10 a.m.

Students Fighting Human Trafficking and the VCU School of Medicine will host its third annual Human Trafficking Medical Symposium Jan. 19-23. The topic will be discussed by experts in the field, health care workers and survivors of human trafficking. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Gurjas Bajaj at bajajgs2@vcu.edu or visit http://www.impactvirginia.org/jan-2021-symposium.

Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Google has added many exciting features to Meet and Chat for team collaboration. Collaboration Services invites you to learn all about Meet and Chat to make you the master of team collaboration. Register at the following URL.

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

Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will present information about funded opportunities for postgraduate study in the UK, Ireland, China and at Stanford University. An identical session will also be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 11. Questions: email natlscholar@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Meredith Sisson at mrsisson@vcu.edu or visit http://blogs.vcu.edu/natlscholar.

Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The VCU Writing Center workshop will demystify the college writing process by breaking it down into manageable chunks, including brainstorming and getting started to avoid procrastination. The Zoom link is hosted on 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/.

Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation will host a question-and-answer session with Iván D. Montoya, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director of the Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Montoya will discuss substance use disorder research funding at the institute. Register 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/tJ0pcOuhqjsvG9TYvliIFrN_Yj6vkX6w7IRJ.

Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Members of the VCU Writing Center will introduce its services, discuss how to best address writing needs and outline what to expect from a consultation, including how to connect to online Zoom sessions. An open house will also be held at noon on Jan. 25. Questions: https://writing.vcu.edu/events/. The Zoom link is hosted on 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, Jan. 26, 2021 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The online lecture series Wavelength is a collaboration between VCUarts, the ICA at VCU and VCUarts Qatar. The series brings together artists, designers, curators and scholars. Akram Zaatari is a filmmaker, photographer, archival artist, curator and critical theorist. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or (646) 938-3788 or visit https://icavcu.org/events/wavelength-akram-zaatari/.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Two members of the VCU School of Medicine's Health Behavior and Policy doctoral programs, Erin L. Britton, M.P.H., and April R. Williams, M.S., CNS, LDN, will speak. Register in advance at the following URL.

For more information, contact Mary Johnson at johnsonme6@vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtduuhrDwtH9UNAQl6m1IGClGZmX0k40Lw.

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

VCU's School of Education will host a series on becoming an antiracist educator. Participants will develop skills to dismantle systems that perpetuate racial inequities from a higher education perspective. Subsequent sessions will also be held on Feb. 10, Feb. 24, March 10, March 24, April 14, April 28, May 12 and May 26.

For more information, contact Joshua Cole at colejp@vcu.edu or visit https://ose.soe.vcu.edu/professional-learning/becoming-an-antiracist-educator-series/.

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

VCU Human Resources will host the first of a series of panel discussions on career development with a focus on diversity, inclusion and equity. The panel will include four panelists from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences, including race, ethnicity, gender and job family. Panelists will discuss their own career paths, challenges they have overcome, how they utilized mentors and support systems. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Carol Ann Lawson at lawsonca3@vcu.edu or (804) 840-8396 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/fb38d06a-85b0-42aa-932e-e1b36b254290?session=e62d54c4-3596-4bb0-92a2-a9b6cd679fa3.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 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) 241-0197.

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 at noon

Join the Center for Interprofessional Education and Inter Health Professionals Alliance for an interest meeting on the National CLARION Competition. This is a student case competition for health professional students, enabling 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, composed 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 that evaluates their analysis in the context of real-world standards of practice. The local VCU winning team competes at the national level for scholarship and prizes. Contact the following email address for a request to participate. Join the Zoom meeting at the following URL.

For more information, contact Melissa Burton at mhburton@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2898 or visit https://zoom.us/j/99803974023.

VCU Recreational Sports offers a free app that allows members to register for workout times, program instances and receive notification of potential closings or facility hour changes. The VCURecSports app is available to download for iOS and Android. Once downloaded, the link can be used in VCU Mobile to access Rec Sports as well.

For more information, contact Connie Kottmann at crkottman@vcu.edu.

The VCU Office of Continuing and Professional Education offers flexible online learning for the VCU community and members of the public. Choose from bookkeeping, computer skills for the workplace, counseling and behavioral health, cultural competency and languages, customer service, event planning, Excel, Google Analytics, paralegal studies, play therapy, podcasting, supervisory and leadership and test prep for the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT, ACT and SAT, and MCAT, PCAT and DAT and WordPress.

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/courses/.

The BMI Project is a healthy lifestyle program designed specifically for young adults to manage their health and well-being. Visit the following URL for eligibility requirements.

For more information, contact Autumn Lanoye at optforhealth@vcuhealth.org or visit http://www.vcubmiproject.com.

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