12 p.m.

Are you interested in studying abroad? Join VCU's Global Education Office and the University of Nicosia to learn about a new partnership in Cyprus. Click on the following URL to learn more about summer programs at the University of Nicosia in animal science, art and photography, communications, engineering, religion, digital currency and Blockchain tech, geology, Greek heritage, health management, international accounting and marketing, international relations, music, nursing and pharmacy.

For more information, contact Amy Miller at millera16@vcu.edu or (703) 409-6922 or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqpqTMuHdxfOGgaW0pZIeIax76eFQu7.

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

The Pace Center, 700 W. Franklin St., will host a $1 community café in honor of Black history month.

For more information, contact Samantha Haines at hainess2@vcu.edu.

12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Join Science Hub Program Manager Brian Cone to learn how to optimize your preparation for upcoming tests, as well as how to learn from that test how to better prepare for future ones. Questions: https://clc.vcu.edu/science-hub/. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brian Cone at coneb2@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcOmqqTwjH9RQskvkjUuHktCsuSaYCxWD.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Honors College will host the Berglund Seminar online. The seminar will focus on how to prepare for, engage with and make the most of undergraduate research at VCU and beyond.

For more information, contact Jared Johnson at jajohnson4@vcu.edu.

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

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs presents "The Skipwith-Roper Homecoming,” a campaign to reconstruct the cottage as a historic site in an effort to tell a fuller history of the Black American experience through the untold story of the founding father of the country’s first historically registered Black urban neighborhood. Register for this virtual event online.

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

8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Join You First Presents and Pathways at VCU for this panel of current first-generation transfer students who will speak about their experiences at VCU and how they’re approaching graduation and career opportunities. Questions: http://youfirst.vcu.edu. Register for this virtual session at the following URL.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Bambacus at bambacuses@vcu.edu or (804) 827-3927 or visit https://bit.ly/YouFirstPresents02172022.

Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of Painting and Printmaking will present a virtual lecture by Awol Erizku, an artist working in photography, film, sculpture and installation. The artist seeks to create a new vernacular that bridges the gap between African and African American visual culture, referencing art history, hip hop and spirituality in his work.

For more information, contact Kat Wilson at kawilson@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/event/awol-erizku-visiting-artist-lecture/.

Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 from 10 a.m. to noon

United2Heal at VCU will have a shipment day warehouse volunteer event to send surplus medical supplies to Sierra Leone. Volunteers will help load a rental truck with boxed medical supplies from the United2Heal warehouse at 1210 Bentley St. Rides will be provided at the Commons loop from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Coffee and breakfast will be provided.

For more information, contact Sofia Syed at syeds5@vcu.edu.

Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 at 2 p.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host a Fulbright informational session via Zoom. The Fulbright scholarship provides funding for research, study, creative projects and teaching English abroad. Juniors, seniors and graduate students from all majors are encouraged to join. Questions: Visit http://blogs.vcu.edu/natlscholar. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Meredith Sisson at mrsisson@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/oaFchVaQQq6HdUtSA.

Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Come to Shift Retail Lab, 1235 W. Broad St., to help student entrepreneurs make iterations and get support during their time at VCU. Feedback Friday is designed as a roundtable discussion with peers, community members and staff. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Erika Boltz at boltzef2@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/0218FF.

Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Chi Alpha International Campus Ministries will host a night of community, cultural games and snacks in Virginia Rooms A and B, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Catherine Nelson at nelsoncg@vcu.edu.

Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

VCU Dental Care will celebrate Give Kids A Smile 2022 at the Children's Pavilion 1000 E. Broad St., Level 6, Suite 200, with free dental care for children ages 1-14 without dental insurance. Appointments are required and may be made by calling (804) 628-4750. Space is limited.

For more information, contact Patrice Gray at pgray3@vcu.edu or (804) 628-2443.

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will present "Masculinity Personified." Masculinity can present itself in many ways, but what does that look like for Black queer women and non-binary people? Join the discussion to unpack Black masculine lesbian representation in the media, understanding its aesthetics and finding community. Register for this virtual event at the following URL.

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

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Have you ever thought about how you would change how we interact with our retail spaces? How should the store change now that we make so many purchases online? VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation will hold a design jam to dig into this challenge and ideate around how to change the shopping experience. This free, one-day event is open to all students. It will be held at the Shift Retail Lab, 1235 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Erika Boltz at boltzef2@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/shift-jam1.

Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at 4 p.m.

Trombonist, composer and VCU Jazz Studies Director Antonio García will present a free faculty jazz recital in Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. The event will also be livestreamed at the following URL. The concert will feature vocalist Mary Hermann García, trumpeter Prof. Taylor Barnett, VCU Jazz Orchestra I and The Nashville Avenue Stompers.

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

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

Join the College of Health Professions and the School of Nursing for a dialogue with the Rev. Dr. Harold Pinkston, former chaplain of the Medical College of Virginia’s St. Philip School of Nursing, and alumna Virginia Roane, along with other nursing alumnae of the school, which operated 1920-1962 during segregation. The participants will discuss their experience at the school. The event will be held virtually and in person (with limited space) at the College of Health Professions Building, 900 E. Leigh St. Click on the following URL for the Zoom link.

For more information, contact Malorie Burkett at mgburkett@vcu.edu or visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwucemtpj4qHtGfSbXJ27SPHuxG8rxwYDTU.

Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 at noon

Join VCU Alumni to hear from Black leaders who blazed a trail at VCU as students and alumni to help define Black experiences and culture on campus. The panelists will provide stories of triumph and struggle through the decades at VCU. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Larry Powell at wlpowell@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/6116426229260/WN_rjgtUCgHSEybgU6tPHzj1Q.

Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Collective Corazón will host a panel event to discuss health disparities faced by Richmond's Latinx community. Scheduled panelists include Carolina Lugo (Sacred Heart Center), Elvira de la Cruz (Latinos In Virginia Empowerment), and Indira Sultanić, Ph.D., (VCU). Participants are encouraged to take part. Register at the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jasmin Blanco at blancovaja@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/94972185869.

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 from 11 a.m. to noon

Join the Health and Wellness Library to hear hear via Zoom from David Fajgenbaum, M.D., MSc, FCCP, national bestselling author of "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope into Action," about his experience living with and successfully fighting his rare disease. Register for this virtual event at https://www.support.vcu.edu/event/libraries.

For more information, contact Jackson Wright at wrightjc4@vcu.edu or visit https://www.vcuhealth.org/for-your-health/health-and-wellness-library/.

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Throughout February, VCU Police will collect donations to help families working with YWCA Richmond. Donations can be made at the VCU Police headquarters lobby, 224 E. Broad St. The third donation event is Feb. 22 at the College of Health Professionals, 900 E. Leigh St. For a detailed list of items, visit the following URL and click on Amazon Wish List.

For more information, contact Ofc. Jasmine Merricks at jnmerricks@vcu.edu or visit https://ywcarichmond.org/get-involved/#donate.

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 at 2 p.m.

VCU's Department of English will present a talk by faculty member Paul Robertson, Ph.D. This will be a hybrid event; via Zoom and in person at Room 308, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kelsey Cappiello at cappiellokn@vcu.edu or visit https://english.vcu.edu/news--events/faculty-forum/.

Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Lebanese Student Association will discuss plans for the year at its general body meeting in Virginia Room A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Lebanese Student Assocation at contact.lsa.vcu@gmail.com or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/lebanesestudentassociation/home/.

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU Career Services will host a job fair for students interested in part-time and hourly employment opportunities around Richmond. Not sure if you’re ready for a job? Come chat and network with local employers in the Richmond Salons and Commonwealth Ballroom, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to learn more about the skills they seek in an employee. Students are encouraged to bring a copy of their class schedule and a résumé. Register on Handshake at the following URL.

For more information, contact Aimee Selleck at selleckap@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/29716.

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 from noon to 1:15 p.m.

The One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan is the road map to VCU’s research growth, highlighting VCU’s strengths in four key areas and the foundation of a culture of collaboration. Kathy Rudasill, Ph.D., co-chair of the plan's advisory council, will share details about the types of research being undertaken in each of the four initiatives, giving a fuller idea of the work being done at VCU to improve the human condition. Register for the Zoom link at go.vcu.edu/talentatvcu and search for RAMS Forum.

For more information, contact Lydia Klinger at leklinger@vcu.edu or (804) 350-5415 or visit https://research.vcu.edu/events/rams-forum/.

Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Facilities Management Career Community will host a virtual event at which maintenance professionals show some of the most common repairs they make at the university and tell participants how to combat, and possibly prevent, such troubles from occurring in our homes. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Shana Ryman at sryman@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.csod.com/samldefault.aspx?returnUrl=%252fDeepLink%252fProcessRedirect.aspx%253fmodule%253dlodetails%2526lo%253d44f39e28-f39b-4d2d-a3f5-a65419471caf.

Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 at 6 p.m.

TEDxVCU, sponsored by The Commons, presents Talks about Talks in the RamsLounge. The event will feature three TED Talks. Questions: https://vcu.campusgroups.com/tedxvcu. Submit a TED Talk at the following URL you’d like to watch for a chance to win a free TEDxVCU coffee mug. Enjoy food, meet new people and have discussions about the upcoming TEDxVCU event on April 2.

For more information, contact TEDxVCU Team at tedx@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/ApQ1xDUJGWdAcboP6.

Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Center for Corporate Education at VCU's School of Business will present Project Management Professional Exam Prep. This half-day course is geared for participants looking for further project management application and looking to fulfill PMI contact hour requirements. This course runs March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 and 17, 2022 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., live, online via Zoom. The registration fee is $1,950.

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

Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022 from noon to 1:15 p.m.

Rashelle Hayes, Ph.D., will share strategies important for successful time management and increased productivity. Researchers will learn how to focus on defining long- and short-term goals, setting priorities, managing day-to-day activities and concurrent demands - all while trying to have a life. The Leadership and Career Development Series is hosted by VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Rob Direnzo at direnzor@vcu.edu or (646) 419-0495 or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqceGqqj0vHNRcFKEh02qv2p6V8KoFAUli.

Monday, Mar. 14, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Join VCU's Institutional Review Board to learn all about UPs, noncompliance and the requirements for reporting each type of event. Ensure your compliance with reporting requirements and understand the importance of reporting events to the IRB as part of protecting participants and promoting a culture of transparency and accountability. Sessions will be held virtually via Zoom from 4-5 p.m. March 14, 9-10 a.m. March 16 and noon-1 p.m. March 18. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Nyssa Towsley at irbeducation@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1157 or visit https://bit.ly/IRBreport.

Thursday, Mar. 17, 2022 at 4 p.m.

Join the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee, College of Humanities and Sciences, for a discussion about social justice within the Islamic tradition. Nisa Muhammad, D.Min., assistant dean for religious life at Howard University, will speak on how Islam has a profound tradition of social justice that is rooted in God’s revelations to the Prophet Muhammad. She will also reference the historical work of the abolitionist Abdul Qadr Kan, and how Islam and social justice are seen today. The session will be in Salons I and II, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Samaneh Oladi at soladighadiko@vcu.edu.

Women in Science in collaboration with VCU Career Services will host a clothing drive through Feb. 25 for lightly used masculine and feminine professional clothing. Collection boxes will be located in the lobbies of Sanger Hall, 1101 E. Marshall St.; Molecular Medicine Research Building, 1220 E. Broad St.; and Lyons Dental Building, 520 N, 12th St.

For more information, contact Haley Adcox at vcu.wis@gmail.com.

Do you know an outstanding administrative and office support staff member who enhances the image and mission of VCU and VCU Health? The nomination site for the Dorris Douglas Budd Award is now open and nominations are being accepted until March 15 at: https://forms.gle/op3oDeQ989upg6BB8. Additional information about VCU HR Recognition and Awards is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Cindi Phares at cphares@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1521 or visit https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/recognition-and-awards/dorris-douglas-budd-award/.

The council, made up of representatives from the CHS, seeks student opinions on the type of social event which will foster equity, diversity and inclusion. Complete the form by Feb. 22 at the following URL.

For more information, contact CHS Leadership Council at chsleadershipcouncil@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/ve1Rk6BSbsxzrgKr8.

The Theta Lambda Chapter of Phi Beta Delta at VCU is accepting applications for new members. This newly established honor society celebrates international education through experiential learning, curriculum and research. Membership is open for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty/staff and community members. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Christina Marino at cmmarino@vcu.edu or visit https://global.vcu.edu/students/community/phibetadelta/.

A student-led project team at VCU Engineering is conducting user research to build financial literacy tools on campus. The group seeks current undergraduate and graduate students to fill out a survey at the following URL about financial literacy, well-being and student life at VCU. Participants will be entered into a raffle with the chance to win Apple AirPods. View the survey at the following URL.

For more information, contact Viva Chapman at chapmanso@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/UQwgKgoot462hvwP6.

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.