Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013
Alternative Breaks
The Iowa State University Alternative Breaks program places teams of students in communities to engage in service learning during university breaks. Students perform short-term projects for community agencies and learn about various social issues. For more information, call the number above.
Meeting: Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State University and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. Senate meetings are open to the public.
Floral Design Series
Contemporary Arrangements - The artistic, structural design of a high-style arrangement offers the perfect look to satisfy a creative personality or those that like a touch of adventure. Learn the basics of floral design while creating beautiful arrangements to take home.
Curator’s Choice
Meet Adrienne Gennett, assistant curator and the newest addition to the University Museums staff, for a discussion of the latest exhibition in the Brunnier Art Museum. This semester's exhibition, Curatorial Review, will feature new objects every month with a variety of themes from ceramics, glass, and jade to enamels, furniture, and dolls.
Film and discussion: Dying to be Thin
"Dying to be Thin" was broadcast on PBS' NOVA series and narrated by Susan Sarandon. It discusses the increasing prevalence of eating disorders, predominantly anorexia and bulimia. Dancers, fashion models, students and young women who suffered from an eating disorder speak and share their experiences. This film also shows advances in diagnosis and recovery treatments that are being made by eating disorder specialists.
Good without God
Greg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and is the author of Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe. National Affairs Series