1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host a virtual informational session about the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, a five-year program that supports students pursuing graduate degrees in STEM. Register at the following URL.

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

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

VCU Parking and Transportation will hold a virtual forum to discuss Monroe Park and MCV Campus updates and address customer concerns and questions. Questions: https://blogs.vcu.edu/parkingtransportation/2021/04/08/vcu-pt-virtual-forum-on-april-21-at-1-p-m/. Register to attend at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jonsette Calloway at parking@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7275 or visit https://blogs.vcu.edu/parkingtransportation/2021/04/08/vcu-pt-virtual-forum-on-april-21-at-1-p-m/.

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

This interactive-ish session will include demonstrations of hardware and software required to use (and misuse) synthesizers for electronic music, live performance and interactive art. Participants are encouraged to bring their own synths, as well as any questions. The event will be hosted by the VCU Libraries Workshop. Details are available 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.

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU Poetry Club will hold an event in celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day during which individuals can share their Haikus or the works of others. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Maheen Farooqi at farooqims@vcu.edu or (804) 833-5212 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97834577134.

7 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will present a yoga event to seek mental stillness in conscious movement. The session will be led by Chhavi Sahal, a certified yoga teacher from India. The event will be part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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

8 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

VCU's Alexandrian Society will present a lecture by Christine Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, Yale-NUS (National University of Singapore) College, about the role women played in shaping colonial Jamaica. Click on the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Aaron Pirnat at pirnatam@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/J/97150830456.

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, VCU Online and TS Learning Systems will host a workshop on Canvas Gradebook. In this workshop, work with a Canvas specialist who can help navigate and use the basic functions of the Canvas Gradebook so you can make your Gradebook work for you. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/FnvENuk41zFMyYaq6.

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Join Active Minds in Monroe Park to lessen pre-finals stress. Play with the pups and feel free to purchase a Polaroid with them. Active Minds will host a mocktail stand with alcohol abuse prevention information. All proceeds will go to Active Minds Nationals. Due to Covid restrictions, participants will be required to sign up for a time slot. Slots in one-hour intervals can be reserved from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with limited availability of eight people each hour. Sign up for a time slot at the following URL. Questions: Email activeminds4vcu@gmail.com.

For more information, contact Rachel Bastien at bastienrd@vcu.edu or (757) 759-3101 or visit http://tinyurl.com/activemindsvcuppm.

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 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. Register at the following URL. Questions: Email natlscholar@vcu.edu.

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

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Two groups, Secretly Y'all and Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, will facilitate a session about having difficult conversations. Secretly Y’all will share real-life stories from people who have helped bring forward understanding. Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities will explore key tools for embarking on brave conversations. 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: rvaengage.org/civicaction.

For more information, contact Katie Elliott at elliottkl@vcu.edu or visit https://planrva-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Pprar6nDTMeCOy40xngWyg.

Friday, Apr. 23, 2021 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Anime is not new, but it has become quite popular in the United States in the past few years. VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host an in-depth look the evolution of anime art over time to include more racially diverse populations and its impact on popularizing the entertainment form. The session will also explore how this has opened the door to gatekeeping and its effect on fans who are people of color.

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

Friday, Apr. 23, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Archery Club will host an ax-throwing fundraiser with The Virginia Axe Company at 2305 Commerce Center Drive, Rockville. Proceeds will go toward the organization's goal of becoming the first collegiate mounted archery team.

For more information, contact Elle Poe at archeryclub@vcu.edu.

Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Camp Kesem at VCU will present Make the Magic, a virtual fundraising gala to support children through and beyond their parent's cancer. This virtual event will contain a livestream with guest speakers and an opportunity to support this-often overlooked population of kids. A silent auction will feature items from Richmond businesses including Butler Portraits, Quirk Hotel, Richmond Symphony, Bombolini, Flying Squirrels, Picnic RVA and more. Order tickets at the following URL.

For more information, contact Michelle Quach at vcu.mtm@campkesem.org or visit https://donate.kesem.org/event/camp-kesem-at-virginia-commonwealth-university-make-the-magic-fy-2021/e292440.

Sunday, Apr. 25, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Forget all about this crazy pandemic for a while. VCU Opera will livestream excerpts with orchestra and piano from the last 10 years. Scenes will be presented from "Hansel and Gretel," "The Gondoliers," "The Magic Flute," "Trouble in Tahiti," "The Marriage of Figaro," "A Little Night Music," "The Consul," "The Merry Widow," "Porgy & Bess" and "The Pirates of Penzance." Co-directors Melanie Kohn Day and Kenneth Wood will host the event. Click on the following URL for the link.

For more information, contact Melanie Kohn Day at mkday@vcu.edu or (804) 389-3238 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/concerthall.

Monday, Apr. 26, 2021 at 7 p.m.

Join VCU Alumni and Students Today Alumni Tomorrow for Philanthropy Week April 26-30 to learn how your VCU experience has benefited from donor generosity. Virtual and in-person events will be held throughout the week. All participants who complete a virtual scavenger hunt and the Thank A Giver day activity will receive a T-shirt or mask. Click on the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Allison Toney at aktoney@vcu.edu or visit https://www.vcualumni.org/classgive/.

Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2021 at 1 p.m.

This workshop will bring together multiple disciplines to consider how classrooms can be used to raise awareness about climate change. The discussion, co-hosted by VCU's Common Book Program and the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, will include "Rising," next year’s Common Book; the ways it can be the impetus for collective conversations about science, ethics, social justice and communication; and the many ways all are affected by the changing environment. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Fagan and Tara Burke at fagane@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBr6wZ1XfPYHuegVs99hVkLrxO4nPmzUE_hff3tRifyI_E7g/viewform.

Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Marjolein de Wit, M.D., and Roy Sabo, Ph.D., will lead an informal discussion about the impact of the pandemic on the statistical design and analysis plans for ongoing clinical trials. The event, part of a monthly series, "Clinical Research in the Time of COVID-19," will be hosted by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the team at VCU Health's Clinical Research Unit. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lauren Harris at Lauren.Harris@vcuhealth.org or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvcuyoqjMuE9O49JNwstsBSUrX_Q5mzbto.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 9 a.m.

VCU Online and Academic Technologies will offer a four-day event that includes Canvas workshops and more. Session tracks will cover all levels of Canvas users from novice to advanced. Sessions will be held May 25-28. Workshops will be 9 a.m.-noon with open office hours from 1-4 p.m. each day. Questions: https://go.vcu.edu/canvas. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Online at onlinepd@vcu.edu or visit https://learningsystems.vcu.edu/canvas/2021-faculty-canvas-boot-camp/.

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.

VCU Libraries is recruiting participants for remote focus groups conducted via Zoom to provide feedback and direction on new web pages to serve as starting points for different types of library users, including undergraduate students, graduate students and staff/faculty. Users will receive a $20 Visa gift card for up to one hour of their time. Interested? Sign up at the following URL. Or contact Ashley Brewer, web and user experience librarian, with questions at abrewer2@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://bit.ly/3a7smTP.

The Mary and Frances Youth Center will offer four virtual orientation sessions to review the Safety and Protection of Minors Policy and highlight recent changes from the triennial review. The orientations are geared for those who are new to the policy and those who are familiar with understanding how the changes will impact them. The first session will be 9-10 a.m. April 28. Register at the following URL under “Orientation Sessions.”

For more information, contact Charles Johnson, Mary and Frances Youth Center at youth@vcu.edu or visit https://community.vcu.edu/mfyc/youth-safety/.