Sunday, 01 Mar 2020
Needle-Felted Wool Painting: Succulents
Have you tried needle felting? Do you love plants? This program is for you!
Performance: The Wolves
From the safety of their warm-up circle, an all-girls soccer team navigates the big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. This production contains mature content.
Home Gardening Series: Starting Seeds
March is the perfect time to start many seeds indoors for early spring planting.
March Craft of the Month: Wood tray Spruce Up
Using a combination of paint, decoupaged papers and oil markers, turn a plain wood tray into a decorative piece or functional storage spot. Three tray sizes available.
Concert: Iowa State Singers
Iowa State Singers perform under the direction of Dr. James Rodde.
Walk-in Argentine Tango Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance.
Cyclone Cinema: Uncut Gems
A charismatic jeweller makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime.
Monday, 02 Mar 2020
CCE Seminar: Developing Successful Job Application Materials
"Improving your Interviewing Skills." Learn valuable tips on how to create different application materials for your job packet. You'll be ready for the job market in no time. Seating is limited; register in advance.
Banquet: 25 Year Club
The 25 Year Club honors employees who have served the University for 25, 35, 45 or 50 consecutive years at this annual banquet. Social hour starts at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:45 p.m. Reservations are required.
Drawing Class
Take this opportunity to learn and develop drawing skills, whether you are a beginner who likes to doodle or an artist with experience. Students will be guided through a variety of exercises to enhance your drawing technique including: line, perspective, light and shadow, and composition, while developing hand-eye coordination and confidence.
CANCELED: Siberian State Symphony
The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra had to cancel its U.S. tour.
Tuesday, 03 Mar 2020
ReACT Exhibition #WomenKnowStuffToo Opening Reception
Engage with the ReACT exhibition #WomenKnowStuffToo that takes an in-depth look at the technical side of art-making and how women artists innovate in various media.
Men's Basketball
Iowa State vs. West Virginia.
Open Mic Night
Open Mic Night gives students the chance to show off their talents to fellow peers. Many perform as musicians, comedians, and poets. Enjoy a night full of talented Iowa State Students. (Sign Up starts at 7:30 p.m. until all spots are filled)
Wednesday, 04 Mar 2020
Faculty workshop: Preparing for a Successful P&T Review
Associate provosts Dawn Bratsch-Prince and Ann Marie VanDerZanden and VP for research Sarah Nusser will lead this presentation for tenure-eligible faculty. Mentors and department chairs are encouraged to attend in support of their mentees and new colleagues.
ISCORE Preconference
A professional development opportunity for faculty, professional and merit staff. These sessions provide a structured environment to enhance your understanding and sensitivity to cultural differences. Many of the sessions will focus on providing tools to improve employee interactions and create inclusive workspaces. Registration (free) is requested.
Procurement workshop: How Do I Buy?
Find out what hasn't changed and what's new, including introducing some new tools that have been created to help make purchases and purchasing decisions. We will address commonly asked questions and leave plenty of open Q&A time with our cyBUY, P-Card and T&H Card experts and procurement agents.
CCE Seminar: Developing Successful Job Application Materials
"Writing the Research Statement." Learn valuable tips on how to create different application materials for your job packet. You'll be ready for the job market in no time. Seating is limited; register in advance.
Naming celebration: Simon Estes Music Hall
On Feb. 5, the state Board of Regents approved Iowa State's request to name Music Hall for opera vocalist Simon Estes, the music and theatre department's F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Artist-in-Residence since 2000. A live webcast will be available.
Thursday, 05 Mar 2020
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Spring Pruning Workshop
Join Reiman Gardens Horticulture Staff for a hands-on workshop about early spring pruning. Learn what, when, where, how, and why to prune, and practice these skills in the Gardens.
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.
CCE Workshop: Writing the Literature Review
"Part 2: Lit Review Without Tears: Tangible Strategies for Writing a Pain-Free Literature Review." A workshop for grad students to discuss purposes of the lit review, overview qualities of a successful lit review, and provide easy-to-apply techniques to help craft an effective argument in lit reviews with as little stress as possible.
Roundtable Discussion: Creating Global Understanding
Learn how Iowa State's World Languages and Culture faculty collaborated with University Museums for the exhibition Creating Global Understanding.
Lecture: Reconnecting Landscapes for Nature and People
Nick Haddad is a Professor of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station, where he is Director of their long-term Ecological Research Program. He studies biodiversity conservation in working landscapes. He also studies conservation of the rarest butterflies in the world, conservation by reconnecting habitat with landscape corridors, and conservation of habitat diversity in agricultural landscapes.
Cyclone Cinema: Bombshell
Gretchen Carlson slaps Fox News founder Roger Ailes with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment. Next, Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly coming forward with her own story, as well as multiple other women, inciting a movement that reverberates around the world.
Performance: The Wolves
From the safety of their warm-up circle, an all-girls soccer team navigates the big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. This production contains mature content.
Symphony of Diversity
This annual concert, started by ISU director of orchestras Jonathan Govias in spring 2017 at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, will feature the ISU Symphony Orchestra, one or two guest artists and scores created by female, African American and Mexican composers.
Emily Scott Robinson w/ Fred Love
Emily Scott is a story teller. She's captured the stories of the people she met and expertly crafted them into the songs featured on her gorgeous debut studio release, Traveling Mercies.
Friday, 06 Mar 2020
Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity
ISCORE is the university's local initiative designed to provide an ongoing platform of sharing and applying new knowledge through presentations and workshops. The conference supports the university's Mission to "create, share and apply knowledge ... and make Iowa and the world a better place." Registration (free) is requested.