Thursday, 30 Oct 2014
Registration begins for juniors: Spring 2015
First day of assigned Spring 2015 registration dates for students projected as juniors. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday, and most Sundays.
Library workshop
"Finding Funding: Using Campus Resources," with Rebecca Jackson, Parks Library; and Sue Shipitalo, VPR's Office. Intended for faculty, grad students and post-docs. Preregistration required.
Iowa Energy Center Lecture Series
"Overcoming Technical and Non-Technical Barriers on the Road to Commercialization," Jim Spaeth, bioenergy demonstration and market transformation program manager, U.S. Department of Energy. Registration is requested for this free event.
Overcoming Technical and Non-Technical Barriers On the Road to Commercialization
One of the Energy Department's key objectives in bioenergy is to foster development of a robust, commercially-competitive biorefinery industry and help reduce the risk associated with designing, constructing and operating first-of-a-kind biorefinery demonstrations. This presentation will give key lessons and best practices the Department has learned over the last decade.
Cyclone Cinema: Transformers, Age of Extinction
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Ghost Stories of Iowa State
How much do you know of campus history, legend, and lore? Join University Museums for an evening of historic and haunted stories about Iowa State and discover who may be haunting your lecture hall!
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series
Manipulating Culture after the Conquest: The First Operas in the New World, Chad Gasta, ISU world languages and cultures.
Concert: The Dodos
Acclaimed indie folk band The Dodos are known for using an alternate instrumental approach. They're touring in support of their fifth LP, Carrier, an album that's refreshingly sincere: no computers, no gimmicks -- just eleven songs that are beautiful and solid and true and honest.
Friday, 31 Oct 2014
Designation of Repeat
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 add/drop full-semester courses
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses or withdraw without extenuating circumstances
Pass/Not Pass changes: full-semester courses
Last day to change a full-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass. Full-semester courses changed to graded basis after Sept. 9 count toward total allowable P/NP credits used for graduation.
EH&S Safety Summit
"Safety: Take it Home with You." Attendees will learn about home fire and electrical safety, ladder safety and distracted driving. Register online for this free event.
Interdisciplinary Phenomics Workshop
This series promotes interaction among faculty in diverse disciplines and helps forge new collaborations that will lead to the submission of successful grant proposals, ground-breaking research and the formation of new companies.
Friday Talk: Ballistic Receptacles
In this brown-bag lunch presentation, Will Prindle, assistant professor of industrial design, will share his research into the design and development of explosive-resistant trash and recycling receptacles for public spaces without an extensive security presence. Part of the Institute for Design Research and Outreach's Friday Talks series.
Learning Community: Team-Based Learning
Graduates of the TBL Teaching and Learning Circles are invited to participate in the TBL Faculty/Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Learning Community. We work as teams to optimize application exercises, readiness assurance tests, peer evaluation, and other aspects of course design, and also invite speakers to facilitate discussions of TBL theory, research and classroom application. Facilitator: Lisa Orgler, Lecturer, Horticulture
Library workshop
"Getting Started with EndNote Web," an introduction to a free bibliographic management program that helps users collect, organize, format and use collected citations in their writing projects. Preregistration required.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Halloween
Join us on Fridays evenings for a fun exploration of techniques in "painting" bisque. We have skulls, Frankenstein mugs, monster figurines and more!
Cyclone Cinema: Transformers, Age of Extinction
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Soccer
Iowa State vs. TCU
Dance social
Halloween party: Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club. Singles welcome. Dress is casual; indoor shoes or socks are required.
Men's hockey
ISU vs. Ohio (Central States Collegiate Hockey League).
Performance: Crimes of the Heart
Three sisters reunite at their Granddaddy's home in Mississippi and are forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" each has committed.
Saturday, 01 Nov 2014
Cyclone Central Tailgate
Fun for the whole family, regardless of the weather. Each tailgate features games, prizes, football action on the big screens, a marching band performance, a cash bar (Olde Main Brewing Company), and an optional catered meal by area vendors (preregistration required).
Football
ISU vs. Oklahoma.
Cyclone Cinema: Transformers, Age of Extinction
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Men's hockey
ISU vs. Ohio (Central States Collegiate Hockey League).
Performance: Crimes of the Heart
Three sisters reunite at their Granddaddy's home in Mississippi and are forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" each has committed.