12:30 p.m.

The VCU Department of Painting + Printmaking presents interdisciplinary artist Lavar Munroe, whose work encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture and installation art to create hybrid forms that straddle the line between sculpture and painting. Munroe has exhibited at Prospect.4 in New Orleans, the 12th Dakar Biennial in Senegal and the 2015 Venice Biennale. He also represented The Bahamas at the 2010 Liverpool Biennial. The talk will be at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center, 601 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact Kat Wilson at papr@vcu.edu or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/2020/02/03/lavar-munroe-visiting-artist-lecture/.

12:30 p.m.

The Honors College is seeking exceptional VCU students. Learn more about Honors at a Prospective Student Orientation to be held in Room 1301, The Honors College, 701 W. Grace St. A session will also be held at 4 p.m. Feb. 21 in the same location.

For more information, contact Jenna Venable at venablejl@vcu.edu or visit http://honors.vcu.edu.

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Daily Planet Health Services, a nonprofit health care organization, will sell $1 Duck Donuts at the University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave., to help support Richmond's homeless.

For more information, contact Carmen Khalil at khalilc@vcu.edu.

5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Baby Box Project will host its first fundraiser of the semester at Hibachi Box, 411 N. Harrison St. #1. Ask for a receipt and drop it into the container next to the cashier.

For more information, contact Fizza Farooq at farooqfi@mymail.vcu.edu.

Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will present a workshop on designing, assessing and making multimedia projects. The session will be held in Room 4100, Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. The goal of the workshop is to support faculty who want to incorporate multimedia projects into their curriculum. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Tiffany Freitas at freitast@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/bD5gmxHXG9rEjVJx8.

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

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

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

Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The opening of "Sunday Donut," an exhibition by VCUarts students Madeline De Michele, Ashlyn Rudolph and Arda Athman, will be celebrated at The Anderson, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St. The artists utilize religious iconography to create a whimsical depiction of sainthood. Each piece within "Sunday Donut" is a meditation on saints and their place in the modern world. The exhibition is on view through Feb. 28.

For more information, contact Monica Kinsey at kinseym@vcu.edu or (804) 828-7720 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/programs/theanderson/.

Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 at 6 p.m.

Christ Centered Fellowship will host a class in surviving a natural disaster and food preservation strategies. The session will be in the Alumni Association Board Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.

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

Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Ramifications will host Richmond Rhythm, an annual collegiate a cappella competition, at W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Tickets can be purchased at the following URL, Venmo (@Ramifications-OfVCU), or at the door ($10 for students or $15 general admission). Questions, vcuramifications.com.

For more information, contact Allison Palys at palysan@vcu.edu or (757) 358-4299 or visit https://ramifications.ticketleap.com/.

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Gender Identity and Choral Singing Symposium will include panel discussions, featured guest speakers, workshops and performances from VCU and Richmond Allied Voices choral ensembles. The event will be held at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Discussion topics will address gender identity, the impact of transgender transition therapy on the voice and other aspects of choral singing.

For more information, contact Michael Potts at pottsmj@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1169 or visit https://arts.vcu.edu/music/gics-symposium/.

Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 at 3 p.m.

The performance, part of the Mary Anne Rennolds Concert Series, will be in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Tickets are $35 general admission; $32 for those age 60-plus, VCU employees and VCU Alumni Association members; and $25 for children ages 16 and under.

For more information, contact Michael Potts at pottsmj@vcu.edu or visit https://www.showclix.com/event/watkinsouwfghbax.

Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 from noon to 2 p.m.

The Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success will host a forum on the "Brief Report on the State of VCU’s Black Faculty" at the University Student Commons Theater, 907 Floyd Ave. Aashir Nasim, Ph.D., vice president of office, will make a brief presentation on the report and lead a Q&A afterward.

For more information, contact Flo Johnson at inclusive@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8947 or visit https://inclusive.vcu.edu/black-faculty-report/.

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 from noon to 1 p.m.

VCU Staff Senate will host a Lunch and Learn session about community service hours. The event will be in Room 250, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. Speakers will include Tito Luna, director, Neighborhood Outreach; Logan Vetrovec, director, Community Integration Administrator; and Alisa Brewer, director, Community Engagement and Outreach with the Center on Health Disparities. Questions to be addressed include the difference between Community Service and Enhanced Community Service Leave, buckets of leave, using leave in increments, using leave to volunteer at a favorite nonprofit organization and department members using leave together as a group. Lunch will be provided. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Pamela Spratley at prspratley@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/xaSLwGzGTEysUYeq9.

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Allison Bennett Dyche, director, VCU Student Media Center, will present in this ongoing series hosted by VCU Libraries. The session, to be held in the Workshop, lower level, James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., covers the basics of podcasting: what it is, how to plan a podcast, how to record materials and how to edit using the free and open-source program Audacity. Bring a laptop to follow along.

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.

Thursday, Mar. 5, 2020 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

VCU School of Education will host an evening with Bettina Love, Ph.D., at Armstrong High School, 2300 Cool Lane. Love will discuss her book, "We Want to do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom."

For more information, contact David Naff at naffdb@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0478 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-want-to-do-more-than-survive-an-evening-with-dr-bettina-love-tickets-91039165595.

Saturday, Mar. 28, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Enjoy a night of Persian performances, food, dancing and more at a celebration of Persian New Year (Nowruz) 1399. The event will be in the ballrooms, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Tickets are $15 for students with the code VCUSTUDENT at checkout and $30 for all other guests. The deadline to buy tickets before paying a late fee is March 14. Tickets are available at the following URL. Cocktail attire is required.

For more information, contact Nadia Zia at zians@mymail.vcu.edu or visit http://www.persianclubvcu.squarespace.com.

Friday, May 8, 2020 at 7 p.m.

VCUArts Fashion Annual Fashion Show will be held May 8 at the Dewey Gottwald Center, Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W. Broad St.

For more information, contact VCUArts Fashion at fashion.vcu@gmail.com.