Monday, 09 Apr 2012
RESCHEDULED: Nrityagram Dance Workshop
Nrityagram, a dance company from India, will hold an introductory workshop on Odissi dance. (Originally scheduled for April 6.)
Campus-wide forum: School of Education director candidate
Ralph Reynolds, professor in the department of educational research, cognition and development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is one of three finalists for the inaugural director's post in the School of Education. A reception will follow the forum.
Statistics Seminar
"David Blackwell (1919-2010): remarks on his life and work," William Sudderth, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Welcome reception: LAS dean Beate Schmittmann
The university community is invited to a reception hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to welcome its new dean to campus. A short program will begin at approximately 5 p.m. Schmittmann's first day at Iowa State is April 2.
Basketweaving with Jan Smith
Swing time! Make a double swing handle functional basket. Weaving will incorporate natural and smoke reed and two 10 X 11 swing "D" handles.
Osborn Club Lecture
"Seven Cognitive Concepts for Successful Sustainable Products," Erin MacDonald, ISU mechanical engineering. The lecture is open to the public.
A Decade in Pursuit of Kony: The Unorthodox Ways of Building a Movement
Bobby Bailey is cofounder of Invisible Children. He and two friends established the organization in 2005 after a life-changing trip to Africa, where they discovered the story of the children in Northern Uganda who were being abducted from their homes and forced to fight as child soldiers by the rebel group the Lords Resistance Army. World Affairs Series.
SUB Music: The Lumineers
The roots revival of the last few years has primed listeners for a new generation of rustic, heart-on-the-sleeve music-the kind that nods to tradition while setting off into uncharted territory. The Lumineers walk that line with an unerring gift for timeless melodies and soul-stirring lyrics. Born out of sorrow, powered by passion, ripened by hard work, The Lumineers have found their sound when the world needs it most.