Monday, 03 Apr 2023
Monday Monologues series
The Stormettes Dance Line promotes team endurance and body-positivity by performing a variety of different dance styles including the majorette, heels and hip-hop styles. This team, open to Iowa State students with varying levels of dance experience, serves the Iowa State, Ames and Des Moines communities through performances and workshops. Rain location: first floor, Grant Wood mural lobby.
Tuesday, 04 Apr 2023
Black Hair and Storytelling as a Form of Social Activism
St. Clair Detrick-Jules is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, activist & author of My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood. She captures personal stories and intimate moments centering Black liberation, immigrant justice, and women's rights. An Afro-Caribbean artist who remains rooted in her community, St. Clair grounds her work in radical love, joy, and the knowledge that a more just world is...
Wednesday, 05 Apr 2023
Who Is a Sincere Believer? Religious Freedom and Its Limits
Author and speaker Charles McCrary. Throughout the country, white evangelicals argue their sincere beliefs entitle them to disobey antidiscrimination laws. Under the law, who gets to be considered a "sincere believer," and what do sincere believers get to do? This talk will explore the history and contemporary politics behind these vexing questions.
Thursday, 06 Apr 2023
Dynamic Lecturing: Strategies for More Engaged Learning
"Dynamic Lecturing: Strategies for More Engaged Learning," Todd Zakrajsek, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Learn the elements of an effective mini-lecture, how to know when to stop lecturing, and the key components of engaged learning strategies. We'll explore proven techniques that will have an immediate impact on sustaining student attention and increasing mastery of your course content.
Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild Our Communities
Alumna Hannah Lewis, author of "Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World," will give the 2023 Shivvers Memorial Lecture. Her book promotes an international, "doable" movement to restore biodiversity by transforming empty lots, backyards and degraded land into mini forests.