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.

VCU's Center on Transition Innovations is conducting a statewide survey and seeking students to pilot the survey. The first 30 students to complete it will receive a $30 gift card. Click the URL below for the survey. The survey is related to the service and support needs of Virginia community college students with mental health concerns when transferring to a four-year college/university. Questions: Visit CenterOnTransition.org/ProjectCollegeSuccess.

For more information, contact Susan McKelvey at mckelveysp@vcu.edu or visit https://rb.gy/vkdz8z.

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.