1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Join the Peer Health Educators of VCU Recreation and Well-Being (RecWell) to discuss physical activity and nutrition. Students will have the opportunity to create wellness plans and consider creative meal/snack choices. The session will be at the VCU Compass.

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

1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU '22 SSOR (Statistical Sciences and Operations Research)-Biostatistics Distinguished Lecture will be presented by Michael Kosorok, Ph.D., Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The title of the talk will be "Nonparametric Reinforcement Learning for Survival Outcomes." The talk, sponsored by VCU's Department of Biostatistics and Department of Statistical Science and Operations Research, will be in Room 1100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Dipankar Bandyopadhyay at dbandyop@vcu.edu or visit https://biostatistics.vcu.edu/news/seminar/.

1:45 p.m. to 4:45 a.m.

Only 50 days remain until graduation, and the Students Today Alumni Tomorrow organization wants to celebrate the soon-to-be alumni. Stop by the Compass to share your post-graduation plans and meet fellow graduating seniors. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Catherine Ruiz-Romero at ruizromec@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1560144.

11 a.m.

VCU's National Scholarship Office will host an informational session about the Graduate Research Fellowship, which funds up to three years of graduate study in the STEM (non-medical) fields, and how the NSO can support applicants. This session is intended for seniors, recent graduates intending to apply to graduate school and first-year graduate students in the STEM fields. The session will be offered via Zoom and in person in the NSO Conference Room, 701 W. Grace St. Questions: 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/agjNZGKrQxgwjBj98.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

DeForrest Brown Jr. will join forces with VCU professor madison moore in a performance that considers the history of Detroit techno and the potential of “vibrational technologies” as an instrument and a weapon. The performance, at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St., will be followed by a conversation with scholar and philosopher Alexander Weheliye. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Stephanie Stanton at stantons@vcu.edu or visit https://icavcu.org/events/test-pattern-deforrest-madison/.

7:30 p.m.

The VCU Department of Theatre will present "Macbeth3," a stripped-down, explosive, gender-bent theater experience with Satanic seduction. "Macbeth3" is a one-hour whirlwind play based on Shakespeare’s "Tragedy of Macbeth" that follows the bloody rise and fall of a Scottish noble in a tale of passion and betrayal. The first weekend of performances (March 25 at 7:30 p.m., March 26 at 7:30 p.m. and March 27 at 2 p.m.) will be at Newdick Theatre in Shafer Street Playhouse, 221 N. Shafer St. Tickets are $5 to $10.

For more information, contact Sarah Moore at mooresw4@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1514 or visit http://vcutheatre.showclix.com.

Saturday, Mar. 26, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Pace Center and DEEP (Deep Ecology Education Program) with the Highland Support Project are organizing an effort to remove invasive plants from the wetlands at James River Park to help restore the park's natural habitat and tree canopy.

For more information, contact Katie B. at director@thepacecenter.com.

Monday, Mar. 28, 2022 at 5 p.m.

Meet virtually with School of Education and School of Social Work faculty to learn more about the new grant-funded Project PIRR (Preparing Interdisciplinary, Responsive and Reflective IE/ECSE Professionals and Social Workers). The project will sponsor 20 early childhood special education students and 10 social work students to engage in an intensive interdisciplinary training program across three disciplines: education, social work and pediatrics. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Jazmin Tilfas at soeinfo@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/99830169808?pwd=YVZ0WEVZOER2MXpxRmc1a1BFL2pYUT09.

Monday, Mar. 28, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.

Collective Corazón will host a virtual discussion of the disparities within the Latinx LGBTQ+ community that affect accessibility to health care. The discussion will be led by LGBTQ+ and Latinx student speakers and Matilde Moros, Ph.D. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Daniela at collectivecorazon@gmail.com or visit https://vcu.zoom.us/j/94972185869.

Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a virtual workshop and discussion facilitated by A'Jee Delaigle on pay equity, pay negotiation and asking for what you deserve. Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiana Ingram at ingramtd@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6672 or visit http://linktr.ee/vcuomsa.

Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022 at 6 p.m.

Q Collective will present a screening of the film "Making Sweet Tea" at Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. In this film, E. Patrick Johnson, Ph.D., travels to the South to come to terms with his past and reconnect with six Black gay men he interviewed for the book "Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South - An Oral History." The screening will be followed by a conversation with the artist/scholar, facilitated by VCU's Kimberly Brown, Ph.D.

For more information, contact Archana Pathak at qcollective@vcu.edu or visit https://inclusive.vcu.edu/institutes-and-centers/q-collective/q-events/.

Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Many college students aren't aware of the benefits available to them. Register for this virtual workshop to learn how to apply for Virginia SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Medicaid benefits from Richmond Departments of Social Service, Advocates for Richmond Youth and the VCU School of Social Work. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Alex Wagaman at mawagaman@vcu.edu or visit https://bit.ly/3IDLSqj.

Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research will continue its grant-writing series via Zoom. Gerry Moeller, M.D., director, Wright Center, will discuss the National Institute of Health’s application and review process. For a complete list of the sessions, contact the following email address. Questions: http://www.cctr.vcu.edu. Register for the link 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/tJIvcOusrzgjG9Ax80940cN9bRx7aur7a-oL.

Friday, Apr. 1, 2022 from 11 a.m. to noon

VCU Career Services will present a virtual Career Conversation session with business consulting firm Artemis Ward. Company representatives will provide a general overview of the organization, followed by a Q&A session. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Silvana D'Ettorre at careers@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/935127.

Thursday, Apr. 7, 2022 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

How does ability and disability impact your daily life? Do you wonder how that differs for others? Come engage with students, faculty and staff in an upcoming RAMmalogues session about ability and disability. Share your experience with neurodiversity, physical and mental disabilities or ways that you’ve come to understand ability and disability in our society. 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. All faculty, staff and students are invited, but registration is limited to 25, so register now at the following URL to reserve your spot.

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

Thursday, Apr. 21, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCU's Center for Corporate Education will present its Human Resource Essentials program for Spring 2021. This introduction to the principles of human resources will be held April 21 and April 22 for two full-day sessions. Questions: 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.

Friday, Apr. 22, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Enrichmond Foundation will host an outing to restore the Historic East End and Evergreen cemeteries on Earth Day, April 22. Sign up with The Commons at the following URL to reserve a spot.

For more information, contact Nico Orsini at orsinin@vcu.edu or visit https://cglink.me/2dV/r1552377.

The Basic Life Support with First Aid blended learning course is intended for health care providers responding to cardiac and breathing emergencies. The course specializes in skills in CPR, AED and First Aid, along with elements of communication and adaptability when responding to emergencies. The blended course features two virtual interactive sessions in preparation for the instructor-led classroom skill session. Register by March 28 at the following URL for the April 5 class.

For more information, contact Noah Rogers at rogersn2@vcu.edu or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/certifications/arc-bls/.

Q Collective will present an inaugural symposium to explore black queer love in all its complexities, intricacies and manifestations. What do each of these words mean? And what do they mean when they are put together? We ask scholars/artists/activists to explore these ideas from intersectional and/or transdisciplinary frames. The symposium will be held March 30-April 1.

For more information, contact Archana Pathak at qcollective@vcu.edu or visit https://inclusive.vcu.edu/institutes-and-centers/q-collective/q-events/.

We are inviting male and female Type 2 diabetes patients with painful diabetic neuropathy ages 18-75 to participate in a research investigation of a new treatment to alleviate pain and examine its effects on pain perception. In addition to the new treatment, this study involves completing surveys and undergoing tests to evaluate perceptions of pain. Volunteers will be compensated for their time. Participants are only required to come once for the study. The study is conducted within the VCU Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Lab. Questions: Email Bhushan Thakkar at the following address or Edmund Acevedo, Ph.D., FACSM, at eoacevedo@vcu.edu.

For more information, contact Bhushan Thakkar at thakkarbs2@vcu.edu or (804) 300-5578.

Are you between the ages of 18-60 years old, want to help in developing treatment tools for movement disabilities and interested in the possibility of three hours of virtual reality gaming? If you answered yes to all three you may qualify for our research - visit the following URL. What? New, innovative, and fun virtual reality games designed to help people move and feel better. Where? All appointments and testing are conducted at VCU. When? Participation in the study involves three one-hour or one three-hour appointment(s). Who? The MoVR Study team consists of professionals in the field who have been selectively chosen and extensively trained. Interested? Contact us. As a thank-you for your time, participants will get a VCU Motor Control Lab MoVR T-shirt.

For more information, contact Tiffany Amos at mcl@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4766 or visit http://www.movr.vcu.edu.