Week Showcase in the Ballroom of the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The Showcase (Cancer Awareness: a Real Effort!) will include food from Hibachi Box restaurant and live performances by the Notochords, alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority and more. $1 entry. All proceeds will be donated to Bringing Hope Home, a nonprofit organization that provides financial and emotional support for local families experiencing cancer.

For more information, contact Payal Thakkar at thakkarph@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Retro Rams is sponsoring a "How Retro Are You?: Retro Rams Candy Mixer." The event will be in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., across from Pizza Hut. Those who attend can play games, win candy prizes and learn more about Retro Rams, VCU's nontraditional student organization. For questions, contact the following email or Jenn Klee at kleejr@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Glynis Boyd Hughes at gmboyd2@vcu.edu or (804) 482-9129.

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Student Veterans Association presents its second storytelling event. The session showcases VCU student military veterans sharing their noncombat experiences while serving. This event is an effort to bring the community together, celebrate past experiences and the progress these students have achieved. Food and entertainment will be provided at the event, on the second floor of the Hofheimer Building, 2818 W Broad St.

For more information, contact James Grubb at grubbji@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019 at 6 p.m.

VCUarts Professors MK Abadoo and Wes Taylor will discuss the overlap of their individual practices around social justice and community organizing with participatory activities. The event will be hosted by the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Institute for Contemporary Art at ica@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/artists-choice-0417/.

Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2019 at 7 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents University Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. The concert will be in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall of the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. General admission tickets are $10. Admission is free for VCU students with a valid ID.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019 at 1 p.m.

VCU's Records Management Office will hold Records Management 101 training. The session, open to all university staff, will be in Room 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St. Training will cover recordkeeping requirements and practices to be compliant with state regulations and university policy. Register at the following URL (keyword "records"). Self-paced Records Management 101 training is also available in Blackboard.edu.

For more information, contact Amber Peranski at aperanski@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2097 or visit https://training.vcu.edu/.

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU Parking and Transportation will host a one-hour GRTC travel training session for students, faculty, and staff in Sanger Hall, B1-020 Computer Classroom, 1101 E. Marshall St. This session will cover how to use the GRTC bus system, navigate Pulse/Route 5 routes across campus and commute from Richmond's Southside to VCU's Monroe Park and/or MCV campuses. An identical session will be held at the same day and location at 1 p.m. Maximum attendance is 15. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Parking and Transportation at parking@vcu.edu or visit https://parking.vcu.edu/transportation/grtc/.

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Tomas Balciulis and Eric Harvey of Learning Systems will lead a workshop about using Kaltura, VCU's video hosting solution. The session, hosted by VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, will be in Room 4100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://goo.gl/forms/k36VkJ3iw38OqOcD3.

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will hold an online graduate program open house via Zoom. An overview of the school's graduate programs will be presented. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ross Losapio at losapior@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/2uM1kwd.

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU Department of History and The Alexandrian Society presents Selwyn R. Cudjoe, Ph.D., professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, who will discuss "William Hardin Burnley and the Black Atlantic." The lecture will be in the Forum Room of University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Cudjoe’s lecture will focus on Burnley, the largest slave owner in Trinidad in the 19th century and the biggest resident slave owner in the British Caribbean. Cudjoe is the author of “The Slave Master of Trinidad: William Hardin Burnley and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World.”

For more information, contact Bernard Moitt at bmoitt@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host Asian and Pacific Student Alliance Culture Night. The event, in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., will celebrate the region's various cultures. Free food, performances and fun activities will be available.

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

Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Muslim Health Professionals of MCV will host a discussion of major health concerns in the Muslim and underserved communities of Richmond as well as associated stigmas. The event, to be held in Room 6-101, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St., will include an oral surgeon, psychiatrist and physical medicine and rehabilitation physician. Desserts will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact amira dalmazio at dalmazioa@vcu.edu or (703) 501-1205 or visit https://forms.gle/3bBpZnzg8SpNBWGz7.

Monday, Apr. 22, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

University Counseling Services Advocacy Program presents a symposium on why sexual assault among African American women goes unreported. This event will be held in Virginia Rooms C-D, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Tameika S. McCoy, Advocacy Program Coordinator at tmccoy5@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6200.

Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

VCU Recreational Sports is offering a Snatch Weightlifting Clinic at the MCV Campus Recreation Center. The class is designed for those with previous lifting experience and are trying to advance their skills. Register at the following URL by April 21.

For more information, contact Sydney Dale at dalesm3@vcu.edu or (804) 827-6411 or visit https://portal.recsports.vcu.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=7945adc0-e8cb-4a05-990c-6d49b9510d16&semesterId=de8463d0-2001-43ba-8bb4-b37c567ccaa6.

Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Human Resources and Recreational Sports will host a free chair yoga class for faculty and staff. The session will be held in the Church Hill Room, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Register at the following URL (keyword "chair yoga").

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu/.

Friday, Apr. 26, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Attend a Revive! Training and learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose emergency with the administration of naloxone. This collaborative effort, to be held at West Grace Street Student Housing – South, 835 W. Grace St., is led by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services and the Virginia Department of Health. This VCU-sponsored training is in partnership with VCU ASPiRE. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Erin Brown at embbrown@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3915 or visit https://goo.gl/forms/fyNfhU5Jg2SRQeNK2.

Saturday, Apr. 27, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Black Excellence at VCU presents the group's annual Black Excellence Scholarship Ball. The event will be held in the Commonwealth Ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Formal attire and masquerade apparel will be required. The evening includes a seated dinner, dancing, arts performances and more. Purchase tickets at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sabrina Auandee at auandeess@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-black-excellence-scholarship-ball-tickets-54002794813?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete.

Sunday, Apr. 28, 2019 from noon to 3 p.m.

VCU's University Student Commons and Activities will host the 2019 Wedding and Special Events Expo. The event will be in the Commonwealth Ballroom, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The free event is open to all.

For more information, contact VCU Event Services at uscaevent@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9502 or visit http://usca.vcu.edu/event-services.

Monday, Apr. 29, 2019 at noon

Rams in Recovery presents a hands-on training session - “Revive! Reversing an Opioid Overdose with Naloxone.” The session will be held in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Naloxone has no potential for abuse and will be distributed at no cost to each person who attends at the end of the program by the Virginia Department of Health. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shawn Hammonds at shammonds@vcu.edu or visit https://goo.gl/forms/iCB9wxCKSIWJlwCa2.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at noon

The VCU Office of Alumni Relations will host award-winning author Lee Smith at the ninth annual Monroe Scholars Book and Author Luncheon. The event will be held at Jefferson Lakeside Country Club, 1700 Lakeside Ave. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to meet Smith and purchase an autographed copy of her latest book, “Dimestore.” Cost is $75 per person or $600 for a table of eight. $50 of each ticket and $400 of each table is a tax-deductible contribution. Proceeds from the luncheon fund the Monroe Scholars Book Award program. The award provides special recognition and a $1,000 scholarship to high school students who meet the criteria of leadership and scholarship and who enroll at VCU.

For more information, contact Patrick Heckel at pcheckel@vcu.edu or visit https://www.support.vcu.edu/event/mspluncheon2019.

Thursday, May 23, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Center for Corporate Education presents "Conducting an Effective Job Search." The session, conducted by John Worth, Director of Graduate Professional Development, VCU School of Business, will be in Room B3189, Snead Hall, School of Business, 301 W. Main St. The evening workshop covers a variety of topics, including organizing your job search, networking, writing résumés, cover letters and interviewing skills. The $50 fee includes a boxed dinner, parking and materials.

For more information, contact Katybeth Lee at kelee@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3165 or visit https://business.vcu.edu/corporate-education/career-boosters.

The VCU Board of Visitors invites written public comment on the proposed fiscal year 2020 university budget plan that includes tuition and fees. The board is considering the administration's recommendation of no tuition increase. Review the proposal and/or leave written comments at the following URL. The Open Comment Portal will close at 5 p.m. on April 26 to ensure adequate time for consideration by the board ahead of its May 10 vote.

For more information, contact Michele Schumacher at mschumacher@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0458 or visit https://president.vcu.edu/board/open-comment-portal/.

A list of VCUArts summer classes for non-Arts majors is available at the following URL. Online and in-person courses include art history, yoga, jewelry making, music appreciation, improvisation, painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and more.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Bambacus at bambacuses@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3927 or visit https://summer.vcu.edu/courses/arts-classes-for-non-majors/.

VCU's Running AMok improv team is scheduled to participate in the North Carolina Comedy Festival. The group is to perform at 7:30 p.m. April 17 at The Idiot Box Comedy Club, 503 N. Greene St., Greensboro.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Byland at ebyland@vcu.edu or (859) 803-3374 or visit https://www.facebook.com/runningamokimprov/.

Hispanic/LatinX individuals born outside of the mainland United States aged 18 years of age or higher are invited to participate in a research study. The program is investigating social and psychological factors that affect ethnic minorities’ health outcomes. Those who qualify will participate in a 20-minute study to complete several questionnaires, physical assessments (e.g., height and weight measurements) and tasks. Compensation is available.

For more information, contact Jessica Lemus at lemusja@vcu.edu or (434) 623-0137.

Applications are being accepted to serve on the board of VCU's Asian and Pacific Student Alliance. The focus of the organization is to foster a sense of community and critically examine issues unique to the peoples of Asia and the Pacific islands. Apply by April 30 at the following email.

For more information, contact Tamanna Kaur at apsaatvcu@gmail.com.

A draft of the new policy regarding animals on university property open for university comment through April 23. The draft policy can be found at the following URL.

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

Collaboration Services announces "Schedule now and send later," a new Gmail feature that is coming soon. Users will see a "Scheduled" folder appear in their Inbox some time after April 15. Then when drafting an original email or reply in Gmail, an arrow next to the “Send” button will allow the email to be scheduled for later.

For more information, contact Connie Whetstine at drgee@vcu.edu or visit https://apps.vcu.edu/news/schedule-send-in-gmail-coming-soon.html.

The Wellness Resource Center's Mindful Monday meditation session, scheduled for April 15 in Monroe Park, has been canceled. The sessions will resume April 22.

For more information, contact Mia Liadis at liadisa@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9355 or visit http://thewell.vcu.edu.