Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Learn the tools to allow you to articulate your 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/.

Thursday, Jul. 29, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

ChamberRVA, along with VCU, VCU Health and other sponsors, will host a summer series of virtual conversations inspired by the recent Brookings Institute report, “From Commitment to Action: How CEOs Can Advance Racial Equity in Their Regional Economies.” The second conversation in the series will be "Shifting Mindsets and Internal Business Practices With the Brookings Institute and Opportunity Hub." The final conversation, "Setting an Agenda and Measuring Progress Toward Inclusive Growth With the Greater Washington Partnership," will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Aug. 12. Questions: Elizabeth Tulip at elizabeth.tulip@chamberrva.com. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Heidi A. Crapol, VCU Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success, at hcrapol@vcu.edu or visit http://go.chamberrva.com/events/details/all-sessions-shared-values-conversations-5674.

Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.

VCU Rice Rivers Center will present the Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Program's August Shell Planting Event on Gwynn Island. Volunteers are sought to help build an oyster reef in the lower Piankatank River Aug. 2-4. Eligible staff may use enhanced or regular community service leave to participate. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindy Andrews at candrews@vcu.edu or visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A4BABA72DA31-vosrp12.

Are you a Federal Work Study Student? Do you have an interest in supporting a more inclusive VCU? ACE-IT is an inclusive postsecondary education program at VCU that supports students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the classroom and at work. Join the ACE-IT in College team as an Education Coach (https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4905401/share_preview) or a Job Coach (https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4982451/share_preview).

For more information, contact Hannah Ramsey at ramseyhe@vcu.edu or (757) 287-9573 or visit https://aceitincollege.org/.

On Aug. 15, all data, projects, files, libraries and other digital assets stored in any VCU Adobe account will be permanently deleted during a scheduled opportunity to enable new features for students, faculty and staff. All individual Adobe Creative Cloud data should be backed up immediately. Begin the process by reviewing the VCU Adobe Asset Backup/Migration Guide at https://go.vcu.edu/adobe/backup. Need help? Submit a request at https://itsupport.vcu.edu.

For more information, contact VCU Adobe Enterprise Administration Team at adobe@vcu.edu or visit http://adobe.vcu.edu.

Individuals who smoke tobacco cigarettes daily are needed to participate in research studies. Compensation will be provided. View the screening survey at the following URL. This study will be conducted at VCU. Principal Investigator is Alison Breland, Ph.D., Department of Psychology. For more information contact Alison Breland at abbrelan@vcu.edu or the following telephone number.

For more information, contact Nicoleta Gaitan at gaitann@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3562 or visit https://cstp.vcu.edu/studies/.