Student Issue for December 9, 2020

Special Announcement

University Events Impacted Due to COVID-19

Events featured in TelegRAM have been moved to an online setting to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Please check with organizers for assistance in accessing the online venue. Information about the university's One VCU: Responsible Together plan for a phased return to campus is available at https://together.vcu.edu. It is the source for the latest VCU updates. You can also receive VCU Together notifications. Download "VCU Mobile" from your iOS or Android App Store, or visit https://mobile.vcu.edu with your smartphone and select the appropriate link.

Today

Recovery Ally Training

Add to calendar 09-12-2020 13:00:00 09-12-2020 16:00:00 America/New_York Recovery Ally Training Learn how to be an advocate and ally for people struggling with substance-use disorders and those in recovery. Register at the following URL. Virtual Rams in Recovery recovery@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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/.

DesignRX Event

Add to calendar 09-12-2020 12:30:00 09-12-2020 13:30:00 America/New_York DesignRX Event Join VCU da Vinci Center, VCU Health and the Health Innovation Consortium for this year's DesignRX event with keynote speaker Lesley-Ann Noel. Noel is a Ph.D. and Associate Director for Design Thinking for Social Impact and Professor of Practice at the Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University. Noel's keynote is from 1-1:30 p.m. A virtual concert break from 12:30-1 p.m. will feature Colin and Caroline. Register at the following URL. Virtual Event Lloyd Young youngel3@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

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

Join VCU da Vinci Center, VCU Health and the Health Innovation Consortium for this year's DesignRX event with keynote speaker Lesley-Ann Noel. Noel is a Ph.D. and Associate Director for Design Thinking for Social Impact and Professor of Practice at the Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University. Noel's keynote is from 1-1:30 p.m. A virtual concert break from 12:30-1 p.m. will feature Colin and Caroline. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/designrx.

This week

VCU's Virtual Commencement Ceremony

Add to calendar 12-12-2020 09:00:00 12-12-2020 America/New_York VCU's Virtual Commencement Ceremony VCU's Office of University Events will host a celebration for the Summer and Fall Class of 2020. The virtual celebration will kick off with a graduate Zoom party at 9 a.m. The link for the Zoom party will be sent out through email. Then at 10 a.m. the virtual ceremony will begin. Family and friends will be able to watch the Zoom party and ceremony at the following URL. https://commencement.vcu.edu/ VCU Office of University Events UNIVevents@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 at 9 a.m.

VCU's Office of University Events will host a celebration for the Summer and Fall Class of 2020. The virtual celebration will kick off with a graduate Zoom party at 9 a.m. The link for the Zoom party will be sent out through email. Then at 10 a.m. the virtual ceremony will begin. Family and friends will be able to watch the Zoom party and ceremony at the following URL.

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

Notices

Want To Learn Strategies To Accept Your Body?

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. For more information and to determine eligibility, contact the following email address.

For more information, contact Alexandria E. Davies at daviesae@mymail.vcu.edu or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=DYARNEF8ND.

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