Monday, 15 Mar 2021
Virtual Lecture: Is Green Gentrification Inevitable?
Hamil Pearsall, an associate professor and graduate chair of geography and urban studies at Temple University, will present "Is Green Gentrification Inevitable? Locating the Green Space Paradox with GIS" in this virtual lecture hosted by the Department of Community and Regional Planning.
QM Success Stories: Synchronous course design for the pandemic and beyond
Join Dr. Steven Crawford to explore the established frameworks for flipped and blended course design. During the webinar, participants will:
Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021
Webinar, CELT Teaching Talks: Advanced Tips for Teaching Online
In this virtual brown-bag lunch session, April Eisman (Associate Professor, Art & Visual Culture) will talk about her experiences teaching online. In particular, she will share some of the tricks and tips she has learned along the way for both synchronous and asynchronous courses -- from embedding questions in videos, to using Google docs, to regularly "touching base" with students, this session will cover a variety of ideas.
Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021
Workshop: Preparing for a Successful P&T Review
For new tenure-eligible faculty. Associate provost for faculty Dawn Bratsch-Prince, associate provost for academic programs Ann Marie VanDerZanden and associate vice president for research Surya Mallapragada will present on what makes a successful P&T case.
Webinar, Effectively managing disruptive conduct in learning spaces
When disruptive conduct takes place, some Iowa State University instructors recommend addressing it immediately. Their advice: remain calm, assess the situation, listen to student concerns. Especially recommended: provide a clear, firm response that is consistent with what you've given other students.
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Collaboration)
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. Instructional support staff will facilitate each 30-minute byte. These 30-minutes builds on concepts covered in the Canvas Mini-Bytes training videos on the CELT instructional strategies pages.
Seminar: Digital Phenotyping for Soybean Breeding
By Matthew Carroll, Iowa State University
Seminar: Genetic Assessment of Maize Populations Selected for Drought Tolerance
By Tatenda Musimwa, Iowa State University
Seminar: Pedology, pedometrics, and soil health: leveraging novel data streams to enable soil conservation
by Jason Ackerson
Virtual Concert: Ireland with Michael
A celebration of Irish culture and music for the Irish American Heritage Month of March. Michael shares his own connection to songs and stories of his home county, his love of traditional music with the gorgeous 10-piece Harpist group Cláirsà Neamhaà with local fiddlers, pipers playing jigs and reels that are perfect to celebrate Irish heritage.
Thursday, 18 Mar 2021
Web talk, Systemic disadvantages for LGBTQ professionals in STEM (SABER)
Researchers have documented race and gender bias in STEM for decades, but there has been little parallel examination of LGBTQ status as an axis of inequality. How do LGBTQ-identifying STEM professionals fare in STEM? Drawing on the NSF-funded STEM Inclusion Study data of over 25,000 STEM workers, Dr. Cech will discuss her recent study of LGBTQ inequality among STEM professionals.
Undergraduate Agronomy Club Meeting
Meal at 6:30 pm Speaker at 7 pm Business meeting to follow
Friday, 19 Mar 2021
Innovators Forum: Louis Carr
A live, moderated conversation with Louis Carr, president of media sales, BET Network. Registration required.
Webinar, 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.