Thursday, 27 Oct 2011
Throwing Larger Forms with Greg Lamont
A class for those comfortable with the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel and are now wanting to learn how to extend their abilities by throwing larger and/or more complex forms.
Treasure Boxes with Dan Neubauer
This is a class designed for those who think outside the square box.
Field Work: A Family Farm
Meet filmmaker John Helde as he follows Judy and Charlie Swanson and their three grown children pursuing their dream of farming as one extended family. It follows the Swanson family through several seasons and looks at the social and economic challenges of family farming: rising land prices, changing technologies and the barriers to entry for the younger generation. A discussion will follow the 96-minute film.
Improvisations for Studio & Stage
In both visual art and jazz, interpretation is heavily influenced by the individual creator, never creating the same work of art or playing the same composition exactly the same way twice. Join Mark Chidister, associate professor in Art and Design, and James Bovinette, associate professor in Music, as they talk about the relationship and philosophical similarities of art & jazz.
SUB Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Cyclone Cinema presents Hairy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2!
SUB Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Cyclone Cinema presents Hairy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2!
Friday, 28 Oct 2011
Designated repeat: full semester or second half-semester course
Last day to file a Designation of Repeated Course form for a full-semester or second half-semester course that is not an automatic designated repeat.
Last day to drop/add full semester courses
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses or withdraw without extenuating circumstances.
Schedule change deadline
Last day: *to change a full-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass. Full-semester courses changed to graded basis after Sept 2 count toward total allowable P/NP credits used for graduation; *to file a Designation of Repeated Course form for a full-semester or second half-semester course that is not an automatic designated repeat.
Lab Safety Summit
Staff in ISU environmental health & safety will provide information on a federal Department of Homeland Security visit and use of nitric acid, among other topics. The summits are designed for safety officers, lab managers, PIs, grad students and others who need to know current safety information. To register, call 4-2193 or email Karla Godfrey-Dixon.
Universal Design in Electronic Voting
Juan E. Gilbert is an IDEaS Professor and Chair of the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing at Clemson University, where he leads the Human-Centered Computing Lab. He and his research team were recently awarded a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to conduct research on accessible voting technologies.
ISU Retirees Social & Program
Social at 2:30; program at 3:00 - "Political Campaigns: The Times. . .They Are a Changing," by Blair Boehm.
Planetarium Show
"The Solar System."
SUB Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Cyclone Cinema presents Hairy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2!
Dance social
Halloween party. Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club. Singles welcome. Dress is casual.
Men's hockey
ISU vs. University of Illinois (Central States Collegiate Hockey League, American Collegiate Hockey Association).
How to Survive a Zombie Attack
Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide, is on a Halloween tour. Brooks, who is considered to be one of the world's foremost Zombie experts, has also won an Emmy as a writer for Saturday Night Live and is the son of legendary comedian Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.
ISU After Dark
Join us for bowling & billiards, BINGO, comedians, game shows and much more!
SUB Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Cyclone Cinema presents Hairy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2!
Saturday, 29 Oct 2011
Spoon Jewelry with Robbie Helzer
Recycle silverware (even forks and knives!) into rings, earrings, bracelets & more.
VRAC Haunted House
Join us for an afternoon of the creepy and crawly. The frights will be real and virtual. Come see some of your favorite characters VRAC halloween style. For children five and older.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast tells the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in the spell of an evil enchantress.
Spirits in the Gardens
Just after the new moon, during nights with a nip in the air, Reiman Gardens brings their Spirits in the Gardens event to life.
SUB Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Cyclone Cinema presents Hairy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2!
Iowa Statesmen
The 114 men strong Iowa Statesmen will perform. Dr. James Rodde, conductor
Men's hockey
ISU vs. University of Illinois (Central States Collegiate Hockey League, American Collegiate Hockey Association).
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast tells the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in the spell of an evil enchantress.
SUB Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Cyclone Cinema presents Hairy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2!