things to do - Virginia Commonwealth University

things to do
before you graduate from VCU
1.
Go on a road trip.
2.
Mentor someone.
3.
Try a safe and legal activity that you would have never imagined doing in your life.
4.
Be a good role model.
5.
Intern in your career field.
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Do a walk/run for a good cause.
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Do volunteer work or community service.
8.
Attend the Community Health Fair.
9.
Learn how to manage time.
10. Work to your potential.
11. Save money.
12. Make your own decisions.
13. Get comfortable with public speaking.
14. Take time to call your family and check in.
15. Visit the School of Medicine’s new McGlothlin Medical Education Center.
16. Find a new hobby to enjoy.
17. Make at least one lifelong friend who is very different from you.
18. Attend the Winter Ball.
19. Learn how to conduct research and do a project.
Top: The gardens at Maymont
Center: Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k
20. Visit Maymont for a picnic.
21. Go to the Science Museum of Virginia.
22. Make a trip to Brown’s Island.
23. Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride in Carytown during the winter.
Road trip!
24. Walk around Shockoe Slip.
25. Go to the Dominion Riverrock festival.
26. Attend an event at the Landmark Theater.
27. Explore Shockoe Bottom.
28. Stroll Richmond’s Canal Walk.
29. Attend a play or ballet in town.
30. Go to Broad Appétit.
31. Get frozen yogurt from Sweet Frog.
32. Go to the Greek Festival.
33. Have a milkshake at The Village Cafe.
34. Go strawberry picking at a local farm.
35. Eat a cupcake at Carytown Cupcakes or Pearl’s.
36. Go to the James Center for the Grand Illumination.
37. Eat at Carytown Burgers & Fries.
38. Watch a movie at the Byrd Theatre.
39. Bike or walk around Belle Isle.
40. Visit St. John’s Church.
41. Have tea or a meal at The Jefferson Hotel.
42. Go to the Carytown Watermelon Festival.
43. Go to Friday Night Live at the Shafer Street Playhouse.
44. Go to Friday Pictures in the Park or the Goochland Drive-In Theater.
45. Go on a ghost tour at the Poe Museum or Capitol Hill through Haunts of Richmond.
46. Attend the Richmond Folk Festival.
47. Attend Easter on Parade on Monument Avenue.
48. Visit the Court End historical sites in Richmond.
49. Ride the 2BNB bus.
Top: VCU basketball
Left: Virginia’s
State Capitol
50. Go to Arts in the Park.
51. Attend RVA Fashion Week.
52. Visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
53. Go to the Richmond Zombie Walk.
54. Go white-water rafting on the James River.
55. Visit Hollywood Cemetery.
56. Eat at Galaxy Diner.
57. Catch a movie at Bow Tie Cinemas.
58. Eat food from a street cart.
59. Eat at Strawberry Street Café.
60. Tour the Virginia State Capitol.
61. Run or watch the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k.
62. Go to an APB movie in the University Students Commons.
63. Take part in one of VCU’s traditions (Fall Block Step Show, Homecoming, VCUQatar Day).
64. Attend or volunteer at the Intercultural Festival.
65. Apply for a scholarship.
66. Attend a guest lecture or seminar.
67. Attend any VCU home athletics event.
68. View the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences’ medical artifacts collection.
69. Eat at the Hideaway Café in Hunton Student Center.
70. Slide down the pool slide at the Cary Street Gym.
71. Eat at Jonah’s in the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center.
72. Lead a student organization.
73. Take a picture at the ram horns sculpture.
74. Attend Midnight Breakfast.
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75. Vote in an SGA election.
76. Attend the SOVO Fair.
77. Ride the Campus Connector (RamRide).
78. Thank your instructor.
79. Wear VCU gear.
80.
Visit the University Career Center to meet with a consultant
and work on your resume.
81. Visit the exhibits at the Anderson Gallery.
82. Eat at Nacho Mama’s.
83. Walk down Franklin Street in the fall.
84. Go to the State Fair of Virginia.
85. Attend the 2nd Street Festival.
86. Go to the French Film Festival.
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89.
Ride RamSafe.
Go to the Richmond International Dragon Boat Festival.
Eat at The Tobacco Company.
90. Visit the MCV Alumni House.
91. Donate blood.
92. Go to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
93. Eat at Buz and Ned’s.
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94. Eat at Comfort.
95. Go in the Scott House.
96. Play an intramural sport.
97. Attend an SGA meeting.
98. Explore the Richmond Slave Trail.
99. Visit the Maggie L. Walker National Historical Site.
100. Study abroad!
101. Learn a foreign language.
102. Visit the pharmacy artifacts exhibit at the School of Pharmacy.
103. Workout and swim at the MCV Campus Recreational and Aquatic Center.
104. Exercise!
105. Learn how to take notes.
106. Learn how to work as a member of a team.
107. Learn how to work independently.
108. Study at the MCV Alumni Association of VCU Lounge at Hunton Student Center.
109. Go to a Theatre VCU performance.
110. Go to a VCU Dance performance.
111. Go to a VCU Opera performance.
112. Talk to a VCU police officer.
113. Meet Michael Rao, Ph.D., president of VCU and the VCU Health System.
114. Attend Faculty Convocation.
115. Attend the PACME ceremony.
Top: Richmond International
Dragon Boat Festival
Bottom: Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts
116. Attend the Burnside Watstein LGBT Awards ceremony.
117. Attend Commencement.
118. Meet your school’s dean.
119. Go inside the Egyptian Building.
120. Eat at Sally Bell’s at the Valentine Richmond History Center.
121. Explore Civil War sites in and around Richmond.
122. Learn about fraternity and sorority life.
123. Play Frisbee in Monroe Park.
124. Attend the Lebanese Food Festival.
125. Take a walking history tour with the Valentine Richmond History Center.
126. Eat at Black Sheep.
127. Read the Summer Reading Program book.
128. Contribute to VCU’s sustainability efforts.
129. Use the bike loan program through RamBikes.
130. Shop at Short Pump Town Center.
131. Shop at the Shops at Willow Lawn.
132. Attend the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising’s annual juried fashion show.
133. Take a picture with Rodney the Ram.
134. Take a free group exercise class through Recreational Sports.
135. Say hello to someone on campus every day.
136. Attend First Fridays.
137. Visit the green roof on the Pollak Building.
138. Participate in or visit Green Unity’s community garden at the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center.
139. Thank a staff member.
Top: VCU President Michael Rao
Center: VCU mascot Rodney the
Ram celebrating with students
140. Tour the governor’s mansion.
141. Visit Jamestown Settlement.
142. Take a trip to Colonial Williamsburg.
143. View the statues on Monument Avenue.
144. Pick up a pair of free earplugs at the Wellness Resource Center.
145. Hike the Blue Ridge Mountains.
146. Visit the Virginia Historical Society.
147. Go into Luray Caverns.
148. Drive along Skyline Drive.
149. Go to Chimborazo Park.
150. Visit the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.
151. Go to VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (opening 2015).
152. Visit the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond exhibits.
153. Visit Libby Hill Park.
154. Visit Agecroft Hall.
155. Attend a race at Richmond International Raceway.
156. Go to a performance at the Carpenter Theatre.
157. Visit the Virginia House.
158. Go to the City Hall Observation Deck.
159. Visit Wilton House Museum.
160. Be a student ambassador.
161. Tell your family thank you.
162. Walk around Monroe Park Campus during the day and explore.
163. Walk around MCV Campus during the day and explore.
164. Visit the Special Collections and Archives in the James Branch Cabell Library.
165. Join STAT.
166. Join an alumni association.
167. Get a free T-shirt.
168. Vote in a city, state or national election.
169. Give someone a VCU gift.
170. Go to a postseason tournament to see VCU.
171. Get a meal plan.
172. Take pictures of your memories.
173. Receive a great education.
174. Buy a frame for your diploma.
175. Have fun!
Top: VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art
Center: Students perform at VCU’s
Intercultural Festival
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