Thursday, 18 Feb 2016
Youth Program: Caterpillar Club
Each gathering features a theme as we read aloud books, and wrap up with related cooperative activities and crafts great for groups and individuals alike.
Design Career Fair
A professional environment for students, alumni and employers to discuss career opportunities in design.
Getting Started with Mendeley
Wish you could extract details from academic papers into a database? Filter your library by authors, journals or key words? Share and synchronize your library with selected colleagues? This workshop for beginners introduces Mendeley. Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully searchable library in seconds,cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device. Preregistration is required.
Open house: SHOP food pantry
The SHOP (Students Helping Our Peers), a student-run food pantry on the Iowa State campus, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Open house guests who bring donate two nonperishable food or personal care items will receive a free SHOP T-shirt, while supplies last.
Lecture: The All-But-Forgotten Christian Virtue of Delight
"Re-Enchanting the Academy: The All-But-Forgotten Christian Virtue of Delight," Kevin Corcoran. Corcoran is a professor of philosophy at Calvin College, will explore how cultivating virtues of delight and gratitude enables each of us to re-enchant the world in the act of ordinary living.
Sewing: Dog Coats
Learn beginning sewing skills and keep your furry friend warm this winter.
Panel discussion: Black women as activists
"Sister, Sister: Black Women as Activists in Civil Rights and Social Justice Movements Today," Natasha Croom, ISU School of Education; Lorraine Acker, Margaret Sloss Women's Center; and Audrey Kennis, ISU Design.
ISU Jazz Combos
The student-led small jazz groups are operating under creative programming theme of "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing", insinuating that popular jazz standards are shuffled around and performed in a different style than which they are traditionally associated. Bebop as a Bossa Nova, Duke as a Dirge, Monk as a Funk, and more reinventions. These groups feature some of the most gifted non-major musicians the university has to offer, and are under the tu
Performance: Ragtime
The stories of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician unfold in turn-of-the-century New York.