Submit Calendar notices to: Steve Daniel, 100 Koch Hall; sdaniel@odu.edu. The next Calendar will be dated Feb. 10 to March 12. The deadline for submissions is noon Thursday, Feb. 2.

Speakers
Meetings
Performances
Miscellaneous
Exhibits
Sports
Coming soon to the Ted Constant Center

Speakers
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Pamela Bro, Geri Jones and Rabbi Rosalind Mandelberg, “Women and Spiritual Power,” sponsored by the women’s studies dept. and the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, 7 p.m., 151 Perry Library. 683-3823

Wednesday, Jan. 18
Mark Zandi, chief economist of RFA, for the Economics Club of Hampton Roads’ Annual Economic Outlook Conference and luncheon, Norfolk Marriott Waterside Hotel, 10:45 a.m. Professors Vinod Agarwal, Mohammad Najand and Gil Yochum will also present their regional economic forecast. 683-4058. $

Wednesday, Feb. 1
Paul Gilye, award-winning author of “Liberty on the Waterfront,” the President’s Lecture in History, “Pirates Swearing,” 8 p.m., 104 MGB.

Tuesday, Feb. 7
Richard Cole, CEO and chairman of Geeks On Call America Inc., for the Landmark Executive-in-Residence Series, 12:30 p.m., 1005 Constant Hall. 683-3520

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Gary Pfeiffer, senior vice president and CFO of DuPont, for the Economics Club of Hampton Roads luncheon, noon, Norfolk Marriott Waterside Hotel. 683-4058. $

Meetings
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Faculty Senate, 3 p.m., Ports./Ches. Room, Webb Center. 683-3427

Wednesday, Jan. 18
Assn. of Univ. Administrators, campus facilities update by Bob Fenning, VP for administration and finance, noon, Va. Beach Room, Webb Center. 686-6220

Performances
Monday, Feb. 6
Ethel string quartet, for the Diehn Concert Series, 8 p.m., Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center. 683-5305. $

Thursday, Feb. 9
Choreographers’ Showcase, Program 1, a concert of dances by winners of the third annual ODU Dance Competition for professional dance companies in Hampton Roads, 8 p.m., Roper Performing Arts Center, TCC Norfolk. 683-5305. $

Saturday, Feb. 11
Choreographers’ Showcase, Program 2, a concert of dances by winners of the third annual ODU Dance Competition for professional dance companies from the mid-Atlantic region, 8 p.m., Roper Performing Arts Center, TCC Norfolk. 683-5305. $

Miscellaneous
Monday, Jan. 16
University closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Tuesday, Feb. 7
Study Abroad Fair, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., North Mall, Webb Center. 683-5378

Saturday, Feb. 11
Blue Crab Bowl, a competition featuring some of the state’s best high school students to test their knowledge of oceanic science, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., BAL. 683-5842

Exhibits
Saturday, Jan. 14
Reception for “Form Follows Foment,” featuring work by Terry Alan Games and Robert Sites, 7 p.m. (exhibit continues through Feb. 5), Univ. Gallery, 350 W. 21st St., Norfolk. 683-2355

Sat., Feb. 11 to Sun., March 5
“Burden of Proof,” ODU/NSU graduate thesis show, Univ. Gallery, 350 W. 21st St., Norfolk. 683-2355

Sports
(Listings are for home games only. For tickets call 683-4444 or visit www.odusports.com.)

Friday, Jan. 13
Women’s basketball team vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m. $

Saturday, Jan. 14
Men’s basketball team vs. VCU, 7 p.m. $

Thursday, Jan. 19
Men’s basketball team vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m. $

Friday, Jan. 20
Women’s basketball team vs. GMU, 7 p.m. $

Sunday, Jan. 22
Women’s basketball team vs. JMU, 2 p.m. $

Thursday, Jan. 26
Men’s basketball team vs. Drexel, 7 p.m. $

Friday, Feb. 3
Women’s basketball team vs. Drexel, 7 p.m. $

Saturday, Feb. 4
Men’s basketball team vs. JMU, 7 p.m. $

Sunday, Feb. 5
Women’s basketball team vs. Northeastern, 2 p.m. $

Thursday, Feb. 9
Men’s basketball team vs. William & Mary, 7 p.m. $

Sunday, Feb. 12
Women’s basketball team vs. Georgia State, 2 p.m. $

Coming soon to the Ted Constant Center
Sunday, Jan. 15
Martina McBride, 7:30 p.m., $44.50.

Tuesday, Jan. 17
The Black Watch (1st Battalion: The Pipes, Drums and Highland Dancers) and the Band of Welsh Guards, 8 p.m., $43.50, $30.50 and $22.50.

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Ladies Night Out Tour, featuring Ginuwine, Jagged Edge, Donnell Jones, Case and NE-YO, 7 p.m., $35, $45 and $55.

Wednesday, March 1
Taste of Chaos, featuring The Deftones, Thrice, Story of the Year, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Dreg, Silverstein and Pelican, 5 p.m., $27.75.

March 3 and 4
Harlem Globetrotters, 7:30 p.m. March 3, 1:30 p.m. March 4, $15 to $87.

(For tickets, visit the Constant Center box office or any Ticketmaster location. Tickets can be charged by phone by calling Ticketmaster at 671-8100 or logging on to www.ticketmaster.com. For more information about these or future events, visit www.constantcenter.com or call 683-4444. )