1 p.m.

The National Scholarship Office will host an informational session about the Truman Scholarship. The award is geared toward juniors planning to pursue careers in public service. Attend the session online or in Room 1210, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. The scholarship provides leadership development, an internship opportunity in Washington, D.C., and up to $30,000 for graduate studies.

For more information, contact Meredith Sisson at natlscholar@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6868 or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfogiXrjVVck7go2SVBlt4xCsV29aDubFfYd5iDpwJAUvZk1Q/viewform.

12 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host an informational session about the Goldwater Scholarship. The award is for sophomores and juniors planning to pursue a career in STEM-field research. Attend the session online or in Room 1210, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. Scholars receive up to $7,500 toward educational expenses, as well as access to mentoring and an alumni network. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Meredith Sisson at natlscholar@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6868 or visit https://forms.gle/uuwBQHspeatn6PqB6.

12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Wellness Resource Center will host the Third Annual Wellness Fair at the Compass and Cabell Library green space. Student leaders, campus partners and community organizations will be present to promote holistic health and well-being at VCU.

For more information, contact Carrie Baines at cabaines@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0231.

2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU Career Services will present the Fall 2019 Part-Time Job Fair. The event will be held in the second-floor Richmond Salons, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Learn about part-time and hourly opportunities, both on- and off-campus.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/PTJobFair19.

2:30 p.m.

Sign up for a 20-minute, group guided meditation at the Wellness Resource Center's Resilience Lab. The session will be held on the first floor of The Well, 815 S. Cathedral Place. This meditation is suitable for students at all levels of practice. Sign up at the HeartMath Resilience Lab calendar on The Well's homepage at the following URL.

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

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Corin Hewitt, a Richmond-based artist and associate professor of sculpture and extended media at VCU, will discuss his solo exhibit, "Shadows Are to Shade." The artist will be at the Institute for Contemporary Art, 601 W. Broad St. The exhibition will be on view at the ICA and also for limited hours at the artist's home and studio in the Fan District until Sept. 1.

For more information, contact Meredith Carrington at mtcarrington@vcu.edu or visit http://icavcu.org.

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Active Minds at VCU will hold its first general body meeting in Virginia Rooms C and D, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The goal of the group, a chapter of a national nonprofit organization, is to raise mental health awareness among college students and to fight the stigma around mental illness on a university and national level.

For more information, contact Leena Penumalee at penumaleels@vcu.edu.

7 p.m.

VCU’s Rams in Recovery will present the "You Did What?!" recovery speaker series. The program, which pairs a current student with an alum to share recovery journeys, will be in Room 1201, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Thomas Bannard at bannardtn@vcu.edu or (804) 366-8027 or visit http://recovery.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Meet VCU's Career Services team and cool off with Soul Ice, a sweet treat. The session will be at Career Services, first floor, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Learn what Career Services can do for you. Only 200 servings of Soul Ice will be available. Stop by early, because registering in advance does not guarantee a serving.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/events/331039/share_preview.

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 at noon

VCUarts Dance will host an in-process showing of work by guest artist Paloma McGregor in a research residency as part of the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Fellowship Program. The free event will be held at The Anderson, 907 ½ W. Franklin St. McGregor is a Caribbean-born, New York-based choreographer whose work centers black voices through collaborative, process-based art-making and organizing. The work will also be shown at the same site at 7 p.m. Oct. 4.

For more information, contact Lea Marshall at lemarshall@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1711 or visit http://arts.vcu.edu/dance.

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 from noon to 3 p.m.

Each Thursday this semester, The Pace Center will serve lunch for $1 for all members of the VCU community. The meal, cooked by VCU students from their favorite family recipes, will be be served from noon to 1 p.m. The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will be open until 3 p.m. This week's chefs, Duke Arthur and Koffi Togbe, will offer West African fusion with a vegetarian option. Register at the following URL. A valid VCU ID must be presented. Volunteer opportunities are available.

For more information, contact Katie B. Gooch at kbgooch@vcu.edu or visit http://www.thepacecenter.com.

Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's School of Education, in collaboration with FIRST Chesapeake, is seeking students interested in working with middle school students in Richmond City Public Schools in an informal after-school setting. The undertaking would require 12 hours per week for 12 to 14 weeks. The meeting will be in Room 3085, Oliver Hall – School of Education, 1015 W. Main St. Come to this pizza event to learn about the opportunity to work with students and robotics. No prior experience is needed.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Edmondson at ewedmondson@vcu.edu or (804) 827-2650.

Tuesday, Sep. 10, 2019 from noon to 5 p.m.

VCU's School of Nursing and the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive and bone marrow registry. The event will be held in Room 2001B, Sadie Heath Cabaniss Hall, 1100 E. Leigh St. Sign up to donate blood at the following URL. Representatives from Be the Match Bone Marrow registry will also be available.

For more information, contact Genevieve Beaird at gbeaird@vcu.edu or visit http://redcrossblood.org.

Friday, Sep. 13, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU's Center for Corporate Education will present Applied Excel, a one-day workshop. Live instruction, exercises and Q&A will be used to improve the ability of participants to use Excel efficiently to parse a large data set and interpret the results. The session will be held in Room B3189, Center for Corporate Education, Snead Hall, 301 W. Main St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katybeth Lee at kelee@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1595 or visit https://business.vcu.edu/corporate-education.

The Office of Continuing and Professional Education offers a variety of in-classroom and online learning opportunities for VCU faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members. Continuing education is available in craft beer, cultural competency and languages, event planning, mindfulness, paralegal studies, play therapy and test preparation for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, SAT, ACT, Praxis Core and MCAT. Foundations of Biochemistry is also offered.

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/courses/.

VCU Student Conduct and Academic Integrity seeks faculty, university and academic professionals and students to volunteer for the Honor Council. Volunteers will be trained and authorized to determine whether a student has violated the VCU Honor System and to recommend sanctions when a violation has been committed. Volunteers must complete one, three-hour training session. The schedule is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Karen Belanger at honorsystem@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1963 or visit https://conduct.students.vcu.edu/training--meeting-schedules/honor-system-training-schedule/.

The VCU Student Technology Advisory Committee is accepting applications for the 2019-20 academic year. The Committee advises VCU Technology Services in matters related to service design and implementation, programming and promotion of technology at VCU. Applications will be accepted through Aug. 30 at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sam Kennedy at skennedy@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0522 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/stac-apply.

Experiencing computer issues? There’s no need to go off campus for repairs. FixIT, VCU’s on-campus computer repair resource, is located at 930 W. Grace St. inside RamTech. FixIT will assess and repair Apple and Dell computers, no matter where purchased. FixIT is authorized for in-warranty repairs and also supports out-of-warranty repairs. FixIT is open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday.

For more information, contact Erinn Budd at ramtech@vcu.edu or (804) 827-9334 or visit http://ramtech.vcu.edu.

Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, InDesign, Acrobat, etc.) is available to VCU students at a discounted price of $60 a year or $30 for six months. Students who are paying $240 or $360 yearly may cancel their subscription without incurring a penalty fee. Contact the IT Support Center at the following telephone number for instructions on how to terminate your contract.

For more information, contact Lucy Halunko at adobe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2227 or visit https://adobe.vcu.edu.