Monday, 10 Dec 2018
Final exams
Final exams week is Dec. 10-13.
Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018
Final exams
Final exams week is Dec. 10-13.
Manage Your Canvas Course - Group Work and Collaboration
This one and a half interactive, hands-on workshop is open to all Iowa State University instructors and instructional designers to explore options for group work and collaboration in Canvas.
Meeting: Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. Senate meetings are open to the public.
Volleyball: NIVC championship
Iowa State hosts Tulane in the title match of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship.
Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018
Final exams
Final exams week is Dec. 10-13.
Faculty Workshop
Graduate Recruitment and Enrollment Management, the benefits of strategic graduate enrollment management. Presenters: Bill Graves, Carolyn Cutrona, Graduate College.
Open house: North Chilled Water Plant
See the new chillers that were installed summer 2018 to add 33 percent more capacity to chilled water production to meet increasing demands. The open house will include a self-guided tour and refreshments.
Research workshop: Working with IACUC or IBC Protocols Using a-tune
The Office for Responsible Research, Office of the Attending Veterinarian and Laboratory Animal Resources are offering software training for researchers who submit IACUC or IBC protocols. Participants will learn how to navigate the new electronic protocol submission system, a-tune. Training topics will include creating and submitting a protocol, and, for animal users of LAR, how to order animals and manage animal records.
Thursday, 13 Dec 2018
Final exams
Final exams week is Dec. 10-13.
Caterpillar Club
Join us this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Brown Bag: Nature at Noon
"You Gotta Nourish to Flourish: A Plant's Role in Nutrition." Bring your lunch to the Gardens and learn about the complex ways plants are processed into food and feed.
Manage Your Canvas Course - Rubrics and Outcomes
This one and a half interactive, hands-on workshop is open to all Iowa State University instructors and instructional designers to explore rubrics and outcomes and how they work together in Canvas.
Open House: Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence
Stop in the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) holiday open house and learn more about current research -- such as handwriting, shoe prints and bullets -- and educational and training opportunities for the forensic science and legal communities. Refreshments will be served.
Quality Matters Learning Community
The Quality Matters (QM) Learning Community is designed to help you improve your courses using the Quality Matters Standards. Members will have opportunities to hear about ways to meet the QM standards, as well as discussing best practices, experiences, and solutions to course design problems.
Friday, 14 Dec 2018
Graduate College: Deadline
Graduate College: Last day to have your POSC approved by the Graduate College for Spring 2019 graduation.
Semester ends
Final day of the fall semester.
Retirement reception: Jerilyn Rasmusson
Jerilyn Rasmusson, a human resource specialist in university human resources, is retiring from the university on Jan. 4, 2019.
Manage Your Canvas Course - Personalized Learning and Mastery Paths
This one and a half hour interactive, hands-on workshop is open to all Iowa State University instructors and instructional designers to explore how a personalized learning and mastery path can enhance your course in Canvas.
Graduate College Commencement
Commencement ceremony for the Graduate College.
Saturday, 15 Dec 2018
Butterfly Blizzard
Come in from the cold to experience a different kind of blizzard - a butterfly blizzard in Reiman Gardens' Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing!
Undergraduate Commencement
Undergraduate commencement ceremony.
Sunday, 16 Dec 2018
Women's Basketball
Iowa State vs. Drake.
Concert: Home Free - A Country Christmas
Home Free is bringing new music, new production, more country and holiday favorites as they come to town in "A Country Christmas Tour"! The 5-man band has become known for their show-stopping performances that mix their signature no-instrument, all-vocal music with their quick-witted humor.
Walk-in Argentine Tango
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. From 4-5pm, moves for beginners are introduced with a different figure each week along with techniques for better dancing. From 5-7pm, the floor is yours for dancing under the guidance of Valerie Williams, and for working with different partners. An intermediate level figure will also be introduced during this time.
Wrestling
Iowa State vs. Ohio.
Monday, 17 Dec 2018
Workshop: Entering Engineering Education Research (Michael Loui and Benjamin Ahn)
The overall goal of the workshop co-sponsored by the AAU Mini Grant Program and the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) is to introduce engineering education research to faculty in Iowa State University.
Candidate forum: AVP for human resources and strategy
Open forums, which include a presentation and audience Q&A, are scheduled during campus interviews for three finalists. Candidate names will be released the day before their campus forums. Resumes and evaluation forms will be available on the UHR search websites and WorkCyte improved service delivery webpage. Evaluation forms must be submitted by 5 p.m. Dec. 20 to be considered.