3:30 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host a virtual informational session about the Fulbright Scholarship, an award that provides funding for research, study and teaching opportunities abroad. Juniors, seniors and graduate students from all majors are encouraged to join. 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.

5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Discuss examples of strong, successful personal statements in a workshop hosted by the VCU Writing Center. Learn the tools to write your best statement. 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/.

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU's Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture will host a virtual panel discussion as part of Black History Month. The following panelists will participate: Anthony Antoine, anchor at NBC12; Regina Boone, staff photojournalist at the Richmond Free Press; and Michael Paul Williams, columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Marcus Messner at mmessner@vcu.edu or visit https://robertson.vcu.edu/news/speaker-series-panel-discusses-future-of-black-lives-matter-movement.html.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

In conjunction with Eating Disorder Awareness Month, Active Minds at VCU is hosting an open mic night at which students can share their mental health journey. (If participants choose to to remain anonymous, students will be asked to change their names upon entering and turn off cameras.) Participants are requested to share for three to five minutes. Fill out the form at https://forms.gle/kjc4KqJqmRsrNU4N8. Questions: Email activeminds4vcu@gmail.com. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Rachel Bastien at Bastienrd@vcu.edu or (757) 759-3101 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/98039256033.

7 p.m.

Hear from industry professionals and professors about what it is like to be a being a working woman in STEM. This event is hosted by VCU's Society of Women Engineers. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Anisha R. Beladia at abeladia10@gmail.com or (571) 208-6049 or visit http://cglink.me/2dV/r1011247.

7:30 p.m.

The VCU Pre-Law Society will present a guide to entering the legal workforce. Questions: Email vcuprelawsociety@gmail.com. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Hala Al-Mustafa at almustafahr@vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/j/93389281435?pwd=U202VUE0RGwrZ2xMcy9MWUR0RnJqUT09.

8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Join Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth, advisor for the Ram Pantry and Off Campus Student Services, for a workshop in which she will walk participants through the process of finding and renting that first apartment. She will discuss deposits, leases, budgets, tenant/landlord rights and more. Questions: http://youfirst.vcu.edu. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Bambacus at bambacuses@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/YouFirstPresents022521.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

How is your life impacted in this time of continued crisis and change? As you witness, experience or relive racism, how are you and what do you need? Register now for a spring session of RAMmalogues Living and Learning Amid Racism and a Pandemic at the following URL. You will be sent a link to join the session.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., at iexcel@vcu.edu or visit https://inclusive.vcu.edu/iexcel/rammalogues/.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Fatimah Jackson, Ph.D., director of the W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory at Howard University, will deliver the keynote address at the spring symposium hosted by VCU's Graduate Organization of Biological Students. She will discuss "Evolutionary Perspective on African North American Genetic Diversity: Origin and Prospects for Future Investigations." A virtual lab tour will be held from 9-10 a.m. Click on the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emelia Obodum Kusi at kusie2@mymail.vcu.edu or (180) 431-9989 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/93218564444.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Focused Inquiry Learning Lounge, VCU Libraries and the Campus Learning Center will host Demystifying the Art of Talking to Faculty, rescheduled due to the university's closure last week. In this workshop, students, faculty and academic staff will provide strategies for communicating and building relationships with professors. Students of all majors are welcome. Questions: https://focusedinquiry.vcu.edu/the-fi-learning-lounge-fill/. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Hannah Franz at askinh@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoc-2sqTsqEt1ZcDCAmVwa5eUd_Ys0UHRb.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 at 3 p.m.

VCU's School of World Studies will host a virtual public lecture by Manlio Graziano, Ph.D., who teaches Geopolitics and Geopolitics of Religion at Sciences Po and la Sorbonne, Paris, and at the Geneva Institute of Geopolitics. He has recently written "Geopolitics of International Relations in the 21st Century." VCU Associate Professor Bernardo Piciché, J.D., Ph.D., will offer a brief response. An audience Q&A will follow. This event was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Questions: https://worldstudies.vcu.edu/. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rohan Kalyan at rkkalyan@vcu.edu or (808) 294-2607 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/95115216242.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 at 3 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host an informational session for graduate students from all disciplines. Learn more about the NSO, how the office can support applicants for external funding opportunities and what kinds of opportunities are available. 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, Feb. 26, 2021 at 6 p.m.

Amnesty International at VCU will host a movie night to watch "The Trip To Bountiful" starring Cicely Tyson. A discussion will follow the screening on how Black women have historically been represented in the media and how Cicely Tyson has contributed to breaking on-screen racial stereotypes. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link. The passcode is amnesty.

For more information, contact Myia Samuels at samuelsma@vcu.edu or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84443102264?pwd=S2piN0pVWi9GbnFyUW0wSk44K1NXdz09.

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 at 6 p.m.

Unwind and vibe with a virtual DJ set featuring Lowe Maceo to close out Black History Month 2021. The event will be hosted by VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. Register at the following URL. Registration is required.

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

Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 at 7 p.m.

VCUarts Dance + Choreography will present VCUarts Dance NOW 2021 Part II, new work in the virtual space by students and faculty and featuring a collaborative restaging of Artist Journal by guest artists Urban Bush Women. Rotating programs will be screened online Fridays: Feb. 26, March 5 and March 12 at 7:00 pm EST. All performances are free. Questions: https://arts.vcu.edu/event/vcuarts-dance-now-2021-part-ii/. Click on the following URL for the Feb. 26 Zoom link.

For more information, contact Lea Marshall at lemarshall@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97373761707.

Monday, Mar. 1, 2021 at 4 p.m.

VCU Faculty Club, hosted by VCU's Office of the Provost, is open to all VCU faculty members. The meeting provides an informal setting for faculty from both campuses to connect, expand their network of colleagues and explore possibilities for professional collaboration. Questions: http://go.vcu.edu/facultyclub. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pam Hendrix at pahendrix@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/GTtSuCdzEWEmyjFf6.

Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 at 10 a.m.

Do you have questions about applying for the VCU Police Academy's next class? If you’re getting ready to graduate from VCU, you could be in the academy by summer. VCU Police will host a Q&A at 10 a.m. and also at 6 p.m. on March 2. Email the following address by 11:59 p.m. March 1 to register for a session.

For more information, contact Conrad Simms, VCU Police recruiter, at csimms2@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1225 or visit https://police.vcu.edu/about/recruitment/.

Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU Libraries' Wednesdays in the Workshop will host a look at how memes are made and how they can sometimes be used for spreading misinformation. In addition to considering the histories and techniques of meme creation, the session will cover some Internet forensic tools for analyzing viral images on the Internet. Register 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.

Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The script is where all the raw elements of the podcast are refined. But what are the ingredients of a great script and how can you make the process work for you? Join journalist Leah Sottile for a free VPM + ICA Community Media Center session on the best practices for scripting your podcast. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/scripting-your-podcast-leah-sottile/.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the Health Sciences Library will present the next installment in their lunch research seminars. Roy Sabo, Ph.D., associate professor, biostatistics, will discuss rationale randomly selecting and allocating subjects in health and medical research studies. Questions: http://www.cctr.vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqceioqzwoHNdsNWLrCr7eg14wfQPA7ZOy.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU's Department of English will host Nicholas Frankel, Ph.D., for an English Faculty Forum. Oscar Wilde said, “One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.” In what sense was he a work of art? What does it mean to transform oneself into art? “Nature is no great mother who has borne us,” he wrote. “She is our creation. It is in our brain that she quickens. Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on Art.” For Wilde, life was a constantly evolving work of art. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rivka Swenson at rswenson@vcu.edu or (804) 564-4939 or visit https://english.vcu.edu/news--events/faculty-forum/.

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2021 at 7 p.m.

VCU's Department of English will present Rion Amilar Scottm, who will read from his latest collection of stories, "The World Doesn’t Require You." Register for the webinar at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kelsey Cappiello at cappiellokn@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qPnULmv2QcaJQpLZXY4Eng.

Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021 at 10 a.m.

VCU's Graduate Student Association and the Graduate School will present the 24th Annual Graduate Research Symposium. This event provides an opportunity for graduate students from all disciplines to present original research and creative projects to the VCU community. This year’s virtual symposium will have both synchronous and asynchronous presentations.

For more information, contact Jamie Taylor at taylorjl25@vcu.edu or visit https://graduate.vcu.edu/research/symposium.html.

A draft of the Public Health Response Team Policy is available for public comment by March 8. Questions: Email Tom Briggs at tbriggs4@vcu.edu or Michael Cimis at mdcimis@vcu.edu or visit https://policy.vcu.edu/universitywide-policies/policies-open-for-public-comment/. The draft policy can be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jason Block at blockj2@vcu.edu or visit https://policy.vcu.edu/universitywide-policies/policies/public-health-response-team.html.

VCU Recreational Sports will offer the American Red Cross blended learning Basic Life Support and First Aid course. Upcoming single-day sessions will be held on March 2, March 20 and March 23.

For more information, contact Jenna Dillon at dillonj3@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/certifications/arc-bls/.

The Friends of VCU Libraries invite current students and alumni of the previous five years (2016-2020) to submit designs for a T-shirt and other uses. The deadline for submissions is March 28. The prize is $500. The design prompt is: What is your interpretation of VCU Libraries?

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2021-news/fol-contest-2021.html.

VCU's Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Program will host a climbing challenge, March 1-31. Climbers are challenged to set a personal record or compete against friends to climb a total of 2,900 feet to ascend the 35-foot high face of El Capitan on the Cary Street Gym Climbing Wall. Climbers can help the OAP reach its goal of climbing 29,035 vertical feet to the peak of Everest. All levels of experience are welcome. Register at the Climbing Wall.

For more information, contact Sam Albert at outdoors@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/climbing-and-bouldering/#march.

VCU Libraries, the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association will present the 2021 How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or visit https://rampages.us/howtotalks/upcoming/.

VCU's ASPEN Lab (Advanced Signal Processing in Engineering and Neuroscience) is enrolling individuals for a study involving virtual reality and EEG brain signal measurements. Participants must be 18 years or older and in good general health with no pre-existing serious medical conditions. Dates and times for participating are flexible. Questions: Dean Krusienski, Ph.D., principal investigator, at djkrusienski@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Meghan Kumar at kumarm2@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1890 or visit https://sites.google.com/vcu.edu/aspenlab.