12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Get to know international students from all over the world at VCU's monthly Global Café. Each café has a different theme and refreshments are always served. The Global Café will be held in the West Grace North Residence Hall (kitchen) at 830 W. Grace St. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact Nichole Dorton at nldorton@vcu.edu or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/globalcafe/.

3:30 p.m.

Ever wanted to make a podcast? Come and learn from the student staff who produce the Writing Center podcast series. This workshop covers the basics of podcasting: what it is, how to plan a podcast, how to record materials and how to edit using an online, collaborative web-based tool called SoundTrap. The session is organized by the Workshop at VCU Libraries. Questions: https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2021-2022/wednesdays-in-the-workshop-fall-2021.html. Click on the following URL to receive a link to attend the session in Zoom.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0oc-GsqDIvH9fx_Iy5sBivZUY0Jlc-Ctq5.

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Join VCU faculty, Athlytic co-founders and social media influencer James Drou for a discussion on collegiate name, image and likeness, how athletes can foster their brand, what successful partnerships look like and innovations within the sports industry. Athlytic is a fully integrated marketplace that connects student athletes with endorsement opportunities. The session will be hosted by VCU's da Vinci Center for Innovation at Shift Retail Lab at VCU, 1235 W. Broad St. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/sports-innovation.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU Police will host a U-Lock giveaway and bike registration at the James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St., on the MCV campus. VCU students, faculty and staff can receive a free U-Lock with a valid VCU ID and learn how to register their bikes. A limited supply of U-Locks will be provided. Follow VCU Police on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for future U-Lock giveaway dates.

For more information, contact Ofc. Amy Murray at crimeprevreq@vcu.edu or visit https://police.vcu.edu/services/bike-registration/.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and the Peer Mentoring Program from the Office of the Provost will present a workshop on Zoom about cultivating your support system. This workshop will feature a walkthrough of the mentor map exercise to identify your coaches, senior mentors, peer mentors and sponsors across a variety of settings. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/rhBaBm2Ge5PoRFQ19.

Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 from noon to 12:30 p.m.

VCU Human Resources in partnership with Recreation and Well-Being will lead a bodyweight strength class which will focus on all the major muscle groups. Questions: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/. 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/3lNgSdk.

Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 at 5 p.m.

VCU's Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care has extended its abstract deadline to 11:59 p.m. Oct. 8. The 10th annual Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium, “Adapting and Advancing, IPE in a Post-Pandemic World,” will be held Feb. 5, 2022 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Some online components will be offered for those who cannot travel. Questions: Email ipecenter@vcu.edu. Submit abstracts to the following URL.

For more information, contact Melissa Burton at mhburton@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2898 or visit https://rampages.us/ipe-symposium/.

Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will present a spotlight on Latine characters in comics that are often undervalued or forgotten. The discussion will also include how whitewashing of certain characters has greatly impacted Latine representation on the big screen. Register at the following URL.

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

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 at noon

VCU Libraries continues its series on research topics. Conducting a literature review is a multifaceted task requiring a variety of new skills, processing large amounts of information and presenting existing scholarship succinctly. Librarians will offer online strategies and tools to make wrangling this complexity (nearly) painless. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/calendar/workshops/painlesslit.

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Digital badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome that can be shared and verified in real-time, online. VCU Continuing and Professional Education will present this session as part of the 3rd Wednesdays FREE Community Series. Join VCU's Edward Howard, M.Ed., to learn more about the benefits of digital badges and how to demonstrate your skills in a new way. Register at the following URL.

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

Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Registration is open for the 15th Annual HIGHER Ground Women's Leadership Conference, hosted by the VCU Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. This year's theme, "Pivoting Forward: The LeaderSHIFT," seeks to encourage leaders to reflect on how we capitalize on the leadershifts that have transpired over the last year to pivot forward. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kiara Faulks at faulksks@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1169 or visit https://gehli.vcu.edu/conference/2021-conference/.

Beginning 6 p.m. on Oct. 6, users of the Avaya IX Workplace mobile app will need to dial “9” in order to place an outside call. Dialing from the app will be the same as dialing from any station on campus. All calls will be placed by dialing 9+ the telephone number regardless of whether you are dialing from an on-campus phone or the mobile application.

For more information, contact Lynne Williams at ljwillia@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2880.

VCU Human Resources and Walgreens are offering flu immunization clinics for all VCU faculty and staff. Clinics will take place on the Monroe Park Campus (Human Resources Training Room, 922 W. Grace St., Room 115, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 14); MCV Campus (Robert Blackwell Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St., Room 129, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 6 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 25) and the VCU Police Department (224 E. Broad St., 2-6 p.m. Oct. 27). Make an appointment at the following URL prior to the event.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/employee-health/flu-vaccination-clinics/.

Massey Cancer Center is holding an internal limited submission competition for the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00). Outstanding graduate students with a high potential and strong interest in pursuing careers as an independent cancer researcher should consider applying. The award will facilitate the transition of talented graduate students into successful cancer research postdoctoral appointments. The internal pre-application deadline is Oct. 11. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Glenny Escotto at escottog@vcu.edu or visit https://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/training/funding/f99.

VCU Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies is seeking volunteers aged 21-70 to participate in research studying the brain’s reaction to alcohol. Eligible participants will be paid $315 for every test day (three test days) and additional compensation for each clinic visit. Principal investigator is Albert Arias, M.D. To find out if you are eligible, call the following telephone number or e-mail the following address. To learn more about other research studies (including clinical trials) visit our website at the following URL or our Facebook page @VCUIDAS (https://www.facebook.com/VCUIDAS/). Research is private, respectful and we offer free parking for our volunteers.

For more information, contact Gray McDiarmid at study4u@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3784 or visit http://idas.vcu.edu.