Events

Tuesday Tea at the Farm House with Historian Mary Atherly
03 Nov 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM @ Farm House Museum, central campus - Come to the Farm House Museum to enjoy tea and conversation with former curator and Farm House historian Mary Atherly. Mary will share her experience and knowledge about the Farm House with a unique guided tour. Also, take advantage of this book signing opportunity for Mary's recently republished book The Farm House: College Farm to University Museum. Cost: Free.

Dreamweaver -- Level I: Basic
03 Nov 2009, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM @ 89 Durham Center - A beginning course to learn the basics of Dreamweaver. Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/. Cost: $25 faculty/staff; no charge for students.

Open house: Ada Hayden celebration
03 Nov 2009, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ 240 Bessey Hall - Open house celebrating the 125th anniversary of Ada Hayden's birth. Program begins at 5 p.m., tours of the Ada Hayden Herbarium will be conducted. Cost: free.

Mathematics Colloquium: M-matrices: A generalization of M-matrices based on eventually nonnegative matrices
03 Nov 2009, 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM @ 290 Carver Hall - Dale Olesky (University of Victoria) presenting. Cost: Free.

Lecture: Global aerospace market
03 Nov 2009, 6:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - "Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Aerospace Market," Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing global services and support. He leads all aspects of the company's $8 billion business providing after-delivery support for military platforms and systems and a broad array of defense and government services. Cost: free.

Class: Intermediate Mat Cutting
03 Nov 2009, 6:30 PM @ Workspace - 6:30-9:30 Learn new matting techniques. Cost: ISU students $21; public $26.

Lecture: End 'Don't ask, don't tell'
03 Nov 2009, 6:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - "End Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Let Gays and Lesbians Serve Their Country Honorably," Lieutenant Dan Choi. One month after announcing he was gay on the Rachel Maddow Show, the Army announced it would initiate discharge proceedings him. Choi is fighting his discharge proceedings and is a founding member of the organization KNIGHTS OUT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender West Point Graduates. Cost: free.

Discussion: Bioregionalism
03 Nov 2009, 7:00 PM @ Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate and one of the founders of the Bioregional Congress, will be reading from her book The Sky Begins at Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community, and Coming Home to the Body. Cost: free.

Faculty forum: Global climate change
03 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Gene Takle, ISU agronomy and geological and atmospheric sciences; John Miranowski, ISU economics; William Gutowski, ISU geological and atmospheric sciences; and Ray Arritt, ISU agronomy. ISU's Climate Science Initiative team was established in response to the public concern over global climate change and its impact on every segment of society. Cost: free.

SUB Presents: Maintenance Shop Open Mic Nite
03 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Maintenance Shop - Monthly Open Mic Nite in the Maintenance Shop. Cost: free.