11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Health Occupations Students of America at VCU will have a blood drive with the American Red Cross at the Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St. All blood donations are tested for COVID-19 antibodies. All donors will receive a free Insomnia Cookies coupon and a $5 Amazon.com gift card by email. Sign up to volunteer at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y4yhUo8Mj60FMoBlCW6DjaRKvwLmNN1Ye0XszKVnXwo/edit?usp=sharing. Questions: Lahari at ramagiril@vcu.edu. Register to donate at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jenalyn Abisia at abisiajl@vcu.edu or visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Pacecenter.

3 p.m.

VCU's College of Engineering will host a technical seminar featuring Denodo, a data virtualization platform company which operates across all sectors of the economy, including research universities and health care. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Dustin Kratochwill at dakratochwill@vcu.edu or visit https://egr.vcu.edu/news-events/events/technical-seminar-from-denodo.html.

3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. This workshop covers the various applications of this tool, demonstrating its use for creative and research purposes. This session, hosted by the VCU Libraries Workshop, includes a brief introduction, relevant examples and time for explorations and play. Details are at the following URL.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/wednesdays-in-the-workshop.html.

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

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop on supporting international student success. Participants will gain knowledge, skills and resources for advising, teaching and supporting VCU’s international students and scholars. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/wkt4rtgoWxKsT2Hi6.

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

The newly formed Desktop and Endpoint special interest group, sponsored by the VCU IT Career Community, will hold its first meeting. The group will discuss topics that support their customers, including the customers who are Desktop Analysts (MECM, software and hardware). Questions: https://wiki.vcu.edu/display/CCIT/VCU+ITCC. Join the meeting at the following URL.

For more information, contact Warren Mays at itcareer@vcu.edu or visit https://wiki.vcu.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=111644348.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Data often seems straightforward — numbers in, charts out, conclusions made. That's not always the case. Join OVPRI for its RAMS Forum Keynote Address to hear Derek Chapman, Ph.D., share the VCU Center on Society and Health’s work on health equity examining data using race, income and education. Hear practical tips for viewing and consuming data. Explore how to lie on a chart and how bias sneaks into data. The event is co-sponsored by research and LAC career communities. Use your eID to register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lydia Klinger at leklinger@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3mXPxnz.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

The VCU Medical Center Health and Wellness Library will present an online workshop, "Quitting Tobacco and Smoking Cessation." Discover strategies to quit tobacco use with Sarah Birckhead from the Virginia Department of Health. The session is free and open to all. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact K.J. Ricasata at ricasatakj@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2432 or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/7261527.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU Career Services will host “Working While Queer,” the third entry in the Working While Other panel series. The panel will examine how being queer impacts the workplace experience across many different industries. Hear perspectives from working professionals across a variety of industries. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ash Taylor-Beierl at tayloram8@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6166 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrdeyhrjIiGdPnT8wfQxpmK2NdfTaGBM2z.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

VCUarts The Anderson will present Student Video Work as part of 1708 Gallery's InLight Richmond, a public exhibition of light-based artworks and installations. The reel of Student Video Work will be projected outside The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St., from 7-11 p.m. on Nov. 12-14 and 7-10 p.m. Nov. 15. Visit 1708inlight.org/inlight-2020 to learn more about InLight, which takes place at outdoor sites across Richmond.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/news/student-video-work-inlight-edition/.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 from 9 a.m. to noon

Learn how to be an advocate and ally for people struggling with substance-use disorders and those in recovery. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rams in Recovery at recovery@vcu.edu or visit https://recovery.vcu.edu/recovery-ally/.

Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation will host an online Q&A session with William Olbricht, Ph.D., program director of Particulate and Multiphase Processes at the National Science Foundation. Olbricht will review what makes a successful grant application, discuss how NSF applications are reviewed and give an overview of CAREER grants for early-career faculty. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Joshua Hahn at hahnj2@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1524 or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcud-ytrT8iEtMdCLzP4v2v7e2MPdt80DxL.

Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 at 8 p.m.

Hear four VCU Small Jazz Ensembles perform in concert, livestreamed at the following URL. Admission is free. Music will be by D'Angelo, Tara Davis, J. Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Bob Marley, Tony Martucci, Malcolm McCormick, Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, Duke Pearson, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Kirk Whalum and Victor Young, with video guests.

For more information, contact Antonio Garcia, director of Jazz Studies, at ajgarcia@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/concerthall.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Human Resources and CommonHealth will host an online session emphasizing the importance of a healthy night's sleep, how it is mentally and physically beneficial and, most importantly, how you can set yourself up for that good night of sleep.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/.

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Almost since the beginning of computing, people have been using computers to create choreography. This lecture-demonstration, part of the VCUarts Faculty Lecture Series, will introduce the field of algorithmic choreography. Kate Sicchio, assistant professor, VCU Department of Dance and Choreography and Department of Kinetic Imaging, will discuss the use of computers in the field of dance. Her lecture will also cover the making of Terpsicode, a programming language for live coding dance performance scores created by Sicchio.

For more information, contact Kim Catley at artssocial@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/vcuarts-faculty-lecture-series-algorithmic-choreography-kate-sicchio/.

Who are you most grateful to for getting you through the fall semester? Submit a 10-second-or-less video clip saying thanks to your family, your professor, your colleague, your cat, your therapist, your favorite coffee shop barista — whoever helped you power through during these challenging times. Selected clips will be compiled into a video and shared on VCU's social channels and homepage in time for Thanksgiving. Submit your video clip via the following Google form by Nov. 12.

For more information, contact Elinor Frisa at ejfrisa@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxWuNqUzg4Kd_NhLiW7cOBSk42WZUL5yf2G3VGIoiMTboxxw/viewform?usp=sf_link.

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence invites students, alumni, VCU colleagues and family members of students to submit messages of gratitude to professors for this semester. The messages will be shared with the VCU faculty member. A submission form is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://ctle.vcu.edu/initiatives/professor/.

VCU Human Resources Department of Learning, Development and Organizational Culture has launched an eLearning opportunity about the Immunity to Change learning and change process. Additional resources and an online Google Form are included for those who wish to participate in a 90-minute session with a trained facilitator. See the eLearning in Talent@VCU at the following URL. Access a pdf version at https://bit.ly/3kdVdrU.

For more information, contact Penelope McFarline at mcfarlinep@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/35d0Pyr.

The VCU Office of Continuing and Professional Education, in partnership with the School of World Studies, will hold live online cultural competency and language classes for VCU and VCU Health employees and community members for one academic credit. Courses will be held the week of Jan. 25 through early May. Introduction to Conversational Spanish I & II and Introduction to Conversational Italian I are available. Contact Human Resources for tuition benefit or education assistance eligibility.

For more information, contact VCU Office of Continuing and Professional Education at ocpe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1322 or visit https://ocpe.vcu.edu/languages.

Are you a woman ages 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 determine eligibility, email the following address.

For more information, contact Alexandria Davies at daviesae@mymail.vcu.edu.