Monday, 20 Jan 2025
Community Celebration: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Attend in person or watch live online. Toyia Younger, ISU SVP of Student Affairs, will serve as the keynote speaker. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m., followed by the program at 6:30 p.m.
Monday, 27 Jan 2025
Documentary showing and discussion: Gridshock
Gridshock is a riveting documentary exposing the hidden and disturbing reality behind the sex trafficking demand in Iowa. Following the film, at 7:10 pm a panel presentation features two trauma-trained licensed counselors and two survivors of sexual violence and sex trafficking.
The Sex Trafficking Crisis in Iowa
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. To raise awareness of the human trafficking crisis, hear from two trauma-trained licensed counselors with years of experience supporting trafficked survivors and two survivors of sexual violence and sex trafficking.
Tuesday, 28 Jan 2025
Seminar: Transcriptional circuits, cell division dynamics, and meristem development
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Seminar to hear Dr. Yun Zhou, associate professor of botany and plant pathology in the Purdue University College of Agriculture, discuss research into the mechanisms underlying meristem development and stem cell homeostasis in two plant models, Arabidopsis and Ceratopteris.
Thursday, 30 Jan 2025
Jane Elliott: A Conversation about Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes, Prejudice, and a Lifetime in Education
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative LectureThe Advancing One Community Awards will be awarded before the keynote address.Jane Elliott is renowned for her pioneering work in anti-racism education. Born on May 27, 1933, in Riceville, Iowa, Elliott gained prominence for her "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" exercise, which she first conducted in 1968 with her third-grade students--the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The exercise,...