Sunday, 18 Sep 2011
"Little Dresses for Africa" Work Day
Simple dresses made out of pillowcases provide relief and hope for the children of Africa. We will provide the supplies, but can use the hands of volunteers to assist with making the dresses.
"Create Peace" T-Shirts for 11 Days of Global Unity
The Workspace is participating in the 11 days of peace. Come to the Workspace with a t-shirt and we will screenprint our custom "Create Peace" design on it for $2. (Readymade shirts available for $8)
Monday, 19 Sep 2011
"Create Peace" T-Shirts for 11 Days of Global Unity
The Workspace is participating in the 11 days of peace. Come to the Workspace with a t-shirt and we will screenprint our custom "Create Peace" design on it for $2. (Readymade shirts available for $8)
Tuesday, 20 Sep 2011
"Create Peace" T-Shirts for 11 Days of Global Unity
The Workspace is participating in the 11 days of peace. Come to the Workspace with a t-shirt and we will screenprint our custom "Create Peace" design on it for $2. (Readymade shirts available for $8)
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
"Water, CO2 and the sun: geological perspective of the climate issue" by Jan Veizer, University of Ottawa, Canada
Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011
"Create Peace" T-Shirts for 11 Days of Global Unity
Last day to come to the Workspace with a t-shirt and we will screenprint our custom "Create Peace" design on it for $2. (Readymade shirts available for $8)
Inuit Culture of North Canada
Peter Irniq is a longtime resident of the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut in Canada's Northwest Territories and a member of the indigenous Inuit peoples. He will be in Ames to build three inuksuit, or "signposts of the north," in local parks Sept. 18-Oct. 1.
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
"The Mystical Arts of Tibet: The Symbolism of the Sand," Mandala, Head Lama of the Drepung Loseling Monastery. Buddhist monks from the the Drepung Loseling Monastery will create a mandala sand painting in the lobby of the Memorial Union, Sept. 19-22 (10 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily). The process consists of opening ceremony with chants, music and mantra recitation and ends with the dismantling of the mandala and dispersal of the sand.
Thursday, 22 Sep 2011
What Mother Teresa Taught Me about Social Justice
Veritas Forum presenter Mary Poplin is a professor of education at Claremont Graduate University and author of the book Finding Calcutta. In 1996 Poplin worked for two months with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, to understand why she described her ministry to the poor as religious work and not social work. Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions of life's hardest questions.
Friday, 23 Sep 2011
What Are You Being Taught and Why? How to Discern Worldviews of the Academy
Mary Poplin is a professor of education at Claremont Graduate University, where she has served as director of the master's program in teacher education and dean of the School of Educational Studies. In 1996 Poplin worked for two months with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, to understand why her Missionaries of Charity describe their ministry to the poor as religious work and not social work. Poplin later published the book Finding...