Thursday, 03 Feb 2011
Winter Escapes Art Short Course
Join Jo Myers-Walker of the Left Bank Studio in Gilbert, Iowa, as she teaches a series of nine classes on watercolors and her trademark slumping plastic that will surely help you beat the winter blues.
Spring Ag Career Day
Eighty to 85 companies and organizations are expected to recruit at this event. It is open to Iowa State students and alumni and the general public.
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar, L.K. Doraiswamy lecture
"Particle Dispersion in Nanocomposites and Concentrated Polymer Solutions: The Role of Particle-Polymer Segment Interations," Charles Zukoski, University of Illinois.
Being Creative in the Classroom with PowerPoint
Learn how to plan, create and deliver classroom presentations using PowerPoint's visual tools. Topics include strategies for using PowerPoint to deliver content and manage classroom activities. Design slides using graphics, photos, multimedia, sounds and video clips. Basic PowerPoint Office 2007 skills required. Class uses Windows computers, but Mac users can learn new techniques as well.
Acrylic Painting
Acrylic painting is for those looking for a fun, colorful way to express their creativity!
Studying Earthquakes Three Miles under the Ocean
"Drilling into Plate Boundaries: Studying Earthquakes Three Miles under the Ocean," Demian Saffer, Pennsylvania State University. Part of the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Lecture Series.
Screenprinting
Learn an inexpensive way to create custom t-shirts.
The 23rd Census of the United States and statistics
Robert M. Groves is the director of the United States "The 23rd Census of the United States: Official Statistics and the Academic Discipline of Statistics," Robert Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau. A dessert reception follows in the Howe Hall atrium. The Wayne A. Fuller Lecture.
Giving AVATAR Its Voice: Creating the Na'vi Language
Linguist Paul Frommer found himself on an unexpected Hollywood adventure when he was hired to create the language spoken by aliens on the distant moon of Pandora. Frommer developed the Na'vi language for Avatar, including its grammar, syntax and vocabulary. He worked with the actors to perfect Na'vi pronunciation and handled all translations. The Quentin Johnson Lecture in Linguistics and part of the National Affairs Series on...