Wednesday, Jun. 2, 2021 from noon to 6 p.m.

VCUarts and The Anderson will present "Fool’s Paradise." The 2021 MFA Candidacy exhibition for the Craft/Material Studies and Photo + Film departments will be on view June 2–11. Visitors to The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St., must maintain physical distancing when possible and are asked to continue to wear masks when inside the building.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/news/fools-paradise-craft-material-studies-photo-film-mfa-candidacy-exhibition/.

Thursday, Jun. 3, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Leroy Thacker, Ph.D., associate professor, biostatistics, will discuss requirements and guidelines for sample size calculations in research studies. The online lunch research seminar will be presented by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Questions: http://www.cctr.vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIucOCorT0tGtxYooGmIICcQB92RYRteNlc.

Thursday, Jun. 10, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation and VCU Libraries will present an interactive workshop designed to help you take your biographical sketch to the next level. Stacey Wahl, Ph.D., Research and Education Librarian for the Basic Sciences, will discuss ways to make your bio sketch stand out and introduce tools for gathering data to demonstrate research quality and streamlining bio sketch creation and maintenance. 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/tJArcuutqDkvGtSzxyAdWrc3xIl3MSK0fL_q.

Blackboard will be decommissioned after May 31 and all online courses will use Canvas. Instructors with course materials they need to have readily available should export them from Blackboard by May 31. Blackboard will not be available to VCU Faculty after May 31. Questions: https://learningsystems.vcu.edu/canvas/. Resources, training and assistance are available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jana Avery at canvas@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/learn-canvas.

VCU Human Resources presents "Retiring With the VCU Optional Retirement Plan." These sessions are open to VCU faculty and VCU University and Academic Professionals, not VCU Health System employees. Register at the following URL. Questions: Email benefits@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Alexis Hobbs at hobbsad@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/c9921b6a-d526-48c3-ac2f-b5a913a231f0.

Human Resources presents "How to Retire With the Virginia Retirement System" for VCU employees. These sessions are open to VCU employees only, not VCU Health System employees. View upcoming sessions at the following URL. For more information, contact VCU Benefits at benefits@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Alexis Hobbs at hobbsad@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/cf698494-7201-467a-8b5b-c8739911e503.

The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health is inviting more than a million people across the United States to help build one of the most diverse health databases of its kind. VCU has partnered with the NIH and All of Us to help patients at VCU Health contribute to that database. People who join will give information about their health, habits and where they live. By looking for patterns, researchers may learn more about what affects people’s health.

For more information, contact Leslie Bobb at allofus@vcu.edu or visit https://www.joinallofus.org/VCU.

The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute in VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs is accepting applications for its HIGHER Ground Women’s Leadership Development Program. The five-month leadership experience focuses on current and emerging women leaders committed to investing in themselves and their organizations. The program is designed to benefit women at all career levels in public, private, nonprofit and entrepreneurial positions. The application deadline is Nov. 15.

For more information, contact Kiara Faulks at gehli@vcu.edu or visit http://gehli.vcu.edu.

All students enrolled in summer 2021 courses at VCU will receive an email from the dean of students in June requesting verification of physical location while taking courses. Federal Regulation 34 CFR 600.9(c)(2) requires that all institutions of higher education (including VCU) make a determination of the state or other place where students are physically located. The purpose of this federal regulation is to ensure that VCU is authorized to provide educational opportunities where enrolled students are located. Details, including an FAQ, are on the Current Physical Location website at the following URL.

For more information, contact Yeimarie Lopez at location@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/location/.