12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU Libraries, VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the VCU Postdoctoral Association will present a talk that is part of the 2021 How-to Talks by Postdocs Series. Register at http://rampages.us/howtotalks/upcoming/ or the following URL.

For more information, contact Stacey Wahl at swahl@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.libcal.com/event/8298572.

3 p.m.

VCUDine’s Fall Food Truck Festival will be held on Cathedral Place outside Shafer Court Dining Center. This is a swipe-only event for dining plan holders; swipe sales will run from 3-8:30 p.m. Trucks will be open from 4-9 p.m. Food trucks will include: Opa, Four Brothers, Kona, Grilled Meats and Treats, Chicken Stop and Carytown Burger & Fries while supplies last. Follow @VCU_Dining on social or visit the following URL for details.

For more information, contact Lauren Hay at dining@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1148 or visit http://vcu.campusdish.com.

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Learn more about the VCU Master of Decision Analytics Professional Track program at a webinar hosted by the School of Business. Alumni will discuss their experience in the program including the curriculum, program structure, the power of the cohort experience, networking benefits and career development. Members of the school's program administration will join the alumni to answer questions. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Bill Miller at wjmille1@vcu.edu or visit https://business.vcu.edu/academics/analytics/master-of-decision-analytics-professional-track/#sob-events-1759442.

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Learn more about the VCU Executive MBA program at a webinar hosted by the School of Business. Alumni will discuss their experience in the program, including the curriculum, program structure, the power of the cohort experience, networking benefits and career development. Members of the school's program administration will join the alumni to answer questions. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Bill Miller at wjmille1@vcu.edu or visit https://business.vcu.edu/academics/mba-options/executive-mba/#sob-events-1759433.

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

VCU's Common Book Program will host a lecture given by VCU faculty Don Young, Ph.D.; Julie Zinnert, Ph.D.; Scott Neubauer, Ph.D. and Jesse Goldstein, Ph.D. The talk will be in the Lecture Hall, Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., and will focus on the importance of addressing climate change, which is the theme of the 2021-2022 Common Book, "Rising" by Elizabeth Rush.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Fagan at fagane@vcu.edu or visit https://commonbook.vcu.edu/events/.

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Join Rams in Recovery for a community conversation with Onawa LaBelle, Ph.D., on attachment, recovery and relationships. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Tompkins at tompkinsee@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVX6Ndo_g4t_QPpuX2_OYCsV0lnRv1OpDlRn_X-9yj8pdxgA/viewform.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 at noon

Join VCU School of Medicine for its Annual Faculty Excellence Awards Program. This event will honor outstanding faculty in the areas of teaching, humanism in medicine, professional achievement of women in medicine, clinical excellence and leadership in graduate medical education. This event will be held via livestream at the following URL.

For more information, contact Deborah Stewart at dstewart@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6591 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/facawards21.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

As part of the Whetting Your Appetite for Research series, VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and the Department of Biostatistics will present a lunch research seminar via Zoom. Roy Sabo, Ph.D., associate professor, Biostatistics, will discuss the roles that sampling, probability and variability play in interpreting research data. Questions: http://www.cctr.vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpceigqTsvGNEt_YVfRYakxfL4B6fstfu_.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

Leadership drives change. VCU's School of Education program works toward identifying and analyzing injustices and imagining, researching and creating more equitable, inclusive schools and societies through leadership and policy. The dissertation is a rigorous culminating tool for research, advocacy and change within educational organizations and endeavors. Register for the informational session's Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jazmin Tilfas at soeinfo@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpcuGupjsoHdEqLWBpp6IgfMxPvzCZuVgy.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 from 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 noon

Join VCU Human Resources and the Association of Financial Educators and learn how to take control of your tax situation so that no matter what happens with laws moving forward, you are in control. 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://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 at 8 p.m.

Hear VCU Jazz Orchestras I and II and faculty perform in a free, three-set concert at Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. The concert will also be livestreamed at the following URL. All audience members and performers will wear masks; performers also cover the bells of all aerosol-producing instruments. (It’s the first VCU Jazz concert with a live audience since February 2020.)

For more information, contact Antonio Garcia, director of Jazz Studies, at ajgarcia@vcu.edu or visit http://go.vcu.edu/concerthall.

Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU REAL will host monthly Student Opportunity Center office hours to provide an overview of SOC and discuss how the platform can be integrated into your work with students. Faculty and staff are invited to drop in with questions about SOC at the following Zoom link. Visit the REAL website (https://real.vcu.edu/) for additional dates and times.

For more information, contact Starr Robinson at real@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/4995602138.

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop on getting creative with Canvas. The event will cover free and user-friendly resources for creating buttons, embedding media and making your online classroom reflect you as a teacher as well as communicate the tone you would like to set for your course. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/o5oL3U1mg5gZZ4X28.

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Center for Corporate Education at VCU's School of Business will present Identifying and Leveraging Your Leadership Style. Participants will explore the Leadership Circle, as well as other leadership theories to pinpoint their own unique leadership views and their strengths and challenges. The class will be at Snead Hall, 301 W. Main St. The $355.50 registration fee includes Leadership Circle assessment. Register at the following URL or email corp-ed@vcu.edu for more information.

For more information, contact Carrie Hawes at cjhawes@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3165 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/corped.

Human Resources will present "Retiring With the VCU Optional Retirement Plan." These sessions are open to VCU faculty and VCU University and Academic Professionals, not VCU Health System employees. Questions: Email benefits@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alexis Cross at crossah@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723.

VCU Human Resources will present "How to Retire With the Virginia Retirement System" for university employees. These sessions are open to VCU employees only, not VCU Health System employees. Questions: Email benefits@vcu.edu. View upcoming sessions and register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alexis Cross at crossah@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/cf698494-7201-467a-8b5b-c8739911e503.

VCU's Records Management Office will hold Records Management 101 training online via Zoom in the upcoming months. Training will cover recordkeeping requirements and practices to be compliant with state regulations and university policy. Register in Talent (keyword "records"). Busy but can’t make it? Try self-paced Records Management 101 training available in Canvas.

For more information, contact Amber Peranski at aperanski@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2097.

The second session of RecWell's adult swim lessons will begin Oct. 9 (Saturday classes) and Oct. 18 (Monday and Wednesday classes). Classes are held at Cary Street Gym Aquatic Center, 101 S. Linden St. and are open to VCU students, RecWell members and nonmembers. Class levels include beginner, intermediate/advanced and all levels. Register by noon Oct. 8 at the following URL.

For more information, contact Amanda Simmons at alsimmons@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/aquatics/adult-swim-programs/.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation and VCU University Relations will showcase innovative, creative and collaborative faculty research during the week of Oct. 11-15. Updates about this special series will be posted during week on VCU News at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Komornik at komornikea@vcu.edu or visit https://news.vcu.edu/.

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.

Are you above 18, Black/African American identifying and a current VCU student? Consider participating in our study exploring mental health literacy, behaviors and outcomes among Black college students via an online 20-minute survey. SONA credit is available. Non-SONA participants have the option to enter a drawing for one of four $25 egift cards. Principal investigator is Chelsea Williams, Ph.D., Department of Psychology.

For more information, contact Chloe Walker at walkercj6@vcu.edu.

VCU's Wellbeing Lab (Department of Psychology) invites you to participate in a research study on two stress reduction programs. VCU investigators seek to understand how two stress reduction programs can beneficially influence neural activity and behavior related to stress, including emotions, desires and reactions to adverse events like social conflict. Questions: Email vcusrs@gmail.com.

For more information, contact Hadley Rahrig at rahrighm@vcu.edu or (804) 223-0360.