Faculty/staff Issue for May 7, 2019

This week

Getting to Know Gmail

Add to calendar 09-05-2019 13:00:00 09-05-2019 15:30:00 America/New_York Getting to Know Gmail Need to organize a messy Inbox? Want to know what that cool Sidebar has to offer? Not sure what's new? VCU Collaboration Services invites you to learn all things Gmail to make you the master of your Inbox. This class will provide a hands-on walkthrough of all the organizational and productivity tools Gmail has to offer. The workshop will be held in Room 108, Technology Administration Building, 701 W. Broad St. Register at the following URL. Technology Administration Building Dr. Gee drgee@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Thursday, May 9, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Need to organize a messy Inbox? Want to know what that cool Sidebar has to offer? Not sure what's new? VCU Collaboration Services invites you to learn all things Gmail to make you the master of your Inbox. This class will provide a hands-on walkthrough of all the organizational and productivity tools Gmail has to offer. The workshop will be held in Room 108, Technology Administration Building, 701 W. Broad St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Dr. Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit http://tinyurl.com/y43je9dj.

Fulbright Scholar Awards Informational Session

Add to calendar 09-05-2019 11:00:00 09-05-2019 America/New_York Fulbright Scholar Awards Informational Session Jeff Wing, director of the National Scholarship Office in VCU's Honors College, will hold an informational session for the Fulbright Scholar Awards. The event will be in Room 1210, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. Faculty and staff are invited to attend in person or online via Zoom. Register at the following email to attend either session and indicate if you will attend in person or online. National Scholarship Office (1210) in the Honors College (701 W. Grace St.) Jeff Wing jawing@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11 a.m.

Jeff Wing, director of the National Scholarship Office in VCU's Honors College, will hold an informational session for the Fulbright Scholar Awards. The event will be in Room 1210, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. Faculty and staff are invited to attend in person or online via Zoom. Register at the following email to attend either session and indicate if you will attend in person or online.

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

May Is Stroke Awareness Month - Learn How To Prevent a Stroke

Add to calendar 09-05-2019 12:00:00 09-05-2019 13:00:00 America/New_York May Is Stroke Awareness Month - Learn How To Prevent a Stroke Strokes can happen at any age. The most effective way to reduce stroke mortality is to prevent a stroke from occurring. Join VCU Human Resources and the American Heart Association to learn about lifestyle changes to prevent stroke in the first-floor Learning Center, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. (across from Au Bon Pain). Register at the following URL. MCV Campus, Main Hospital, 1st Floor, The Learning Center Cindi Phares cphares@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Thursday, May 9, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Strokes can happen at any age. The most effective way to reduce stroke mortality is to prevent a stroke from occurring. Join VCU Human Resources and the American Heart Association to learn about lifestyle changes to prevent stroke in the first-floor Learning Center, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. (across from Au Bon Pain). Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=17196.

Coming up

ONE VCU Clinical Research Teams Meeting

Add to calendar 14-05-2019 11:00:00 14-05-2019 01:00:00 America/New_York ONE VCU Clinical Research Teams Meeting The purpose of the ONE VCU Clinical Research Teams Meeting is to support monthly communications directly with research teams, including coordinators, regulatory, financial and administrative leadership across the enterprise. The meeting will focus on International Clinical Trials Day, which is recognized on May 20. It will also feature a recording of the keynote presentation from the inaugural Virginia Clinical Research Conference, which was hosted on April 12. The meeting will be held in Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building (1217 E. Marshall St.) Lisa Ballance lballanc@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.

The purpose of the ONE VCU Clinical Research Teams Meeting is to support monthly communications directly with research teams, including coordinators, regulatory, financial and administrative leadership across the enterprise. The meeting will focus on International Clinical Trials Day, which is recognized on May 20. It will also feature a recording of the keynote presentation from the inaugural Virginia Clinical Research Conference, which was hosted on April 12. The meeting will be held in Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St.

For more information, contact Lisa Ballance at lballanc@vcu.edu or visit https://rampages.us/vcucctr/2019/04/29/may-one-vcu-clinical-research-teams-meeting/.

ALT Lab Online Learning Course Series

Add to calendar 03-06-2019 09:00:00 03-06-2019 America/New_York ALT Lab Online Learning Course Series VCU's Academic Learning Transformation Lab will offer a series of faculty development courses during the summer session. The online courses provide instruction on designing an online course, exploring best practices for online student engagement, faculty time management and teaching presence, as well as the system for evaluation for online courses at VCU. Register at the following URL. online Brianne Jackson bljackson@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Monday, Jun. 3, 2019 at 9 a.m.

VCU's Academic Learning Transformation Lab will offer a series of faculty development courses during the summer session. The online courses provide instruction on designing an online course, exploring best practices for online student engagement, faculty time management and teaching presence, as well as the system for evaluation for online courses at VCU. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brianne Jackson at bljackson@vcu.edu or visit https://altlab.vcu.edu/register/.

Notices

Faculty RSVP for VCU Commencement

Teaching and research faculty who plan to participate in the faculty processional at VCU Commencement should RSVP at the following URL. The event will be held at 10 a.m. May 11 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

For more information, contact University Events at UNIVevents@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/mayfaculty2019.

Temporary Relocation of Sanger Hall RamRide Stop

Effective May 10, all Connector Express, A Lot, R Lot and M Lot shuttles will begin to service passengers at a temporary stop at 1000 E. Broad St., directly in front of Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. At this time, the existing Sanger Hall stop will be discontinued. Signage indicating the stop location will be posted in front of Children's Hospital of Richmond, and all impacted routes will be updated on the RamRide tracker.

For more information, contact Dwain Cosby at ramride@vcu.edu or visit http://vcu.transloc.com.

MCV Campus Construction: Traffic Impact Updates

Construction and utility work at and around the VCU Health Outpatient Facility and Inpatient Children's Hospital sites will affect traffic patterns on the MCV Campus for several months. On Friday, May 10, the RamRide stop at Sanger Hall will be temporarily relocated to 1000 E. Broad Street. For current information and updates, visit the URL below.

For more information, contact Carrie Carroll at carrie.carroll@vcuhealth.org or visit http://vcuhealth.org/traffic.

Limited Submission Opportunity: Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research

Massey Cancer Center is accepting internal pre-applications for the Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. The award supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. See eligibility criteria at the following URL. Pre-applications are due May 23.

For more information, contact Lauren Frick at lsfrick@vcu.edu or visit https://spot.research.vcu.edu/spot/Rooms/DisplayPages/LayoutInitial?Container=com.webridge.entity.Entity[OID[0AC765701BB0BD42B70724CFFD60944A]].

Miles S. Hicks on WVCW Radio's 'A Mile A Minute Podcast'

WVCW Radio presents "A Mile A Minute Podcast" by senior Mass Communications Public Relations major Miles S. Hicks. He shares his experience as a intersectional college student who has experienced VCU for all it could give and is now sharing his experience before entering the "real world." Search for the episode via Apple Podcast or Spotify.

For more information, contact Miles S. Hicks at hicksms@vcu.edu.

Other resources

VCU Libraries workshops

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LinkedIn Learning @ VCU

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