Student Issue for July 2, 2021

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VCU Writing Center Workshop: Structuring Your Writing for Your Audience

Add to calendar 06-07-2021 11:00:00 06-07-2021 12:00:00 America/New_York VCU Writing Center Workshop: Structuring Your Writing for Your Audience The VCU Writing Center will present an online workshop via Zoom which will focus on the tools necessary to write strong, logical, structurally sound work. Register at the center's events page at the following URL. https://writing.vcu.edu/events/ Trey Burnart Hall hallbr@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021 from 11 a.m. to noon

The VCU Writing Center will present an online workshop via Zoom which will focus on the tools necessary to write strong, logical, structurally sound work. Register at 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/.

Understanding Your Strengths

Add to calendar 15-07-2021 11:00:00 15-07-2021 12:30:00 America/New_York Understanding Your Strengths This online workshop will allow participants to explore their top strengths and discover how those unique talents contribute to their success as an individual contributor, team player and leader at work. The event will be hosted by VCU's Center for Corporate Education at the School of Business. The registration fee is $60 and includes StrengthsFinder assessment. Register at the following URL or email corp-ed@vcu.edu for more information. Online Carrie Hawes cjhawes@vcu.edu DD/MM/YYYY

Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This online workshop will allow participants to explore their top strengths and discover how those unique talents contribute to their success as an individual contributor, team player and leader at work. The event will be hosted by VCU's Center for Corporate Education at the School of Business. The registration fee is $60 and includes StrengthsFinder assessment. Register at the following URL or email corp-ed@vcu.edu for more information.

For more information, contact Carrie Hawes at cjhawes@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/corped.

Notices

VCU Police To Host Food and Hygiene Drive for Ram Pantry

VCU Police is sponsoring a food drive through July 14 to support VCU's Ram Pantry. The pantry helps to fight food insecurity among VCU students and accepts perishable and nonperishable food items and hygiene items such as deodorant, soap and toothbrushes. Donations can be placed in designated bins at VCUPD Headquarters lobby, 224 E. Broad St.; VCU Facilities and Financial Services Building, 700 W. Grace St.; and Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St.

For more information, contact Cpl. Cory Neace at neacecb@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3hkM5Cu.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs Is Hiring

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs is hiring Federal Work Study Program assistants for the 2021-22 school year. The position is part time and applicants must have been approved for Federal Work Study. Questions: http://omsa.vcu.edu. Apply online through Handshake at the following URL by July 2.

For more information, contact Dave Brown at dgbrown@vcu.edu or visit https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4876846.

Now Accepting Applications: 2022 Leadership Programs

Applications are now available for the 2022 cohorts of the VCU Leadership, HIGHER Ground and Minority Political Leadership Institute programs in the VCU Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

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

Participate in a Survey Study on Behavior Change Counseling

Are you a health-care clinician who practices in Virginia? If so, then you are likely eligible to participate in a survey study conducted by faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University. We are interested in how health-care professionals have learned behavioral health counseling, specifically motivational interviewing. Those who complete the 20-minute survey will be entered into a bi-monthly gift-card drawing. Click on the following link to participate.

For more information, contact Rashelle Hayes at rashelle.hayes@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-6752 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=NWWYMP4W44.

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