Announcements

Today

Board Game Night

The Student Union will host a Board Game Night at 5 p.m. in El Comedor on the Brownsville campus. For more information, call 665-7989.

Campfire Bash

The Student Union will host its Campfire Bash at noon on the Chapel Lawn on the Edinburg campus. The same event will take place at the same time Tuesday on the Student Union lawn on the Brownsville campus. For more information, call 665-7989.

Recovery Meetings

The Collegiate Recovery Program will host recovery meetings this semester: Alcoholics Anonymous at 6:30 p.m. Mondays, SMART Recovery at noon Tuesdays, Narcotics Anonymous at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and noon Fridays, Tobacco Intervention at noon Wednesdays and the Al-Anon Family Group at noon Thursdays. All meetings will be held in University Center 102 on the Edinburg campus. For more information, call 665-2674.

Tuesday

Treble Thrivers Audition

The Treble Thrivers will host auditions from noon to 2 p.m. in the Community Engagement and Student Success Building in Edinburg. Auditions will continue at the same time and place Wednesday, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the same place.

Wednesday

Texas Hold ’em Tournament

The Student Union will host its Texas Hold ’em Tournament at noon in El Comedor on the Brownsville campus and in the Game Room on the Edinburg campus. For more information, call 665-7989.

Support Group

The Collegiate Recovery Program will host an Addiction and Recovery Support Group at 11 a.m. in Cortez Hall 220 on the Brownsville campus. For more information, call 665-2674.

Thursday

Lecture Series

Psychologist Andy Keller, president and chief executive officer of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, will give a lecture from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Student Union’s Theater on the Edinburg campus. A light lunch will be provided for those who attend. To register, visit https://goo.gl/A1Jm8g.

 ‘In the Country We Love’

INQSpot Book Club will host a meeting to discuss the book, “In the Country We Love: My Family Divided,” by Diane Guerrero, who stars in “Orange is the New Black” and “Jane the Virgin,” at 12:15 p.m. in El Comedor on the Brownsville campus and in The Loft on the Edinburg campus. For more information, call 665-7989.

Stalking Awareness

The Superhero Project will have a Stalking Awareness Presentation from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in STAC 1.102 on the Edinburg campus. The presentation will inform students about the dangers of stalking. For more information, call 665-5375.

Friday

Chocolate Cake Day

The Student Union will host Chocolate Cake Day at noon in El Comedor on the Brownsville campus and in the Student Union Commons on the Edinburg campus. For more information, call 665-7989.

Music concert

Guest violinist Peter Isaacson will join Music Lecturer II Tido Janssen on cello and Music Lecturer I Stacy Kwak on piano, as they play works by Glière, Fauré, Piazzolla, and Café Music by Paul Schoenfield at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Complex Auditorium on the Edinburg campus. Admission is free.

Saturday

Film Festival workshop

The City of Edinburg will host a workshop for the 2018 South Texas International Film Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, located at 1906 S. Closner Blvd. The workshop series is titled “From Ideas to Screenplay.” Theater Lecturer I Lawrence Gise will focus on “How Ideas are Conceived: Creating Your Reality on Screen” and Theater Lecturer I David Carren will present on “Sky High Concepts: Striking Ideas Make Exciting Movies.” Attendees are encouraged to bring note-taking materials such as laptops and notebooks. To attend the free workshop, register at Eventbrite.com or call 383-6246.

South Texas Literacy Symposium

The Office of Community Relations and the Office of Public Art will present the 2018 Texas Literacy Symposium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Ballroom and Academic Services Building on the Edinburg campus. For more information, call 665-2353.

–Compiled by Steven Hughes