Friday, 31 Jan 2025
ISU AfterDark: Hypnotist Brian Imbus and Actor & Musician Jerry Trainor
Students are invited to the Memorial Union from 9pm-1am to participate in a variety of FREE activities including Hypnotist Brian Imbus (9pm) and a Conversation with Actor & Musician Jerry Trainor (11pm) in the Durham Great Hall
Saturday, 01 Feb 2025
ISU Keyboard Day
Join us for ISU Keyboard Day on Saturday, February 1, 2025! This event is FREE and is intended for high school juniors and seniors to showcase the Department of Music and Theatre Keyboard program here at Iowa State. Students will participate in interactive studio classes and sessions highlighting keyboard major courses led by our esteemed faculty, providing students the opportunity to learn from and experience our teaching firsthand.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Into the Woods
Adventure into the forest of bisque to find lots of woodland animals like rabbits, hedgehogs, owls, and deer. Discover mushrooms, leaves, and wildflower-themed pieces, and if you look close, spot a tiny gnome or fairy house.
Men's Basketball vs. Kansas State
Iowa State men's basketball vs. Kansas State. Game dates and times are subject to change. Check the Iowa State Athletics website and social media channels for updates.
Cyclone Cinema: Saturday Night
Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.
M-Shop Kickoff Concert
Come over to the M-Shop for a FREE spring semester kickoff concert TONIGHT! Bands TBA - check back soon! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Sunday, 02 Feb 2025
Performing Arts Series: Menopause 2, The Musical
"Cruising Through 'The Change'" is a hilarious and heartfelt look at the joys of menopause and friendship -- plus hot flashes, mood swings, and memory lapses! Take a trip of self-discovery, backed by a new soundtrack of toe-tapping parodied hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s. For these four ladies, menopause was not the end, but the beginning of a beautiful friendship where love conquers all, and friendships never fail.
Women's Basketball vs. TCU
Iowa State women's basketball vs. TCU. Game dates and times are subject to change. Check the Iowa State Athletics website and social media channels for updates.
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Cyclone Cinema: Saturday Night
Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.
Monday, 03 Feb 2025
Paint Your Own Pottery: Sweet Treats Week
Paint a special container for all those sweet treats - a candy dish, mug for hot chocolate, cookie tray, or a cupcake dish. Pieces will be fired in time for Valentine's Day pick-up.
George Washington Carver Day of Recognition Program
Carver’s story is one of extraordinary resiliency. Born into slavery in Missouri around 1864, he sought higher education in Iowa, at Simpson College and Iowa State University. He was Iowa State’s first Black student, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees. After graduation, he became Iowa State’s first Black faculty member. Carver left Iowa for the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where he spent the rest of his life applying his...
Tuesday, 04 Feb 2025
Seminar: Epigenetic regulation of development plasticity and environmental adaptation
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Seminar to hear Dr. Xuehua Zhong, professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar and program director in plant and microbial biosciences, discuss research to determine how cellular machines sense extrinsic and intrinsic cues and alter chromatin landscapes to generate adaptive responses.
Winter Bee Nesting: Pollinator Habitats with Dr. Amy Toth
How do bees stay cozy and warm through the long Iowa winter? Learn all about bees and their foraging and nesting habits with Dr. Amy Toth, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology. This program is in conjunction with the newly planted New Perennial Movement Sample Garden in the Anderson Sculpture Garden.
34th Army Band Woodwind Ensemble
Watch the 34th Army Band Woodwind Ensemble perform in the lobby of Simon Estes Music Hall! No livestream.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Sweet Treats Week
Paint a special container for all those sweet treats - a candy dish, mug for hot chocolate, cookie tray, or a cupcake dish. Pieces will be fired in time for Valentine's Day pick-up.
Finding Their Voices: How Vocal Coach Mary Jo DuPrey Trains Award-Winning Singers
Mary Jo DuPrey is the Private Touring Vocal Coach for Jon Bon Jovi. She also trained Daveed Diggs for his star making and Tony Award winning performance as Lafayette/Jefferson in Broadway’s “Hamilton.†Mary Jo served on the faculty at the Ray Bolger Program in Musical Theater at UCLA from 2006- 2017 where her renowned Rock Musical Theater Class has helped usher countless students onto the Broadway and National Tour Stages.
Open Mic Night
ISU students - are you looking to impress your fellow Cyclones with your singing, comedy, chainsaw juggling, or other talents? Then don't miss Open Mic Night at the M-Shop! (No chainsaw juggling, please)
Wednesday, 05 Feb 2025
Paint Your Own Pottery: Sweet Treats Week
Paint a special container for all those sweet treats - a candy dish, mug for hot chocolate, cookie tray, or a cupcake dish. Pieces will be fired in time for Valentine's Day pick-up.
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist who researches how human activity influences the behavior of wild animals.
The 1000 Farms Initiative: Lessons from America's Regenerative Farmers
Jonathan Lundgren is an agroecologist, director of the EcdysisFoundation and CEO for Blue Dasher Farm.
Comedy Night w/ Shannon Fiedler
SUB Comedy Night w/ Shannon Fiedler
Thursday, 06 Feb 2025
Councilor 101: Running for P&S Council
Meet members of P&S Council from multiple committees to learn more about the Council, councilor expectations and obligations, and each Committee's goals to enhance the professional and personal experiences of P&S Employees at ISU. Information about how to become a member will be provided, including handouts about each Committee, in addition to giveaways and refreshments.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Sweet Treats Week
Paint a special container for all those sweet treats - a candy dish, mug for hot chocolate, cookie tray, or a cupcake dish. Pieces will be fired in time for Valentine's Day pick-up.
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.
Curator's Tour: In the Woods
Join University Museums' curator, Alison Ranniger, for an engaging tour through the Christian Petersen Art Museum's newest exhibition, In the Woods by Jeanine Coupe Ryding.
The Secret Life of Bears
Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist who researches how human activity influences the behavior of wild animals. As an active scientist, she spends long periods in the wilderness tracking and observing black and grizzly bears in the western United States, and African lions in rural Kenya and Tanzania. Her wildlife exploration and media work has taken her to six of seven continents and over 25 countries. A native Californian,...
Cyclone Cinema: Conclave
Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.
Friday, 07 Feb 2025
Youth Matinee Series: Barjche Entanglement
"Barjche Entanglement: A Labyrinth of Shared Space." Experience the expressive beauty of Iowa State's annual modern dance performance with dances by students, guests and faculty as they explore stories past and present. Presented by Iowa State's Orchesis I Dance Company.
Retirement reception: Peggy Witmer
Witmer, a software developer in the business systems and archival services unit of Information Technology Services, retired from the university on Jan. 3.