Thursday, 09 Feb 2017
Pop-up Art Sale
Support local artists and give an original gift of art to your Valentine. Visit our pop-up booth outside the University Bookstore at the MU.
Youth Program: Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme. Materials are intended for children ages two to seven years old, and all children must be accompanied by an adult.
Brown Bag Lecture
Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy a nature-based education program relating to the 2017 theme, Water. Topics range from gardening interests to current local science research, to holiday decorating, and more. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Training: Youth program leaders and administrators
Information for youth program leaders, administrators and student organization officers regarding youth-related policies, procedures and forms for successfully conducting youth programs at ISU.
Pretty Papers Class
Make your own gorgeous decorative papers that can be used for cards, collages, bookbinding, scrapbooks, or even as framed art
Cyclone Cinema: Doctor Strange
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!
Felted Scarf Class
Upcycle wool sweaters into wearable art that's also good for the environment.
Landlady w/ Basin
Schatz leads Landlady, the Brooklyn five-piece whose 2014 Hometapes debut, Upright Behavior, boldly disrupts the notion of genre and reveals the soulful and continually-resonating work of Schatz and core band members Ian Chang, Ian McLellan Davis, Booker Stardrum, and Will Graefe, as well as a cast of NYC-based contributors gathered from Schatz's tandem walks of life as a solo musician, improviser, organizer, collaborator, promoter, and writer. C
Lecture: Linguist and cultural preservationist Daryl Baldwin
"Linking Language and Well-being from a Myaamia Perspective." Daryl Baldwin, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, is a linguist and scholar reviving the linguistic, cultural, and intellectual heritage of the Miami (Myaamia) nation. He directs The Myaamia Center, a unique tribal-academic partnership between The Miami University of Ohio and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
Friday, 10 Feb 2017
Drop Deadline
Last day to drop a first half-semester course without extenuating circumstances.
Indoor Track and Field
Iowa State Classic.
Pass/Not Pass first half-semester courses
Last day to change a first half-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass.
Pop-up Art Sale
Support local artists and give an original gift of art to your Valentine. Visit our pop-up booth outside the University Bookstore at the MU.
Open forum: Chief of police finalist
The last of four finalists for Iowa State's assistant vice president-chief of police post will be announced on Feb. 9.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Why earthquake hazard maps often fail: a challenge in natural hazard forecasting" by Dr. Seth Stein, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Walk-In Paint Your Own Pottery: Date Night
Bring a friend and get two for one studio fees tonight.
CANCELED: The Smart Mandate: Ubiquitous Computing, Environment and 'Resilient Hope'
This lecture has been canceled due to a family health emergency. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern will discuss the relationship between "resilient hope"-- a managerial compulsion to anticipate and speculate upon disaster -- and "smart" infrastructure.
Cyclone Cinema: Doctor Strange
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. University of Utah (American Collegiate Hockey Association).
Saturday, 11 Feb 2017
Indoor Track and Field
Iowa State Classic.
Orchid Fest
View a selection of orchid varieties and purchase orchid plants. A Question and Answer booth staffed by the Central Iowa Orchid Society will provide novice and experienced orchid growers with friendly expert advice.
Walk-In Craft: Valentines Day Cards
We've got the supplies, you bring the creativity!
Lego Batman Story Time
Join us for Lego stories inside the University Book Store at the Memorial Union for stories. Story Time begins promptly at 10:30 am.
Open House: Thomas Edison's Birthday
The American inventor Thomas Edison greatly influenced life around the world. Step back in time at the Farm House Museum to hear about and see the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and other inventions that impacted the residents of the Farm House at the turn of the century.
Men's basketball
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma.
Cyclone Cinema: Doctor Strange
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. University of Utah (American Collegiate Hockey Association).
Sunday, 12 Feb 2017
Orchid Fest
View a selection of orchid varieties and purchase orchid plants. A Question and Answer booth staffed by the Central Iowa Orchid Society will provide novice and experienced orchid growers with friendly expert advice.
Film and Discussion: Eskimo Artist Kenojuak
Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset, Canada. This film about her work by John Feeney was nominated for the 1963 Documentary Short Subject Oscar®. This 20 minute film will be followed by a discussion with Director of American Indian Studies Sebastian Braun, Art and Visual Culture Printmaking Professor April Katz, and University Museums Assistant Curator Adrienne Gennett.
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 dancing better. From 5-7pm, the dance floor is yours for dancing under the guidance of Valerie and working with different partners. An intermediate level figure will also be introduced during this time.