Speakers
Tuesday, Jan. 15
Economist Mark Zandi and the Old Dominion forecast team (Vinod Agarwal, Mohammed Najand and Gil Yochum), for the Economics Club of Hampton Roads Economic Forecast Luncheon, 10:45 a.m., Sheraton Waterside Hotel, Norfolk. FMI, 683-4058. $
Edward Jacobs, associate professor of English, "Anonymous Women, Irish Pirates and Circulating Libraries: Fiction Publishing in Britain, 1766 vs. 1790," for the Literature Faculty Forum, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Burgess Room, Batten Arts and Letters Building. FMI, 683-3991.
Thursday, Jan. 16
Rear Adm. David Architzel, Commander, Navy Region, Mid-Atlantic, and Commander, Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, for Town-N-Gown dinner, 6 p.m. reception with dinner at 6:30 and talk at 7:30, Webb Center. Reservations are due Jan. 11. FMI, 489-8438. $
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Paul Hirschbiel Jr. of Eden Capital for the Landmark Executive-in-Residence Series, 12:30 p.m., 136 Diehn Center. FMI, 683-3319 or www.odu.edu/execspeakers.
John Singleton, Academy Award-nominated director of "Boyz N the Hood," for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance, 7:30 p.m., North Cafeteria, Webb Center. FMI, 683-3116.
Thursday, Jan. 24
Gregory Pence and Nigel Cameron, "Cloning: A Debate," for the President's Lecture Series, 8 p.m., Mills Godwin Jr. Life Sciences Building Auditorium. FMI, 683-3114.
Meetings
Friday, Jan. 18
Institutional Review Board, 3-5 p.m., President's Board Room, Koch Hall. FMI, 683-6028.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Faculty Senate, 3-4:15 p.m., Portsmouth/Chesapeake Room, Webb Center. FMI, 683-3427 or fsenate@odu.edu.
Workshops
Friday, Dec. 7
"Short-Term Study Abroad Programs," a Virginia Tidewater Consortium faculty development seminar and collaborative workshop, noon to 5 p.m., WHRO Teleconference Room. FMI, 683-3183.
Exhibits
Saturday, Jan. 19
Opening reception for "The Opposite of History," an exhibit of assemblages by Susan Bacik, Linda Foster Leonhard, Deidre Prosen, Rebecka Sasich and Allison Smith, 7 p.m., University Gallery, 350 W. 21st St., Norfolk. Continues through Feb. 17. FMI, 683-2355.
Miscellaneous
Thursday, Jan. 17
Banner training (finance and budget), 8:30-11:30 a.m., 206 Rollins Hall. Registration required. FMI, 683-3267.
Monday, Jan. 21
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Banner training (general student), 1-4 p.m., 206 Rollins Hall. Registration required. FMI, 683-3267.
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25-26
Umoja Conference, designed to address the issues of collegiate African Americans, sponsored by the Hugo A. Owens African American Cultural Center. Dinner and entertainment begins at 6 p.m. Jan. 25, followed by breakfast, workshops and lunch the next day from 8 a.m. to noon. FMI, 683-5490. $
Sports
Thursday, Jan. 17
Saturday, Jan. 19
Men's basketball team vs. Virginia Commonwealth, 7:35 p.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $
Post-game reception, sponsored by the Alumni Association, Athletic Administration Building gym. FMI, 683-3097. $
Sunday, Jan. 20
Pre-game brunch, sponsored by the Alumni Association, 12:30 p.m., Athletic Administration Building Conference Room. FMI, 683-3097. $
Women's basketball team vs. Drexel, 2 p.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $
Friday, Jan. 25
ACS Systems "Meet the Stars" Banquet with Hall of Fame pitchers Warren Spahn and Bob Feller, 6:30 p.m., Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel. FMI, 683-4444. $
Saturday, Jan. 26
25th annual Greenwich Kitchens/Old Dominion University Baseball Clinic featuring Hall of Fame pitchers Warren Spahn and Bob Feller, 9 a.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $
Men's basketball team vs. William & Mary, 7 p.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $
Deadlines
Friday, Jan. 18
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683-5501.
The next Calendar will be dated Jan. 25 to Feb. 10. The deadline for submission of events is noon Thursday, Jan. 17.