5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU Libraries and University Student Commons and Activities will host a screening of "The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution." The documentary will be shown in the Court End Ballroom, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. The film, which details the struggle to secure equal and adequate access to health care for all Americans, will be followed by a discussion led by Sheryl Garland, Chief of Health Impact, VCU Health. A first-come, first-served buffet dinner will be provided.

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at mackta@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0017 or visit http://go.vcu.edu/film.

6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

VCU Biology Department and RVA Environmental Film Festival will host a screening of the documentary “The Story of Plastic” at Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. A panel discussion will follow. Request a free ticket at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ching-Yu Huang at cyhuang@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1858 or visit http://bit.ly/2RQp3GW.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. will hold an informational session in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. Also, the sorority will host an open espresso at 7 p.m. on Feb. 17 to discuss requirements of joining. The event, which is mandatory for membership, will be held in Room 240E, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. The sorority is "Latin by tradition, not by definition." All are welcome to join.

For more information, contact Lambda Theta Alpha at armentaka@vcu.edu or (703) 687-2605 or visit https://lta-zetaalpha.wixsite.com/zenith?fbclid=IwAR2xgTwPiVm2kmOVUxtjXXQR_uASBjUoxqQc2UqAmffd1grsiUyxYtOMv4g.

8 p.m.

Come to Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall at the W.E. Singleton Center, 922 Park Ave., to hear the VCU Jazz Orchestra I. The concert will feature guest trombonist/composer Paul Ferguson and the music of Ferguson, Darling, Puente, Mintzer, Dust Devil, García and more. Tickets are $7 advance, $10 at the door and free with a valid VCU student ID.

For more information, contact Antonio Garcia at musictix@vcu.edu or (804) 828-6776 or visit https://www.showclix.com/event/jazz-orchestra-aefgwrhetjryQUEmAoB/listing.

8 p.m.

Medical Scientist Training Club will host an M.D.-Ph.D. student panel in Room 1111, Grace and Broad Residence Center 1, 1000 W. Grace St. The will provide the opportunity to learn from and network with M.D.-Ph.D. graduate students. Dinner will be provided.

For more information, contact Anirban Mahanty at mahantya@vcu.edu.

6 p.m.

Join VCU's women's basketball team on game day as they take on the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure University. Check out the promo page at the following URL to see plans for the game, which will be played at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Rebecca Piner at vcuathletics@vcu.edu or visit https://vcuathletics.com/WBBpromos.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

VCU's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement will host a tour of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, 122 W. Leigh St. Tour guides will offer accounts of emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Massive Resistance, desegregation and the civil rights movement. Register at the following URL. Meet for check-in at 11:30 a.m. in Room 229, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Hanan Kourtu at kourtuhm@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/slce/rsvp_boot?id=678112.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St., will host opening receptions for two exhibitions. Kinetic Imaging student Ian Donegan presents "Monad: After Espinoza," a book release event with corresponding installation on view Feb. 14-26. A second exhibition, "Please, Don't Cry At Dinner" is curated by Craft/Material Studies student Colin Knight and features artworks by Kayla Kelly, Nicholas Gerson, Becca Renton, Davis Boshears, Becca Low and Jason Hackett. This exhibition is also on view Feb. 14-26.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7720.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

The Activities Programming Board and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a free dinner and screening of "Queen and Slim." The event will take place in the theater, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Ashli Phillips at phillipsar3@vcu.edu.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

VCUarts Theatre presents a "Be My Bloody Valentine" special. Two-for-one tickets will be available for "MACHINAL" for Valentine's weekend shows - Feb. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. "MACHINAL" is loosely based on the true story of a Queens housewife accused of murdering her husband in 1927. Playwright Sophie Treadwell digs beneath the surface to explore a woman at the center of a crime — her emotions, life story, desires ... and what makes her break. Performances will be at Raymond Hodges Theater, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Sarah Moore at mooresw4@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2695 or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2600269173435160/.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

What do you love about VCU Libraries? Stop by tables at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., and Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th St., to post Valentine's notes to show how librarians help with classroom success.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu.

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at 10 a.m.

The VCU women’s tennis team will take on Penn State University at the Thalhimer Tennis Center, 920 W. Cary St.

For more information, contact Alexis Howatt at howatta@vcu.edu.

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at 7 p.m.

Amnesty International at VCU will host a Sweetheart Social in Virginia Rooms A and B, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., with games, music and snacks.

For more information, contact Myia Samuels at samuelsma@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 at noon

The VCU men’s tennis team will take on East Carolina University at the Thalhimer Tennis Center, 920 W. Cary St.

For more information, contact Alexis Howatt at howatta@vcu.edu.

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 at 4 p.m.

A faculty recital will include performances by Mary Hermann García, Filipe Leitão, The Nashville Avenue Stompers, VCU Jazz Orchestra I and the VCU Greater Richmond High School Jazz Band. The concert will be at Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Michael Potts at pottsmj@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2019/12/09/faculty-recital-antonio-j-garcia-trombone-composition-february-16/.

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 at 7 p.m.

A clarinet recital will be held in the James W. Black Music Center 1015 Grove Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Michael Potts at pottsmj@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/2019/12/17/clarinet-studio-recital-february-16/.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 at 7 p.m.

Couples will offer advice about relationships and marriage and answer questions at a session hosted by First Love Church at VCU. Food will be served. The event will be in the Senate Chambers, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Yasmin John at johnye@vcu.edu.

Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 at noon

VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs will hold an online undergraduate program informational session via Zoom. An overview of the school's undergraduate programs will be presented, with special attention paid to students who may be interested in declaring or transferring to a Wilder School major. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ross Losapio at losapior@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/2GsrWZ2.

Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

Tau Beta Pi - Virginia Epsilon Chapter, the national engineering honor society, will present an Engineering Futures Session: People Skills. The workshop will be held in Room 103, College of Engineering West Hall, 601 W. Main St., and will focus on communicating interpersonal problems in a manner that will solve the conflict while maintaining relationships with others. Register for the free event at the following URL.

For more information, contact Emily Cheng at chenge3@vcu.edu or visit https://tbp.coursestorm.com/course/va-e-people-skills1.

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VCU Female Founders Summit will bring together the region’s female founders and innovators to make change in their communities and cultivate opportunities for the next generation. The inaugural theme of the one-day summit, hosted by the da Vinci Center, is "Activate. Engage. Empower." An open mic night will be held in Room 2100, Academic Learning Commons, VCU 1000 Floyd Ave., to choose two presentations to move on to the Female Founders Summit stage of the IDEATE (Increasing Diversity in Entrepreneurial and Tech Ecosystems) series. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Kendra Cabler at cablerka@vcu.edu or visit https://connect.business.vcu.edu/register/ideate_open_mic_night.

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Join the VCU men's basketball team as they take on the University of Dayton at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Rebecca Piner at pinerre@vcu.edu or visit http://vcuathletics.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

In VCU Libraries' ongoing series, Dianne V. Pawluk, associate professor and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Coordinator, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and grad students Bryson Josiah Goolsby and Hyun Woo Kim will present. Assistive technologies are often thought of as devices that support people with disabilities. But some useful tools, such as the autofocus camera, speech-to-text and even the potato peeler came from the development of assistive technologies. This session, in the Workshop, lower level, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., is a crash course on design methods.

For more information, contact Sue Robinson at srobinson26@vcu.edu or visit https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2019-20/wednesday-workshops-2019-20.html.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society, will host Jonathan Coley, Ph.D. Coley will present findings from his study of activist groups mobilizing to promote LGBTQ inclusion at Christian colleges and universities across the United States. The talk will be in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave.

For more information, contact Ying-Chao Kao, Ph.D., at yckao@vcu.edu or (732) 668-8755.

The Dean of Students office offers assistance with budgeting, locating housing, resolving conflicts with roommates and/or landlords, as well as financial assistance for food and regalia. Set up an appointment at the following URL. To see how else the Dean of Students office can be of assistance, visit https://dos.vcu.edu/.

For more information, contact Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth at lmathewsails@vcu.edu or (804) 828-4514 or visit http://offcampus.vcu.edu.

Do you think food is too expensive? Do you eat unhealthy food due to your budget? Do you have limited access to food resources? Participate in a focus group and be compensated for your thoughts on food access.

For more information, contact Youngmi Kim, Ph.D., at ykim@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3613.

The STEM Building project has begun at the site of the Franklin Street Gym. Fencing will be installed in stages. The first stage will be the alley behind the building. The fencing will extend from Johnson Hall to Shafer Court Dining Center and Ritter-Hickok. The final stage of the fencing will block the sidewalk in front of the building. Pedestrians will not be able to walk down the alley from Shafer Street or between Ritter-Hickok and the Gym.

For more information, contact Margaret Kelland at mkelland@vcu.edu or visit https://fmd.vcu.edu/about/announcements/announcements/title-381078-en.html.

The Honors College is now accepting undergraduate research applications from honors students interested in participating in a 10-week undergraduate summer research experience. The Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program gives honors students the opportunity to work closely with VCU faculty mentors from all disciplines. Submit a priority application at apply.honors.vcu.edu by March 13.

For more information, contact Laura Blunt at honorssa@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1803 or visit https://honors.vcu.edu/academics/engaged-learning--research/hsurp/.

The Graduate Student Association is accepting applications for executive committee and officers' positions for the 2020-2021 academic year. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Edward Beckwith at GSA@VCU.edu or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4IOGdtGKT-7gqdlicXy5mC954DKOKwyzw7AeSKq0ZgcLLfA/viewform?usp=sf_link..

VCU School of Medicine is looking for black women ages 18-25 with a BMI between 25-45 kg/m2 in the Richmond area who want to take part in a study designed to capture experiences of racial discrimination. HER Squared is a research study designed to provide the opportunity to reflect on various experiences with racism and how you deal with the experiences. Compensation is available for eligible participants.

For more information, contact Kristal Brown at brownkl26@vcu.edu or visit http://hersquaredrva.com.

The Health Promotion and Well-Being Center is conducting the National College Health Assessment online survey beginning Feb. 16. A survey link will be emailed to the VCU accounts of 5,000 randomly selected students. Surveys can take up to 30 minutes to complete. All who complete the confidential survey will have a chance to win one of 10 credits for $200 at RamTech.

For more information, contact Trisha Saunders at trsaunders@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7596 or visit https://thewell.vcu.edu/stall-seat-journal/national-college-health-assessment/.