3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This session with artist, activist and educator Emily Sara, whose work intersects at the crossroads between disability and design, will cover practical strategies for addressing accessibility needs while looking at design innovations developed by artists with disabilities. The event will be hosted by the VCU Libraries Workshop.

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.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's Honors College will host Bernard Means, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology, for a Berglund seminar. Means will discuss the fossils owned by America's founding fathers through both a research approach and a graphic version in comic-book format. He will also explore how the presence of fossils of large animals shaped America's image as an academic leader on the global stage. Contact the following email for the event link.

For more information, contact Jared Johnson at jajohnson4@vcu.edu.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Cultural Experience of Middle Eastern and South Asian Women at VCU will host a discussion about pregnancy and the stigma against Middle Eastern and South Asian women surrounding reproduction. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Afsheen Ali at alia22@vcu.edu or visit https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75829269871?pwd=WmNxNVljQTB6eUNVVXBpU0NhQzJPUT09.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Rams in Recovery will host a 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.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop on making the scholarship of teaching and learning count for tenure and promotion. This workshop will provide a brief overview of how to integrate the scholarship of SoTL into your tenure and promotion packet, including the benefits it can afford. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/pQCAU6z2jauSwWts8.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Leila Christenbury, Ed.D, talks about how getting children excited about reading is a critical step toward academic success and life-long learning. Questions: https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2020-2021/community-zooms.html or email libdevelop@vcu.edu. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://forms.gle/RDxaKxY4opJEk6iJ9.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

VCU Human Resources and VCU Recreational Sports will lead a core strengthening class. This class will help build a more stable, powerful abdomen and lower back to improve fitness and straighten posture. Register in Talent@VCU at the following URL. Questions: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://bit.ly/3fsOSdh.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will feature Bánh Xèo, a Vietnamese stuffed rice pancake, at its community café. The cost is $1.

For more information, contact Cherie Vendiola at vendiolacfo@vcu.eduj or (571) 665-1953.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

VCU's Alexandrian Society will host a lecture by Justene Hill Edwards, Ph.D., assistant professor, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia. The lecture, free and open to all, will examine the development of capitalism in the South as well as the economic lives of enslaved people. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Aaron Pirnat, President, Alexandrian Society, at pirnatam@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/2380564489.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the most inspirational figures in the history of mathematics, was a gifted amateur mathematician from south India who left behind three notebooks that engineers, mathematicians and physicists continue to mine today. Ken Ono, D.O., Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics, University of Virginia, will discuss why Ramanujan matters today and share clips from the film, “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” which starred Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. Ono served as an associate producer and mathematical consultant for the film. The talk is part of VCU's Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Colloquium Series.

For more information, contact Nicola Tarasca at tarascan@vcu.edu or visit https://sites.google.com/vcu.edu/math-colloquium.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Ashley Williams, yoga therapist and founder of Mindful On Life and BareSOUL Yoga, will discuss why inner work is necessary for civic action and how individual awareness and self-identity can be used to pursue collective resilience. The event is part of a speaker series co-sponsored and organized by VCU's Center for Community Engagement and Impact. Register at the following URL. Questions: http://rvaengage.org/civicaction.

For more information, contact Katie Elliot at elliottkl@vcu.edu or visit https://planrva-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x025feKiRVyZxNXuwpePGA.

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 at 8 p.m.

The concert will feature the VCU Jazz Orchestra II, directed by Professor Toby Whitaker, and the VCU Small Jazz Ensembles, directed by Whitaker and Professor Tony Martucci. Music by Barnett, Bernstein, Carter, Coltrane, Eisenberg, Ellington, Golson, Harris, Hodges, Shorter, Stapleton, Strayhorn and Whitaker will be played. Admission to the livestream at the following URL is free.

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

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

VCU Human Resources will host a session in which participants will explore tools available to managers and staff to facilitate productive career conversations. The content will include individual assessments, manager assessments for teams and an initial career conversation in which managers and employees engage each other in open conversation about career aspirations and create a career development plan. Questions: askhr@vcu.edu. Register in Talent @VCU at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rosalind R. Harris at rrharris1@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/9f34698b-b4a6-44fe-a7b6-946763ad4b8e.

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021 from 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.

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU's Learning, Development and Organizational Culture team will host a workshop to explore unconscious bias – social stereotypes about groups of people that form outside our own conscious awareness. Participants will examine the origins of unconscious bias, its impact on individuals, organizations and societies and tactics to combat unconscious bias and stereotypes. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shana Ryman at sryman@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.csod.com/samldefault.aspx?returnUrl=%252fDeepLink%252fProcessRedirect.aspx%253fmodule%253dlodetails%2526lo%253d2c820efa-f877-490a-95bf-9f4d16dae890.

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.

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop on finding social support for your writing. This workshop will uncover some of the reasons why you might feel isolated in your writing and discuss strategies to help you build your writing village. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/c1Av5WdQKpsMom826.

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 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU P.R.I.M.E. will host a virtual event with speakers from Emerging Healthcare Leaders, HEAL @ VCU and Pre-health Shadowing to connect the organizations with minority students for shadowing opportunities.

For more information, contact Lugene Qawasmi at vcuprime@gmail.com.

Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

VCU faculty members are being asked to provide feedback on each candidate in the search for an assistant director by the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Virtual interviews will include a workshop for faculty planned and facilitated by each candidate. The second candidate will be presenting on scholarship of teaching and learning/assessment and plagiarism. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/dwvFnygn5Ay1XKeW7.

Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society will host a social activism panel featuring Richmond community leaders at its induction ceremony. Panelists will include Chelsea Higgs Wise, Omari Al-Qadaffi and Zenobia Bey, who will discuss personal experiences in social justice and community organizing. Questions: Email Alexandra Quezada at arquezada@vcu.edu. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Alice Quach at quacham@mymail.vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/98376573164.

Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Join the Central Virginia Chapter for the Society of Clinical Research Associates and VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research for a discussion of workforce development and the shift from training back to job performance. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shirley Helm at shelm@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuceytpzIuGNPBC75byLZ5O9hAwwVLvhDy.

Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2021 at noon

VCU and Fidelity will host an online workshop with strategies and tips to help manage your financial future. Register in Talent@VCU at the following URL. Questions: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://bit.ly/3sS03Qw.

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Google Meet provides the faculty host attendance reports and a recording automatically and the use of a chat room for class collaboration is easy to set up. Collaboration Services invites you to learn all about Meet and Chat for on-line learning enhancement. Register at the following URL.

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

Friday, Apr. 30, 2021 from noon to 5:30 p.m.

VCU WISDM will present its 29th annual conference, featuring keynote speaker Jennifer Hunt, M.D., University of Florida, author of Amazon best-selling book “Unlocking your Authentic Self” and spotlight speaker Katherine Wintsch, author of Parade magazine award-winning book “Slay Like a Mother.” Those who register for this CE-approved activity will receive a copy of Wintsch’s book. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Deborah Stewart at deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org or visit https://vcu.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=17466.

The VCU First Destination Survey is now live for May 2021 graduates on Handshake at VCU. Answers to the survey will help VCU to improve career and academic advising, student recruitment and overall student services. The survey is open to both undergraduate seniors and graduate/professional students completing their degrees in May. Please encourage graduating students to complete the survey and be eligible to win prizes (AirPods, Roku player, robot vacuum, VCU luggage set, and Amazon gift cards).

For more information, contact Danielle Pearles at ddpearles@vcu.edu or visit http://tiny.cc/VCUFDS21.

The Commonwealth Times' weekly newsletter features editor’s picks and choice reads of the week. The newsletter also includes a downloadable PDF of the week’s print issue and links to stories on the website. Subscribe at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sarah Elson at elsonsp@commonwealthtimes.org or visit https://commonwealthtimes.org.

Based on recent events impacting Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, the VCU Health Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and VCU Health Sciences academic units will host safe spaces for any VCU Health team member and VCU Health Sciences students, staff or faculty member to talk about recent events and share their lived experiences. Sessions will be moderated by trained counselors and facilitators and are completely voluntary. Register at the following URL for a session on April 7 or 8.

For more information, contact Adam Austin at acaustin@vcu.edu or visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BAEAB2AAAFCC16-diversity.

A draft of the policy for Preventing and Responding to Discrimination is available for public comment by April 19. 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-open-for-public-comment/.