3:30 p.m.

This talk will cover some of the ways to make science more accessible by using multimodal approaches, merging some aspects of the arts, creating new ways of processing and presenting information such as data sonification, data visualization and tactile designing. The event 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 for a Zoom link.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcOyhpzkqE9Anq8Zj_SKl7-irwCh1A51E.

4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Are you interested in working with other students across different disciplines? Are you fascinated by creating solutions to complex problems? Have you always wanted to start a business or nonprofit? Attend an informational session via Zoom to learn about available undergraduate certificates at VCU's da Vinci Center. Find out precisely what a certificate is and learn about the center's programs in product innovation, venture creation and human-centered design and how they fit into your academic plans. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu,edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/ug-spet-29.

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will present a virtual panel discussion as part of Latinx Heritage Month 2021 with unique, nontraditional business owners. Featured will be Ron Martinez (Crawlspace Booking) and Alex Zavaleta (Charm School Social Club). They will discuss how they came to choose their career paths and the challenges involved. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact David Brown at dgbrown@vcu.edu or visit http://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A traditional résumé highlights the accomplishments of an individual but doesn't tell the whole story. Join the Campus Learning Center in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., and on Zoom to hear and ask questions about Aktarul Alum's journey from transferring into VCU to graduating with a degree in information systems and then to working at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond as an information security analyst. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brian Cone at coneb2@vcu.edu or visit https://clc.vcu.edu/science-hub/.

6:30 p.m.

Join the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in STEM for a night of trivia in Virginia Rooms C and D, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Make friends, win prizes and come wearing a shirt representing your culture. Questions: Email sacnasatvcu@gmail.com.

For more information, contact Henzee Machado at machadohg@vcu.edu.

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Network with industry professionals, graduate students and peers at the group's reception in the College of Engineering East Hall atrium, 401 W. Main St. Attire is business casual. Food and snacks will be provided; RSVP to the following URL reserve your food.

For more information, contact Gwendolyn Verity at veritygr@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1265979.

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Writing Center will host a workshop to help participants learn to write a strong, successful personal statement. The Zoom link 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, Sep. 30, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will present a virtual symposium led by L. Douglas Wilder, 66th governor of Virginia and a distinguished professor at the school. This event is based on an upcoming edited book volume, "The Triple Pandemic" edited by Elsie Harper-Anderson, Jay Albanese and Susan Gooden. Speakers will examine the threefold convergence of major threats to public health, economic livelihood and access to justice during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Questions: Visit https://wilder.vcu.edu/news-and-events/news-articles/2021-wilder-symposium-presents-the-triple-pandemic-implications-for-racial-equity-and-public-policy.html. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Katherine Huynh at huynhkp@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0867 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NcNUYQJARYuXWrFx-vdVzA.

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Join VCU Libraries librarian and first-generation graduate Erin Carillo for this week's You First at VCU Presents event. The library can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Hear how Carillo went from rarely using the library in her early undergrad years to having a career as a university librarian. You don’t have to become a librarian to take advantage of the library's offerings, so come learn about how VCU Libraries can support you. The event will be in Room 205, the Multipurpose Room, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. The session will also be available virtually at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Bambacus at bambacuses@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3927 or visit https://bit.ly/YouFirstPresents093021.

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

VCU's Division of Student Affairs, Dean of Students Office will host the first meeting of the year of the MCV Campus Student Leaders Council. All graduate and professional students are invited who are interested in a better MCV Campus student experience and networking with other students. The session will be in Hunton Student Center, 1110 E. Broad St.

For more information, contact Candyce Brown at cabrown3@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0525.

Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

This interactive Zoom workshop will break down the artist's statement, how to write one and why art students should focus on their writing skills. Register at 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/.

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

VCU's Muslim Student Association will hold Jummah (Friday) Prayer in Room 250, the Multipurpose Room, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. The first Khutbah will be held at 1:15 p.m., the second at 2:15 p.m. Masks are required.

For more information, contact MSA at VCU at vcumsa@gmail.com.

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 at 5 p.m.

VCU's Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care is accepting abstracts for the 10th annual Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium: “Adapting and Advancing, Interprofessional Education in a Post-Pandemic World." The symposium will be held Feb. 5, 2022 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave. Some online components will be available for those who cannot travel. Questions: Email ipecenter@vcu.edu. Abstracts should be submitted before 11:59 p.m. Oct. 1 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/abstract/.

Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Drop by Shift Retail Lab at VCU, 1235 W. Broad St., for a preview of the new multifunctional retail space before the grand opening in November. Snacks and games will be provided. The facility is a multifunctional retail space where past and present VCU students can showcase their work to gain insights and test their products, services, and ideas with real world customers.

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

Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Grab a few kitchen staples and join a VCU English Language Program student from Venezuela (fluent in Spanish, English and mountaineering) to cook together in an event hosted by VCU's Global Education Office in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. Each student can follow the chef from their own kitchen via Zoom to learn to make Venezuelan arepas. Students will virtually share their creations with the group before sitting down to a meal together. The first 10 registrants will be eligible to pick up a bag of Harina Pan from GEO. Register at the following URL or at https://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

For more information, contact Audrey Emiko Short at aeshort@vcu.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/Arepas3Oct2021.

Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's School of Education will host an informational session about its M.Ed. in counselor education. The program includes three specialized tracks: school counseling, college counseling and student affairs, and couples and family counseling. The programs are nationally accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jazmin Tilfas at soeinfo@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcOqvqj8rGdagCTkRsZ8L_hI3B1SggdAq.

Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 from 8 a.m. to noon

VCU's Office of Sustainability will sponsor volunteer community tree care at the Amelia Street School, 1821 Amelia St. Participants will water trees, pull weeds and manage pollinator landscapes to create educational space for the students and increase the city's tree canopy.

For more information, contact Wyatt Carpenter at carpenterlw@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPTrDWMifcviLIQHiT5pDPT8YYEU8GR679E5Mu5qi6I-z0PQ/viewform.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Join a virtual best practices panel featuring community practitioners specializing in public child welfare as a part of VCU's School of Social Work Office of Field Education's interactive panel series discussing critical areas of practice. Panelists will discuss best and emerging practices in child welfare and how COVID-19 has shifted their approach to work. Questions: https://socialwork.vcu.edu. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU School of Social Work Office of Field Education at swfld@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0708 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vcOypqDorHdVTrf5kk_ag3tiML7fJBQPy.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

"Navigating Visibility at VCU and Beyond," a free IExcel Pop-up course for students, meets three times (also Oct. 14 and 21) and explores the tensions surrounding issues of outness and visibility for LGBTQ+ people. Visibility is often considered critical for increasing awareness of and social acceptance for LGBTQ+ individuals, as it serves to disrupt and decenter cisnormative and heteronormative assumptions. Questions: https://iexcel.vcu.edu/student-course-calendar/. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., at iexcel@vcu.edu or visit https://training.vcu.edu/course.aspx?processFlag=2&itemID=17882.

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.

Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 from noon to 4 p.m.

Interested in a creative career? Come to the Brandcenter Fall Open House. In one afternoon, you can tour the building and classroom space at 103 S. Jefferson St., meet the executive director and senior leadership, take a sample class led by Brandcenter faculty, talk to current students, see their work and get the inside scoop on the application process. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rachel Ensing at brandcenter@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8384 or visit http://bit.ly/bc_openhouse_F21.

VCU Technology Services announces that an interim change in early October will require local long-distance (calls dialed from 804 to another 804 number that is long-distance) to be dialed 9+1 (804) XXX-XXXX. If a local long distance call does not follow this pattern, the caller will hear a Verizon recording instructing them to dial 9+1 (804) XXX-XXXX to complete the call. On Oct. 24, all local calls will need to be completed using the full 10-digit telephone number, 9+(804) XXX-XXXX for local calls or 9+1 (804) XXX-XXXX.

For more information, contact Lynne Williams at ljwillia@vcu.edu or visit https://ts.vcu.edu/askit/knowledge-base/telecommunications/.

The VCU Votes Student Coalition encourages students and staff to serve as officers of elections for the upcoming election. This is a paid opportunity. The registrar for the City of Richmond is seeking VCU students and staff to serve at various polling locations across the city on Nov. 2. VCU does not hold classes on Election Day. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Nicole Patterson at nlpatterson@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1297660.

Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI) is the new provider of emergency evacuation and travel assistance services for VCU and the VCU Health System. Employees and other authorized business travelers are automatically covered while on VCU sponsored travel abroad but are encouraged to register their international itinerary on the CISI business traveler website at https://www.culturalinsurance.com/vcu-bt/. These travelers may also consider the optional travel health insurance coverage offered by CISI for an additional cost. For questions regarding the travel insurance and services offered by CISI, email srm@vcu.edu. Students participating in most education abroad programs administered by the VCU Global Education Office will be automatically enrolled by GEO in the CISI plan. All other student travelers will be prompted to self-enroll in the plan upon registration with GEO. Students should visit the Education Abroad Travel website at https://vcu.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&Parent_ID=332F89F1-5056-BA1F-73259D4A84050F4E&Link_ID=337EB06F-5056-BA1F-732A6FE87A32DC10 for more information regarding enrollment or email abroad@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Steven Kessinger at sbkessinger@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4989 or visit https://together.vcu.edu/public-health-measures/.

Emerging Healthcare Leaders is hosting a mentorship program to connect pre-health students with mentors in their desired career path. EHL will offer several mentorship socials and activities throughout the year. Mentors can gain leadership experience by sharing lessons they have learned in the health care field. Those who are being mentored will gain access to guidance on their pre-health journeys. Both mentors and those being mentored can register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kush Savsani at savsanikv@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/mN4Cv7GzzEJnv4pp7.

VCU Health and Massey Cancer Center are conducting focus groups to understand the experiences of Black men who smoke or used to smoke and their opinions about lung cancer screening, smoking cessation and health care disparities in Virginia. Eligibility criteria: identify as a Black male, current or former smoker and 50 years old or older. If interested, contact Jasmine Blue at the following telephone number or email Blackchat@vcuhealth.org.

For more information, contact Rashelle Hayes at rashelle.hayes@vcuhealth.org or (804) 827-0000.

Individuals who smoke tobacco cigarettes daily are needed to participate in a research study that requires multiple laboratory visits. Compensation may be available. 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 (804) 827-3562 or visit http://cstp.vcu.edu/studies.