11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

As part of its Oct. 14-17 Love Your Body Week, VCU"s Wellness Resource Center and Dining Services will host Love Your Body With Food. The event will be on the Hibbs side of the Compass. Information (and free food) will be available on how to eat to help your body feel good. Donations to the Ram Pantry will be accepted.

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

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries, the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association present “Using Photocross-Linkers to Study Protein-Ligand and Protein-Protein Interactions.” The talk, in Room 2-010, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St., is part of the 2019 How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0622 or visit https://rampages.us/howtotalks/upcoming/.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

As part of its Oct. 14-17 Love Your Body Week, VCU"s Wellness Resource Center will host a panel of faculty, staff and students who will discuss body image and how it has impacted their lives. The event will be in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The Wellness Resource Center is dedicating the week to promoting healthy body image. Check the following URL for daily events.

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

3 p.m.

VCU Music presents a string area recital. The concert will be at the James W. Black Music Center, 1015 Grove Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1169 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2019/08/26/string-area-recital-october-14/.

6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The Latinx Heritage Month Committee presents Nuestras Raíces at the ICA. The event, at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., will be a staged platform for individuals and groups to share Latinx experiences through poetry, performance and/or prose. Proposals to participate, which should be submitted by Oct. 3, are available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kim Green at greenk2@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/nuraprpr.

7:30 p.m.

VCU Department of Music faculty member Taylor Barnett will present a jazz trumpet recital. The concert will be in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1169 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2019/08/26/faculty-recital-taylor-barnett-jazz-trumpet-october-14/.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Keep all your work in one secure place with online file storage in Google Drive. Learn how to share with others and access on any computer, smartphone or tablet at a workshop presented by VCU's Collaboration Services 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 https://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=17271.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Are you interested in learning more about sustainable development within indigenous communities or health care access and environmental issues facing those living in Central America? Come learn more about how to get involved. Be part of a student organization working with the Highland Support Project. An interest meeting will be held in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. An interest meeting will also be held at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in Room 427, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Drew Lynch at lynchdc@mymail.vcu.edu or visit http://highlandsupportproject.org/.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at 6 p.m.

Carolina Espinal, founding principal of Mozaic Strategies and a newly appointed member of the VCU Board of Visitors, will deliver a talk on "Opportunities at the Intersection: How Diversity and Inclusion are Transforming Business and Society." The event is part of the Speaker Series of the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture. The talk, which will be held in the University Student Commons Theater, 907 Floyd Ave., is part of Hispanic Heritage Month. The lecture is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Marcus Messner at mmessner@vcu.edu or visit https://robertson.vcu.edu/news/diversity-and-inclusion-strategist-to-talk-at-robertson-school-speaker-series.html.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Collective Corazón is a student organization that addresses cultural barriers that prevent members of Latinx communities from receiving equal access to health care. The group offers opportunities for volunteering and advocacy in the community for Spanish-speaking populations. Collective Corazón will have a general body meeting and TED Talk discussion in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North (Globe), 830 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact Roma Kankaria at kankariara2@vcu.edu or (301) 904-3159.

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

RamTech will hold a faculty and staff appreciation sale preview at its October Appy Hour event. The preview, in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., will showcase products and savings to be featured in the Nov. 15 faculty and staff sale. Free food and soft drinks will be available. Those who attend the sale will be entered to win a Sound Bar. The event is free but registration is required at the following URL.

For more information, contact Erinn Budd at budde@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8324 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ramtech-october-appy-hour-facultystaff-appreciation-sale-preview-tickets-69933166985.

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Bill Bishop, founder and CEO of The BIG Idea Company, a Toronto-based innovation and communications enterprise, will lead a conversation in Room 2201, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. A reception, presented by VCU's eClub, will follow at the VCU da Vinci Center, 807 S. Cathedral Place. Bishop is also founder of The New Economy Network. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kelsey Steenburgh at steenburghbk@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-master-of-product-innovation-meet-greet-tickets-73967750533.

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Beta Beta Beta National Honor Society at VCU focuses on life sciences. Members of the group work through community outreach, networking, volunteering and research with an overall goal to grow as future scientists. Tribeta will hold a general body meeting in Room 235, Eugene P. and Lois E. Trani Center for Life Sciences, 1000 W. Cary St. Sign up at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sara Herz at herzsm@vcu.edu or (571) 209-8727 or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/Tribeta/club_signup.

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Episcopal Campus Ministry at VCU is collecting holy books in a partnership with Grace Inside Chaplains to give prisoners access to scripture. Torah, Bibles, Korans or other holy texts suitable for donation should be brought to Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. by Nov. 15.

For more information, contact the Rev. Kimberly Reinholz, ECM chaplain, at kareinholz@vcu.edu or (757) 655-1877 or visit https://ghtc.org/our-community/campus-ministry/.

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Red Cross Club at VCU will sponsor a blood drive in the parish hall at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 800 S. Cathedral Place. T-shirts will be given to donors. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Timmy Tran at trantt37@vcu.edu or visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?dt=WB:PL:DR:PM&ed=10%2F17%2F2019&order=DATE&range=10&sd=10%2F17%2F2019&zipSponsor=vcu.

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The Society of Human Resources Management at VCU will host an interview speed dating event. The mock interviews will be held in Room B2165, Snead Hall, School of Business, 301 W. Main St. Those who attend will interview one another to gain experience in interviewing and being interviewed.

For more information, contact Erika Li at liee@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Rams in Recovery presents a hands-on training session, “Revive! Reversing an Opioid Overdose with Naloxone.” The session will be in the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 901 Floyd Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shauntelle Hammonds at shammonds@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/RP2HnWJeJ3nRnBBq7.

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at 5:45 p.m.

The Medical Scientist Training Club will host a surgeon-scientist panel for undergraduates interested in networking with surgeons. Learn about careers in research and surgical practice at the event, to be held in Jackson Ward B, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Dinner will be provided.

For more information, contact Anirban Mahanty at mahantya@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

PennyAppeal at VCU is hosting a charity soccer tournament on Cary Street Fields 1 and 2. The fee is $5 to play. Payments are accepted through Venmo (@pennyappealatvcu). Reserve your spot as a player to be assigned to a team or come through with your own team. Proceeds go toward volunteer events geared to helping the homeless around VCU.

For more information, contact Abdulhafidh Salim at salimat@vcu.edu.

Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Adobe and Disney Channels will host a creative challenge for higher ed students. Compete and win a Visa gift card, a subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud and bragging rights for yourself and VCU. The event will be held at the Center for Creative Economy in The Depot, 814 W. Broad St., on Oct. 18 and Oct. 21 from at 4-6 p.m. Register or view the live stream at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jana Avery at jcavery@vcu.edu or visit https://adobe.vcu.edu/news-and-events/.

Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This year’s Virginia Leadership Workshop will be held at Grace E. Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave. Students for Life at VCU will host a day of training from professionals in the field as well as an opportunity to network with fellow student leaders from around the state. Registration at the following URL is mandatory. The cost is $15.

For more information, contact Colleen Connolly at connollyce@vcu.edu or visit https://prolifeamerica.org/2019-virginia/.

Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries, the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association present “Introduction to Immunofluorescence Microscopy: Light at the End of the Tunnel.” The lecture, in Room 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., is part of the 2019 How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0622 or visit https://rampages.us/howtotalks/upcoming/.

Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 from noon to 12:45 p.m.

VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will hold an online undergraduate program informational session via Zoom. An overview of the school's undergraduate programs will be presented, with special attention paid to students who may be interested in declaring or transferring to a Wilder School major. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ross Losapio at losapior@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/2nwUqLd.

Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics presents "Mathematical Modeling: From Kindergarten to Industry." The talk will be in Room 1201, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Ihsan Topaloglu at iatopaloglu@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Join students, faculty and alumni for an informal gathering to learn about the da Vinci Center's 13-month accelerated masters program in product innovation. The session, to be held at VCU's da Vinci Center, 807 S. Cathedral Place, integrates arts, business and engineering principles through advanced product innovation and entrepreneurship. Drinks and light refreshments will be provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-master-of-product-innovation-meet-greet-tickets-73967750533.

Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU da Vinci Center and Innovation Gateway invite students of all levels to attend the inaugural Startup Weekend. This one-day event, in Room 1231-33, Grace and Broad Residence Center 2 (Innovate Living-Learning Program), 1010 W. Grace St., will allow students to ideate around VCU-licensed technologies and work directly with faculty and researchers who have developed these ideas. The first 50 participants will receive design thinking certification and will ultimately pitch for seed funding for their ideas. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1394 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vcu-startup-weekend-tickets-75044631513.

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Phi Sigma Rho National Engineering Sorority will host a professional panel in Room 104, College of Engineering West Hall, 601 W. Main St. Panelists will discuss their professional careers. A networking event will follow at 8 p.m.

For more information, contact Temi Olatunji at olatunjit@vcu.edu or (630) 433-0375.

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The ICA and VCU ASPiRE will host the screening of "Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook" at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. The documentary tracks efforts to make it harder and more dangerous to vote, especially for minority groups and young people. Following the film will be a panel discussion including Julian Hayter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, and the author of "The Dream is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond."

For more information, contact Nannette Bailey at nabailey@vcu.edu or (804) 827-2300.

Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU's Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation will host the Research Administration and Management Symposium Fall Forum. The day of presentations, to be held in the Lecture Hall, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., will cover research-related topics. Presentations include a keynote address from VCU researcher Jennifer Fettweis, Ph.D.; interactive post-award problem solving; standard operating procedures for research administration; developments at VCU and best practices for the research dashboard. Register at training.vcu.edu (keywords "fall forum").

For more information, contact Lydia Klinger at leklinger@vcu.edu or (804) 628-2642 or visit https://research.vcu.edu/forum/.

Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

VCU's School of Pharmacy will host Pharmacy Preview Day for undergraduate students interested in exploring the pharmacy profession. Students will have the opportunity to meet admissions faculty and current students, tour the MCV Campus, conduct hands-on medication compounding and participate in mock interviews. Lunch will be provided. The event will be held in the Robert Blackwell Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Taryn Hayes at hayesta5@vcu.edu or visit https://dhsd.vcu.edu/programs/college/vcu-pharmacy-preview-day/.

Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Grab a dish, some friends and join the Lebanese Student Association for an evening full of dabke, food, music and more. The second annual LSA Fall Bash will be held in the Commonwealth Ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Amira Daou at daouas@vcu.edu or visit http://tinyurl.com/LSAbash.

In conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Advocacy Program from University Counseling Services will display the "Clothesline Project." The showing of shirts designed to share experiences and support for survivors of domestic violence will be at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., Oct. 11-31.

For more information, contact Confidential Advocates at UCS at myoptions@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6200 or visit https://counseling.vcu.edu/advocacy-services/.

VCU Recreational Sports offers adult swim lessons for all ages and ability levels. Swim lessons are held at the Cary Street Gym Aquatic Center and the MCV Campus Aquatic Center. Lessons vary from beginner, intermediate/advanced to all levels. The next round of swim lessons begins Oct. 21. Register at the following URL by Oct. 20.

For more information, contact Jenna Dillon at dillonj3@vcu.edu or (804) 827-9999 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/aquatics/adult-swim-programs/.

The Thalhimer Tennis Center will be closed Oct. 28-Nov. 3 for the installation of the winter bubble enclosure. The center will not be available for court reservation and rentals during this time.

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

Students Today Alumni Tomorrow is the student alumni association at VCU and applications for its leadership council are open until Oct. 18. STAT's leadership council offers the opportunity to plan and execute events to promote official campus traditions and lifelong loyalty to VCU, connect students with alumni and create a culture of philanthropy at the university.

For more information, contact Hudson Dizon at dizonhl@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/STATLC.

Sign up at the following URL for one-to-one biofeedback sessions to reduce stress, build resilience and practice relaxation techniques. Sessions offered by VCU's Wellness Resource Center will be at the Hunton Student Center, 1110 E. Broad St.

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

VCU ASPiRE, in collaboration with the Common Book Program, is hosting a donation drive to support the REAL LIFE Program and RVA Street Singers. Those who attend the Common Book Author Talk at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Siegel Center can bring a new toiletry item (toothpaste, soap, toothbrushes, feminine products) or new or gently used warm weather item (hats, gloves, scarves, socks) to the event. Donation boxes will be on site.

For more information, contact Erin Brown at embbrown@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3915.

Help VCUDine improve the campus dining experience by completing a five-to-seven minute survey. All responses are confidential and must be completed by Oct. 18. Note the only locations included on the MCV Campus are Jonah’s, Starbucks, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Wendy’s. Participants in the survey may enter a drawing for one $150 or three $50 Visa eGift Cards. Winners will be announced on facebook.com/vcudining. Take the survey at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sarah Murphy at sdmurphy@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3894 or visit http://www.diningstylessurvey.com.