Humanities Center Grants Announced
 The Humanities Research Center has announced the recipients for their 2016 Research Grants; Joshua Eckhardt (English), Carolyn Eastman (History), Richard Fine (English), Catherine Ingrassia (English), George Munro (History), Katherine Nash (English) and Terry Oggel (English). The following five grants were also made possible by the generous support from the Global Education Office; Cristina Stanciu (English), Kathleen Chapman (Art History), Christine Cynn (Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies), Adam Ewing (African American Studies) and Oliver Speck (World Studies). Congratulations to all! Details are on our website. |
Human Trafficking Lecture Today
 World Studies will be holding a lecture by Special Agent James Deloatch III from the FBI and Cassy Mckenzie from the Richmond Justice Initiative on Tuesday, Dec. 1st. Rising from the Ashes is about the high cost of human trafficking and what is being done to stop and prevent it. The lecture will begin at 12:30pm in the Forum Room of the Student Commons.
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Diploma Ceremonies Volunteers Needed
 The College's Diploma Ceremonies will be held next weekend on December 11th and 12th and we are looking for volunteers to help out on both days. If you can volunteer some of your time to make sure all of our deserving graduates have a wonderful ceremony, please contact Janelle Scutt, the College's Marketing and Events Coordinator. |
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KHS Professor Part of Historic Delegation
 Dr. Joann Richardson (KHS), along with Dr. McKenna Brown (Global Education Office) and Dr. Joseph Seipel (School of the Arts) recently participated in a historic delegation visit to Cuba to learn more about the current state of higher education in Cuba and to explore a potential partnership. Through the Institute of International Education, our members were a part of an initiative to restore higher ed engagement between the US and Cuba with the recent opening of diplomatic relations. Read more at VCU News. |
'Prep for Journal Submission' Workshop
The Humanities Research Center will be hosting a workshop on Thursday, Dec. 3rd on Preparing Articles for Submission to Professional Journals. Ohio State University professors, James Phelan, editor of Narrative, and Guisela Latorre, co-editor of Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, will lead a discussion about strategies for preparing manuscript articles for successful submission to professional journals. Learn more or contact Richard Godbeer. |
Alexandrian Society Fall Lecture
 The Alexandrian Society will hold their annual fall lecture on Wednesday Dec. 2nd featuring Dr. Douglas Flowe, currently a post-doctoral fellow in Inequality and Identity at the American Culture Studies Department at Washington University in St. Louis. His talk, White Women Forced to Live in Negro Dives: The Politics of Interracial Vice and Black Men in the Early Migration Period will start at 4:00pm in the Student Commons Theatre. The lecture is presented with support from the Dean's Office of Student Affairs, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, and History. More information contact Megan Samples.
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Final Forensic Science Seminar
 Forensic Science will be holding their last lecture for their Fall Seminar Series on Wednesday, Dec. 2nd. Dr. Terrie Simmons-Ehrhardt (World Studies) will be speaking about the craniofacial variation of modern Americans and implications for facial approximations. The lecture will start at 2:00pm in room 0110 of 500 Academic Centre.
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Professor Receives Research Award
 Dr. Nicholas Farrell (Chemistry) is the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Research Award from the VA Section of the American Chemical Society. His nomination from Dr. M. Samy El-Shall, highlighted his research, innovation and scientific leadership. He will be honored at an awards ceremony on January 22nd at their meeting at Virginia State University. Congratulations Dr. Farrell! Read More. |
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Model UN at VCU Delegates Honored
 Members of Model UN at VCU attended their first conference last weekend at Georgetown University. In their first appearance at CARMAL (Capital Area Regional Model Arab League), three delegates went home with Outstanding Delegate awards; Jeff Keezel, Mickey Weitzel, and Ibrahim Aly, all Political Science majors recognized during the Keynote speech and summit. Model UN at VCU left with an overwhelmingly positive experience and plans to participate again in other events in the spring semester. Visit their Facebook page. |
Newest KHS Advisor Honored
 Emma Goodridge (KHS) recently received an Outstanding New Advisor award from the Undergraduate Academic Advising Board as part of their 2015 Excellence in Advising Awards ceremony. She will be honored at the Dec. 2nd UAAB meeting along with our other star advisors. Congratulations Emma! |
VCU Globe Wins National Award
 VCU Globe was recently named a recipient of the 2015 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award. This award is presented to up to three institutions that highlight innovation and creativity in internationalization. They were recognized at a recent ceremony in Washington D.C. and will be featured in the 2015 edition of Internationalizing the Campus: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities. Read more. |
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Professor Receives Distinguished Award
 Dr. Kathryn Murphy-Judy, was honored with the 2015 Helen Warriner-Burke Distinguished Service Award at the 2015 Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) Conference on Sept. 25th for her years of service to the world language community. Congratulations Kathryn! Read more. |
Grant to Study Adolescent Tobacco Use
 Dr. Joshua Langberg and his doctoral student, Melissa Dvorsky, received a grant from Virginia Youth Tobacco Projects (VYTP) to fund their project, Factors Against Tobacco Use During the Transition to College for Adolescents With and Without ADHD, which will follow 150 adolescents (75 with ADHD) across the transition from high school to college to evaluate promotive and protective factors that may buffer the risks for tobacco use. Read more. |
10 Under 10 Nominations
VCU Alumni is seeking nominations of outstanding Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD). The 10 Under 10 awards program honors alumni who earned their first VCU degree (undergraduate, graduate or professional) within the past 10 years and who have enjoyed remarkable professional success, made important contributions to their community and loyally supported the university. Nominations are due Friday, Jan. 15th. More information contact Amy Gray. |
State of the University Address
 Dr. Rao is holding the third annual State of the University address on Thursday, Jan. 28th. He will be laying out his vision for VCU as the model research university for the 21st century. The event will begin at 11:00 AM in the Commonwealth Ballrooms, Student Commons. Please look for the formal email invitation. For more information, contact Arianne Dowdell. |
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Arabic Club Helps Syrian Refugees
VCU’s Arabic Club, advised by Salwa Sheibany (World School), recently held a fundraiser for the UN Syrian Relief Fund. Members of the club also recently spoke to CBS6 News about accepting Syrian refugees into the state of Virginia. The club also organizes symposiums, lectures and discussion panels about Libya, Sudan, Syria, Arab culture, and offers an Islamic perspective of the crisis in the Middle East. |
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