Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
What is featured?

Monday, 18 Sep 2017

Dear Stress, Let's Break Up

Sep 18, 2017

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Workspace at the Memorial Union

ISU $20- limited to ISU students only

Student Engagement Arts, performances Student activities

Your adventure and ultimate success at ISU begins with wellness. Taking time for yourself in the midst of classes, homework, jobs, and relationships is challenging, but is an important way to change the level of your stressors and increase your ability to cope.

Great Plants for Iowa: Annuals the Basics

Sep 18, 2017

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Reiman Gardens

Reiman Gardens

With so many wonderful annuals available to gardeners, we had to split this class into two! Learn more about the basic annuals well-suited for your Central Iowa landscape.

Lecture: The History of Experimentation on Black Americans

Sep 18, 2017

7:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

"Medical Apartheid," Harriet Washington, a medical ethicist and author of the best-selling book Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. She has been a fellow in ethics at the Harvard Medical School, a fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University.

Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017

Research Workshop: Reading a Request for Proposal

Sep 19, 2017

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Gold Room, Memorial Union

free

Research Training, development

"Reading a Request for Proposal (RFP)." In this session you will learn the fundamentals of reading and interpreting agency guidelines. The discussion will include information commonly found in sponsor guidelines and tips and tricks to avoid common mistakes.

Local Food Festival: An Adventure in Eating

Sep 19, 2017

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Central Campus

free

Live Green Live Green

Celebrating local food with educational displays, food samples, local food recipes developed by ISU Dining chefs, and locally grown and produced items for sale by farmers, vendors and ISU student clubs.

Pizza lunch and putting challenge

Sep 19, 2017

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

General Services Building vending room

$1-$2

Operations and Finance Division Meetings, receptions Special events

Stop by and pick up pizza for $2 per slice and try your hand at a putting challenge ($1), with prizes for a hole-in-one. Proceeds benefit the United Way of Story County.

Career Fair: College of Engineering

Sep 19, 2017

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Hilton Coliseum and Scheman Building

free

College of Engineering Student activities

More than 400 employers will be on campus looking for students and alumni to fill co-op, internship and full-time engineering positions. All ISU students and alumni are welcome to attend.

Workshop: Save Students Money: Adopt an Affordable Textbook for Your Course

Sep 19, 2017

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

31 Parks Library

free

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Training, development

Curtis Brundy and Abbey Elder, ISU Library, join John Wierson, University Book Store, and CELT's Darrin Jones to help you decide how to best use OER in your course.

Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences

Sep 19, 2017

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

2050 Agronomy

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"Chasing ice through space and time - reconstructing polar ice sheets through the Cenozoic using the marine sediment record" by Dr. Howie Scher, 2017 Ocean Discovery Lecturer, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

40th anniversary celebration: Women's and gender studies program

Sep 19, 2017

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Christian Petersen Art Museum, Morrill Hall

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Meetings, receptions

The women's and gender studies program is kicking off a year-long celebration of its 40th anniversary. A brief program begins at 6 p.m.

Stained Glass Class

Sep 19, 2017

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Workspace at the Memorial Union

ISU $72, Public $82 - includes supplies

Student Engagement Arts, performances Student activities

Create a small panel using an array of beautifully colored glass.

Floral Design Series: September

Sep 19, 2017

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Reiman Gardens

Reiman Gardens

Topic: Garden in a Jar - Market Bunches

Mental Health Fair Keynote: Sara Benincasa

Sep 19, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

"Help! You Need Somebody!" Sara Benincasa is a comedian, mental health advocate and author of "Agorafabulous! Dispatches from My Bedroom."

Concert: Carbon Leaf

Sep 19, 2017

8:00 PM

M-Shop, Memorial Union

$14-$16

Student Union Board Arts, performances Student activities

Carbon Leaf is a quintet from Richmond, Virginia, known for their alt-country, Celtic, and folk-infused Indie Rock.

Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017

Degree Audit Changes

Sep 20, 2017

All day

10 Enrollment Services Center

Academic Affairs Academic calendar

Last day to change degree audit information for fall semester

Fee payment deadline: Fall 2017

Sep 20, 2017

All day

Academic Affairs Academic calendar

Fee payment deadline for fall semester. Second payment (minimum due) on AccessPlus.

Campus Fire Safety Day

Sep 20, 2017

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

West of Curtiss Hall

free

Environmental Health & Safety Training, development

Environmental Health and Safety employees will teach the campus community how to put out a fire with a fire extinguisher. Free T-shirts while supplies last.

Behind the Scenes

Sep 20, 2017

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

$10 (free for members and volunteers)

Reiman Gardens

Join staff each month for an interactive, behind the scenes look at Reiman Gardens.

Business, Industry and Technology Career Fair

Sep 20, 2017

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Hilton Coliseum

free

Ivy College of Business Conferences Student activities

The career fair enables students to explore career opportunities, obtain employer information, and locate internships, co-ops and full-time positions. Employers have the opportunity to connect with promising candidates for job and internship openings as well as network with university personnel and other employers.

People to People Career Fair

Sep 20, 2017

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Scheman Building

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Conferences Student activities

The career fair offers employers and students a professional environment in which to connect and discuss internships and full-time employment opportunities in human/social services; education; health/wellness; government; and hospitality. There also will be an opportunity for students to meet with representatives from professional health and law schools.

Workshop: Engagement Strategies for Every Classroom

Sep 20, 2017

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

2030 Morrill Hall

free

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Training, development

Sara Marcketti, Associate Director, CELT and professor in Apparel, Events & Hospitality Management, will guide participants through the best practices in engagement strategies for every classroom.

Book sale, bake sale and derby race

Sep 20, 2017

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

301 Spedding

Chelsey Aisenbrey

Ames National Laboratory Meetings, receptions

Choose something to read, buy something to eat or race a matchbox car. All proceeds benefit the United Way of Story County.

Research Workshop: Reading a Request for Proposal

Sep 20, 2017

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Gold Room, Memorial Union

free

Research Training, development

"Reading a Request for Proposal (RFP)." In this session you will learn the fundamentals of reading and interpreting agency guidelines. The discussion will include information commonly found in sponsor guidelines and tips and tricks to avoid common mistakes.

Art in Flowers: Whistler's Flower Market

Sep 20, 2017

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Reiman Gardens

Reiman Gardens

Learn to interpret a work of fine art as a floral arrangement from an award-winning expert!

Glass Bead Class

Sep 20, 2017

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

The Workspace at the Memorial Union

ISU $73, Public $83- (supplies included)

Student Engagement Arts, performances Student activities

Learn to create colorful glass beads by heating and shaping glass with a torch - yes, we get to work with fire!

Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe

Sep 20, 2017

10:00 PM

M-Shop

$1

Student Union Board Arts, performances Student activities

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, 21 Sep 2017

Kids Story Time

Sep 21, 2017

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Reiman Gardens

Reiman Gardens

This much-loved storytelling program has returned with a strong literacy focus every week.

Research Workshop: Working with the Army Research Lab

Sep 21, 2017

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

301 Spedding

free

Research Training, development

"Working with the Army Research Lab." Representatives from the Army Research Lab will provide an overview on partnering with them to apply for Department of Defense projects. Faculty with experience in this process will be on hand to provide an overview of their experiences and lessons learned.

Cyclone Cinema: Baby Driver

Sep 21, 2017

7:00 PM

Carver Hall 101

free

Student Union Board Student activities

The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!

Friday, 22 Sep 2017

Add/Drop Deadline, first half semester courses

Sep 22, 2017

All day

10 Enrollment Services Center

Academic Affairs Academic calendar

Last day to add/drop a first half-semester course without extenuating circumstances.