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.

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

VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research presents a seminar on grant writing for early career faculty researchers. The session, to be in Room 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., will be led by Gerry Moeller, M.D., VCU Division Chair for Addiction Psychiatry. Seating is limited. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon, Pharm.D. at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=16988.

Friday, May 10, 2019 at 4 p.m.

In response to Rashid Johnson’s “Monument” installation, artist and musician Dylan Languell will present an improvisational group musical performance using multiple pianos. The performance will be at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. A performance will also be given at the same location at 3 p.m. May 11.

For more information, contact the Institute for Contemporary Art at ica@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/performances/provocations-0510/.

Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 1 p.m.

Explore the architecture of the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., during a building tour led by an ICA student guide. An open watercolor activity will follow.

For more information, contact the Institute for Contemporary Art at ica@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/tours/topic-0511/.

Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 3 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents Lara St. John, violin, and Matt Herskowitz, piano, as part of the Mary Anne Rennolds Concert Series. 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 $35. Tickets for those ages 60-plus, VCU employees and VCU Alumni Association members are $32. Tickets for children ages 16 and younger are $25 and free for VCU Music students and VCU Music faculty. Reserve tickets at the following email.

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

Monday, May 13, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Global Education Office will host a workshop for VCU faculty, advisers and other staff discussing best practices for working with international students. The program will address personal cultural awareness, culturally responsive teaching, and academic integrity and international students. The program will be held in Room 3127, Grace Street Center, Grace Street Center, 912 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact Amber Bennett Hill at abennett@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2551 or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/faculty/globalzone/.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from noon to 12:45 p.m.

VCU's Human Resources and Recreational Sports is offering a chair yoga class. The goal of the 45-minute session, in the Group Exercise Room, Cary Street Gym, 101 S. Linden St., is to improve posture, increase flexibility, reduce stress and improve balance while avoiding injury. 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=17197.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

At the Whetting your Appetite for Research lunch research series presented by the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Tompkins-McCaw Library, Wright Center senior bioinformatics specialist Amy Olex will discuss applications being developed and used at VCU to mine electronic health records for research data. The lecture will be in Room 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://events.vcu.edu/details.asp?myVal=69991.

Thursday, May 30, 2019 from noon to 1:15 p.m.

VCU's Center for Corporate Education presents "Talking the Talk: Public Speaking Demystified." The Lunch-and-Learn series installment, to be held in Room B3189, Snead Hall, School of Business, 301 W. Main St., will uncover key strategies and approaches to giving successful presentations in any setting. Helene Bumbalo, MS, affiliate faculty, VCU College of Health Professions, Gerontology, will conduct the session. The $35 fee includes lunch and parking.

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

Grading for Spring 2019 has begun. Grade sheets are available on faculty eServices. Grades are due by noon on May 14; at which time grading will be turned off. Faculty may only access grade sheets for courses to which they have been assigned in the Class Schedule. If you do not see one of your grade sheets, contact your department's course scheduling representative. For other questions, contact the Office of Records and Registration at the following email.

For more information, contact The Office of Records and Registration at rar@vcu.edu.