Monday, 03 Apr 2017
Snow Melt Yoga: Stories with a Twist
Parent/child yoga classes that incorporate stories about winter. Meets for 4 straight Mondays.
Candidate Presentation: Landscape Architecture Chair Finalist Thomas Oslund
Thomas Oslund is a finalist for the position of chair of the ISU Department of Landscape Architecture. He currently is the principal and design director of Oslund and Associates, a professional design firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He will give a public presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.
Lecture: Design for Life - Stuart Walker
Stuart Walker is Chair of Design for Sustainability and a Director of the Imagination Lancaster Research Centre at Lancaster University, UK.
Lecture: Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World
In this lecture, Stuart Walker, a professor of design for sustainability and co-director of the ImaginationLancaster research center at Lancaster University, England, will explore the relationship between creative practice, human values and the importance of tradition and localization. Part of the Changing Change: Thoughts and Actions for Sustainable Environments series.
Lecture: Was Bernini Xenophobic? Nationalism in Early Modern Rome
Linda Nolan is an art history instructor for the ISU College of Design Rome Program and for several other study abroad programs in Rome. She is a specialist in early modern Italian art and classical Roman art and archaeology. Part of the ISU College of Design Rome Program Lecture Series.
Class: Narrative Photography
A four-week program taught by photographer Mark Stoltenberg.
ISU Flute Studio Recital
Students of Sonja Giles.
Lecture: Former U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones
"America and the Middle East: Shifting Sands in the Security Relationship?"- Ambassador Deborah K. Jones, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, recently stepped down as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, a position she held May 2013 through 2015. World Affairs Series
Tuesday, 04 Apr 2017
Registration begins for sophomores: Summer 2017, Fall 2017
First day of assigned Summer 2017 and Fall 2017 registration dates for students projected as sophomores. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday, and most Sundays.
Faces of Iowa State LIVE Portrait Painting - Lori Jacobson
University Museums, Iowa State University, is pleased to announce the live painting of 16 portraits by celebrated Iowa artist Rose Frantzen. The portrait painting sessions will take place during a March 29 through April 6, 2017 residency in the lower gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum, 0003 Morrill Hall, on central campus. All portrait sessions will be open to the public to watch Frantzen's artistic process evolve.
Retirement reception: Lea Bartley
Lea Bartley, manager for accounting in Facilities Planning and Management, is retiring. A program will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Faces of Iowa State LIVE Portrait Painting - Ed McCracken
University Museums, Iowa State University, is pleased to announce the live painting of 16 portraits by celebrated Iowa artist Rose Frantzen. The portrait painting sessions will take place during a March 29 through April 6, 2017 residency in the lower gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum, 0003 Morrill Hall, on central campus. All portrait sessions will be open to the public to watch Frantzen's artistic process evolve.
Retirement reception: Dana Schumacher
Dana Schumacher, assistant director of the University Honors Program, is retiring. A short program will begin at 3:30 pm.
Meeting: Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State University and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. Senate meetings are open to the public.
Plant Breeding Seminar Series
Comparing genes, gene regulation and phenotype across maize, sorghum and foxtail millet by James Schnable, University of Nebraska.
Class: Sports Photography
A four-week program taught by photographer Mark Stoltenberg.
Lecture: Planned Parenthood: The Pink Exposed
Sue Thayer was a Iowa Planned Parenthood manager for 18 years before a transformative experience made her an abortion opponent.
Lecture & Performance: The Intersection of Art, Politics and Environmental Science
Playwright Paula Cizmar, internationally known as one of the authors of Seven, discusses eco-theatre and how it can communicate ideas, raise awareness, inspire action, and promote empathy. Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Wednesday, 05 Apr 2017
Faces of Iowa State LIVE Portrait Painting - JaneAnn Stout
University Museums, Iowa State University, is pleased to announce the live painting of 16 portraits by celebrated Iowa artist Rose Frantzen. The portrait painting sessions will take place during a March 29 through April 6, 2017 residency in the lower gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum, 0003 Morrill Hall, on central campus. All portrait sessions will be open to the public to watch Frantzen's artistic process evolve.
Aging in Iowa: Addressing Grand Challenges
The first hour will include comments from Linda Miller, director of the Iowa Department of Aging, and an ISU researcher grand challenge showcase. A reception and poster session is from 4-5 p.m.
Faces of Iowa State LIVE Portrait Painting - Mary Jane Hagenson
University Museums, Iowa State University, is pleased to announce the live painting of 16 portraits by celebrated Iowa artist Rose Frantzen. The portrait painting sessions will take place during a March 29 through April 6, 2017 residency in the lower gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum, 0003 Morrill Hall, on central campus. All portrait sessions will be open to the public to watch Frantzen's artistic process evolve.
Soil Science Seminar Series
Suitability analysis of biochar by Hamze Dakoohaki, Iowa State University
SUB General Meeting
Check out SUB's general meeting to learn how YOU can get involved!
Photography: The Art of Seeing
A four-week program on Wednesdays beginning April 5, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. The goal of this class is to help you explore your photographic potential.
Artist lecture: Joe Patrick and the Architecture of Impermanence
Joe Patrick's paintings and drawings, while very different in their execution, both examine a transient sense of impermanence. Join the artist in a gallery walk where he will discuss the impermanence and the parallels found in his paintings and drawings on exhibition in the Brunnier Art Museum.
Concert: ISU Percussion Ensemble and Carillon
Jonathan Sharp will direct the ISU Percussion ensemble as it performs in real time, via an online link, with Tin-Shi Tam on the carillon.
DNCE w/ Chord Overstreet
DNCE first introduced themselves to audiences worldwide with the release of their debut single "Cake By The Ocean" in September 2015. The song entered the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became one the most played radio songs of the year. Internationally, "Cake By The Ocean" reached Top 10 on iTunes in over 10 countries and has generated over 400 million streams on Spotify worldwide.
One Blogger's Journey to Asian American Identity, Arts and Activism - Phil Yu
"Welcome to Angry Asian America" - Phil Yu is a writer, speaker and best known as the founder and editor of Angry Asian Man, one of the most widely read and longest-running independent websites covering news, culture and perspectives from the Asian American community.
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival is Iowa State University's student comedy, improv group. Holding shows on some Wednesday nights, you can come and laugh to your hearts content at the Mojos, and with the Mojos.
Thursday, 06 Apr 2017
Drawing Workshop with Joe Patrick
For nearly 40 years, Joe Patrick taught drawing and painting in The University of Iowa's School of Art and Art History until his retirement in 2004, twenty-five years as head of the drawing area of the School. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your drawing skills and learn from this notable Iowa artist amidst an exhibition of his drawings and paintings. Space is limited and registration is required.