Monday, Mar. 11, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Sunila Mahavadi, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, VCU School of Medicine, will lead a Discovery Dialogues presentation. The event, hosted by the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, will be held in the Learning Center, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://rampages.us/vcucctr/2019/02/25/march-discovery-dialogues-series/.

Monday, Mar. 11, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Retro Rams will discuss a candy mixer, alternative happy hour and campus coffee breaks. The meeting will be held in Room 152, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

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

Monday, Mar. 11, 2019 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU's Campus Learning Center will hold a weekly Russian conversation group open to students of all levels (enrolled or not). The sessions, to be offered throughout the semester, will meet in Room B014, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. The schedule is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Campus Learning Center at clc@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8108 or visit https://clc.vcu.edu/group-learning/.

Monday, Mar. 11, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Campus Learning Center will hold a weekly German conversation group open to students of all levels (enrolled or not). The sessions, to be offered throughout the semester, will meet in Room B014, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. The schedule is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Campus Learning Center at clc@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8108 or visit https://clc.vcu.edu/group-learning/.

Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Learn about radical reorientation of religious beliefs and practices through aesthetic experiences with Philip Francis, assistant professor of philosophy and religion, University of Maine at Farmington. This event is presented by the Powell-Edwards Lecture Series in Religion and the Arts, the Humanities Research Center and the Program in Religious Studies at VCU. The lecture will be in the third-floor Lecture Hall, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Michael Means at meansmm2@vcu.edu or visit https://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/spring-2019-speaker-series-philip-francis.

Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2019 at noon

David A. Cook, M.D., will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Health Sciences Education Symposium. The event, hosted by the VCU School of Medicine, will be in the Learning Theater, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St. Dr. Cook, from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, will discuss "Reconsidering Outcomes Research in Health Professions Education: A Cautionary Tale." He will address questions about measurement of educational outcomes and the dangers of an exclusive focus on educational outcomes in research. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katherine Henderson at katherine.henderson@vcuhealth.org or visit https://vcuhealth.libcal.com/event/4730865.

Thursday, Mar. 21, 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 held 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.

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

Thursday, Mar. 21, 2019 at 8 p.m.

Global Medical Training and Center for Health and Human Rrights at VCU present Speaker Series II with Kavian Milani, M.D. The event will be in Richmond Salons I-II, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Milani will discuss health as a human right and the use of evidence-based practice as a means for containing costs and delivering health care. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sogand Karimian at karimians@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-ii-dr-kavian-milani-tickets-55541718776.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2019 annual Presidential Awards for Community Multicultural Enrichment. The VCU and VCU Health communities are invited to nominate a VCU or VCU Health System faculty, staff, academic and administrative leader, student or student organization. Nominations are due by March 8 at the following URL.

For more information, contact . at . or visit https://president.vcu.edu/nominations/pacme/.

VCU Recreational Sports facilities will operate on abbreviated hours through March 9. Cary Street Gym will be open 6 a.m.-10 p.m. and the MCV Campus Recreation Center will be open 5:45 a.m.-10 p.m on weekdays. See a full list of hours at the following URL.

For more information, contact Amanda Simmons at alsimmons@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0321 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/facilities/hours/.

VCU Recreational Sports Intramural Sports is hosting a Unified Basketball league in partnership with Special Olympics. The league will run March 28-April 18. Students and faculty/staff can partner with Special Olympics athletes in a friendly game of basketball to form friendships and strengthen the community. Registration ends March 25.

For more information, contact Will Adams at wpadams@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8839 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/intramural-sports/leagues-and-tournament-schedules/.

The VCU IRB is seeking to learn about people's perceptions of nonmedical research experiments in order to develop institutional policies. Input from all students is welcome for this survey by VCU's Office of Research Subjects Protection. Click on the following URL to participate in this anonymous improvement survey.

For more information, contact Elicia Preslan at preslaned@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuportal.questionpro.com/t/AO7rmZdpQp.

The committee leading the search for the position of VCU's Director of Faculty Success is hosting open forums for the university community. Opportunities to hear from the final candidates will be held March 12, 14, 19 and 22. Times and locations as well as information about each candidate are available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/searches/dirfacsuccess/candidates/.