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.