12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Join the VCU Advocacy Program for a lunch and learn session to discuss black women and sexual assault. The discussion will explore the connection between black women, the Me Too movement and underreporting. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tameika McCoy at myoptions@vcu.edu or visit http://Tinyurl.com/VCUSAAM2021.

12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

This discussion, supported by the Student Faculty Engagement Committee Event Series and moderated by Volkan Aytar, Ph.D., with panelists Farahnaz Ispahani and Aykan Erdemir, Ph.D., will concentrate on how the media, women's/LGBTQ rights and minority rights as well as nongovernmental organizations are working as advocates in the Middle East and South Asia. Registration is required at the following URL.

For more information, contact Volkan Aytar, Ph.D., at aytarv@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkce-vqT0jH9cxuRcIfO8pHu-lOX1tPzxc.

12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will host a free cookout to meet new people and offer community support. The menu will include hamburgers and hot dogs.

For more information, contact Cherie Vendiola at vendiolacfo@vcu.edu.

2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn how to facilitate a collaborative presentation through an interactive lecture in VoiceThread. TakeBreakMake is a virtual hands-on workshop series, exploring creative and alternative uses of technology for instruction and is a joint program between the VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and Innovative Media at VCU Libraries. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. Questions: https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/takebreakmake.html.

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.

5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Join the Peer Health Educators from VCU's Health and Well-Being Center (The Well) for an activity that identifies wants, needs and deal-breakers in romantic, familial and platonic relationships. Register on RamsConnect at the following URL.

For more information, contact Peer Health Advisors at peerhealth@vcu.edu or visit http://cglink.me/2dV/r1056652.

5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

This session, the third of six in a series about career preparation, will focus on cover letters. Register in Handshake at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Engel at careers@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/events/712414.

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Heart to Soul In Action at VCU will host an online student panel with current medical students at Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago School of Medicine. All who attend will be entered in a giveaway for chocolate-covered strawberries. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link and to submit questions.

For more information, contact Vivian Huynh at huynhvt2@vcu.edu or visit https://heart2soulinaction.wixsite.com/vcu-hsa/event-details/medical-student-panel-giveaway.

8 p.m.

Professor Antonio Garcia will direct the VCU Jazz Orchestra I with featured guest guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Professor Tony Martucci will lead the VCU Small Jazz Ensemble. The VCU Jazz4Justice Scholars will also perform. Music by Berg, Coltrane, Cooke, Eisenberg, Ellington, Evans, García, Maddox, Mercer, Proffitt, Rosenwinkel, Schertzinger, Shorter, Tizol, Wilkins and Windley will be performed. Admission to the livestream at the following URL is free.

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

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Greg Carey, Ph.D., University of Maryland, will be featured in this month’s Changing the Face of Science Diversity Speaker Series. The interactive question-and-answer session will be facilitated by Collective Corazón at VCU. Questions: https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Ettora Burrell at ettora.burrell@vcuhealth.org or (804) 828-6890 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/98731295826.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Career Services advisers are offering multiple sessions based on industry and/or specialty. This Q&A session will focus on career exploration. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Haley Sims at careers@vcu.edu or visit https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/704441/share_preview.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Join NPR Creative’s Sponsorship Audio Producer Shannon Boerner for a discussion about the current state of branded audio in a free, virtual VCU Brand Center and VPM + ICA Community Media Center event. Learn about how NPR approaches its custom audio for sponsors, keeping a public media storytelling approach and the NPR audience top of mind. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/mindful-sponsorship-and-the-state-of-branded-audio/.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 at 6 p.m.

Biomedical Engineering Society @VCU will host a graduate school panel followed by a Q&A session featuring members of VCU Engineering Student Association. Hear about the journeys traveled by the panel members and ask questions. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Raymond Hang at hangr@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97521384408.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Rams in Recovery will host a rescheduled session featuring Jan Brown, who will discuss the future of activism for people in recovery from addiction. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Tompkins at tompkinsee@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/3ofT5SB.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Tiffany Williams, D.D.S., M.S.D., director for student recruitment, Department of Admissions, VCU School of Dentistry, will discuss at a meeting of the Dental Club at VCU the requirements to apply to VCU Dental School. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Dental Club at VCU at Dentalclub.vcu@gmail.com or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/91841533923.

Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021 from 9 a.m. to noon

Learn to be an advocate and ally for people struggling with substance use disorders and people in recovery at an event sponsored by Rams in Recovery. Email recovery@vcu.edu for more information.

For more information, contact Emily Tompkins at tompkinsee@vcu.edu.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 at 1 p.m.

VCU Collaboration Services will hold a Q&A session for Spring 2021 graduates. Questions: https://collaborate.vcu.edu/domain-merge/spring-2021-graduates/. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Doctor Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIofuCqqDkoHNTAhO1iPgWsJoXC5ssBrXJ6.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

VCU's Sociology Department will present Wenqing Kang, Ph.D., associate professor of history, Cleveland State University who will discuss his book, which illuminates masculinities and sexualities at the intersections with nationalism, colonial modernity, imperial intrusion, Christian missionaries and sexual science. Vocabulary and concepts that existed for male-male relations in premodern China will help explore alternatives of genders and sexualities. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link. The password is DrKao2021!.

For more information, contact Ying-Chao Kao, Ph.D., at yckao@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/my/dr.yckao.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will host the 14th Excellence in Virginia Government Awards. The free event celebrates Virginians who have made extraordinary contributions to the practice of government and the well-being of the state's communities and citizens. Congressman Bobby Scott will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award and three VCU alumni are also being honored. Visit the following URL to register and for information about all seven honorees.

For more information, contact Katie Huynh at huynhkp@vcu.edu or (703) 269-8237 or visit https://wilder.vcu.edu/news-and-events/excellence-in-virginia-government/.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Meet the needs of a target audience by writing strong, logical, structurally sound work. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

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

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

How do you want to make your mark? Talk with Black staff and faculty members in the VCU community who aim to enhance your VCU experience and make it REAL. Make your legacy known so future generations at VCU will have a guide. This program will be hosted by University Academic Advising in Student Success. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Allison N. Norden at nordenan@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElduitrj0pE9LGuhWYW9j4UrVDVqNkhpek.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Third Thursdays, hosted by The Commons Underground, will return with two new presentations. Student Arianna Valdez will offer personal tips on beating anxiety and perfectionism during a pandemic while in college. Students Cara Chou and Nadia Hasan will explore the ideas behind perception, collaboration and leadership through Among Us, the multiplayer game experience. Register on RamsConnect at the following URL.

For more information, contact Donté Sharpe at dsharpe2@vcu.edu or visit http://thecommonsvcu.com/April15ThirdThursday.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

As part of the MCV Campus Reunion Weekend, VCU Alumni will host a panel of alumni from diverse backgrounds who will share their stories and experiences as both students and practitioners, reflecting on the support and strategies they have used to thrive as health care professionals in spite of racial inequities. An informal follow-up discussion and networking session will provide those who attend the opportunity to converse in small groups with a panel member and school representative. This event is open to all and is co-sponsored by VCU Health Equity Initiative and is part of the History and Health: Racial Equity series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lauren Leavy at mcvaareunion@vcu.edu or visit https://web.cvent.com/event/2abb8bae-d00d-48af-b3a1-a72676de5c11/websitePage:645d57e4-75eb-4769-b2c0-f201a0bfc6ce.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 at 6 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will present a listening party hosted by Realitee. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Tiana Ingram at ingramtd@vcu.edu or visit https://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

VCU's Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies of The School of World Studies will present Melanie O'Brien, Ph.D., senior lecturer in international law, University of Western Australia, an award-winning teacher of international humanitarian law, public international law and legal research. The event is in keeping with the annual VCU tradition of commemorating the Armenian genocide and honors a connection forged by the late VCU professor Herbert Hirsch and Richmond's Armenian community. This year's event highlights the neo-genocidal threats to the Armenian people, culture, religion, identity and homeland. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL. The event is open to the public.

For more information, contact Mayda Topoushian, Ph.D., at mtopoushian@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIodumopzstE9LsbRhSLHFO6WIfYkHw-nMi.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 at 7 p.m.

The VCU chapters of the Society of Women Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers will host a trivia night with a chance to win prizes. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Anisha Beladia at beladiaar@vcu.edu or (571) 208-6049 or visit http://meet.google.com/bwo-qqgx-mbw.

Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 at 10 a.m.

Women in Science is holding a food drive on behalf of the YMCA. Drop off nonperishable items at donation boxes in the lobbies of Sanger Hall, Molecular Medicine Research Building, VCU Phillips Institute and the School of Pharmacy. Details: https://www.instagram.com/vcu.wis/?hl=en; Facebook.com/groups/vcu.wis; Linkedin.com/groups/12248757/; Twitter.com/science_women.

For more information, contact Women in Science at vcu.wis@gmail.com.

Saturday, Apr. 17, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

This interactive Zoom workshop will break down the artist's statement, how to write one and why art students should focus on their writing skills. Register at the center's events page at the following URL.

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

Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Paul Rucker, VCUarts curator for creative collaboration, will discuss the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre, which took place 100 years ago. He will address the destruction of three Black Wall Street communities — Richmond; Durham, N.C.; and Tulsa, Okla. The focus will be on the processes of displacement and gentrification, the disappearance of thriving Black cities such as Washington, D.C., and other financially healthy Black neighborhoods and systemic policies that continue to be part of the fabric of the country. Register for the webinar, part of the VCUarts Faculty Lecture Series, at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kim Catley at artssocial@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/vcuarts-faculty-lecture-series-banking-while-black-economic-violence-beyond-the-black-wall-street-massacre-paul-rucker/.

Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

VCU Parking and Transportation will hold a virtual forum to discuss Monroe Park and MCV Campus updates and address customer concerns and questions. Questions: https://blogs.vcu.edu/parkingtransportation/2021/04/08/vcu-pt-virtual-forum-on-april-21-at-1-p-m/. Register to attend at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jonsette Calloway at parking@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7275 or visit https://blogs.vcu.edu/parkingtransportation/2021/04/08/vcu-pt-virtual-forum-on-april-21-at-1-p-m/.

Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

A Clinical Research Skills Series (CReSS) workshop will be offered by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. A second session will be 9-10:30 a.m. April 27. The workshop is sponsored by the Translational Workforce Development Program and presented by Dana Ladd, Ph.D., Health and Wellness Librarian, VCU Health Libraries. Topics will include criteria for evaluating COVID-19 and vaccine information accuracy and reliable information sources for research participants. Register for the April 21 session at the following URL. Register for the April 27 session at https://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=17782.

For more information, contact Shirley Helm at shelm@vcu.edu or (804) 628-2942 or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=17781.

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Don't let your student loans sneak up on you. Join the peer coaches at the Money Spot to learn about repaying student loans. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact The Money Spot at themoneyspot@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ezgWSbmlQAWp3xO3IsLquA.

Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Alumni will host Adulting 101: Tackling Student Loans. Learn from the VACU Financial Success Center at VCU on how to take on the student loan repayment process. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Latisha Taylor at lntaylor2@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3_-1hHdtT-ar-JJAtOeD2w.

VCU Collaboration Services is merging its Google Workspace domains, mymail.vcu.edu and vcu.edu, into one so students and faculty/staff can collaborate.

For more information, contact Doctor Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit https://go.vcu.edu/domainmerge.

Are you a freshman at VCU age 18+? If so, you are eligible to take part in Spit for Science: The VCU Student Survey. This unique, important resource for research is a great way for students to be involved in helping investigators learn more about factors that influence student outcomes. This research project looks at how environmental and genetic factors contribute to emotional health along with alcohol and substance use habits. The project now also aims to learn about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students. All freshmen age 18 and older have been sent an email invitation, so be sure to check your inbox. An Amazon e-gift card is available upon completion.

For more information, contact Joanna E. Penick at penickje@vcu.edu or (804) 205-8047 or visit https://spit4science.vcu.edu/.

Spring graduates are invited to submit their grad photos or have their family and friends submit a congratulatory video clip. The photos and video clips will be used in the universitywide virtual commencement on May 15. Information on how to submit the photos and video clips and other commencement updates can be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact Office of University Events at UNIVevents@vcu.edu or visit https://www.commencement.vcu.edu.

Amnesty International at VCU is recruiting talent for its virtual Jamnesty concert. Details can be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact Myia Samuels at samuelsma@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc66GmuBFV3xhtimNzfsWvD9wxwCIDdKA5hcHezA3FuTTZwQQ/viewform.

On-site VCU day and overnight summer camps for non-enrolled minors are not permissible for summer 2021. Virtual programming may still be held. Updates about fall 2021 in-person youth programming will be available in June. The Safety and Protection of Minors Policy applies to all programs and activities that involve non-enrolled minors and are sponsored by the university or conducted by other organizations on VCU’s campus, including camps, clinics, workshops, conferences, shadowing and virtual.

For more information, contact Charles Johnson, Mary and Frances Youth Center, at youth@vcu.edu or visit https://community.vcu.edu/mfyc/youth-safety/.

The VCU Human Research Protection Program presents “RAMS Gif Guides,” available now on the program's blog. Guides consist of blog posts that utilize .gif images alongside narrative instructions to illustrate common processes and functions in RAMS-IRB. See the blog at the following URL.

For more information, contact Nyssa Towsley at ntowsley@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1157 or visit http://bit.ly/RAMSgif.