Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research will host a grant-writing seminar in Room 1013, Molecular Medicine Research Building, 1220 E. Broad St. Matt Banks, Pharm.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, will discuss strategies for incorporating required information into a grant application. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course.asp?Keyword=&Sponsor=CCTR&Category=All&Audience=All&Campus=All&trainingType=0.

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

"One Richmond, One Book" is a reading program by ReadToThem.org that provides books in March to Richmond Public Schools for family literacy. Volunteers can serve as classroom readers, activity leaders, transporters, creative members and more. Project coordinator TaLees Owens will host an orientation for volunteers at the Center on Health Disparities, fourth floor, Theatre Row Building, 730 E. Broad St. Refreshments and children's books will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alisa Brewer at alisa.brewer@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-2075 or visit https://forms.gle/BYn448KpWiamKxvb7.

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Health will host a safety fair as part of Patient Safety Awareness Week in the Main 2 Meeting Center, Main Hospital, 1250 E. Marshall St. Topics to be covered at the event include medication safety, exposure safety, fall safety and more. Prizes and one special grand prize will be available.

For more information, contact Adam Austin at acaustin@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Mar. 12, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Jessica Kirschner, VCU open education resources librarian, will discuss open educational resources in Room 1000, College of Health Professions Building, 900 E. Leigh St. Learn what defines an open educational resource, how the resources can be used and how to search the creative commons repository for available open education resources.

For more information, contact Michael Forder at mjforder@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6726.

Thursday, Mar. 12, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCU's Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will participate in the opening of the 67th Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. All members and nonmembers are invited to the public meeting and reception at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St.

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

Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In this hands-on workshop, learn how designing with a target audience in mind is the key to communicating research. The effects of tone, colors, fonts, images and layout will be discussed. Learn the latest efforts to improve the delivery and design of research posters. Bring your own laptop to participate. The event will be in the Workshop, Room 078, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Edward Beckwith at GSA@VCU.edu or visit https://events.vcu.edu/details.asp?myVal=72392.

Construction and utility work at and around the VCU Health Outpatient Pavilion and Inpatient Children's Hospital sites will affect traffic patterns on the MCV Campus. 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.

VCU undergraduates engaged in mentored research are encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration. Presentations may be for completed research projects, completed papers or research in progress. The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 22. The deadline for poster files is April 12. The symposium event is April 22. Questions: https://provost.vcu.edu/initiatives/urop/poster/

For more information, contact Herb Hill, Director of Undergraduate Research, and Creative Inquiry at urop@vcu.edu or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/vcuurop/2020/02/03/symp2020call/.

As part of Storytelling Week, the Student Leadership and Civic Engagement office's Changemakers will host "Guess My Story" from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 23 in the Compass. Volunteers, needed for one-hour shifts, should be outgoing and at ease talking to strangers and about themselves. All are welcome; participants need not be students. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alexzane Taylor at taylorac22@vcu.edu or (804) 426-1103 or visit http://cglink.me/s26802.

The Healthcare Innovation Consortium, in partnership with VCU, VCUHealth and Activation Capital, supports innovators and health-care professionals improving the health care process and building new technologies to make health care more effective. Those interested in sharing a health care problem or improvement or seeking resources to improve health care should apply at the following URL for guidance, programming or funding from the HIC by March 13.

For more information, contact Ace Callwood at callwoodaf@vcu.edu or (757) 289-9157 or visit http://www.hicportal.com.

Episcopal Campus Ministry in association with Red Door Ministry at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is in need of gently used men's clothing. Each week students and community members come together to feed hungry, pray for the sick and provide for basic needs. Clothing can be dropped off at the church, 8 N. Laurel St., between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

For more information, contact the Rev. Kimberly Reinholz, ECM chaplain, at kareinholz@vcu.edu or (804) 359-5628 or visit https://ghtc.org/outreach/red-door-ministry/.

The Inter Health Professionals Alliance is currently holding elections for the 2020-2021 executive board. Those interested in running to be a board member should fill out the form at the following URL by March 18. Respondents may only submit individual answers, not for anyone else.

For more information, contact Henry Childs at ihpa.vcu@gmail.com or visit https://forms.gle/J7BEw832zEKyZ9kVA.