Sunday, 26 Sep 2021
Soil Judging - Regional Competition
Good luck Soils Team!
Wedding expo: United at the Union
Wedding vendors in the central Iowa area who would love to help bring your wedding dreams to life. Join us for light snacks, a beverage, and preparation for the big day! Register for tickets (free, or $10 for VIP early access and swag bags) for a chance to win discounts and prizes.
Softball vs. DMACC
Iowa State vs. Des Moines Area Community College. Schedule updates and weather delays are available on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.
Sunday Tours: Native American & Inuit Art
Get a closer look at signature objects in the University Museums' permanent collection. This tour spotlights the diverse forms of Native American and Inuit art, from basketry to glassmaking.
Argentine Tango Lessons
Valerie Williams 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 different partners for practice. From 5-7pm, the floor is yours for dancing under the guidance of Valerie, and for working with different partners. An intermediate level figure will also be introduced during this time.
Cyclone Cinema: F9, The Fast Saga
Dom and the crew must take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother. Concessions are available.
Monday, 27 Sep 2021
Paint Your Own Pottery: Gnome Week
An enchanting cast of characters awaits you! Meet Norm, Norma, Nate, Nora, Elwood, Jake, and the ever-popular foot-tall Ginormagnome. Start (or keep building) your gnome village with cute little mushrooms, a small planter, or a fairy house. Drop in anytime Monday-Friday 2-9pm or Saturday 10am-4pm.
Faculty development workshop: The Public Classroom
Join university counsel Michael Norton for a review of the current environment and its implications for freedom of speech and academic freedom.
reACT Exhibtion Opening Reception: "Color Matters"
Get a first look at the newest reACT exhibition, guest curated by Dr. Jonathan Strum, Professor of Music. "Color Matters" explores the complex relationship humans have with color and how color shapes how we see and understand the world. Remarks at 5:00 pm by Dr. Sturm. Light refreshments.
Don't Be Evil: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism and Big Tech
Financial Times and global economic analyst Rana Foroohar covers the intersection of business, economics, politics, and foreign affairs. She will be speaking about the evolution of major internet forces, such as Google, Apple, and Facebook, from idealistic start-ups to globally dominating purveyors of individuals' private information.
Macrame Air Plant Globe Workshop
Create a lovely hanging planter with an amber glass globe and cream cord. Learn basic macrame knotting that you can use on future projects, and pull together your project with sand, rocks, shells, and a Tillandsia air plant.
Soil and Water Conservation Club Meeting
Meeting + free food!
Cyclone Cinema: F9, The Fast Saga
Dom and the crew must take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother. Concessions are available.
Latinx in the U.S.A.: Music as a Cultural History
Music can be viewed and ââ'¬Å"readââ'¬Â as a tool that shares the cultural values, roots, and history of peoples. Over the years, Latinx musical genres share the concerns of Latin@s throughout the years--songs about immigrant woes tell tales from the early 20th century to today, but recent tunes have been created to add Latinx voices to Black Lives Matter protests. Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D. is a Chicago-based journalist.
Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021
VIRTUAL Curator's Exploration: "Color Matters"
Enjoy a virtual exploration of the newest reACT exhibition "Color Matters" with guest curator Dr. Jonathan Sturm as he shares his thoughts on the concept, discusses highlights of the exhibition, and invites you to visit in person and reACT.
Seminar: Targeting MTOR signaling in pancreatic cancer
Join this seminar to hear about how this research group is studying MTOR (a serine/threonine protein kinase) and it's downstream effects on KRAS and pancreatic cancer.
Leadership Lecture: Be the Glue
Chris Cornelius, co-owner of Cornelius Seed, grew up on a diversified farm in Guttenberg, Iowa. She earned a bachelor's degree in ag journalism from ISU in 1983. A connector and a networker, Cornelius will share how she has been the glue that has helped keep the multi-generational family's business together and successful. The 2021 William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture.
Wednesday, 29 Sep 2021
An Introduction to the Study Cycle - Help your learners study smarter!
Do your learners wait until the last minute to study for exams? Do they spend lots of time studying, but end up with less than promising results?
Business, Industry and Technology Career Fair (virtual)
This virtual career fair enables students to explore career opportunities, obtain employer information, and locate internships, co-ops and full-time positions. Employers have the opportunity to connect with promising candidates for job and internship openings as well as network with university personnel and other employers. Open to all majors and other job seekers. Log in to CyHire to participate.
People to People Career Fair (virtual)
This virtual career fair offers employers and students a professional environment to connect and discuss internships and full-time employment opportunities in human/social services; health/wellness; event management; government; and hospitality. There also will be an opportunity for students to meet with representatives from professional health and law schools. Log in to CyHire to participate.
Housing Fair
The Housing Fair is designed to help students find their home away from home. See options from the Department of Residence and others, learn about tenants' rights, and find other resources.
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
Free vaccination clinic for Iowa State students, faculty and staff. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Schedule an appointment online or call 515-294-5801 and bring your ISUCard to the clinic. Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccines will be available.
Webinar, Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure (Course Materials)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. This session will have a focus on course materials and include strategies incorporating course reserves and LinkedIn Learning.
Lecture: Nothing Is Too Big to Fail
Kerry Killinger was the chairman, president and CEO of Washington Mutual Bank, the sixth largest depository bank in the country prior to the financial crisis of 2008. Linda Killinger was vice chair of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and chair of its audit/finance committee.
Needle Felted Cactus Workshop
Make an adorable cactus by using needle felting techniques with wool roving. "Plant" your succulent in a small terra-cotta pot. A great beginner project!
Thursday, 30 Sep 2021
Seminar: Mechanisms of aging: from inter-organ communication to inter-organelle cross-talk
Join us to hear how peroxisomes interact with other organelles and play a crucial role in animal cells aging.
CyBUY Suppliers Show
Procurement Services will also be offering informational sessions focused on the resources available to assist you in navigating your cyBUY experience in addition to opportunities to explore options offered by cyBUY suppliers, consult experts prior to making purchasing decisions, see what is available to you through the cyBUY Marketplace, and to meet the people behind Iowa State University Internal Stores.
Seminar: Shannon Hauf, Senior Vice President and Head of Seed Production Innovation at Bayer
Women in agriculture
Webinar, College Student Development Theory: Transgressive Frameworks and Models for Diverse Populations
According to Perez-Izaguirre (2019), "Acts of transgression are located at the border of a norm bounded by limits, marked by what is appropriate". College student development theory has evolved over time to include essential contributions from intellectuals, scholars, and theorists representing myriad disciplines and fields both within and outside of the social sciences.
Meeting, Team-Based Learning (TBL) Teaching and Learning Community
This topic-based teaching and learning community meets throughout the academic year. 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.