Wednesday, 29 Oct 2014
Training: Cardinal sheets
The cardinal sheet is the proposal routing form used by the ISU Foundation to secure departmental, college and university approvals to request gift/grant funding from a foundation, corporation or other nongovernmental source. Learn how to initiate a cardinal sheet, what documents are required, what approvers need to look for, tips for successfully routing the form, the notification process and generating reports for your unit.
Art Walk: Paint the Campus Green
Join University Museums in discovering one of Iowa State University's most recent Art in State Building installations by Ralph Helmick. Let's discover how this new complex contributes to the landscape of ISU's commitment to the 'green energy revolution' and how Helmick's work fits into that landscape. Meet Interpretation Specialist David Faux at the east entry of the Biorenewables Complex, located south of the College of Design.
Nanovaccine Initiative Seminar and Ramsey Lecture
"Influenza: Tracking a Moving Target in a Rapidly Changing World," Nancy Cox, director of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 am. Co-sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Greenlee School: Jump-Start Internship Fair
More than 30 employers will be on site, looking for students to fill internship positions in the fields of advertising, journalism and mass communications and public relations.
Training: "How to Write a P&S Position Description"
University human resources is offering training on "How to Write a Professional and Scientific Position Description" in conjunction with the new PeopleAdmin 7 system training. Anyone who writes or assists with writing position descriptions is encouraged to attend. Training is offered weekly beginning Aug. 26 through Nov. 24. To register, go to AccessPlus (Employee tab > UHR Training) and choose the class you wish to attend.
Getting the most out of mentoring: workshop for new tenure-eligible faculty
Workshop on mentoring for new tenure-eligible faculty and their mentors
Open forum: Reiman Gardens director candidate
Patrick Newman is director of programs at Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City. He is one of five finalists interviewing for the Reiman Gardens director post.
Leaders Workshop Series: Event Planning
During this workshop, staff from New Student Programs (the office that plans and coordinates new student Orientation and Destination Iowa State) as well as staff from the Memorial Union's Event Management Office will provide you with strategies and best practices for planning great events on any scale!
Workshop: Make a Tiny 2D Terrarium
Use botanicals from Reiman Gardens in a tiny work of hand-crafted art. In this workshop, we will carefully press and dry flowers and foliage, mount them to paper, and cut them into clever shapes to assemble into unique paper terrariums that make a perfect holiday gift or shadowbox treasure. Preregistration and payment required by October 27.
Fine Dining Dinner: Contemporary American Cuisine
Prepared and hosted by students in HRI 487/587 (Fine Dining Event Management Dinners). Doors open at 6:15 p.m.; serving begins at 6:30.
Belly Dance Lessons
Learn basic belly dance movements and how to perform them in a variety of different ways by making specific choices about size and speed of motion. One or two moves will be explored each week and then put into short practice phrases.
Concert: Widespread Panic
Legendary jam band, Widespread Panic, announces show in Ames on October 29.
Don't Wait for the Next War
World Affairs Series Keynote by General (Ret) Wesley Clark.
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival is a student run improv comedy troupe on campus. They perform in the M-Shop on various Wednesdays during the semester. Grandma Mojo's is the best and cheapest date on campus - admission is only $1!
Thursday, 30 Oct 2014
Registration begins for juniors: Spring 2015
First day of assigned Spring 2015 registration dates for students projected as juniors. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday, and most Sundays.
Library workshop
"Finding Funding: Using Campus Resources," with Rebecca Jackson, Parks Library; and Sue Shipitalo, VPR's Office. Intended for faculty, grad students and post-docs. Preregistration required.
Iowa Energy Center Lecture Series
"Overcoming Technical and Non-Technical Barriers on the Road to Commercialization," Jim Spaeth, bioenergy demonstration and market transformation program manager, U.S. Department of Energy. Registration is requested for this free event.
Overcoming Technical and Non-Technical Barriers On the Road to Commercialization
One of the Energy Department's key objectives in bioenergy is to foster development of a robust, commercially-competitive biorefinery industry and help reduce the risk associated with designing, constructing and operating first-of-a-kind biorefinery demonstrations. This presentation will give key lessons and best practices the Department has learned over the last decade.
Cyclone Cinema: Transformers, Age of Extinction
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!
Ghost Stories of Iowa State
How much do you know of campus history, legend, and lore? Join University Museums for an evening of historic and haunted stories about Iowa State and discover who may be haunting your lecture hall!
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series
Manipulating Culture after the Conquest: The First Operas in the New World, Chad Gasta, ISU world languages and cultures.
Concert: The Dodos
Acclaimed indie folk band The Dodos are known for using an alternate instrumental approach. They're touring in support of their fifth LP, Carrier, an album that's refreshingly sincere: no computers, no gimmicks -- just eleven songs that are beautiful and solid and true and honest.
Friday, 31 Oct 2014
Designation of Repeat
Last day to file a Designation of Repeated Course form for a full-semester or second half-semester course that is not an automatic designated repeat.
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses or withdraw without extenuating circumstances
Pass/Not Pass changes: full-semester courses
Last day to change a full-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass. Full-semester courses changed to graded basis after Sept. 9 count toward total allowable P/NP credits used for graduation.
EH&S Safety Summit
"Safety: Take it Home with You." Attendees will learn about home fire and electrical safety, ladder safety and distracted driving. Register online for this free event.
Interdisciplinary Phenomics Workshop
This series promotes interaction among faculty in diverse disciplines and helps forge new collaborations that will lead to the submission of successful grant proposals, ground-breaking research and the formation of new companies.
Friday Talk: Ballistic Receptacles
In this brown-bag lunch presentation, Will Prindle, assistant professor of industrial design, will share his research into the design and development of explosive-resistant trash and recycling receptacles for public spaces without an extensive security presence. Part of the Institute for Design Research and Outreach's Friday Talks series.
Learning Community: Team-Based Learning
Graduates of the TBL Teaching and Learning Circles are invited to participate in the TBL Faculty/Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Learning Community. We work as teams to optimize application exercises, readiness assurance tests, peer evaluation, and other aspects of course design, and also invite speakers to facilitate discussions of TBL theory, research and classroom application. Facilitator: Lisa Orgler, Lecturer, Horticulture
Library workshop
"Getting Started with EndNote Web," an introduction to a free bibliographic management program that helps users collect, organize, format and use collected citations in their writing projects. Preregistration required.