Wednesday, 09 Feb 2011
Career Fair: Business, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Human Sciences
Add Photo All ISU students and other job seekers may attend this career fair. Up to 140 businesses will be represented. Students should bring their ISU student ID to obtain a professionally printed name tag.
TIAA-CREF financial seminar
"Save for Tomorrow, Start Today." Getting you to and through retirement. Are you interested in finding out how you can take advantage of your employer's retirement plan? It's easier than you think. Please preregister, space limited.
Preparing You and Your Courses for the Upgrade to Blackboard Learn
Learn the basic features and become familiar with the user interface of Blackboard Learn, along with navigation methods, ways to add and customize content, the Performance Dashboard and Grade Center.
Informational session: APHIS permits
Steve Ziegenfuss, a biosafety officer in ISU's department of environmental health and safety, will discuss situations when investigators must obtain APHIS (USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) permits and how to apply for them. Those who will attend are asked to send an e-mail to Connie Regenold, Office for Responsible Research.
TIAA-CREF financial seminar
"Five Habits of Highly Successful Investors." When you're beginning an investment strategy, you don't have to know everything about the financial markets, but you do need to grasp the essentials. Join us to find out what techniques investors use when making their investment decisions. Please preregister, space limited.
Trouble in the Trailer Park
"Trouble in the Trailer Park," Lee Rood, The Des Moines Register. An investigative reporter, Rood has written a series of articles over the last year on health, safety and legal issues arising in Iowa's mobile home parks. This is a critical topic for anyone interested in social justice, urban planning, design, housing advocacy, social services, etc. Come learn about this issue that is having an impact on communities in Iowa and the Midwest.
Sock Monkeys with Amber Russell
Not your traditional red heel sock monkeys, come make some fun, funky, personalized sock monkeys!
Works: Ken Smith
Ken Smith is the landscape architect handling the new design of Nollen Plaza in downtown Des Moines. Trained in both design and the fine arts, he explores the relationship between art, contemporary culture, and landscape. Smith owns a landscape design firm in New York City with an office in Irvine, Calif. He is a 1972 graduate of Iowa State University.
Lecture: Game development
Game developers Mike Boxleiter and Greg Wohlwend of Mikengreg Games Co. will reveal their process for developing Flash, Unity and iPhone games in relatively short amounts of time. Projects covered will include Solipskier, Liferaft: Zero, Fig. 8 among others. Learn from working game code, assets and numerous prototypes what it takes to finish a game and apply it to your own projects. All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, 10 Feb 2011
IPERS financial help
An IPERS representative will be at ISU monthly for individual appointments at the Memorial Union. If you or your spouse/partner have IPERS, take advantage of this opportunity to see your personal income projection and better understand how IPERS will work for you in retirement.
Winter Escapes Art Short Course
Join Jo Myers-Walker of the Left Bank Studio in Gilbert, Iowa. as she teaches a series of nine classes on watercolors and her trademark slumping plastic that will surely help you beat the winter blues.
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"Catalytic pathways for depolymerization of cellulose and lignin in liquid solvents," Z. Conrad Zhang, R&D KiOR, Inc.
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar Series
Z. Conrad Zhang, Directore of Science and R&D, KiOR, Inc. Pasadena, Texas.
Case study: Immigration
"Local actions to create a hospitable environment for immigrant workers: The case of Sioux County, Iowa," Cornelia Flora, ISU sociology. Part of the Research on Latinos in Iowa series.
Lecture: Brown Bag
Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Meeting: Professional & Scientific Council
P&S Council meetings are open to the public.
Computer science distinguished lecture
"P versus NP: Approaches, Rebuttals, and Does It Matter?" Neil Immerman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Immerman is one of the key developers of an active research program called descriptive complexity, an approach he is currently applying to research in model checking, database theory, and computational complexity theory.
Acrylic Painting
Acrylic painting is for those looking for a fun, colorful way to express their creativity!
Screenprinting
Learn an inexpensive way to create custom t-shirts.
The Next Phase of Martian Exploration: The Search for Life
"The Next Phase of Martian Exploration: The Search for Life," Peter Smith, University of Arizona. Smith was responsible for the Phoenix Mars Mission and participated in many of NASA's space missions. He is a recent recipient of the American Geographical Society's Cullum Geographical Medal and Arizona's first Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science. Part of the National Affairs Series.
Friday, 11 Feb 2011
Deadline: Pass/not pass courses
Last day to change a first half-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass. Courses changed to graded basis after Jan. 24 count toward total allowable P/NP credits used for graduation.
Deadline: Repeat course
Last day to file a Designation of Repeated Course form for a first half-semester course that is not an automatic designated repeat.
Drop deadline
Last day to drop a first half-semester course without extenuating circumstances.
Difficult Dialogues: Conflict Management
This workshop is designed for faculty considering a difficult dialogue in their work that fosters greater understanding of varied viewpoints on important issues. It will prepare faculty to prevent unproductive or destructive conflict and from overwhelming the educational benefit of dialogue. Facilitated by Paul Ladehoff, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Offered three times: 9-10 a.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m., 3:10-4:10 p.m.)
Track and field
Iowa State Classic track and field events.
Entrepreneur Forum: Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher, Founder and President of GlobalVetLink LC, will share the now decade-old story of his company, from it's humble beginnings to what is now the accepted "gold standard" of electronic regulatory certification for animals - approved by all 50 United States! Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch, and join us for an hour of learning and discussion.
Difficult Dialogues: Conflict Management
This workshop is designed for faculty considering a difficult dialogue in their work that fosters greater understanding of varied viewpoints on important issues. It will prepare faculty to prevent unproductive or destructive conflict and from overwhelming the educational benefit of dialogue. Facilitated by Paul Ladehoff, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Offered three times: 9-10 a.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m., 3:10-4:10 p.m.)
Difficult Dialogues: Conflict Management
This workshop is designed for faculty considering a difficult dialogue in their work that fosters greater understanding of varied viewpoints on important issues. It will prepare faculty to prevent unproductive or destructive conflict and from overwhelming the educational benefit of dialogue. Facilitated by Paul Ladehoff, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Offered three times: 9-10 a.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m., 3:10-4:10 p.m.)
Softball
Iowa State vs. Creighton (Iowa State Tournament). The tournament field includes ISU, Creighton, Western Illinois, South Dakota State and Valparaiso.
Gymnastics
ISU vs. Oklahoma.