Thursday, 14 Mar 2019
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Spring Blood Drive
The Iowa State Blood Drive student organization coordinates a four-day event in the fall and spring semesters. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate.
Faculty Forum: Workday and Improved Service Delivery
The forum provides faculty members with a targeted look at how Workday and improved service delivery (ISD) will impact their teaching, research and extension work. Five sessions of the same faculty forum are scheduled. A breakout session of table topics will follow brief opening remarks. Bring your questions. Registration is free.
Nature at Noon
Bring your lunch to the Gardens each month and enjoy a nature-based education program relating to the 2019 theme, Toys & Games.
Open forum: College of Engineering dean finalist
Each of five dean finalists will be announced the day before his or her campus visit.
Research workshop: Subrecipient monitoring
Join OSPA and SPA as we examine the Uniform Guidance's expanded requirements for subrecipient monitoring on federal financial assistance awards. We will review roles and responsibilities within Iowa State along with important source documents. We also will discuss how subrecipient agreements are customized to reflect risk and to enhance monitoring.
Workshop, Rubrics and Outcomes in Canvas (Canvas Track 2)
Rubrics are a great way to provide useful formative feedback to your students. Rubrics can also help you understand where your students stand in your course. Learn how to receive insights into whether your students are meeting your intended outcomes as you monitor their progress with constructive feedback! Upon completion, participants will be able to do the following:
Learning to Learn: Chris Bell
In an effort to better understand the balance between the benefits and the risks that new technologies offer, urban designer Chris Bell, a senior associate with DLR Group, will present "Learning to Learn," which considers his experiences working on smart cities in Asia, as well as work in Africa. Part of the Spring 2019 Urban Design Colloquium: Questions of Civility, Bell's visit is cosponsored by the Des Moines and Seattle offices of DLR Group.
Cyclone Cinema: Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns is a PG fantasy/adventure movie rated 4 stars. Michael Banks learns his house will be repossessed if he can't pay back his loan. Just as all seems lost, Mary Poppins, the beloved nanny from his childhood arrives to save the day. Refreshments and snacks available at extra charge.
Lecture: Rapid Global Warming and Human Violence
Iowa State Distinguished Professor of psychology Craig Anderson will outline three ways global warming increases the risk of human violence. Sigma Xi Lecture Series.
The Way Down Wanderers
A 5-piece Illinois-based act with high energy percussion, mandolin, guitar, bass, banjo and fiddle. All instruments weave seamlessly together to create an experience for fans that has sold out shows across the UK and the United States. Critics and tastemakers alike have awarded the young artists an impressive number of accolades ranging from official showcases at AmericanaFest (2018), Songpickr's Best Songs Spotify Playlist (2016) and more.