Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009
Lecture: In Depth at Reiman Gardens
"Plant Records."
ISU ADVANCE: ISU faculty flexibility
"ISU Resources and Policies that Support Faculty Flexibility," Mary Harris, 2008-09 faculty fellow. She will present resources that are available to ISU faculty including policies and guidelines for increased flexibility to balance work/life demands.
Tuesday Tea at the Farm House Museum
Come to the Farm House Museum to enjoy tea and conversation. Mark your calendar from Noon to 1:00 pm Tuesday Nov. 10 and 17 and enjoy the 150 year old structure in a whole new way. After tea, all are welcome to join a guided tour that will highlight different topics each week, including the Farm House's restoration, children in the Victorian age, and rituals, ceremonies, and traditions of the era.
Contribute Introduction
Contribute allows a group of people who are not web designers to alter content on a website. This class will introduce the basic concepts of setting up Contribute for a standard Dreamweaver website and how to use Contribute to make web page changes. Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/.
Workshop: Floral Design Series
Each month learn new floral design principles while creating your own unique floral arrangement to take home.
Lecture: Glamour in Putin's Russia
"Putin's Russia and the Ideology of Glamour," Olga Mesropova, ISU world languages & cultures. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Dean's Lecture. Mesropova researches popular culture in the post-Soviet Union, including Russian film, comedy, and popular performance. She is particularly interested in Russian standup comedy from its early days to the post-Perestroika era, focusing on humor and satire under Yeltsin and Putin.
Lecture: "What's New Since 1492?"
"What's New Since 1492?" Eugene Fracek, Simpson College, and member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. A storyteller and a singer, he will discuss current events, economic realities, cultural issues, and other topics related to Native Americans and their cultural legacy.