12 p.m.

Join VCUDine at Chili's to cheer on the Rams in the A-10 Tournament. Chili's, 355 W. Cary St., is the official watch party location for all VCU men's basketball away games, and on March 15, fans can enjoy free chips and salsa and half off appetizers during the game. Guests are encouraged to wear VCU gear for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Barnes & Noble @ VCU during the halftime raffle. Free giveaways will be available for those in attendance. Follow @VCUDine on social media.

For more information, contact Lauren Hay at lhay@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1148 or visit http://vcu.campusdish.com.

1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a discussion on women in Islam presented by VCU students. The event will be held in Room 215, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact OMSA at omsa@vcu.edu.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VCU's Office of Government Relations presents Mobile McEachin in the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Representatives from the office of U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-4th, will be available to answer questions and assist with federal agency issues including the departments of Education, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Social Security, passports and others.

For more information, contact Cindy Martin at cwmartin@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3836.

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

"Updates in Good Clinical Practice Within Research" will be discussed at a chapter meeting of the Central Virginia Society of Clinical Research Associates. Pam Dillon, Pharm.D., research liaison for VCU's C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, will speak. The event, in Rooms 11-101 and 11-102, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St., will include a review of the definition of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), provide updates to GCP guidance and offer advice for implementing GCP in the research setting.

For more information, contact Shirley Helm at shirley.helm@vcuhealth.org or visit https://rampages.us/vcucctr/2019/02/25/central-virginia-socra-chapter-meeting-updates-in-good-clinical-practice-within-research/.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

In conjunction with Sleep Week, VCU's Wellness Resource Center will offer tips for more restful sleep. The session will be held at the University Student Commons next to the POD convenience store. The Well's Sleep Journal contest closes at midnight March 17. The winner will be announced March 18.

For more information, contact Mia Liadis at liadisa@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9355 or visit http://thewell.vcu.edu.

5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

"Home Sweet Home" is this year's undergraduate exhibition at The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St. The exhibit is juried by Rebecca Matalon, curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. Matalon will offer a lecture at 5 p.m. VCUarts Dean Shawn Brixey will offer remarks and lead an awards ceremony at 5:40 p.m. and a reception will follow at 6 p.m.

For more information, contact Maggie Flanigan at mflanigan2@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7720.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU's Residence Hall Association presents its annual Sweetest of Richmond competition. The event will be held in the Commonwealth Ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Students are invited to sample Richmond's desserts and vote for their favorites. Among the categories are doughnuts, cookies, cakes, cupcakes and bubble tea.

For more information, contact Lisa Cooper at lcooper4@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8815.

7 p.m.

Christ Centered Fellowship at VCU will hold an essential healing session. The event will be in the Alumni Association Board Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The session will focus on healthy eating. Light refreshments will be provided.

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

7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

RAMifications of VCU will host Richmond Rhythm, a collegiate a cappella invitational. The event will be held at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Among the categories in the competition, which will feature groups from Virginia, are best group, best beatboxer, best soloist, best arrangement and fan favorite.

For more information, contact Tiger Carrasco at carrascoet@vcu.edu or visit https://www.vcuramifications.com.

Saturday, Mar. 16, 2019 at 7 p.m.

VCU's Bangladeshi Student Organization will host Chabbish E March Banquet. The celebration of Bangladesh Independence Day will be held in Commonwealth Ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., and will feature free food and raffle prizes.

For more information, contact Noble Chowdhury at chowdhurynb@vcu.edu.

Saturday, Mar. 16, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Department of Accounting and Accounting 291 service learning class will provide volunteer income tax filing assistance to all students and employees with incomes under $65,000. The service will be offered in the Computer Lab, Snead Hall, School of Business, 301 W. Main St., for five Saturdays beginning March 16. Assistance is also offered to international and post-doctoral students.

For more information, contact Roxanne M. Spindle at rspindle@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7113.

Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU's Campus Learning Center will hold a weekly Spanish conversation group open to students of all levels (enrolled or not). The sessions, to be offered throughout the semester, will meet in Room B014, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. The schedule is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Campus Learning Center at clc@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8108 or visit https://clc.vcu.edu/group-learning/.

Sunday, Mar. 17, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

VCU's Campus Learning Center will hold a weekly Italian conversation group open to students of all levels (enrolled or not). The sessions, to be offered throughout the semester, will meet in Room B014, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. The schedule is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Campus Learning Center at clc@vcu.edu or (804) 827-8108 or visit https://clc.vcu.edu/group-learning/.

Saturday, Mar. 23, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU Recreational Sports' Outdoor Adventure Program's Spring Family Day will be held at the Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences, 3800 John Tyler Memorial Highway, Charles City County. The center's summer camps for fourth- through 11th-grade students will be outlined. Day camp programs will be offered for younger students and overnight programs will be available for high-school students. Registration closes March 20.

For more information, contact Katie Schmidt at outdoors@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8826 or visit https://recsports.vcu.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure-program/rice-rivers-center/.

Monday, Mar. 18, 2019 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

VCU Student Affairs will host a tuition and budget forum. The event will be in Richmond Salons III-IV, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Information will be provided about the university budget and tuition for the 2019–2020 academic year. Senior administrators will be available to receive student feedback. Lunch will be provided. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Joslyn Bedell at dsa@vcu.edu or visit https://goo.gl/forms/t8uRLVA3OZj8wZgP2.

Monday, Mar. 18, 2019 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

University of Minnesota professor Susan D. Jones, D.V.M., Ph.D., will lecture as part of the "Imagining Science Through Animals" speaker series, hosted by VCU's Science, Technology and Society Program. The talk will be given in Richmond Salons I-II, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Her lecture, "The Homelands of the Plague: Soviet Disease Ecology in Central Asia, 1920s–1950s," will explore the development of a Russian/Soviet school of "disease ecology" at the intersection of human medicine, veterinary medicine and ecological fieldwork.

For more information, contact Kathryn Meier at kmeier@vcu.edu.

Monday, Mar. 18, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Richmond businesswoman Becky Crump will lead a social innovation workshop. The talk, part of the IDEATE (Increasing Diversity in Entrepreneurial And Tech Ecosystems) Speaker Series, will be at VCU's da Vinci Center, 807 S. Cathedral Place. Crump, visionary behind The Giving Wall and Founder of Mindful Mornings, a national interactive speaker series, will discuss the intersection of "why" and "innovation." Register for the free event at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kendra Cabler at cablerka@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ideate-speaker-series-becky-crump-tickets-58025593111.

Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2019 at 8 p.m.

VCU's Department of Music presents Jazz Orchestra II in concert in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall of the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Tickets are $7 in advance, $10 at the door and free for VCU students with an ID.

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

Friday, Mar. 22, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The VCUarts Market will feature work from student and alumni vendors. The market will be held in the VCUarts Fine Arts Building, 1000 W. Broad St. Off-street parking is available across the street in the Broad Street Parking Deck, 1100 W. Broad St. The event is free.

For more information, contact Sarah Brown at brownsm7@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/calendar/event/vcuarts-market/.

Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

Chantel Martin, Ph.D., MSPH, will discuss “Origins of Cardiometabolic Health Disparities: A Multilevel Life Course Approach.” Martin is a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, Postdoctoral Scholar, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The seminar will be in the 12th floor conference room, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St. A light lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact Mary Johnson at johnsonme6@vcu.edu or (804) 628-3443 or visit https://hbp.vcu.edu/research-seminar/.

Thursday, Apr. 4, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs will deliver the 34th Annual Brown-Lyons Lecture in the Lecture Hall, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, will speak about the mission, accomplishments and efforts of her organization, which mobilizes rabbis, cantors and concerned American Jews to protect human rights. She is the author of "Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community" and "There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law and Tradition." Register at the following URL for the event, hosted by VCU Libaries.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/brown-lyons-lecture-2019.html.

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU's Latino Medical Student Association will host lunch and a Q&A session with Gonzalo Bearman, M.D., of the university's Internal Medicine Department. The event will be in Room 6-101, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St. Bearman is chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases at VCU and works with the VCU Global Health Program through the Honduras Medical Relief Brigade to bring medical and public health assistance to rural communities. His research focus is on the epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Saba Ali at alisi@vcu.edu or visit https://goo.gl/forms/bxq17U1TM9uL4TYt1.

Saturday, Apr. 27, 2019 at 7 p.m.

Black Excellence at VCU presents the group's annual Black Excellence Scholarship Ball. The event will be held in the Commonwealth Ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Formal attire and masquerade apparel will be required. The evening includes a seated dinner, dancing, arts performances and more. Purchase tickets at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sabrina Auandee at auandeess@vcu.edu or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-black-excellence-scholarship-ball-tickets-54002794813?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete.

Undergraduate team members will assist with recruitment, marketing and outreach, and work in teams to develop research questions and analyze "Spit for Science" data. Students from all majors and at all class levels are welcome to apply. Enrollment will be for three credits (A-F grading system). The application deadline is 5 p.m. March 27.

For more information, contact Spit4Science at spit4science@vcu.edu or visit http://spit4science.vcu.edu.

Students are encouraged to go to eServices to learn if their professors have submitted midterm grades for one or more classes. Log on to Student eServices at the following URL. If you have received a midterm grade indicating unsatisfactory academic progress, see your instructor or academic advisor. The last day to withdraw from classes is March 22.

For more information, contact The Office of Records and Registration at rar@vcu.edu or visit http://www.eservices.vcu.edu.

Nominations for the 2019 Student Leadership Awards will continue until March 18. The awards honor exemplary leadership, service and contributions by students and student organizations to VCU. It is presented by University Student Commons and Activities. Students, staff and faculty may nominate individuals and organizations.

For more information, contact Justin J Raibolt at jraibolt@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1582 or visit https://usca.vcu.edu/student-leadership-awards/.

Personalized Exploration for College Success (PECS) at VCU, a student organization guiding Richmond high school students in the college application process, has entered a nationwide video competition. The winner of the contest, hosted by Zipcar, will be awarded $10,000 to support their organization's cause. PECS invites all to support VCU by viewing and voting for their video (last on the page) at the following URL.

For more information, contact Allen Shieh at shieha@vcu.edu or visit http://zipcar.com/swd.

Share your narrative as a Human Book when VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Residential Life and Housing presents The Human Library. The event will be from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 30 in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. The Human Library is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue. Volunteer at the following URL by March 15.

For more information, contact Noura Allen at Allennc@vcu.edu or visit https://tinyurl.com/humanlibraryvcu.

Summer programs at the Mary and Frances Youth Center will offer two different week-long, full-day camps. The camps will be held at the Center, 120 S. Linden St., from June 24-Aug. 9. Lobs and Lessons camps offer tennis, swimming, outdoor adventure games and healthy lifestyle activities for rising first- through ninth-grade students. Discovery, for rising sixth- through eighth-grade students, offers fun, challenging and creative classes with a variety of in-depth experiences in science, technology, engineering, arts and health sciences.

For more information, contact Rachel Rhoney at rhoneyrb@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9276 or visit https://mfyc.vcu.edu/summer-programs/.