12 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The annual Friends of VCU Libraries book sale will be held through Oct. 31 in Room 303, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. A preview sale for Friends of VCU Libraries members will be held 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 26. The sale offers an assortment of paperbacks and hardcovers, poetry collections, history books, biographies, scholarly studies, cookbooks, children's books, art books, comics, audio books, CDs, DVDs and more.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/book-sale-2018.html.

12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Peer Health Educators from the Wellness Resource Center are sponsoring Pink Out events with the VCU Women's Volleyball team on the Floyd Avenue side of Harris Hall lawn. Events will also be held from noon-1 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Siegel Center. Featured will be games to promote breast cancer awareness, demonstrations on how to do self-examinations and giveaways for students wearing pink.

For more information, contact Carrie Baines at peerhealth@vcu.edu or visit https://thewell.vcu.edu/wellness/programs--resources/peer-health-education/.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

MEDLIFE at VCU and the Red Cross will host a blood drive at the Cary Street Gym. Donors receive free food.

For more information, contact Maria Kolesova at medlifevcu@gmail.com.

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Young Democrats at VCU will host a textbank for Sen. Tim Kaine in Commonwealth Ballroom A, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Kaine will be taking questions and will be available for photos. RSVP at the following email address.

For more information, contact Malena Llanos at llanosmk@vcu.edu.

3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

VCU BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) presents "How to Cope With and Capitalize On Failure" in Rooms 104 and 105, Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. VCU's Joyce A. Lloyd, Ph.D., will share her "Failure CV" and Trisha Saunders, associate director of the Wellness Resource Center at VCU, will discuss the development of healthy habits.

For more information, contact Lian Currie at lcurrie@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1645 or visit https://tinyurl.com/y7rsqs4j.

3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

United2Heal at VCU is hosting a Warehouse Flip at Warehouse #31, 2601 Maury St., at which volunteers will help decorate and paint. Anyone who needs or can provide a ride should come to the Commons Loop by 3 p.m. For questions visit u2h.vcu@gmail.com or the following email address.

For more information, contact Lema Salah at salahl@vcu.edu.

6 p.m.

Christ Centered Fellowship will host Mission Craft Night at the SGA Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Amanda Lee at Leeas@vcu.edu or (804) 405-8808.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCU's Black Art Student Empowerment will have art on view and members of the group will discuss their works in Room 1100, Grace and Broad Residence Center 1, 1000 W. Grace St.

For more information, contact Tequail Spencer at spencertl2@vcu.edu or (757) 698-1002.

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

VCU's Department of African American Studies presents a talk and book signing by Bol Gai Deng in Room 1201, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. Deng, a VCU alumnus, arrived in the United States as a Sudanese refugee nearly 20 years ago and is currently running for president of South Sudan while based in Richmond. He will be discussing and signing copies of his book "Bol Gai Deng: Legacy of an African Freedom Fighter," which he wrote with Andrea McDaniel. Attendance is free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase.

For more information, contact Dae Newman at newmanad@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1371.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Catholic Campus Ministry hosts the group's annual Haunted House in partnership with RamPantry and RamPantry + at the Campus Ministry House, 20 N. Laurel St. This year's theme is Haunted Asylum, and the price of admission is $2, a canned good or hygiene product. There will be s'mores following passage through the Haunted House.

For more information, contact April Ruiz at ruizalc@vcu.edu.

8 p.m.

VCU Dance presents Ananya Dance Theatre's "Shaatranga: Women Weaving Worlds" at the Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. A performance will also be given Oct. 27 at the same time and location. Tickets are $20 and $15 and may be reserved at showclix.com.

For more information, contact Lea Marshall at lemarshall@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2020 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/dance/news/ananya-dance-theatre-performs-october-26-27/.

Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCU's Art Foundation offers CAMO AF, an immersive experience at the Anderson Gallery, 907 1⁄2 W. Franklin St.

For more information, contact Debbie Quick at quickd@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/artfoundation/.

Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 at 3 p.m.

The VCU Department of Music will honor Rebecca Tyree, assistant professor of choral music education who passed away on May 24, at a free concert in Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Dumain at dumainamm@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The Health Committee of NAACP at VCU will host Packing for Patients in Room 327, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave., to pack items collected for cancer patients.

For more information, contact Sierra Lewis at lewissm23@mymail.vcu.edu or (229) 412-1160.

Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 at 6 p.m.

VCU's Society of Bioinformatics will hold a Halloween social in the Commons Plaza with free food, games and costume contests.

For more information, contact Shradda Adhikari at adhikaris9@vcu.edu.

Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Peace Corps will host a livestream Virtual Story Panel Watch Party in Room 1030C, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. Peace Corps volunteers will speak and be available for live questions.

For more information, contact Emily Krupp at kruppec@vcu.edu or visit http://peacecorps.gov.

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

On Halloween, ALT Lab’s Learning Media team wants to help faculty confront any lingering fears of instructional media and multimedia student assignments by making some spooky artmares together. Refine a video presence and try out the new Learning Glass in the Academic Learning Transformation Lab's production studio. Play Adobe Spark, one of the free tools for students to use. Costumes are encouraged.

For more information, contact Molly Ransone at mbransone@vcu.edu or visit http://altlab.vcu.edu/event/halloween.

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

VCU's Common Book Program and International/Inner City/Rural Preceptorship present a panel featuring researchers, practitioners and community members in fields related to trauma-informed care with refugee populations, in the auditorium at Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. Rosalie Corona, Ph.D., (psychology); Leslie Kimball, Ph.D., (psychiatry); Hyojin Im, Ph.D., (social work); and Susheela Varky, attorney, (Virginia Poverty Law Center) will speak about their areas of research and experience.

For more information, contact Micol Hutchison at mvhutchison@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1110 or visit http://commonbook.vcu.edu/events.

University Relations announces a new brand website at brand.vcu.edu, which places VCU, VCU Health and Virginia Premier brand assets under one roof. The Brand Standards Guide content is now web page-based, and all assets are searchable with visual examples. Users can now toggle between the three entities for searches. While the old identity site will redirect to this new site, bookmarks can be changed to brand.vcu.edu. In addition, VCU's redesigned stationery website, now at stationery.vcu.edu, is also linked from the new brand site. For additional information about VCU branding, contact Bob Saydlowski at the following email address. For additional VCU Health branding information, contact James Morrisard at marketing@vcuhealth.org.

For more information, contact Bob Saydlowski at identity@vcu.edu or visit http://brand.vcu.edu.

In celebration of Geographic Information Systems and maps and their ability to connect people, regions and systems, VCU Libraries will mark GIS Day from 2-5 p.m. Nov. 14. Want to participate by giving a three- to five-minute lightning talk? Make a proposal at the following URL by Nov. 9.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/gis-day.html.