Monday, 18 Feb 2013
Panel: Women Pursuing Professional Careers
Three panelists share how they have handled the pressures and problems of balancing a career and family. Part of the Women in STEM Series
Retirement reception: Rohit Trivedi
Trivedi, Distinguished Professor emeritus in materials science and engineering and also affiliated with the Ames Laboratory, is retiring.
Bookbinding
Learn how to create a sketchbook or journal using the Coptic Stitch!
Crochet
Learn everything a beginner needs to know including how to hold the yarn and hook properly, do the basic crochet stitches and manipulate those stitches for different looks and effects.
Glass Beads
Learn the process of sculpting glass rods by heating and melting the glass in the flame of a gas-powered torch.
Beginning Photoshop
Explore the basic tools in Photoshop, learn how they work and what they can do.
It Takes a Family to Raise a Village
Jennifer Roback Morse is the founder and president of the Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage, and Senior Research Fellow in Economics at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.
CakeLove: Find Your Passion, Follow Your Calling
Warren Brown, former host of the Food Network's Sugar Rush, is the owner of CakeLove and the Love Café and author of three cookbooks. Brown left his job as an attorney for the federal government to start his bakery in 2002. He speaks about business development and finding one's passion.