Monday, 06 Oct 2014
Advising period for Spring 2015 registration begins
Advising period for Spring 2015 registration begins.
Flu Shot Clinic
Occupational medicine staff will administer flu shots (while supplies last) weekdays from Oct. 6 to Oct. 17. No appointment is necessary. Bring your ISU ID card to the shot clinic and wear a short-sleeve or loose-fitting shirt for better access to your arm. Because parking is limited in front of TASF, consider walking or biking to the clinic.
Cy Buttons for Homecoming Week
Choose your favorite ISU logo--vintage or new--and make it into a button or magnet. Show your Cyclone Pride!
Online Tele-Workshop: Multiweek course: Developing the Resilient Writing Spirit: How to Overcome Shame and Impostor Feeling - 1
This is a 3-week workshop focused on developing one's sense of worthiness to express one's ideas and become prolific as a minoritized scholar.
Statistics Seminar
"A frequency domain empirical likelihood for spatial data," Dan Nordman, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames
Reception: Bruce Thompson commemoration
The Center for Nondestructive Evaluation will unveil a commemorative bust honoring the late Bruce Thompson. He served as the center's director from 1997-2011. A reception will follow.
Woodshop Orientation Class
For the beginner who wants to learn the fundamentals of woodworking equipment. Proper usage of the machinery will be covered, as well as woodshop safety. This class is required in order to use the woodshop on your own.
Broken China Jewelry Class
Find the perfect use for that lovely chipped china! Learn to cut and shape pieces of china and add solder to make gorgeous pendants. China will be available, but feel free to bring in something special from Grandma.
Writing about Iowa: A Conversation with Jane Smiley
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley discusses her new novel, "Some Luck." Book signing to follow.
Concert: Merle Haggard
Country legend Merle Haggard will perform in Ames on October 6!
Tuesday, 07 Oct 2014
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.
Workshop: Write Winning Grant Proposals
"Write Winning Grant Proposals," presented by John Roberts, Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops LLC. Organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research for faculty and staff. Registration is free; space is limited. The purchase of a $70-$75 workbook is required.
Roundtable: Using Zoom for Collaboration and Student Engagement in a Blended/Online Class
After using Zoom.us extensively in teaching, Dr. Stephens will highlight the benefits and limitations of this technology, including the students' perspectives. Particular focus on pedagogical techniques and a list of best practices will be shared followed by an open discussion to engage all attendees. Bring your portable device and try out discussed features during our meeting.
Service-Learning: A Teaching and Learning Circle
This teaching and learning circle will offer a brief introduction to the topic of service-learning and progress into a deeper discussion of how to make meaning out of service-learning. Three essential elements, student self-efficacy, empathy, and problem-solving, will provide the framework for this on-going dialogue. Facilitated by University Professor Suzanne Hendrich
Cy Buttons for Homecoming Week
Choose your favorite ISU logo--vintage or new--and make it into a button or magnet. Show your Cyclone Pride!
Concert: ISU Collage of Choirs
Each year well over 300 students take part in the ISU Collage of Choirs. Participants represent nearly all academic disciplines and majors.
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
"Multi-Scale Modeling of the Endangered Pallid Sturgeon Population in the Lower Missouri River Under Climate Change" by Dr. Mark Wildhaber, USGS
Class: Beginner Photography
This is a four part course on Tuesdays, October 7, October 14, October 21, and October 28 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. This four-part workshop will cover the basics of photography including equipment and how to use it, depth of field, aperture, light, composition, finding your subject and tips and tricks. Each class is broken into 3 parts: classroom discussion, hands-on practice taking pictures by the students and review of the images taken.
Jewelry Casting Class
Lost-wax casting is an ago-old sculptural jewelry process. Students will incorporate both hand carved and molded forms that will be cast in brass. Final pieces can be pendants, pins or miniatures.
Wednesday, 08 Oct 2014
Brown Bag: Portfolio Development
Learn how to package your professional credentials as you prepare materials for promotion to full professor. This session is targeted toward associate professors and their mentors, however, assistant professors and their mentors also would benefit. Presenters are CALS senior associate dean Joe Colletti and associate dean for academic and global programs David Acker. Please bring your lunch; beverages and dessert will be provided.
Iowa State Healthiest State Walk
Join the College of Human Sciences and Iowa State University in Iowa State's portion of the Healthiest State Walk. The Healthiest State Walk is an event curated by the Healthiest State Initiative, which aims to aid Iowa in becoming the healthiest state in the nation by 2016. Register for the walk by following this link: bit.ly/isuwalk
Award-Winning Faculty Series: We're All in This Together: Techniques for Student Engagement
Engineering professor Alan Russell shares his award-winning teaching techniques for connecting to the ever-changing student population at Iowa State. Learn how to improve student investment in your classroom, create classroom community, and help students visualize how disciplinary knowledge connects to exciting future careers.
Cy Buttons for Homecoming Week
Choose your favorite ISU logo--vintage or new--and make it into a button or magnet. Show your Cyclone Pride!
Making Sense of a Visual World
Join Nancy Girard, Educator of Visual Literacy and Learning, as we use art to understand and explore visual literacy and our own interpretations of the world around us. Studies show that by becoming more visually literate, you'll learn how to think more effectively. Several fun and interactive activities will be presented followed by practice using the University Museums Permanent Collection, including everything from abstract sculpture to figu
Lecture: The Ferguson Moment
"The Ferguson Moment: Poverty, Politics and Planning in the Suburbs of St. Louis," Todd Swanstrom, University of Missouri, St. Louis. Reception precedes the lecture at 5 p.m., small group discussions on issues of race and class will be led by college multicultural liaisons following the lecture.
Glass Beads Class
Learn the process of sculpting glass rods by heating and melting the glass in the flame of a gas-powered torch. After practice, your lampworking skills will allow you to create pieces with detail and complexity that you can use in jewelry or other decorative ways.
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
James Bovinette, directs Jazz Ensemble I; Michael Giles, directs Jazz Ensemble II
Concert: Bubba Sparxxx
Hip-hop artist Bubba Sparxxx's platinum certified debut album Dark Days, Bright Nights debuted at #3 on the Billboard music charts in 2001 and was followed up by Deliverance in 2003 and The Charm in 2006, which contained the hit single "Ms. New Booty" that peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. He's touring in support of his latest album, 2014's Made on McCosh Mill Road.
Thursday, 09 Oct 2014
Caterpillar Club
"Forests of Imagination."
Lecture: Feng Shui
"(Inner) Space Exploration using Feng Shui," Susan Radke and JoAnn Charlson. Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.