Tuesday, 03 Oct 2017
Campus conversation
This campus conversation will focus on current events and their impacts on the ISU community. A presentation by ISU police Officer Natasha Greene and Lt. Josh Hale will feature information about hate crimes (Hate Bias 101) and conclude with small group discussions. All are welcome.
Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017
Lecture: How Demographic Change and Economic Inequality Are Reshaping Society
"Portrait of America" - John Iceland, Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State University, is the George M. Beal Distinguished Lecture in Rural Sociology. Iceland is the author of the new book "Race and Ethnicity in America."
Thursday, 05 Oct 2017
William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture
"Suddenly, suddenly, then all of a sudden: A tale of resiliency, entrepreneurship and the value of mentors" - Joe Kerns of Ames-based Kerns and Associates has been a consultant in agricultural operations and the animal production industry for more than 25 years.
Lecture: The Social Justice Origins and Future of Latinx Studies
Latino/a Heritage Month speaker Ginetta Candelario is professor of sociology and Latin American & Latino/a Studies at Smith College, where her teaching focuses on race and ethnicity in the Americas and Latina/o communities in the United States and Latin American.
Friday, 06 Oct 2017
Lecture: Financial Regulation and Reform
Michael Piwowar was appointed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2013 and currently serves as Acting Chairman of the Commission. He was the Republican chief economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the lead Republican economist on the four SEC-related titles of the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. Part of the Stafford lecture series on banking.