Thursday, 15 Apr 2021
Lecture: How to Hold Schools Accountable
Matt Lamb is an assistant editor for The College Fix, a higher education news site, which trains student journalists. In college, he interned for a government watchdog group called Open the Books. This talk will delve into the tools students and other people can use to hold their school and government entities accountable.
Friday, 16 Apr 2021
Virtual Workshop: You Can't Say That! Cancel Culture and the First Amendment
Examine the challenges and opportunities provided by free expression. Led by First Amendment experts from the state, three workshop sessions use current events to engage a dialogue with national scholars. Registration is required. This session will be led by Andrea Frantz, Buena Vista University, and Frank LoMonte, Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida. A First Amendment Days event.
Virtual Workshop: You Can't Say That! Cancel Culture and the First Amendment
Examine the challenges and opportunities provided by free expression. Led by First Amendment experts from the state, three workshop sessions use current events to engage a dialogue with national scholars. This session will be led by Andrea Frantz, Buena Vista University, and Frank LoMonte, Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida. A First Amendment Days event.
Virtual Workshop: Free Assembly in a Time of Polarization
Examine the challenges and opportunities provided by free expression. Led by First Amendment experts from the state, three workshop sessions use current events to engage a dialogue with national scholars. Registration is required. This session will be led by Brian Steffen, Simpson College, Mark Stringer, ACLU of Iowa, Pam Parry, Southeast Missouri State, and Ken Paulson, Middle Tennessee State University. A First Amendment Days event.
Virtual Workshop: Making Free Speech an Ally on Campus
Examine the challenges and opportunities provided by free expression. Led by First Amendment experts from the state, three workshop sessions use current events to engage a dialogue with national scholars. Registration is required. This session will be led by Julie Roosa, Iowa State University, Nadine Strossen, New York University Law School, and Gene Policinski, Freedom Forum Institute, First Amendment Center. A First Amendment Days event.
Student Discussion: Raise Your Voice
"Raise Your Voice" documentary director and producer Maribeth Romslo and First Amendment advocate Mary Beth Tinker will participate in a two-part, live discussion about the power of social movements through youth free speech in America. A First Amendment Days event for high school and Iowa State students. Register in advance.
Student Discussion: Raise Your Voice
"Raise Your Voice" documentary director and producer Maribeth Romslo and First Amendment advocate Mary Beth Tinker will participate in a two-part, live discussion about the power of social movements through youth free speech in America. A First Amendment Days event for high school and Iowa State students. Register in advance.
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Innovation Happens Here," join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Livestream: The Fashion Show
The Fashion Show is one of the largest student-run fashion shows in the nation. The show features student-designed garments both on the runway and in mounted exhibitions. Both nights will be livestreamed free from Reiman Gardens; no public admission allowed.
Saturday, 17 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Student Powered Invention." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Livestream: The Fashion Show
The Fashion Show is one of the largest student-run fashion shows in the nation. The show features student-designed garments both on the runway and in mounted exhibitions. Both nights will be livestreamed free from Reiman Gardens; no public admission allowed.
Trombone Choir - The CySlides
Students of Nathan Dishman perform. webcast
Sunday, 18 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Performance Driven Arts." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Monday, 19 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Start Something: Fueling Entrepreneurship." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Online: Monday Monologues series
"Songs For a New World," directed by Brad Dell, ISU Theatre director. Selected songs from the production include elements of pop, gospel and jazz as characters face a moment in time -- about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, take a stand, or turn around and go back.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Interdisciplinary Innovation: Arts, Environment and Sustainability." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
NIAMRRE Annual Conference (virtual)
The National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education Annual Conference includes a variety of traditional presentations, interactive talks, and facilitated discussions. The student poster contest is online and will award cash prizes to the top three submissions. The conference is open to both members and nonmembers.
Virtual workshop for instructors: Copyright in the Classroom
Associate University Counsel Barbara Biederman and Open Access and Scholarly Communication Librarian Abbey Elder will use real-life scenarios to help you navigate topics such as Fair Use, the TEACH Act, copyright support on campus, and more.
Professional and Scientific Council seminar series
"Maintaining Wellness Post-Pandemic." Receive guidance on how to emerge from self-isolation and rejoin your colleagues on campus. A roundtable discussion with worklife and wellbeing coordinator Stephanie Downs, behavioral health specialist David Brown, dietician Lisa Nolting, and worklife and family services coordinator Cris Broshar.
Domestic Violence: The Journey from College Student to Federal Prisoner
Kemba Smith-Pradia will share her dramatic story about how she went from college student to drug dealer's girlfriend to domestic violence victim to federal prisoner. Kemba shares her story of how making poor choices blinded by love and devotion can have long-term consequences.
Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Symposium on Undergraduate Research." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Virtual Conference: National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education
The #EngageAMR21 virtual conference includes a variety of traditional presentations, interactive talks, and facilitated discussions. The student poster contest is online and will award cash prizes to the top three submissions. The conference is open to both members and nonmembers.
Thursday, 22 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Civic Innovation: Community Change Making." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Webinar, Let's Fix-It!: Fledgling students and forgotten feedback (QM Success Stories)
Have you ever found yourself writing the same comment on every assignment submitted by the same student throughout the semester? It's time to talk about it! Join Jacklyn Pierce from Lake-Sumter State College for a discussion on creating effective feedback and getting students to use it.
PI Transfers and Revised GoldSheets
If you have a PI leaving before the next school year, this training is for you! OSPA, OIPTT, and SPA will present on tips and tricks to make your life as a research administrator as easy as possible during this chaotic time. We'll also discuss the revised GoldSheet process for those awards that will stay with the university.
The Costs of Activism: A Dilemma for the Individual Asian American
Dr. Lisa K. Son, Professor of Psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University, specializes in human learning and memory, and in metacognition. Her research focuses on how accurately people know the "self" and on the optimization of long-term retention. Dr. Son has recently become active in the movement against anti-Asian racism.
Lecture: Kidney to Share
In her book "Kidney to Share," Martha Gershun tells the story of her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger. She takes readers through the complex process by which such donors are vetted to ensure that they are physically and psychologically fit to take the risk of a major operation.
Friday, 23 Apr 2021
Ignite Innovation Virtual Showcase
"Innovation Everywhere." Join us for the inaugural Ignite Innovation Showcase, a virtual series of events celebrating the energy of innovation blazing across the Iowa State campus.
Youth Programs Symposium
The virtual symposium will provide information, support and inspiration for youth program leaders and other faculty and staff who work with youth programming at Iowa State.
Cyclone Voice
Pop/hip-hop musician Gnash will host Iowa State University's annual singing competition, Cyclone Voice. The event will feature 14 ISU students vying to become the next Cyclone Voice. Doors will open by 6:30 p.m.