Tuesday, 24 Mar 2015
POSTPONED: Discussion: Visiting Professor Lee Sheldon - Game Based Learning Community
A Game-Based Learning Community discussion with Dr. Lee Sheldon, Associate Professor, the Communication and Media Department and Co-Director of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York
Mentoring graduate students
Mentoring graduate students
POSTPONED: Forum: Designing Coursework as a Game with Visiting Professor Lee Sheldon
Everywhere educators from K-12 to university professors are attempting to negotiate the widening gap between decades-old teaching methods and the parallel-processing and social-networking students of today. They recognize that students seem more focused on video game challenges than their classes, but literal efforts to use video games to teach have met with uncertain success.
What Are the Digital Humanities and Why Are They Important?
You may have noticed the phrase "Digital Humanities" popping up all over the place in the last several years. In this workshop you'll learn what is meant by DH, why it's such an important field, and how you, as a humanist, can make it work for you. Intended for graduate students and faculty in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Seating is limited. Prerequisite required.
Plant Breeding Seminar
TBD - Hybridization of bioenergy crops Presenter:Erik Sacks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seminar: Interdepartmental genetics
"Genomics Approaches to Unravel the Complex Basis of Fruit Flavors," Kevin Folta, professor and chair, horticultural sciences department, University of Florida.
Wood Stack Table
Learn how stack laminate and make a small striped table or stool. The first night students will assemble various types of wood with glue and clamps. The second night sand and finish your piece. Leave class with a beautifully variegated functional object for your home.
Watercolor Class
Watercolor is a powerful and technical medium in which one can achieve beautiful results with a relatively quick sketch, or brilliant finished work with the investment of more time and craft. Watercolor is easy to use and this class will teach a variety of techniques from realistic to abstract in fun exercises. Experiment with both traditional and liquid watercolors.
Lecture: Stories of Undocumented Workers from Mexico
Frans Schryer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, Canada, where he taught in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.
The Last Bhopa: The Effects of Modernization on Folk Culture in India
Praveen Singh Rathore will screen his 15-minute film "The Last Bhopa" and discuss how development in India has impacted the lives of traditional musicians and artisans, including Bhopas, semi-nomadic priest singers of the folk deities in Rajasthan, India.
Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015
Agronomy Department Seminar
Rethinking Biotechnology Communication - A Toolbox to Change Hearts and Minds Presenter: Dr. Kevin Folta, University of Florida, Gainsville
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Communicating Science: Beyond Just the Facts Presenter: Michael Dahlstrom, Associate Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, ISU
CANCELED: Softball
Iowa State vs. Nebraska has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.
Reception: Iowa Public Radio donor appreciation
Meet Iowa Public Radio on-air staff, enjoy refreshments and tour Reiman Gardens as part of this IPR donor appreciation event. A "Talk of Iowa" panel discussion will be recorded, with host Charity Nebbe and the Hort Gang.
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Dr. Monday Mbila, Alabama A&M University
Beginning Belly Dance
A Three Pillars Delsarte based approach to Middle Eastern Belly Dance in the style of award winning performer Shiara. This class teaches the basic movements of belly dance with a specific focus and detailed exploration each week. Walk-ins welcome!
Lecture: GMO Technology and the Future of Food
Kevin Folta (Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida) runs the Bio-talk-nowledge-y website, a program designed to help scientists learn the facts about biotechnology and then better communicate them.
ISU Percussion Ensemble
Matthew Coley director of percussion
Panel: Transgenic Bananas
"Transgenic Bananas? A dialogue on ethics, impacts and alternatives," presented by ISU ActivUs and the ISU Sustainable Agriculture Student Association. Speakers include author Steven Druker; Clark Wolf, ISU philosophy; Christina Gish-Hill, ISU anthropology; and Naboth Bwambale, ISU sociology. Moderators Carmen Bain, ISU sociology; and Michael Dahlstrom, ISU GSJMC.
Intermediate Belly Dance
Continue your Belly Dance addiction with Shiara with A Three Pillars Delsarte based approach to Middle Eastern Belly Dance in the style of award winning performer Shiara. The focus this semester will be on steps, combinations, layers, personal expression and style. This is an intermediate level class. Walk-ins welcome!
Thursday, 26 Mar 2015
MS Non-thesis Defense Seminar
Segregation distortion in transgenes Presenter: Rusty Rueckert Rusty will be remotely accessing in from Hawaii
Tech CYte Training: iLife Series Part One
Tech CYte Training- iLife Series Part 1: iPhoto March 26th at 12:30pm OR March 28th at 12:30pm Please join us inside the ISU Book Store for an in-depth training that will focus on iPhoto for Mac. Learn how to edit and share your photos with this easy to use application.
Medallion Ceremony
Distinguished Professor of English Carol Chapelle is the first holder of the department's Angela B. Pavitt Professorship In English. She will be recognized at this ceremony and a reception to follow. RSVP requested.
Seminar: Best Practices in Flipped Class Design
Best Practices in Flipped Class Design will give you the knowledge about how flipped learning works in different disciplines and the conceptual tools for constructing a flipped classroom of your own. This webinar is taught by Robert Talbert, Ph.D., associate professor in the mathematics department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.
Class: Botanical Drawing
This is a 6 week course on Mondays March 23, March 30, April 6, April 13, April 20, & April 27 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Learn how to use plants as the subject of art with easy approaches & successive lessons. Learn from artist Megan Henson as you draw from flowers & plants in the classroom, the Hughes Conservatory, & even get inspired by those early spring blooms in outside. Use your drawings for nature journals, hand-made cards, & more.
Walk-In Craft: Boho Denim Embellishment
Bring in jeans, a jacket, or anything denim to reconstruct. Distress and make cut-offs. Add fabric or embroidery. Stitch on patches, whether there's a hole or not. Bring a little boho-gypsy-folk into your wardrobe for spring.
Stone Setting Little Treasures Class
Capture something special in a pendant with prongs made from balled wire. Learn about drilling, working with a torch and other basic jewelry making techniques. Bring in a small rock, geode, crystal, or small object that is meaningful to you.
Cyclone Cinema: The Hobbit
Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Mathematics of Crime
Andrea Bertozzi is the Betsy Wood Knapp Chair for Innovation and Creativity and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sigma Xi Lecture Series.
Performance: Two Rooms
The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut where an American hostage is being held by Arab terrorists and a room in his home in the United States, which his wife has stripped of furniture so that symbolically she can share his ordeal. The wife is goaded by unforeseen developments to speak out against government policy and, in so doing, triggers the tragic series of events that brings the play to its startling conclusion.