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.

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 from 5:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

VCU's Center for Corporate Education at the School of Business will present Society for Human Resource Management Exam Prep. Prepare for the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-CSP) exam with a practicing human resources leader and SHRM-certified instructor. This online course runs for 14 weeks beginning Jan. 11 and concluding April 19, 2022. The registration fee is $1,600 and includes all materials and online learning software. Questions: Visit https://business.vcu.edu/about-us/events/center-for-corporate-education/becoming-an-antiracist-leader.html or email corp-ed@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

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

Students should no longer be using their @archive.mymail.vcu.edu accounts. On Jan. 3, 2022, access will no longer be available. Current students should be logging into their vcu.edu Google account.

For more information, contact Doctor Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit https://go.vcu.edu/domainmerge.

VCU Business Services is accepting applications for 51 academic scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Scholarships range from $5,000-$7,500 and are available to both undergraduate and graduate students. Specialty scholarships are also available for international students and single parents. Scholarship applications are submitted at bsv.vcu.edu/scholarships and must be completed by Feb. 18, 2022.

For more information, contact Stephen Monroe at smonroe@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3637 or visit https://bsv.vcu.edu/scholarships/.

VCU Health Pauley Heart Center and the VCU Wright Center will sponsor via Zoom a monthly multidisciplinary translational research seminar starting in January. The seminar will offer an interactive discussion highlighting cardiovascular translational research and career development. A registration link will be available in January.

For more information, contact Moriah Bellissimo at moriah.bellissimomyers@vcuhealth.org.

University Band (APPM 357) is open to all VCU students. The University Band meets each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3-3:50 p.m. Students will perform in a traditional concert band setting and give one concert each semester. No audition is required and all ability levels are welcome.

For more information, contact Duane Coston at costonpd@vcu.edu or (804) 240-7974.

Submit your MLK event at the following URL to be included on the 2022 VCU MLK Celebration website. The theme for the 2022 VCU MLK celebration is: “Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.” Submitted events will be posted on mlkday.vcu.edu and shared with the VCU and Richmond communities.

For more information, contact Archana Pathak, Ph.D., at aapathak@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3GxreH4.

VCU Recreation and Well-Being facilities will have abbreviated winter break hours Dec. 20-Jan. 17. All RecWell facilities will be closed from Dec. 24-Jan. 1. See the complete list at the following URL.

For more information, contact Amanda Simmons at alsimmons@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/facilities/hours/.

Individuals who smoke tobacco cigarettes daily are needed to participate in a research study that requires multiple laboratory visits. Compensation may be available. To participate, 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.