Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

This training session, sponsored by VCU Online and Learning Systems, will dive into common mistakes made in Canvas and how to avoid them. Questions: Email VCU Online at OnlinePD@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brianne Jackson at bljackson@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuonline.catalog.vcu.edu/browse/vcuonlineworkshops/courses/canvas-be-awares---august-5-2021.

Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

TS Learning Systems will outline the process for creating a course in Canvas and highlight the most effective features, tools, settings and content options. Questions: Visit https://learningsystems.vcu.edu/or email canvaslearn@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jamillah Martin at jpmartin@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course.asp?Keyword=Canvas&Sponsor=All&Category=All&Audience=All&Campus=All&trainingType=0.

Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Find a moment of quiet reflection with guided meditation. This 30-minute session, hosted by VCU Human Resources and VCU Recreation and Well-Being, will provide a sense of calm, peace and balance while improving attention, focus and ability to work through stressful circumstances. Questions: https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/. Register in Talent@VCU or at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://bit.ly/36ZTnXw.

Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the VCU Votes Student Coalition will present a virtual lecture, "Freedom Summer: The Struggle for Democracy," featuring guest lecturer AJ Musewe. The conversation will highlight the moments that shifted the trajectory of the struggle for suffrage to highlight how Black women have always been at the center of the fight for freedom. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiana Ingram at ingramtd@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1135968.

Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you considered volunteering for a research study? VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education will present this session as part of the 3rd Wednesdays FREE Community Series. Join VCU's Nyssa Towsley, MS, CIP, and Stacy West, MS, CASR, CIP, to learn more about what human research is, how the VCU Institutional Review Board helps to oversee research and keep participants safe and what you can do to be an informed research participant. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU's Office of Continuing and Professional Education at ocpe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1322 or visit https://ocpe.vcu.edu/community.

Earn The Capital CoLab Digital Tech Credential by completing a prerequisite course in Computers and Programming and take courses in Data Science Skills and Cybersecurity Skills through the Department of Computer Science in VCU's College of Engineering. Fall courses begin Aug. 24. Nondegree-seeking students, including VCU and VCU Health employees, can register through VCU Continuing and Professional Education. Eligible employees may use their tuition benefit/education assistance.

For more information, contact VCU Continuing and Professional Education at ocpe@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/cs-fundamentals.

Are you a health-care clinician or student who practices or trains in Virginia? If so, then you are likely eligible to participate in a survey study conducted by faculty at VCU. 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, Ph.D., at rashelle.hayes@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-6752 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=NWWYMP4W44.