The annual open house welcoming first-year and new students to Virginia Commonwealth University will take place Monday, Aug. 18 at James Branch Cabell Library. 

Activities include library tours, sign ups for a chance at prizes, opportunities to meet library leadership and hear details about the new library, now under construction on the Monroe Park Campus. 

• Tour the library at 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. (vestibule)
 
• Sample food from VCU Dining Services’ locations including Starbucks (2nd floor)
 
• Learn more about our Special Collections and Archives and choose some free comic books (4th floor)
 
• Register your laptop with the VCU Police (1st floor)
 
• Meet staff from several units on campus
 
• Various giveaways like yo-yo’s and sunglasses and a chance to win an iPad Mini