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.

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 at 9 a.m.

VCU Online will hold the Winter 2022 edition of the Teaching with Technology Survival Camp for VCU faculty and staff, in partnership with VCU Academic Technologies, from Jan. 11-14. The free boot camp will include live morning workshops from 9 a.m.-noon and an afternoon drop-in with open office hours between 1-4 p.m. Visit the VCU Online catalog to view new workshop topics for the morning session and to sign up. Enroll at the following URL.

For more information, contact Brianne L. Jackson, Ph.D., at onlinepd@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6786 or visit https://vcuonline.catalog.vcu.edu/browse/vcuonlineworkshops/courses/teaching-with-technology-survival-camp-january-2022.

Mail Services will be closed Dec. 23-24 and Dec. 31. Mail services will be open Dec. 20-21 and Dec. 27-30 from 8 a.m.-noon on the MCV Campus and 10 a.m.-noon on the Monroe Park campus. Departments currently receiving pickup and delivery services must contact Mail Services by Dec. 15 in writing or by email to request services during the winter closing. Otherwise, mail deliveries will resume Jan. 3, 2022.

For more information, contact Donnette Haynes at haynesds@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1343 or visit https://bsv.vcu.edu/mailservices/newsletter/.

Do you know a student who may qualify for one of the 51 scholarships awarded by Business Services? With scholarships as diverse as VCU's students, there’s a scholarship for everyone. Ranging from $5,000- $7,500, they are available to both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as specialty scholarships for international students and single parents. Students can apply at the following URL and are due 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.

Faculty and staff should review and verify they are not actively editing files still owned by former student archive.mymail.vcu.edu accounts.

For more information, contact Doctor Gee at drgee@vcu.edu or visit https://blogs.vcu.edu/drgee/2021/12/03/important-archive-mymail-vcu-edu-accounts-will-be-unavailable-on-january-3-2022/.

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/.

Human Resources will present "How to Retire With the Virginia Retirement System" for VCU employees. These sessions are open to VCU employees only, not VCU Health System employees. Questions: Email VCU Benefits at benefits@vcu.edu. View upcoming sessions at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alexis Cross at crossah@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/cf698494-7201-467a-8b5b-c8739911e503.

Human Resources presents "Retiring With the VCU Optional Retirement Plan." These sessions are open to VCU faculty and VCU University and Academic Professionals, not VCU Health System employees. Questions: Email VCU Benefits at benefits@vcu.edu. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alexis Cross at crossah@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1723 or visit https://vcu.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/event/c9921b6a-d526-48c3-ac2f-b5a913a231f0.

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.