2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The Health Promotion and Well-being Center, 815 S. Cathedral Place, will host a guided meditation session in its Resilience Lab which will focus on visualizing clouds in the sky. The meditation is suitable for all levels of practice.

For more information, contact Mia Liadis at liadisa@vcu.edu or visit http://thewell.vcu.edu.

3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

As part of its Focused on Focused Inquiry Workshop series, the Department of Focused Inquiry will host consultants from the Writing Center in the Focused Inquiry Learning Lounge, Grace E. Harris Hall – South, 1015 Floyd Ave. Snacks will be provided.

For more information, contact Hannah Franz at askinh@vcu.edu or visit https://focusedinquiry.vcu.edu/the-fi-learning-lounge-fill/.

3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Highland Support Project at VCU presents civil engineer Ray Martin, Ph.D., who will speak about his trip with Virginia Tech engineering students to conduct impact studies concerning mining operations in the western highlands of Guatemala. The talk will be in Virginia Room B, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Madeline Doane at doanemh@vcu.edu or (703) 489-4565 or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1335610266621911/.

6 p.m.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action at VCU will host its second general body meeting in Room 1030-G, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. The meeting will include a talk about safe sex. Valentines will be made.

For more information, contact Kati Flamm at flammka@vcu.edu.

7 p.m.

Join the VCU men's basketball team as they take on George Mason University 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.

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Project Sunshine at VCU will hold a Sending Sunshine event at which students will create craft kits to send to children’s hospitals across the nation. The event will be in Room 1030J, West Grace Street Student Housing – North, 830 W. Grace St. All are welcome.

For more information, contact Katherine Le at lett35@vcu.edu or visit https://projectsunshine.org/.

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program will host a series of informational sessions this semester to help identify summer research programs at VCU and navigate the application process. The first sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in Room 207, Hibbs Hall, 900 Park Ave. A full schedule of sessions is available at the following URL.

For more information, contact Herb Hill, Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry at urop@vcu.edu or visit http://wp.vcu.edu/vcuurop/2020/02/03/sess20/.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences present a lunch research seminar. The event will be at the library, 509 N. 12th St. Pam Dillon, Ph.D., research liaison, will discuss how to incorporate good clinical practice into research. Participants may bring lunch; drinks will be provided. Register at the following email address.

For more information, contact Pam Dillon at pmdillon@vcu.edu or (804) 827-1519 or visit http://www.cctr.vcu.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Pre-Health Advising will host a workshop for students applying to the Clinical Laboratory Sciences program for the Fall 2020 cycle. A pre-health adviser will be available in the Metro Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact Pre-Health Advising at prehealthadv@vcu.edu or visit https://rampages.us/prehealthadvising/.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Looking for something to do on Valentine's Day? Make plans with a new someone the night before at "Are You the One? Speed Dating With a Twist." The event, hosted by the Activities Programming Board, will be in the Rams Lounge, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Get to know other students at VCU over food, games and music.

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

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at 6 p.m.

Meet members of the Society of Women Engineers at in Room 104, College of Engineering West Hall, 601 W. Main St.

For more information, contact Anisha Beladia at swevcu@gmail.com or (571) 208-6049.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 from 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.

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at 8 p.m.

The concert will be in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. VCU students with a valid ID will be admitted free.

For more information, contact Michael Potts at pottsmj@vcu.edu or visit https://www.showclix.com/event/jazz-orchestra-aefgwrhetjryQUEmAoB/listing.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

VCUarts Theatre presents the premiere of "MACHINAL" at the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Sophie Treadwell — women's rights activist, journalist and novelist — wrote the piece based on a crime trial she covered as a reporter in 1927. "MACHINAL" is an Expressionist response to the biased media coverage of Ruth Snyder, a Queens housewife accused of murdering her husband. For show times and tickets, visit the following URL.

For more information, contact Sarah Moore at mooresw4@vcu.edu or (804) 828-2695 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/theatre/on-stage/.

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.

Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Ever been treated differently around campus based on income, wealth, education, status and/or power? What doors opened? What doors closed? Money, family and background are all characteristics which sometimes define us in our own mind and in the eyes of others. This idea of social class and how it opens doors or keeps us out will be the topic for the February monthly forum hosted by the Division for Inclusive Excellence. RAMmalogues provides a braver/safer space for all students to talk with each other about their social identities and lived experiences at VCU. The goal is to increase students’ understanding of issues related to acceptance, belonging and inclusion around campus and to provide tools for talking about difference. Dialogues encompassing race, gender, class and similar themes are led by trained facilitators provided by Kimbrough Consulting and Richmond Action Dialogues. Registration is required at the following URL. Food will be provided.

For more information, contact Jan Altman, Ph.D., at jhaltman@vcu.edu or visit https://inclusive.vcu.edu/iexcel/rammalogues/.

Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

TRIO Student Support Services, the Money Spot at VCU and the Virginia Credit Union present Money Mondays. This workshop breaks down personal finance to the simplest terms and shows how anyone who wants financial independence can achieve it. The session will be held in the Alumni Board Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

For more information, contact TRIO SSS Office at trio@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9517.

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Rams in Recovery invites faculty, staff and students to a training session designed to help participants better support students and loved ones in recovery. The session will be held in the Jackson Ward Room, Jonah L. Larrick Student Center, 900 Turpin St. Registration is mandatory at the following URL.

For more information, contact Thomas Bannard at bannardtn@vcu.edu or (804) 366-8027 or visit https://goo.gl/2hY6KC.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

VCU School of Pharmacy and American Red Cross will host a blood drive in front of the Robert Blackwell Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St. (on the American Red Cross bus). All registered blood donors will be entered into a raffle to win a gift card. Register to donate at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sarah Khaddage at khaddagesj@vcu.edu or visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=APhA.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 from noon to 12:50 p.m.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering will present Dustin Crouch, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Crouch will present on "Combining Computational and Experimental Biomechanics Tools to Understand and Overcome Movement Disability." The session will be held in Room E2221, College of Engineering East Hall, 401 W. Main St. Faculty host is Carrie L. Peterson, Ph.D., assistant professor, VCU Department of Biomedical Engineering.

For more information, contact Pam Mason at pwmason@vcu.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Off Campus Student Services will host a monthly workshop to walk through the step-by-step process of finding and renting an apartment. Learn about deposits, leases, budgets and tenant/landlord rights. The session will be in the Student Leadership and Engagement Center, Suite 229, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. A session will also be held at the same location at 3 p.m. March 19.

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

Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 at 4 p.m.

VCU da Vinci Center will host SoGal Richmond, a community of female student founders and students interested in entrepreneurship. Sierra Pollard, a masters student at the da Vinci Center, will discuss the risks of becoming a founder and the reasons for not backing down. The session will be held at the da Vinci Center, 807 S. Cathedral Place.

For more information, contact Kendra Cabler at cablerka@vcu.edu or visit https://davincicenter.vcu.edu/events/.

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hendrée Jones, Ph.D., will speak at a Reynolds and VCU Humphrey Fellows Partnership Symposium on International Perspectives on Women, Substance Use and Addictions. Jones is an internationally recognized expert in the development and examination of both behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for pregnant women and their children in risky life situations. The symposium will be held at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 1651 East Parham Road. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at the following URL by Feb.20.

For more information, contact Heather Ashton at ashtonhr@vcu.edu or visit http://bit.ly/humphrey-fellows.

Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Biology Department, School of World Studies and Office of Sustainability invite faculty and students to meet and discuss advancing campus sustainability. The meeting will be held in Room 2108, Grace E. Harris Hall – South, 1015 Floyd Ave. RSVP at the following URL. Questions, (804) 828-1858. RSVP at the following URL.

For more information, contact Ching-Yu Huang at cyhuang@vcu.edu or (706) 338-9396 or visit https://forms.gle/F9tYKe9SmZJJeuSV7.

VCU has partnered with Verification Gateway from Inceptia to expedite the federal verification process. Students whose FAFSA applications are selected for verification will be contacted by Inceptia. The verification process should be completed as soon as possible to prevent the delay or denial of financial aid.

For more information, contact Evan Udowitch at faemails@vcu.edu or visit https://finaid.vcu.edu/news/verification/.

The Global Education Office and VCU Globe offer the opportunity to learn about intercultural communication in Japan July 7-28, visit museums and sites of cultural and historic importance there and study alongside students at Shimane University. Students will participate in social and academic activities at Shimane University and earn three credits for GLED 391. Apply at the following URL by March 2.

For more information, contact Audrey Short at aeshort@vcu.edu or (804) 827-0178 or visit https://vcu.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=11204.

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.