Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Join the Information Technology Career Community Special Interest Group chairs for an end-of-term discussion highlighting the activity and achievements of each SIG since their inception last fall. All ITCC members are welcome to join and SIG membership not required. Questions: https://wiki.vcu.edu/display/CCIT/VCU+ITCC. Register for the Zoom link in Talent@VCU at the following URL.

For more information, contact Warren Mays at itcareer@vcu.edu or visit https://go.vcu.edu/itcc-events.

Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Learn to use the tools to articulate your own, unique ideas in the style of your discipline. The Zoom link for the workshop is hosted on 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/.

Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021 at 6 p.m.

VCU's Office of Alumni Relations and New Student and Family Programs have planned four student send-offs this summer, one virtual and three in-person events, to welcome the university's newest Rams. The send-offs are an opportunity for incoming students and their families to learn from alumni and current students about VCU and what it means to be a Ram. A virtual send-off via Zoom will be held July 28. In-person send-offs will be held July 29 at Hampton Roads (5:30-7:30 p.m., Mount Trashmore Park, Shelter 1, 310 Edwin Drive); Aug. 4 at DMV (6-8 p.m., Walker Nature Center, 11450 Glade Drive, Reston) and Aug. 5 in Richmond (6-8 p.m., VCU Commons Plaza, 907 Floyd Ave.). Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Allison Toney at aktoney@vcu.edu or visit https://blogs.vcu.edu/enews/2021/05/24/summer-send-offs-welcome-vcus-newest-students/.

VCU's Cashiers Office, Grace Harris Hall, 1015 Floyd Ave., will close at noon on June 30 due to Fiscal Year End. All materials should be to the office by 11:45 a.m. to insure timely processing. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. on July 1.

For more information, contact Lee Francis at ycfranci@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8774 or visit https://treasury.vcu.edu/banking/cashiering/.

Access to the Top Hat active learning platform is now free for all VCU students. Top Hat will automatically issue a refund to students who purchased a subscription for Summer 2021 courses. Questions: go.vcu.edu/tophat. Instructors interested in using Top Hat with Canvas should review the LTI Setup guide at the following URL.

For more information, contact Houston Griffith at tophat@vcu.edu or visit https://support.tophat.com/s/article/Professor-LTI-Setup-Canvas.

Youssef Roman from VCU's School of Pharmacy is leading a community genetic research study to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in Filipino Americans. You can participate in this study if you are 18 or older and self-identify as Filipino and both of your biological parents are also Filipino. This study will take place at VCU Clinical Research Unit. Details, click on the following URL.

For more information, contact Youssef Roman, Pharm.D., Ph.D., at romany2@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/uapLjWrLgpG3WrQXA.