3:30 p.m.

Take a break from exams and final projects and join in this collaborative poetry activity using Google Docs that guides participants in improvising and remixing a jointly written poem. No poetry expertise is required. 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 to receive a link to attend the session.

For more information, contact Gregory Kimbrell at kimbrellgg@vcu.edu or (804) 393-2951 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsdOirrTsrH9Z-G4BuSAti5ioeDKTwM_jJ.

4 p.m.

VCU Faculty Club will hold its final meeting of the semester at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St. Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., will offer comments, starting at 4:45 p.m. The meeting will also feature a special research roundtable discussion, highlighting internal funding opportunities for research that supports the four initiatives of the One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan. RSVP at go.vcu.edu/facultyclub or the following URL.

For more information, contact Pam Hendrix at pahendrix@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/faculty/faculty-resources/facultyclub/.

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Join VCU da Vinci Center staff and alumni via Zoom to learn more about its Master of Product Innovation program. The MPI at VCU is designed for creative thinkers and doers from a wide range of undergraduate backgrounds who want to ideate and launch innovative products, projects and initiatives in some of the world’s most leading edge companies. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lloyd Young at youngel3@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/dec-21-mpi-info-session.

6 p.m.

VCU will kick off its new Provost's Lecture Series at the ICA with Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., who will deliver the keynote address. Following his presentation, Dominic Asmall Willsdon, executive director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., will moderate a discussion on the importance of transdisciplinary research. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jamie Stillman at jmstillm@vcu.edu or visit https://provost.vcu.edu/lectureseries/.

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 from noon to 12:45 p.m.

VCU's Student Services Career Community will host a self-care event via Zoom. The event will include a 30 minute guided meditation session and a breakout discussion on balancing personal self-care in the workplace while managing the stress of the student body. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Nicole Patterson at nlpatterson@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdeirrj0pEtKxeLk-HqrJrJC4TsBk5kt8%C2%A0.

Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

How are you doing amid the many ongoing racial and social upheavals? Do you wonder how those with different identities are affected? Share your lived experiences and bear witness to what others have to share in open dialogue. Engage with students, faculty and staff in a special RAMmalogues session about social unrest. RAMmalogues, led by a trained facilitator, is a space for intercultural, multigenerational and community-wide conversations around who we are and what matters to us. The event will be in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. All students, faculty and staff are invited, but registration is limited to 25 so reserve your spot now. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., at iexcel@vcu.edu or visit http://inclusive.vcu.edu/iexcel/rammalogues.

Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Biostatistics will sponsor an online seminar by Sushmita Roy, Ph.D., Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, titled "Network-Based Approaches for Examining Biological Systems." Questions: https://biostatistics.vcu.edu/news/seminar/. Join via the following Zoom link. The meeting ID is 923 1735 5766. The passcode is 364454.

For more information, contact Dipankar Bandyopadhyay at dbandyop@vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/j/92317355766?pwd=My9Ud2dXdU44OU9WTk92SnZobEFqUT09.

Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m.

Learn more about VCU’s Evening MBA program at a webinar hosted by the School of Business. Information regarding tuition waivers and how to access education benefits will be provided to VCU and VCU Health Systems employees. Click on the link to register: https://vcu.zoom.us/j/94529250196. Questions: Email gsib@vcu.edu or call (804) 828-4622.

For more information, contact Austen Gouldman at gouldmana@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6408 or visit https://business.vcu.edu/about-us/events/graduate-studies/webinar/evening-mba-program-webinar-120321.html.

Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The VCU chapter of the American Association of University professors will have its end of the semester general meeting via Zoom. All faculty members of any rank or appointment are welcome to attend. Email the following address for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Everett Carpenter at ecarpenter2@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7508.

Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021 from noon to 12:30 p.m.

Learn fun and practical ways to decrease stress and lessen the effects of health risks. VCU HR and CommonHealth will host a session to help deal with stress every day and especially during the holidays. Questions: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/. Register in Talent@VCU or the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://bit.ly/3oO8An1.

Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 from noon to 4 p.m.

VCU's Shift Retail Lab will host a pop-up gift market at 1235 W. Broad St. The market will have a hot chocolate bar, gift-wrapping station, a raffle and live screen printing holiday cards. This is also game day for the VCU men’s basketball team.

For more information, contact Romana Bucur at bucurrn@vcu.edu or (703) 424-1810 or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/shift-holiday.

Spring Monroe Park Campus commuter and housing (24/7 commuter) permits are available for purchase online on a first-come, first-served basis at the following URL.

For more information, contact VCU Parking and Transportation at parking@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7275 or visit https://parking.vcu.edu/parking/students/monroe-park-campus-sale/.

VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research has announced a new funding program aimed at helping researchers recruit study participants in rural areas. The Rural Pilots Voucher Program offers VCU researchers and investigators at partner institutions the opportunity to apply for a voucher to offset costs related to innovative digital health methods for participant engagement and recruitment in hard-to-reach patient populations. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.

For more information, contact Lauren D. Harris at ruralpilots@vcu.edu or visit https://cctr.vcu.edu/support/funding/rural-pilots-voucher-program/.

VCU's You First-First Generation Center works to create a more equitable environment for the thousands of VCU students who are the first in their families to attend college. Were you a first-gen student? Share your experience at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shena Crittendon at crittendons@vcu.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_jj2UCpbKLcPDQqhhqHKnqCGtJFzdGl2U1JFr7aeYps/edit?ts=615b7ea5.

Bring nonperishable food items to the information desk at James Branch Cabell Library or the service desk at the Health Sciences Library. For each food item donated, VCU Libraries will credit individuals $5 in overdue fines up to a $30 maximum each semester.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/news/2021-news/food-for-fines-project-helps-food-insecure-students-and-those-with-library-fines.html.

VCUDine has a number of special events for December at Shafer Court Dining Center. They include O-Mori Rotating Restaurant (through Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-close); Vegetarian Pad Thai with premium options (through Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-close); Midnight Breakfast (Dec. 8, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.), Seafood Bash (Dec. 13-17, 11 a.m.-close), Registered Dietitian’s De-stress (Shafer Lobby: Dec. 14, noon 2 p.m.). For menus, follow @VCU_Dining or visit the following URL.

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

University Student Health Services offers free flu vaccines to all students on both campuses. The flu vaccine is safe, effective and does not cause the flu. All students are encouraged to get the flu vaccine, especially those at high risk for flu complications (people with asthma, diabetes or heart disease). The flu vaccine is available by appointment only. Schedule an appointment via Web Portal or by phone: Monroe Park Campus at (804) 827-8047 or MCV at (804) 828-9220. University Student Health Services is on both campuses: Monroe Park Campus at 1300 W. Broad St., Suite 2200, and MCV campus at 1000 E. Marshall St., Room 305. Questions: Contact University Student Health Services at ushsimmuniz@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8047 or visit the following URL.

For more information, contact USHS Immunizations Department at ushsimmuniz@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8047 or visit https://health.students.vcu.edu/.

Individuals who smoke tobacco cigarettes daily are needed to participate in a research study that requires multiple laboratory visits. Compensation may be available. Visit the following URL or call the following telephone number. 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.