Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host two identical virtual information sessions about the Fulbright UK Summer Institutes, an award that provides recipients with the opportunity to study abroad for three or four weeks at a university in the United Kingdom. The second session will be held at noon on Dec. 10. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jeff Wing at natlscholar@vcu.edu or visit http://blogs.vcu.edu/natlscholar.

Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The newly formed Server Administration special interest group, sponsored by the VCU IT Career Community, will hold its first meeting via Zoom. This group is dedicated to discussing and sharing resources regarding server administration at VCU, no matter how many servers are managed. Questions: https://wiki.vcu.edu/display/CCIT/VCU+ITCC. Join the meeting at the following URL.

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

Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 at 11 a.m.

VCU's Career Development Collaborative will host a workshop by Maggie McGurn and Sarah Rasich, gallery educators from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. A live, interactive discussion of work by Kehinde Wiley, the artist behind the statue "Rumors of War," will be highlighted. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brian Cone at carcommcdc@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpceCuqTopHtwIqkGWQuyr08fmy1epEE22.

Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 at noon

The Center for Interprofessional Education and Inter Health Professionals Alliance will host an interest meeting for the National CLARION Competition. The student case competition for health professional students enables them to achieve a 360-degree perspective on patient safety in today's health care system and how it might be improved. Student teams, consisting of four students and made up of at least two disciplines, are given a case and are charged with creating a root cause analysis. The team presents its analysis to a panel of interprofessional judges which evaluates the analysis in the context of real-world standards of practice. The winning VCU team will compete at the national level for a scholarship and prizes. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Melissa Burton at mhburton@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2898 or visit https://zoom.us/j/99264339038?pwd=S04xaU5hcDVJR0NDY2lMRC9FL0ZMUT09.

Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

VCU's Human Resources and the Learning, Development and Organizational Culture Team will host a virtual two-part workshop to share knowledge, skills and tools to help leaders increase emotional intelligence competencies to promote individual and team effectiveness and success. The second workshop will be held from 9:30-11:15 a.m. on Dec. 11. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jen Bagley at bagleyj2@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.csod.com/samldefault.aspx?returnUrl=%252fDeepLink%252fProcessRedirect.aspx%253fmodule%253dlodetails%2526lo%253d951a491f-d84c-4d06-9162-b66bf527ac69.

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 at 5 p.m.

The VCU chapter of Student National Medical Association will host a panel discussion in conjunction with a screening of the documentary, "HEARD: An Insight Into Life in Richmond's Public Housing." A link to the documentary will be sent to participants who RSVP, and a panel of Richmond community members will explore the challenges of public housing. Each participant is asked to contribute $5 as part of a fundraiser for the Better Housing Coalition. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Victoria Ngo at ngovm2@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/Nfe9JpUE5vnYQ8mb7.

VCU Recreational Sports facilities will be closed Nov. 26-29. Facilities will reopen Nov. 30, which is the start of Winter Break hours. On Nov. 25 all facilities will close at 6 p.m. Cary Street Gym Aquatic Center will close at 5:30 p.m. MCV Campus Aquatic Center will close at 2 p.m.

For more information, contact Amanda Simmons at alsimmons@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/facilities/hours/.

VCU Police remind members of the university community to prepare for safe driving during the Thanksgiving holiday week. Keep in mind COVID precautions; check each state’s regulations. Pack extra masks and hand sanitizer when you’re away from home. Drivers who sleep only five to six hours a night are twice as likely to crash; risks quadruple for those who sleep only four to five hours. Before travel, get a good night's sleep. For long trips, drive with another person. Schedule regular stops on the way to your destination.

For more information, contact VCU Police at policedept@vcu.edu.