Wednesday, 06 Apr 2016
Youth Watercolor
4 week program on Wednesdays April 6, 13, 20, and 27 - Learn basic sketching and watercolor techniques.
SVPP - Preparing for a Successful P&T Review
Workshop for new tenure-eligible faculty hosted by Provost Wickert. Faculty, department chairs, and their mentors will receive an update on the latest P&T policies and recommendations on how to successfully prepare for a third year and P&T review.
Women's and Gender Studies series
""Feminism, Backlash and Difficult Choices: The Controversy over Barbara Bush's Wellesley College Commencement Speech," Maggie LaWare, ISU English. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Webinar: 5 Secrets to a Super Productive Summer
In this webinar facilitated by Kerry Ann Rocquemore, you will learn: oHow to avoid the biggest mistakes academic writers make during the academic term oHow to maximize your research and writing productivity oHow to combat professional isolation and create a supportive writing community oHow you can experiment with these strategies in our upcoming 14 Day Writing Challenge
Meeting: Professional and Scientific Council
The P&S Council is a representative body elected by, and responsible to, Professional and Scientific employees at Iowa State University. Meetings are open to the public.
Lecture: Future of Healthy Families
Featuring Ronald Dahl, Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley. Part of the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series, which brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Animal Photography Class
4 week program on Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Learn to take quality images of your pets, local wildlife, and zoo animals.
Reflective Nature Meditation
4 week program on Wednesdays April 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Learn to get the most out of your nature experience with Camilla Kottman, expressive therapies instructor.
Exhibit Reception for Focus and APEX
See the final two art student art exhibits of this year at the MU
Lecture: Beal Lecture in Rural Sociology
"The Geography of Inequality: Local Governments and Community Well-Being across America" - Linda Labao is a professor in Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Geography at The Ohio State University's School of Environment and Natural Resources
Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture: The Education of Indians and Unfinished Business
Norbert S. Hill, Jr., (Oneida Nation) is the Area Manager for Education and Training for the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin.
Walk-In Belly Dance
A Delsarte based approach to Middle Eastern (Belly) Dance in the style of award winning performer Shiara.
Lecture: ISIS, Jihadist Violence, and the Quest for an Idealized Islamic State
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series Michael Christopher Low, Department of History, will reframe the discussion of ISIS against the backdrop of more than a half century of unsuccessful jihadist attempts to topple repressive dictatorships and secular states in the Middle East.
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival is Iowa State University's student comedy, improv group. Holding shows on some Wednesday nights, you can come and laugh to your hearts content at the Mojos, and with the Mojos.