Saturday, 27 Mar 2010
Stash the Trash/VEISHEA Service Day 2010
Volunteer to keep Ames beautiful by picking up litter. You can work on your own, with your framily, or with an organization.
Volleyball
Iowa State Spring Volleyball Tournament
Bunny Breakfast
Bring your child to the Reiman Gardens' Bunny Breakfast, featuring the Spring Bunny, music and a storyteller, followed by an exclusive egg hunt for those youngsters in attendance and advanced visits to all the activity stations.
Leadership in Engineering Networking Symposium
This event is for students interested in becoming more effective leaders on campus and beyond, and includes workshops, networking sessions and lunch from Hickory Park. All ISU students are welcome. Register online.
Brunnier in Bloom
Celebrate spring and the current exhibitions during Brunnier in Bloom, the Museum's annual pairing of beautiful art and fabulous flowers. This event showcases the talents of Ames-area floral designers and garden clubs as they're challenged to create arrangements inspired by works of art in the Museum's collection.
Class: Ames C.art Sew & Swap with Kristin Roach
Sharing and stitching together materials, ideas, and community!
Spring Fling
This family-friendly event features an egg hunt, children's activities, live rabbits and the opportunity to personally greet and have your photo taken with the Spring Bunny himself! Children should be pre-registered for the egg hunt.
Concert: ISU Symphony Orchestra
This concert will feature the 2010 Concerto Competition Winners. Dr. Jacob Harrison, conductor
ISU Trumpet Studio
The students of the trumpet studio will perform solo and duet pieces. The studio is coached by Dr. James Bovinette
Performance: "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"
A single mother and her two daughters try to cope with life. One of the daughters, Tillie, prepares her experiment for the science fair involving marigolds raised from radioactive seeds, but her mother does not make it easy for her success. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this play was later adapted for film and was directed by Paul Newman and starred Joan Woodward.
Keynote: Climate Change and Grasslands
Alan Knapp's research focuses on plants with a goal of understanding ecological patterns and processes from the leaf to the landscape. His work reflects his training as a plant physiological ecologist and a two-decade association with large-scale ecosystem research through the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program.