Friday, 06 Mar 2015
EH&S Safety Summit
"Ergonomics." This session will provide attendees with specific examples of equipment and techniques to reduce or eliminate laboratory and office ergonomic risk factors. Registration is free.
Retirement Open House: Tom Oftedal
Tom Oftedal, assistant university architect with facilities planning and management, is retiring after 18.5 years of service. Stop by and wish him well.
Public Interest Design Institute
The ISU College of Design and Community Design Lab will host a two-day workshop March 6-7 on ways design and social engagement can impact the physical, social and economic needs of people and address critical local and global issues. Register online at http://www.publicinterestdesign.com/ames-ia/
Presentation: Using the Online Testing Centers at ISU - Blackboard User Group (BUG)
Presentation: We will give an overview of the Online Testing Centers, and how using the service can benefit both instructors and students. Facilitated by Doug Bull, Director, Testing Center; and Jess Haht, Program Assistant, Testing Center. The 20-30 minute presentation will be followed by the monthly meeting of BbLearn users discussing various topics related to the use of Blackboard Learn in teaching and learning.
Keynote: ISCORE
Kathleen Wong(Lau) is the director of the University of Oklahoma's Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies. She has done consulting and training on diversity and inclusion in university settings and the private corporate sector, and has published research on structural inequality within higher education and best practices for addressing multicultural leadership within institutions.
Midterm grade reports due on Bb Learn or AccessPlus
Midterm grade reports due on Bb Learn or AccessPlus at 2:15 p.m.
NREM Graduate Seminar
"Antarctica: A 2014 NREM Study Abroad Adventure," Steve Dinsmore and Julie Blanchong, Iowa State.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Pet Bowls
Join us on Fridays evenings for a fun exploration of techniques in "painting" bisque. Personalize a food or water bowl for your furry friend.
Cyclone Cinema: The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1
Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Performance: Love and Honor: Iowa in the Civil War
April of 2014 celebrates the 150th anniversary of the ending of the Civil War. Iowa sent a greater proportion of its men between the ages of 15-40 than did any other state. This is the story of four of them and three women who loved them.
ISU AfterDark
ISU AfterDark is a student group that plans late night events throughout the semester. All activities are free for students and the public! Come enjoy the fun!
Performance: Hippo Campus
Hippo Campus is an indie pop band from Woodbury, Minnesota. In 2014, they released their debut EP Bashful Creatures. They have already received such accolades as being voted as 'one of the best new bands in City Pages' annual Picked to Click poll' and were marked as a "Buzz Band to Watch" by British music magazine, NME. They provide a fresh and catchy sound that can be compared to Vampire Weekend and The Strokes.