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TODAY
Blood Drive
Psi Chi Honor Society will host a blood drive in coordination with McAllen’s United Blood Services from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Center Ballroom in Edinburg. For more information, email andy.torres01@utrgv.edu.
Valentunes Promo Week
The Treble Thrivers will promote its Valentine song-a-grams from noon to 1:30 p.m. today through Wednesday in the Student Union Café in Edinburg. For more information, email dianne.dublado01@utrgv.edu.
Night Chess
The Chess Club invites all students to learn and play chess from 4:30 to 11 p.m. Monday at STAC 1.102 in Edinburg and from 4:30 to 11 p.m. Friday in Sabal Hall in Brownsville. For more information, email david.ortiz02@utrgv.edu.
Trio Aegina
Trio Aegina will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Texas Southmost College Arts Center in Brownsville. The concert will explore the sounds of love and passion with works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms and Astor Piazzolla. Tickets ($10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and students with ID) can be purchased at http://patron.utrgv.edu or at the door. For more information, call 665-3881 or email patron@utrgv.edu.
Tuesday
Beethoven and Schumann
Baritone Daniel Hunter-Holly and pianist Kenneth Saxon will perform at 7:30 p.m. in a concert titled “A Secret Tone: Music of Beethoven and Schumann.” Hunter-Holly and Saxon are UTRGV associate professors of music. The concert will take place in the Texas Southmost College Arts Center. Tickets ($10 for adults and $5 for students with ID and senior citizens) can be purchased at http://patron.utrgv.edu or at the door. For more information, call 665-3881 or email patron@utrgv.edu.
22 Push-ups
Student Veterans of America will host a 22 push-up event to help inform students and others about veterans who deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and awareness of the number of suicides committed by veterans every month. The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Union in Edinburg. For more information, email patrick.roberts01@utrgv.edu.
Magic tournament
The Student Union invites students to compete in a tournament of the popular card game and win V-Bucks from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Student Union game room in Edinburg. For more information, call 665-7989.
UTRGV Donor Day
UTRGV’s Advancement Services will host “Love Our Donor Day” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Chapel lawn in Edinburg and Thursday on the Student Union lawn in Brownsville. Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to show their gratitude by writing thank-you notes, creating posters and participating in producing videos that will be shared with the university’s donors. For more information, call 665-3793 or email deanna.garza@utrgv.edu.
Say Yes to Safe Sex
Delta Tau Lambda will distribute information on safe sex as well as free condoms from 3 to 4:15 p.m. at the Library Courtyard in Edinburg. For more information, email alexandria.dyck01@utrgv.edu.
Wednesday
Breakfast To Go
The Baptist Student Ministry invites all students to join the organization for a small, free breakfast for the body and soul from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Main lawn in Brownsville. For more information, email alondra.galvan01@utrgv.edu.
Diabetes presentation
The Diabetic Sponsors will give a presentation on how to prevent diabetes from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Palmetto Room in Edinburg. For more information, email monica.rodriguez01@utrgv.edu.
‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie
The Student Union will show the movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater in Edinburg and Thursday on the Student Union lawn in Brownsville. For more information, call 665-7991 for Edinburg or 882-5111 for Brownsville.
Trumpet-piano concert
Trumpeter Matthew Ernst and his wife, Janna Ernst, a pianist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Texas Southmost College Arts Center in Brownsville. Matthew Ernst is the principal trumpet for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. For more information, call 882-7025.
Service Fair
The Engagement Zone invites students to meet with representatives from nonprofit agencies across the Rio Grande Valley from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Union in Edinburg. For more information, call 607-7439 or email raul.leal01@utrgv.edu.
Friday
Town Hall meeting
The City of Brownsville will host a Community Night Town Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the PlainsCapital Bank Gran Salón on the UTRGV campus. City Commissioners Deborah Portillo (District 3) and John Villarreal (District 4) will attend the meeting and encourage residents to participate. Residents may submit up to two questions and/or concerns regarding any topic. An online form is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HSK62GV.
ASL Game Night
The Deaf Rehab Club will host a game night to help students relieve stress from college. The event will be from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Community Engagement and Student Success Building in Edinburg. For more information, email amanda.a.garces01@utrgv.edu.
Saturday
La Raza Car Show
Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. will present “La Raza Car Show” from noon to 5 p.m. in parking Lot G-3 in Edinburg. The event will include contests for Best Car, Best Classic, Lowrider, Truck Wild, Truck Mild and more. For more information, email lawrenceearl.pabalinas01@utrgv.edu.
Food Sales
BBQ chicken
The Clinical Lab Science Student Organization will sell barbecue chicken plates from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday in Lot E9 in Edinburg. Each plate consists of two chicken quarter legs, rice, beans, bread, jalapeño and utensils. For more information, email reba.rivera01@utrgv.edu.
Chicken
The Association of Latino Professionals for America will sell chicken plates from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Library BBQ Area in Edinburg. For more information, email claudia.orozcogonzalez01@utrgv.edu.
Smoothies
The Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization will sell fruit smoothies from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Library Courtyard B in Edinburg. For more information, email josie.balderrama01@utrgv.edu.
Mexican food
The International Student Organization will sell plates of Mexican food from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on the Student Union lawn in Brownsville. For more information, email aldo.banuelos01@utrgv.edu.
Vegan Chili and Juice
The Environmental Awareness Club will sell vegan chili and juice from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Student Union in Edinburg. For more information, email julissa.roman01@utrgv.edu.
Valentine’s gifts
The Association of Information Technology Professionals will sell chocolate-covered food and puffed rice-and-marshmallow treats from noon to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday at the College of Business and Entrepreneurship in Edinburg. For more information, call 821-2580 or email jose.c.gonzalez01@utrgv.edu.
Medical Brigades Brownsville will set up a Polaroid picture booth that will have a Valentine’s theme and also sell cupcakes and chocolates from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Main Courtyard in Brownsville. For more information, call 388-0443 or email nitchelle.rodriguez01@utrgv.edu.
Operation Smile Club will sell Valentine’s-themed pastries and crafts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Student Union East Patio A in Edinburg. For more information, email lesley.robles01@utrgv.edu.
–Compiled by Marie Vallangca
