Thursday, 26 Feb 2015
Ceramics Workshop: Fluid Form with Lisa Orr
Studio potter Lisa Orr will offer a three-day ceramics workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28. Orr, the owner of Lisa Orr Pottery in Austin, Texas, will demonstrate her unique production process, and those with prior ceramics experience may participate in hands-on activities. Others are welcome to observe and ask questions.
Youth Program: Caterpillar Club
Each gathering features a theme as we read aloud two or three books, and wrap up with related cooperative activities and crafts.
Adviser Exchange Series: Mapworks and the Student Success Collaborative: Using student survey and big data analytics to support student achievement
Join the presenters in learning about two critical tools that can assist advisers during advising meetings and interventions with students. This interactive session will utilize new theoretical perspectives presented in the book Rethinking College Student Retention (Braxton, et.al., 2014) to establish the foundation for why both Mapworks and the Student Success Collaborative are important tools for effective advising.
Open forum: University Library dean finalist
Maggie Farrell, dean of libraries at the University of Wyoming, is one of four finalists for Iowa State's library dean post.
Probing Nanoscale Phenomena by In Situ Electron Microscopy
Kai He Brookhaven National Lab
A Working Artist's Life - Lisa Orr
Studio artist Lisa Orr will discuss the business of being a self-supporting artist.
Cyclone Cinema: Horrible Bosses 2
Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Lecture: National Security and Human Rights
Panelists will discuss how the United States can maintain national security ethically and legally, while managing the delicate balance of national security, foreign policy, and human rights. World Affairs Series
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.
Mipso
Americana's jailbreak from sleepy town squares and the scratchier bands of the AM dial has been a welcome development in American music. And the renegade traditionalists of Mipso -- Jacob Sharp on mandolin, Joseph Terrell on guitar, Libby Rodenbough on fiddle, and Wood Robinson on double bass -- are doing their part to take three-part harmony and Appalachian influences into new territory.