Friday, Apr. 3, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Episcopal Campus Ministry continues to work with Red Door Ministry during the time of COVID-19 to provide a community meal for those in need. If you are available on Fridays to help pack bag lunches between 10 a.m. and noon or to distribute meals between noon and 2 p.m., contact ECM Chaplain Kimberly Reinholz at the following telephone number or email address. Social distancing is being practiced, so space is limited. No drop-in volunteers will be needed. For those who need them, meals can be picked up, no questions asked.

For more information, contact the Rev. Kimberly Reinholz at kareinholz@vcu.edu or (757) 655-1877 or visit http://www.ghtc.org.

Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The VCU Institutional Review Board will continue offering open IRB consulting hours, sponsored by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. IRB staff will be available for virtual drop-in consultations with faculty, students and staff from any school or department at VCU. Join the Zoom meeting on April 6 anytime between 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Visit the IRB Blog at the following URL for instructions on accessing the Zoom meeting.

For more information, contact Nyssa Towsley at ntowsley@vcu.edu or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/humanresearch/2020/03/25/irb-consulting-hours-virtual/.

Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Monty Alger, Ph.D., professor in chemical engineering at Penn State University, will give the VCU School of Engineering's Henry A. McGee lecture online. Alger, who has more than 30 years of experience in the chemicals and energy industries, serves on the Shenhua National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy Technical Advisory Board and is a trustee of the United Engineering Foundation. His topic will be "Moving From Linear to Exponential Innovation." View the lecture at the following URL.

For more information, contact Desiney Lowery at dlowery3@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7789 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/3912107263.

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCU Advocacy Program, in partnership with the Virginia Campus Task Force, will host its first annual "Take Back the Net," a virtual speakout for survivors of sexual assault. This event will include speakers and audience members from universities across the commonwealth. Speakers have signed up and been selected ahead of time. They will share their stories of courage, resilience and hope.

For more information, contact Dana Vandervelde at vandervelded@vcu.edu or (704) 998-7076 or visit http://Tinyurl.com/jointbtn2020.

Miss being on campus? Customize Zoom video conference calls with scenes from VCU. Virtual backgrounds add a professional, polished look to meetings and also bring along the VCU campus. Click on the following URL for directions.

For more information, contact Bob Saydlowski at identity@vcu.edu or visit https://ts.vcu.edu/askit/video-services/video-conferencing-support/zoom-desktop-conferencing/virtual-backgrounds-in-zoom/.

Many publishers are providing expanded free access to digital course materials. VCU Libraries are also providing digitization services for course materials students cannot access from remote locations. See details at the following URL. Questions or requests, email libtlireserve@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://guides.library.vcu.edu/continuity/scanning.

VCU Environmental Health and Safety-Safety and Risk Management departments have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and have been preparing plans and responses to prevent spread within the university community. As a preventive measure, all scheduled training events have been canceled. Registered participants will receive cancellation notifications via email. Updated training dates will be posted to the DG-Website, BioRaft and TelegRAM as they become available. Questions, Mike Elliott, mtelliot@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Danny Munoz at dmunoz2@vcu.edu.

The Health Promotion and Well-being Center is offering free, one-on-one Resilience Lab appointments for students via Zoom. Staff members from The Well work with students to discuss managing stress with mindfulness. A portion of this appointment will be a guided meditation. Sign up at the following URL.

For more information, contact Mia Liadis at liadisa@vcu.edu or visit https://thewell.vcu.edu/programs/resilience-lab/.

The Campus Learning Center has extended the Fall 2020 application deadline for Tutors and Supplemental Instruction Leaders to April 5.

For more information, contact VCU Campus Learning Center at clc@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8108 or visit http://clc.vcu.edu/staff/opportunities/.