Wednesday, Jul. 24, 2019 from noon to 12:45 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/2XXg6jQ.

Friday, Jul. 26, 2019 from noon to 2 p.m.

VCU Graduate School hosts "Ice Cream With the Dean." Cool off with Dean F. Douglas Boudinot and the Graduate School staff at the Compass Plaza, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St., with treats from King of Pops.

For more information, contact Alexandra Coleman at aacoleman@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6948.

Friday, Jul. 26, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents Quatro na Bossa. 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 is $15.

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

Sunday, Jul. 28, 2019 at 4 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents The VCU Community Guitar Ensemble. 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.

Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU Libraries and the VCU Data Science Lab are offering a half-day workshop to provide hands-on instruction in reproducibility techniques through the use of the Open Science Framework. Learn how to make your research more reproducible and set up your own OSF project page. By attending, you will get hands-on experience to facilitate future data sharing, improve team communication and increase your research profile. The session will be held in Room 2-006, the Computer Classroom, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Nina Exner at nexner@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/5533288.

Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education will hold a session on Everyday Mindfulness. The session will be at Regency Square, 1420 N. Parham Road, in the Garden Room just off the food court, as part of its free Third Wednesdays Community Series. Learn more about the proven benefits of mindfulness and how it can be integrated into everyday life.

For more information, contact VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education at ocpe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1322 or visit https://ocpe.vcu.edu/community.

VCU Recreational Sports offers personal training in multiple formats, including partner personal training. Packages taught by certified personal trainers are from three to 18 sessions.

For more information, contact Sydney Dale at dalesm3@vcu.edu or (804) 827-6411 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/fitness-and-wellness/personal-training/.

VCU Recreational Sports is offering group exercise classes in Monroe Park. The next class, outdoor yoga, will be held 6-7 p.m. on July 24. Registration ends 24 hours prior to class time.

For more information, contact Hannah Kotarski at kotarskih@vcu.edu or (804) 827-7259 or visit http://bit.ly/2RhMesD.

Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are now available for VCU students to purchase at a reduced cost. There is no charge for Spark Premium. A license for Creative Cloud is $60 per year, or $30 for six months. To purchase a license or learn more, view the “Student Licenses and Purchasing” information at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jana Avery at adobe@vcu.edu or visit https://adobe.vcu.edu/students/.

VCU Parking and Transportation hosts one-hour sessions with a GRTC travel trainer. Learn how to use the GRTC bus system, navigate Pulse/Route 5 across campus and commute from Richmond's Northside, Southside, East End and West End to VCU's Monroe Park and/or MCV campuses. Register to attend a session at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kendra Norrell at norrellkh@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/grtc.

Construction and related 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. For current information and updates, visit the following URL.

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

VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education, in partnership with the School of World Studies, will offer cultural competency and language classes. The courses, for one academic credit for VCU and VCU Health employees and community members, run from late August through early December. Available classes include Intro to Conversational French I, Intro to Conversational German II, Intermediate German II, Intro to Conversational Italian I and II and Intro to Conversational Spanish I and II. Contact Human Resources to determine eligibility for tuition benefits or education assistance.

For more information, contact VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education at ocpe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1322 or visit http://ocpe.vcu.edu/languages.

The BMI Project is a healthy lifestyle program designed specifically for young adults to manage their health and well-being. If you are overweight and between the ages of 18 to 25, visit the following URL or call the following number to see if you are eligible.

For more information, contact Autumn Lanoye at autumn.lanoye@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-2250 or visit http://www.VCUBMIproject.com.