Sunday, 05 Apr 2009
Panel: Confronting Global Poverty
Mark Bryden, ISU mechanical engineering; Ebby Luvaga, ISU economics; Leah Keino, ISU apparel, educational studies and hospitality management; and Mark Westgate, Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, will discuss how different disciplines work to improve the quality of life throughout the world. Part of Poverty Awareness Week.
Monday, 06 Apr 2009
Research talk: French language instruction
"The promise and perils of desktop videoconferencing in the French classroom," Richard Kern, University of California, Berkeley. No registration required.
Workshop: Successful women
"Secrets of Successful Women," Suzanna de Baca, Ameriprise Financial, Minneapolis. Part of the Women's Leadership Series.
Teaching workshop
"Towards a literacy-based approach to language teaching," Richard Kern, University of California, Berkeley. No registration required.
Horticulture seminar
Nickolee Boyer, ISU horticulture graduate student.
IG Workshop: Microbial Metagenomics
"Microbe Hunting in the 21st Century," Ian Lipkin, Columbia University, New York City.
Tuesday, 07 Apr 2009
CESMEE Seminar
"Sustainability, Green Chemistry and STEM Education," Deborah Exton, University of Oregon.
Lecture: Autism services
"Autism Services Then and Now: What Has Changed, What is Needed?" Geoff Abelson, ISU special education.
Lecture: Poverty awareness
Keynote address for Poverty Awareness Week, Oladele Ogunseitan, University of California, Irvine.
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009
Self-defense workshop
"Protect Yourself!" free self-defense instruction from Ray Rodriguez, ISU Thielen Student Health Center, and Yong Chin Pak, ISU kineseology. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Thursday, 09 Apr 2009
Lecture: "Exploring the Deep Sea with Robots"
"Exploring the Deep Sea with Robots," Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.
TO BE RESCHEDULED - Ron Meier
Ron Meier is a Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, and Vice-Chair of e-Based Initiatives, a Quality Management Division of the American Society of Quality. He is the author of Holistic Enterprise-wide Risk Management and The Art and Science of Teaching Quality at the University. He has provided training and consulting services to a range of corporations organizations including Abbott Labs, Archer Daniels...
Friday, 10 Apr 2009
Geology Seminar
Dana Yoerger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MIT, Woods Hole, MA. "Autonomous Discovery, Mapping, and Sampling of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents"