Monday, 05 Apr 2021
Monday Monologues series
"My Soul is Awakened," Jennifer Rodgers, conductor and lecturer in music. The Cantamus and Count Me In women's ensembles present music that speak to the soul: how they yearned, struggled, danced, worried and loved through the year. The live performance also will be livestreamed on the Cantamus Instagram account.
Thursday, 08 Apr 2021
A Vaccinologist's Tale: A Journey from Jenner to Nanomedicines
Michael J. Wannemuehler, PhD., joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine at ISU in 1983. His laboratory has contributed to the development an effective vaccine against swine dysentery and, along with collaborators in the Nanovaccine Institute, has worked on vaccines for tetanus, streptococcal pneumonia, pneumonic plague, anthrax, influenza, and COVID-19.
Lecture: Self-Care for Activists in 2021 and Beyond
Aisha Moore is an entrepreneur with a Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Ms. Moore has been providing self-care programs since 2014 to businesses, foundations, nonprofits and colleges, and has recently completed training in Health Coaching.
Monday, 12 Apr 2021
Monday Monologues series
"The Power of Peaceful Protest," introduction by Julie Roosa, adjunct assistant professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. Kick off the annual First Amendment Days celebration listening to ISU community members recount their experiences assembling with others in order to question authority and to shake up campus.
The First Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement
Robert Bickel, professor emeritus of law at Stetson University College of Law, and Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum, authors of "The First Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement," created with the support of Stetson University and the Freedom Forum. A First Amendment Days event.
Emerging Issues in Global Markets and Trade
Link to event: https://alumni.cals.iastate.edu/lectures/carl-and-marjory-hertz-lecture-on-emerging-issues-in-agriculture/ Dhamu Thamodaran, retired executive vice president, chief strategy officer and chief commodity hedging officer for Smithfield Foods, has been a respected global leader in the agricultural industry for more than 30 years.