12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Join the Peer Health Educators of VCU Recreation and Well-Being (RecWell) to discuss good sleep habits. The event, in the lobby at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., will include sleep assessments and tips for healthier rest.

For more information, contact VCU Peer Health Educators at peerhealth@vcu.edu.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU's Humanities Research Center will present a virtual event featuring Danielle Dick, Ph.D., Commonwealth Professor of Psychology and Human and Molecular Genetics at the university. The discussion will explore how Dick went from writing scientific papers to writing a popular press book, "The Child Code." She will outline what led her to write "The Child Code," the process of working with agents, publicists and branding agencies and the research behind the book. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rani Sisavath at sisavathr@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3sX25C0.

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

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will present the "Unapologetically Black" series. Unmask the Critical Race Theory villain by taking a tour of the evolution of Black in America. The session will be in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiana Ingram at ingramtd@vcu.edu or visit http://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

6 p.m.

Alex Mashinsky, CEO of the Celsius Network, will speak at a meeting of VCU Blockchain. Celsius Network is a regulated lending platform that enables users to receive interest on deposited cryptocurrencies or take out crypto collateralized loans. The session will be held at The Collective, 318 W. Broad St., and virtually. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Francesca Bercasio at vcublockchain@gmail.com or visit https://linktr.ee/VcuBlockchain.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

Women in Science, Dentistry and Medicine (WISDM) will host a session via Zoom. Brianne Jackson, Ph.D., assistant director of professional development, VCU Online, will discuss theories and strategies of adult learning to help enhance student engagement in face-to-face, blended and online teaching. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Ph.D., at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvdOqorTsqG9awr54hdguw7dJRzmtv30zd.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 at noon

Each year, VCU Massey Cancer Center Women and Wellness come together for this signature event. This year’s program is a virtual luncheon and book club-style event featuring keynote speaker Suleika Jaouad, a cancer survivor, Emmy award-winning columnist, celebrated TEDtalk speaker and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir "Between Two Kingdoms." Questions: Meghan Zapiec at mzapiec@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Marianne Johnson at johnsonm41@vcu.edu or visit https://www.support.vcu.edu/event/wwluncheon2022.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Health Behavior and Policy will host a virtual research seminar. Ph.D. student Vimbad Dihwa will present "OUD Treatment Experiences Among Medicaid Members Receiving Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services in Virginia." Questions: http://hbp.vcu.edu. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact LaQuinta Elliott at laquinta.elliott@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-3443 or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMocO6urzotE9KT9H6AZcBJR-hyBZmGqAA8.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Department of Craft and Material Studies will present a lecture by artist matt lambert in Room 535, Bowe Street Parking Deck, 609 Bowe St. The artist is a founder and facilitator of The Fulcrum Project, which has exhibited work at Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent, England; ArkDes and Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, both in Stockholm, Sweden; Museo de la Ciudad, Valencia, Spain; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.

For more information, contact Kat Wilson at kawilson@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/community/news/matt-lambert-visiting-artist-lecture-feb-8/.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Presented by VCU-ACE: Historically marginalized families face many barriers related to disability resources and education. These disparities have significant implications for autistic youth and their families. Those who attend will learn about the barriers that Black autistic youth face, the historical and systemic factors that contribute to them, and the short and long-term implications of these disparities. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Teri Blankenship at tcblanke@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuautismcenter.org/te/webcasts/details.cfm?webcastID=584.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.

The VCUarts Faculty Lecture Series launched in fall 2020 as an opportunity for faculty to share their research and creative works with the wider community. Black AS/IS, by Trebien Pollard, and at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., will explore the practices of refusal that illuminate Black life in and out of relation to an emergent visibility that considers geographic sites, embodied language and spatial strategies as emancipatory actions of liberation.

For more information, contact Kelly Kurr at artsevents@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/vcuarts-faculty-lecture-series-black-as-is/.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

VCU's Global Education Office will host students, staff and faculty to a cultural conversation with peers from Shimane University in Japan. The theme for the Spring 2022 series is intercultural communication. Participants can sign up for one or more sessions in the seven part series, which will meet every Tuesday evening from Feb. 8-March 29. Questions: Visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/cultural_conversations/.Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Audrey Emiko Short at aeshort@vcu.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/VCUCCJapanSpring2022.

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Join Alpha Phi Omega at VCU for a PowerPoint night. Get to know what the organization is about while having fun with the brothers. Create a PowerPoint on any topic of your choosing (please be appropriate) and be prepared to share it. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Sina Naeemi at Naeemis@vcu.edu or (703) 927-6168 or visit https://zoom.us/j/5226091937?pwd=T3I4OXlMTU1yeGhTeGFWenhHMTQvUT09.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 from 11 a.m. to noon

Learn the general and ethical considerations on authorship partnerships, hear an expert panel address common questions on research collaborations and take a look at VCU's guidance at a session hosted by VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/3nEpnskVxYd648668.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

Join the VCU Health Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in collaboration with VCU Health Arts In Healthcare for a celebration of Black History Month. VCU Health leadership will be joined by Amy Tillerson-Brown, Ph.D., dean of the Mary Baldwin College for Women, who will deliver the keynote. The event will also feature spoken word poetry from VCU students. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Adam Austin at acaustin@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuhealth.zoom.us/j/96251249024.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Zakia K. McKensey, a motivational speaker and disease intervention specialist certified by the Centers for Disease Control, will lead a virtual presentation and discussion about safe sex and sex education hosted by VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs in partnership with Nationz Foundation. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiana Ingram at ingramtd@vcu.edu or visit http://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

How has your attraction to others shifted over time? Do you wonder how that differs for others? Come engage with students, faculty and staff in our upcoming RAMmalogues session about sexuality. Share your experience with attraction and sexuality in society and bear witness to what others have to share in open dialogue. RAMmalogues is a space for intercultural, multigenerational and community-wide dialogues around who we are and what matters to us. The session will be in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Questions: https://inclusive.vcu.edu/iexcel/rammalogues/. All students, staff and faculty are invited, but registration is limited to 25. 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=17910.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU's Global Education Office will host students, staff and faculty in cultural conversations with peers from La Salle University in Oaxaca, Mexico. During the Spring 2022 series, participants can learn more about university life, entertainment and traditions. Participants can sign up for one or more sessions of the eight-part series, which meets every Wednesday evening, Feb 9-April 6. Register at the following URL. The Zoom ID is 96309540023.

For more information, contact Audrey Emiko Short at aeshort@vcu.edu or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/cultural_conversations/.

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 at noon

Join Andrew P. Daire, Ph.D., for a special presentation and Q&A on topics including antiracist education, the culturally inclusive classroom and addressing harmful bias and eliminating discrimination in health professions learning environments. The event will be in the first-floor auditorium, VCU College of Health Professions, 900 E. Leigh St., and will also be presented via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/91406730845. Questions: https://chp.vcu.edu/. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Malorie Burkett at mgburkett@vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpd--vrTsiHtFHXFNLT5dREi-COrpeueGY.

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

VCU's Institute for Engineering and Medicine is hosting its sixth online seminar in the Bench to Community seminar series. Learn about methods for organizing and managing the multiple components of the business development process with Susan Coombes, Ph.D., VCU School of Business. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Laura Osborne at lmnosborne@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0349 or visit https://iem.vcu.edu/events/bench-to-community/.

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 at 8 p.m.

The VCU Jazz Orchestra I will perform in a free concert in Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. The event will also be livestreamed at the following URL. Audience members must wear masks; performers will also wear masks and cover the bells of all aerosol-producing instruments. Music by Miles, Nestico, Ellington, Hefti, Tizol and Thad Jones will be featured, plus student vocalist Abigail Córdova.

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

Friday, Feb. 11, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Women in Science is hosting a Valentine's Day bake sale. WIS is currently seeking volunteer bakers, tablers and baked good wrappers. Sign up at the following URL. If you don't have time to volunteer, stop by the elevators at Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St., to buy a treat. Each is just $1.

For more information, contact Haley Adcox at vcu.wis@gmail.com or visit https://forms.gle/LEjxzUJVysn6spcZA.

Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

Salvatore Carbone, Ph.D., assistant professor, Kinesiology and Health Sciences, will speak via Zoom at a Discovery Dialogues seminar hosted by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Questions: http://www.cctr.vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison, at pmdillon@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuc-ugqDgjGdPX3HECr3Jy53AkDWtJGFQi.

Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 at 2 p.m.

Join VCU Recreation and Well-Being (RecWell) to learn about resilience lab appointments, the process and how these appointments can be beneficial to students. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brittany Beal at bealbj@vcu.edu or (703) 568-2002 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/91984621410.

Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 from 11 a.m. to noon

Conveying your message on paper or by email is challenging at times and can be easily misunderstood. Learn how to identify the key components of an effective email and avoid common pitfalls. Join VCU HR and Anthem EAP for a discussion about the do’s and don’ts of writing, as well as how to capture your audience in a succinct, dynamic way. Questions: Visit https://ramstrong.vcu.edu/. 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://bit.ly/33UEDex.

Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

VCU's School of World Studies will be offering an Arab folk dance (dabke) workshop in Room 1105, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. Participants will learn the basics moves of dabke. Refreshments and door prizes will be offered.

For more information, contact Kamilia Rahmouni at rahmounik@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop in which participants will learn how to implement a teaching technique that improves student engagement, promotes student reflective and generative thinking and at the same time provides feedback on how course material is resonating (or not). Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

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

Monday, Jul. 11, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Art Education will present VCU Creative Arts Day Camp from July 11-Aug. 5 for students entering grades K-9. Each session runs Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a weekly art show. The camp provides students with experience in a variety of media including drawing, painting, digital media and design and mixed media. Registration will open later in February.

For more information, contact Marzia Farhana and Ke Xiao at artedcadc@vcu.edu.

VCU Recreation and Well-Being (RecWell) will sponsor a Valentine's Day weekend day hike on Feb. 12 and Valentine's Day weekend day caving on Feb. 13. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Karl Schmidt at outdoors@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/trips-clinics-weekly-activities/.

Since 1982, VCU has paid formal tribute at Convocation to members of the faculty. The categories include: Distinguished Teaching Award, Distinguished Scholarship Award, Distinguished Service Award, Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award, Outstanding Term Faculty Award, Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award and the University Award of Excellence. Criteria, timeline and nomination instructions may be found at the following URL.

For more information, contact Linda Hamrick at vpfacaffrs@vcu.edu or visit https://president.vcu.edu/nominations/.

VCU Performance Management Group’s professional development courses are open for registration. These courses develop critical skills for supervisors, managers and senior leadership both professionally and personally. The five programs open for a spring session are Fundamentals for Supervisors, Experienced Supervisors Institute, Supervisors and Managers Bootcamp, Commonwealth Management Institute and Virginia Executive Institute. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Mandy Fowler at afowler3@vcu.edu or visit https://pmg.vcu.edu/.

VCU Online announces the launch of the VCU Online ID Ideas Blog, which will provide VCU faculty with weekly tips for teaching online. Instructional designers, who support online teaching at the university through course design and professional development, will provide ideas and best practices for creating online communities and rigorous and creative academic experiences for students. Follow the blog at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tim Luckritz Marquis at altlab@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6786 or visit https://rampages.us/vcuonlineidideas/.

It’s time for faculty to submit progress reports for undergraduate students in your course(s) who need a nudge to improve their performance. Questions: https://semss.vcu.edu/. Log into the following URL to directly submit progress reports by Feb. 21.

For more information, contact Maggie Tolan at imtolan@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campus.eab.com.

Youssef Roman, Pharm.D., Ph.D., of VCU's School of Pharmacy is conducting an epidemiological study to assess the prevalence and causes of heart diseases in Filipino Americans. This study is for those who consider themselves Filipino with both biological parents of Filipino heritage. The study is funded by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research.

For more information, contact Youssef Roman at romany2@vcu.edu or (804) 628-8384 or visit https://forms.gle/jR9s1jgKncieSKxQ7.