1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's College of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering will host Shanshan Yao, Ph.D., as a guest seminar speaker for its Graduate Student Seminar Series. Yao is an assistant professor at Stony Brook University in New York. Click on the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact the MNE Department at mneoffice@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/94738963000.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The VCU Office of Sustainability will hold a Free Store Pop-Up shopping event outside 201 N. Belvidere St. All VCU students are welcome to shop for school supplies, kitchen essentials and odds and ends for their apartments or rooms. Bring your own reusable bag.

For more information, contact Parker Long at freestore@vcu.edu or visit https://sustainability.vcu.edu/programs/free-store/.

4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Honors College is seeking students for the Spring 2022 semester. Attend an interest session at 701 W. Grace St., Room 1303 to learn more about the application process and what to expect when enrolled in Honors. Questions: Email honors@vcu.edu. Register for an interest session at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jenna Venable at venablejl@vcu.edu or visit https://honors.vcu.edu/admissions/continuing-students/.

9 a.m.

Attend via Zoom the Fall 2021 Biostatistics Student Research Symposium (Day II) hosted by VCU's Department of Biostatistics. Students enrolled in the Biostatistics graduate program will present their research conducted during Summer 2021. The Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/95733658725?pwd=OFBRaUdJd2RwdU9QUWNPY0RWRmxUdz09. The meeting ID is 957 3365 8725. The passcode is 373907.

For more information, contact Dipankar Bandyopadhyay at dbandyop@vcu.edu or visit https://biostatistics.vcu.edu/news/student-research-symposium-2021/.

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Adrienne Loker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, will explain the link between trauma and substance use and what you can do as a person in recovery, ally, friend or family member to understand trauma and work with it. This online event will be sponsored by Rams in Recovery. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Tompkins at tompkinsee@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/97668962610.

Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2021 at 7 p.m.

Find out about the VCU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and upcoming group activities. The meeting will be held virtually and in Room 104, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. Register through RamsConnect to place a hold on a tote and meal.

For more information, contact Anisha Beladia at beladiaar@vcu.edu or (571) 208-6049 or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/home_login.

Thursday, Sep. 9, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Join VCU's Transfer Center in the Richmond Salons I and IV, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to welcome the university's transfer students to campus. Seasoned transfer students will answer questions. Please arrive early; there will be limited seating and refreshments. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Angela Aslanska at adaslanska@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1349 or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/WoW/rsvp_boot?id=1146513.

Thursday, Sep. 9, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU Weeks of Welcome will present MCV Campus Block Party at the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. The outdoor festival will feature live music, food trucks, giveaways and games to celebrate VCU spirit and usher in a new academic year on the MCV Campus. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Candyce Brown at cabrown3@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1147613.

Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Top Hat’s active learning platform is now free for VCU Students. Use your mobile device for live responses to instructor polls, discussions and assessments. Join the Top Hat specialists for an online Q&A session during Weeks of Welcome on Sept. 14 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Register at https://cglink.me/2dV/r1146644. Questions: https://go.vcu.edu/tophat.

For more information, contact Jana Avery at jcavery@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/WoW/.

The board will actively participate in topic-focused projects to gain ideas and feedback concerning various Student Financial Services processes. All currently enrolled VCU students familiar with or have working knowledge of Student Financial Services can apply at the following URL by Sept. 6.

For more information, contact Elisha Winston at s2etwins@vcu.edu or visit https://sfs.vcu.edu/money-management/student-advisory-board/.

Top Hat now offers a course package which allows instructors to utilize course polls, attendance, assessments and discussions at zero cost to students. Students use their own mobile device, so purchasing a response device is not required. If an instructor has adopted a Top Hat textbook for their course as a required item, students will be prompted to purchase an access key. If a textbook is listed as optional, students may proceed to their course without purchasing an access key.

For more information, contact Houston Griffith at tophat@vcu.edu or visit https://go.vcu.edu/tophat.

VCU RecWell's Outdoor Adventure Program offers climbing clinics, free to VCU students and RecWell members, for all levels of experience. The clinics are held at the Cary Street Gym climbing wall, 101 S. Linden St., throughout the semester. Clinics include sport climbing, gym to crag, climbing technique and request-a-clinic.

For more information, contact Christina Spohn at spohncl@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/climbing-and-bouldering/.

VCU's Diversity Ambassadors act as advocates of social justice for a marginalized community by creating a program or event on campus (one to two each semester) and assist with advertisements of the programs (social media, creation of flyers/posters, tabling). Questions: Email Nana Ferdnance at the following address or Noura Allen at allennc@vcu.edu. Apply by Sept. 5 at the following URL.

For more information, contact Nana Ferdnance at rlhmaga@vcu.edu or visit http://tinyurl.com/DiversityAPP2021.

RecWell Intramural Sports has a full schedule of fall sports. Register by Sept. 3 for flag football, indoor volleyball and kickball at the following URL.

For more information, contact Will Adams at wpadams@vcu.edu or visit https://portal.recsports.vcu.edu/DivisionRegistration.

VCU's Common Book Program seeks student submissions for its fiction and creativity contest. This year's theme is imagining climate futures. Participants are invited to create an imaginative response to the theme of climate change and to respond creatively in whatever form speaks to them. Monetary prizes will be awarded in a variety of genres. Apply by Sept. 17 at the following URL.

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

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) 827-3695 or visit https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=NWWYMP4W44.

We are inviting male and female patients with diabetic neuropathy ages 18-75 to participate in a research investigation into the effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on pain perception. This study involves transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is a noninvasive and widely used brain stimulation technique. It also involves completing surveys and undergoing tests to evaluate perceptions of pain. Volunteers will be compensated for their time. You are only required to come once for the study and it will take approximately two to two-and-a-half hours to complete the study. The study is conducted within the VCU Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at 737 N. Fifth St. Questions: Email Edmund Acevedo, Ph.D., at eoacevedo@vcu.edu or Bhushan Thakkar at the following address.

For more information, contact Bhushan Thakkar at thakkarbs2@vcu.edu or (804) 300-5578.