Tuesday, 06 Mar 2018
Postponed: NSF CAREER Grants workshop
This workshop will be rescheduled. Check the research website for updates.
ISU Blood Drive
Students, faculty and staff and encouraged to donate blood during the ISU Blood Drive.
Workshop: Assignments and Gradebook in Canvas
Assignments are a backbone of the course's Gradebook in Canvas. Participants will learn to create and manage Assignments and Assignment Groups as well as explore how the Gradebook is connected to the organization of Assignments. Participants will experience the power of SpeedGrader for efficient and effective grading.
Panel discussion: Know Your Rights
This forum. open to the ISU and Ames communities, will address questions such as: What are the rights and information for residents navigating DACA concerns? What are the resources including legal support both in Iowa and at ISU? What are some community resources for support?
Open forum: Vice president for Extension and Outreach finalist
Daniel Devlin, professor of agronomy and director of both the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment and the Kansas Water Resources Institute at Kansas State University, Manhattan. Devlin is the final of four candidates interviewing on campus between Feb. 26 and March 7.
Discovering the Unexpected
Kerry Anne Dixon, Iowa State University's Coordinator or Sustainable Design and Construction, has overseen many projects, both big and small, at Iowa State. Please join University Museums in welcoming Kerry, as she lets us all behind the scenes of some of those projects, and unveils some of the treasures found.
Portable and Accessible Gardening
It is important to consider our own physical health when designing garden spaces. Director Ed Lyon will discuss trends in low-impact gardening, from creating portable (movable) gardens, to raised beds for accessibility, and limited space gardening.
Performance: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
This lively productions tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by any means necessary. All the while, he's got to juggle his mistress, his fiancee, and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance ... and be done in time for tea.
Wednesday, 07 Mar 2018
Workshop: Preparing Successfully for Promotion and Tenure
Designed for new tenure-eligible faculty, this is an introduction to ISU's expectations and guidelines for promotion and tenure, as well as what makes a strong promotion and tenure case. There will be time for Q&A and discussion.
ISU Blood Drive
Students, faculty and staff and encouraged to donate blood during the ISU Blood Drive.
Tennis
Iowa State vs. Iowa. In the case of inclement weather, competition will be moved to Life Time Fitness, 11911 Hickman Rd., Urbandale. Check the Cyclone tennis website for location updates.
Lecture: Data science careers
"Stats, Machine Learning and the Data Science Career," Gabriela de Queiroz, data scientist and founder of R-Ladies Global. She'll talk about her journey from majoring in statistics to a career in data science.
Lecture: Launched by Disruption
Alan Amling, vice president at UPS Corporate Strategy, leads UPS's Global On-Demand Manufacturing initiative, helping global companies leverage 3D printing to take time, cost and carbon out of their supply chain.
Artful Yoga
The practice will begin at 5:30 with a brief talk connecting the current exhibition to the yoga practice. No yoga experience is necessary, but please bring your own mat. Free, but online registration required at www.museums.iastate.edu.
Lecture: WORKac: We'll Get There When We Cross That Bridge
Dan Wood, FAIA, a founding partner of WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) in New York City, will trace his 15 years of collaboration with co-founder Amale Andraos in the 2018 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture at Iowa State.
Panel discussion: Coding Design / Designing Code
Coding, long an activity relegated to the software engineer, has become a ubiquitous creative and transformative force. Join researchers, scientists and designers for a discussion on both how code is designed and how code is used as a design tool. Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Symposium
Lecture: Why Leadership Equity and Diversity Matters
Iyabo Onipede works with corporate executives, academic professionals and social justice leaders to identify and develop leadership skills.
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.
Thursday, 08 Mar 2018
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme. Best for children five and under with an adult. No preregistration required.
CEAH Symposium: Coding Design / Designing Code
Concurrent workshops (10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.) as part of the 2018 Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Symposium, "Coding Design / Designing Code," organized by faculty members Caroline Westort, landscape architecture; and Alex Braidwood, graphic design.
ISU Blood Drive
Students, faculty and staff and encouraged to donate blood during the ISU Blood Drive.
Workshop: The Pedagogy of Canvas Quizzes
Participants will learn how to use Quizzes in Canvas. The workshop will focus on practical ways to customize Quiz Settings as well as create and administer Quizzes with a variety of question types to accommodate specific learning situations. Quiz Moderation and Analytics will be also explored.
Brown Bag: Dance/Movement Therapy
Nature at Noon series. Learn about the many benefits of dance and movement for mind, body, and soul from Board-Certified Movement Therapist and Reiman Gardens' esteemed instructor Camilla Kottman.
Getting Started with EndNote Web
Lost the references you need for your research paper? Thesis and dissertation citations becoming unmanageable? This workshop for beginners introduces EndNote Web, a free bibliographic management program that helps you collect, organize, format, and use your collected citations in your writing projects. Preregistration is required.
CALS: Spring Awards Ceremony
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will honor faculty and staff achievements at its spring awards ceremony.
Lecture: Data science careers
"Community & Leadership in R," Gabriela de Queiroz, data scientist and founder of R-Ladies Global. She will share her experience being an R user and becoming part of the R open source community, as well has how her desire to share her experiences with others and to develop a more inclusive community led to the creation of R-Ladies.
Lecture: What's So Bad about Jesus?
Hector Avalos, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State, will speak on the topic of his book The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics.
Cyclone Cinema: The Post
Due to a scheduling conflict there will be no movie at Cyclone Cinema this weekend. The next showing will be Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle on Thursday, March 22 through Sunday, March 25 at 7pm and 10pm.
Faculty Recital: George Work
George Work is the cello instructor at ISU.
Concert: Bad Bad Hats
Bad Bad Hats is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kerry Alexander (vocals, guitar, wisdom), Chris Hoge (drums, courage), and Noah Boswell (bass, power) met while attending Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn. Kerry and Chris began writing songs together in 2010, recording a collection of demos that would later become their first EP.