12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU librarians Dana Ladd and Sergio Chapparo will discuss in a Zoom presentation free and reliable COVID-19 health information resources available in Spanish. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact K.J. Ricasata at ricasatakj@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2432 or visit http://vcu.libcal.com/event/7122561.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

SoGal Richmond is a community of female student founders and students interested in entrepreneurship. The community will connect monthly for networking, speakers, workshops, resource sharing and intentional development. Mia Liadis of the Health Promotion and Well-Being Center will speak. The theme of the meeting will be "The Super Woman Complex: Making Self-Care Your Super Power." Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kendra Cabler at cablerka@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/sogal-sept.

3 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.

Kim Case, Ph.D., director of Faculty Success, and Benita Regusters, academic coach, will speak at a virtual workshop hosted by You First at VCU. Participants will learn about organizational methods, self-motivation and how to feel more connected. The speakers will also share their experiences of being first-gen. Questions: youfirst.vcu.edu. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Bambacus at bambacuses@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3927 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItd-CprzwiHNVD6muouXiKKJwe_PFdpfb0.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The VCU Honors College will host Assistant Professor of Clarinet Tiffany Valvo for a Berglund seminar. She will discuss how despite an increase in use of technology and development of associated skills, employers report a lack of soft skills in job applicants. The seminar will focus on identifying and learning these key skills. Contact the following email address for the event link.

For more information, contact Jared Johnson at jajohnson4@vcu.edu or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/829134650824606/.

5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The VCU Writing Center will present a workshop, Understanding Your Writing Process, via Zoom. The link is hosted on the center's events page at the following URL. The workshop will help demystify the college writing process by breaking it down into manageable chunks, including brainstorming and how to get started to avoid procrastinating until the last minute. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Burnart Hall at hallbr@vcu.edu or visit https://writing.vcu.edu/events/.

Monday, Sep. 21, 2020 from noon to 6 p.m.

VCUarts The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St., presents three concurrent exhibitions by three 2020 MFA alumni whose culminating spring thesis exhibitions were postponed due to COVID-19: Kyrae Dawaun (painting and printmaking), Jared Duesterhaus (kinetic imaging) and Mariana Parisca (sculpture). Kyrae's exhibition closes at 6 p.m. Sept. 24. Jared and Mariana's exhibitions close Sept. 25. More information can be found under News and Opportunities at the following URL.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/the-anderson.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

OVPRI and the Research and Legal, Audit and Compliance Career Communities will present the first Rams Mini-Forum session. Topics include how data is viewed by the researcher, how the understanding of data changes over time and implications to the past, present and future. Panelists include Danielle M. Dick, Ph.D., psychologist; Tina Cunningham, VCU Office of Research and Innovation; and Barry Lanneau Jr., Technology Services. Register at Talent@VCU. Search for Rams Forum.

For more information, contact Stacy West at smwest@temple.edu or (804) 827-1446 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/talentatvcu.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Center for Community Engagement and Impact and the Community Foundation will sponsor a webinar designed to explore core community issues and inspire participants to become active and engaged citizens. Questions: http://community.vcu.edu. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tito Luna at taluna@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvd-yuqz0jHtedZx0nerU5WgQWOBPvdM53.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

Rams for Hope will host a virtual prize wheel to help participants gain information and become familiar with resources about suicide prevention. Enter a raffle for a University Counseling Services care package. Questions: http://counseling.vcu.edu. Register at the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Caroline Coffill at cscoffill@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6200 or visit https://zoom.us/j/95013958322?pwd=dlBWSVYrQVFhR3hYUUFKbjZYdEdRdz09.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU Human Resources will review a summary of the results from the “Return to Campus: Support for Parents” survey. The discussion will also focus on available resources for working parents supporting virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more information, contact VCU HR at askhr@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0177 or visit http://hr.vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU Human Resources will host a webinar on results from the “Return to Campus: Support for Working Parents” survey and discuss resources available for working parents supporting virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Register in Talent@VCU at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU HR at askhr@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0177 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/45e97c4a-3f00-40e7-9c0a-a6b2099bc88b.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Lisa Phipps, Pharm.D., Ph.D., will discuss the VCU Institute for Women's Health and Nadia Gooray will speak about the YWCA Richmond at a meeting of Women in Science at VCU. Questons: vcu.wis@gmail.com. Visit the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Women in Science at VCU at kovilakathap@mymail.vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/j/94130409406.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 at 7 p.m.

Join The Anderson for a virtual exploration of the Gentle Tools web platform and open dialogue about the importance of imagination during hardship. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/news/sam-taylors-gentle-tools-gentle-space/.

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

The first general body meeting of the semester of MEDLIFE at VCU will include details on a medical and dental service-learning trip to Ecuador, virtual volunteering and pre-health programming events. Also, the associate director of admission for Ross University School of Medicine will conduct a Q&A session and give a demonstration of Complete Anatomy, a digital instruction platform used in Ross University's anatomy lab. Questions: https://www.instagram.com/medlifevcu/. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Devin Singh at medlifevcu@gmail.com or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/96471225854.

Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The College of Health Professions is sponsoring a faculty development session via Zoom, which will focus on a strategy-centered design approach to creating engagement experiences. Participants will learn how to assign relevant value to engagement tasks while also reducing the responsibility placed on the instructor to ensure compliance. Register in advance at the following URL.

For more information, contact Michael Forder at mjforder@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/rBnqCF8WoSUhTXkt8.

Friday, Sep. 25, 2020 at noon

Graduate student Serena Bonasera will discuss "Excipient Enhanced Growth Spray-Dried Powders: Formulation Optimization, Characterization and Aerosol Performance" at a remote session presented by the Department of Pharmaceutics, VCU School of Pharmacy. To attend the seminar, visit the following URL.

For more information, contact Katrina Davis at pharmeng@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97837169750.

Monday, Sep. 28, 2020 from noon to 12:50 p.m.

FDA Clinical Pharmacology Labeling Lead Mongthuong Tran will speak at a virtual seminar hosted by the Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation. Her topic will be "Transforming Drug Labeling to Better Translate Science to Clinical Practice." Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Madeleine Wagner at cppi@vcu.edu or (804) 404-3869 or visit http://bit.ly/CPPIseminars.

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, Ph.D., professor, VCU Department of Theatre, will speak as part of the VCUarts Faculty Lecture Series. Her lecture, drawn from personal experiences, will include an overview of the specific methodology she has developed over the years to facilitate the journey toward self-actualization.

For more information, contact Kim Catley at artssocial@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/vcuarts-faculty-lecture-series-from-shakespeare-to-shange-reclaiming-our-racial-and-cultural-identity-within-the-study-of-performance-and-arts-education-tawnya-pettiford-wates/.

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 at 6 p.m.

“Hiding in Plain Sight” focuses on Black and African descended women who actively reshaped their own racial reclassifications and destinies in 18th- and 19th-century Argentina. Erika Denise Edwards, Ph.D., UNC Charlotte, will speak at the second annual Greer lecture in Latin American history. Register for the Zoom link at https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Pmm31vyxToS_PjmF2JyCPA.

For more information, contact Andrea Wight at wighta@vcu.edu or visit https://history.vcu.edu/news/hiding-in-plain-sight-second-annual-greer-lecture.html.

Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 at 9 a.m.

Join The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, a center in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, and the 2021 cohort of the VCU Leadership Development Program for annual team project presentations. This year’s team projects address topics related to VCU during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more information, contact Kiara Faulks at faulksks@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1169 or visit https://gehli.vcu.edu/programs/vcu-leadership-development-program/team-projects/.

Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

This three-session IExcel Pop-up noncredit course for students is designed to explore concepts related to life expectancy across Richmond with a focus on African Americans living in the East End. Students will meet for 90 minutes via Zoom on three consecutive Monday afternoons (Oct. 12, 19 and 26 at 1 p.m.) to learn about social determinants of health and how bias and systemic racism contribute to inequities, highlighting local issues and resources. Instructors and students will work together to create a safe, inclusive learning space, using storytelling and the sharing of focused case studies. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., at iexcel@vcu.edu or visit https://iexcel.vcu.edu/students/.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 from 9 a.m. to noon

VCU Environmental Health and Safety will hold online training for those who handle dangerous goods. Register for the class through BioRaft for Zoom information.

For more information, contact Barbara Back at bjback@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0345.

Construction and related utility work at and around the VCU Health Adult Outpatient Pavilion and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU building sites will affect traffic patterns on the MCV Campus. Visit the following URL for current information and updates.

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

Applications are being accepted for Business Student Ambassadors, a service organization dedicated to the mission and values of VCU's School of Business. The group educates prospective business school students and their families through tours, open houses and preview days. The deadline for submitting completed applications is 5 p.m. Sept. 30. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Madison Lewis at lewismg@vcu.edu or (703) 731-9118 or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/BSA2020application.

Chemical and Life Science Engineering does not have a seminar scheduled this week. The next virtual seminar will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 30. The speaker will be Yu Yang, Ph.D, assistant professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of California State University, Long Beach, who will discuss "Global Optimization of Chance-Constrained Program for Process Design and Product Quality Control." Register for the Zoom link 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/94466072898.

Are you a woman aged 18 to 25? Would you like to participate in a research study aimed to accept your body? Involvement includes participation in a one-week online intervention that lasts 45 minutes total. Participants are asked to complete one-hour online surveys at three time points. Eligible participants will receive compensation in the form of Amazon gift cards and SONA credit (if applicable). For more information and to see if you are eligible, contact Alexandria Davies, VCU Department of Psychology, at the following email address.

For more information, contact Alexandria Davies at daviesae@mymail.vcu.edu or (704) 576-9399.