Monday, 16 Sep 2013
Statistics Seminar
"Particle learning for low counts in disease outbreaks", Jarad Niemi, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
Cocktail Table and Tray Class
Impress your guests with a hand-made cocktail table and tray at your next gathering. Using 2 x 4's as the basic building blocks beginner students will gain confidence in using power tools in the woodshop. More experienced students can work with Dan to go beyond the basics on their project. Option to make it bar or lounge height depending on your needs.
Digital Camera Basics Class
Long shots and short shots: everyone wants to take a good photograph. Learn the basics of using your Digital SLR camera including settings, speeds, lighting and composition. Students will explore campus to use their new skills shooting photographs of their favorite sites and share those photographs to discuss technique, composition and design.
PMC Button Pendants
PMC looks and feels like clay, but after firing, it is 99.9% pure silver. Learn to use molding compounds to turn a button into an exquisite pendant. Bring a favorite button, use one of ours, or mix and match.
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Assistant Curator Adrienne Gennett will discuss the use of the hunt as imagery within the decorative arts. The theme will be discussed as a popular source for decoration and also as a motif which informed the shapes and uses of certain objects.
#Out2Lunch Series: Safety, Community, & You
The Out2Lunch series features 90 minute programs focusing on specific topics aimed at expanding knowledge of information covered in Safe Zone 101. Everyone is welcome at the Out2Lunch events, even if you have not completed Safe Zone 101. No registration is required for the Out2Lunch series. Just bring your lunch and prepare to engage!
"Create Peace" for 11 Days of Global Unity
For the sixth year, Ames will participate in the 11 Days of Global Unity, a program launched in 2004 as a promotion of peace, justice and environmental sustainability. It seeks to inspire, inform and involve humanity in helping to create a world that works for all.
Workshop: Using Tests, Quizzes, and Surveys in Blackboard Learn
In this hands-on Blackboard Learn workshop you will learn how to create online tests, quizzes, and surveys and learn how to use them effectively within your BbLearn course. You will also learn how to view quiz results, grade, and provide student feedback online or set your quiz to grade and provide feedback automatically.
Chuck Ragan w/ Jamestown Revival
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Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013
Seminar: Frantic Student, Busy Instructor: How to Incorporate Writing into Your Classroom in Time-Conscious Ways
Though research shows students learn more from written assignments, we are often daunted by the idea of grading student writing. Join the director of the Writing & Media Center for a cross-disciplinary conversation about manageable ways to incorporate writing and other forms of WOVE (writing, oral, visual, and electronic) communication into your courses.
The Research-Based Flipped Classroom: Team-Based Learning: A Teaching and Learning Circle
Join in on the excitement of Team Based Learning (TBL), a highly effective, research-based teaching methodology implemented in many disciplines & throughout the world. TBL is an increasingly-popular form of flipped-classroom where small-group learning that can be implemented effectively in small or large classes. TBL provides students with a more intimate, small class feel even in large theater-style classrooms with fixed seats.
"Create Peace" for 11 Days of Global Unity
For the sixth year, Ames will participate in the 11 Days of Global Unity, a program launched in 2004 as a promotion of peace, justice and environmental sustainability. It seeks to inspire, inform and involve humanity in helping to create a world that works for all.
Open house: Survey & Behavioral Research Services
Open house hosted by ISU's Survey & Behavioral Research Services (SBRS). SBRS offers a wide variety of services to researchers on and off campus, including survey and questionnaire design, data coding and data collection of all types.
Artful Yoga
Build strength, endurance, and balance in a yoga class that will leave you feeling relaxed and centered. Behind all of those sore muscles you may find patience, peace, and a stronger mind/body connection. No yoga experience is necessary, but please bring your own mat. This free yoga practice is sponsored by the University Museums and Recreation Services.
Islamophobia: The Challenges of Being Muslim in America
Moustafa Bayoumi is the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America, which won an American Book Award and the Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction. The book introduces us to seven twenty-something men and women living in Brooklyn, home to the largest number of Arab Americans in the United States, and uses their stories to break down stereotypes and cliches about Arabs and Muslims.
Meeting: Men of Color Collective
The Men of Color Collective is a student-led group supported by Multicultural Student Affairs focusing on leadership, support and development of historically marginalized males at Iowa State University. With involvement by staff and campus allies, the Men of Color focus programming and discussions on five key pillars: support, safety, skills, scholarship and success. All ISU community members are welcome to take part in the discussion.
Latin American Film Festival
The Department of World Languages and Cultures, The World Film Studies Program and the ISU Student Union Board (SUB) proudly presents : La Yuma Florence Jaugey / 91 min / 2011 / Nicaragua / Spanish with English subtitles
Cancelled - Concert: Matthew Coley with Mei-Hsuan Huang & Borivoj Martinic-Jercic
Matthew Coley the percussion master at ISU
Who's Up, Who's Down and What's Really Going On
Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, MSNBC political analyst and author of Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America. He writes a twice-weekly op-ed column on politics and culture for the Washington Post and contributes to the paper's PostPartisan blog. 2013 Chamberlin Lecture in Journalism
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival is a student run improv troupe on campus. They perform in the M-Shop on various Wednesdays during the semester. Grandma Mojo's is the best and cheapest date on campus - admission is only $1!
Thursday, 19 Sep 2013
"Create Peace" for 11 Days of Global Unity
For the sixth year, Ames will participate in the 11 Days of Global Unity, a program launched in 2004 as a promotion of peace, justice and environmental sustainability. It seeks to inspire, inform and involve humanity in helping to create a world that works for all.
Workshop: Grade Center Essentials and Beyond
Explore Blackboard Learn's Grade Center and see how it integrates with Assessment Tools (Tests, Assignments) & Interactive Tools (Graded Discussions, Journals, and Blogs). Learn how to add, modify, organize, show/hide, remove grade columns, and how to use Bb Learn to calculate and submit Midterm and Final Grades. Experience multiple options for entering and modifying grades -- and adding comments and feedback.
Agronomy Departmental Seminar
ADAPT-N: Employing Cloud Computing Technology for Precision Corn Nitrogen Management, Presenter: Dr. Harold Van Es, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
Sewing: "One Yard Wonder" Bag
A class for beginning sewers who can thread the machine and sew a little but need some direction to practice their skills. Using the book "One Yard Wonders," Judith will lead students through the steps to make the "Bees Knees Pocket Bag." Just bring a yard of 44/45" quilting-weight cotton fabric to class and leave with a great new fall accessory. Sewing machines provided but feel free to bring your own if you prefer.
Cyclone Cinema: Man of Steel
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! This week we will be showing Man of Steel! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
The End of Money
David Wolman is a contributing editor at Wired and the author of The End of Money. He shares how going cashless will affect the world, your wallet, and the retail, banking, and finance industries. Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture Series
Cyclone Cinema: Man of Steel
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! This week we will be showing Man of Steel! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Friday, 20 Sep 2013
Fee payment deadline: Fall 2013
Fee payment deadline for fall semester. Second payment (minimum due).
Hands-on fire extinguisher training
Environmental Health and Safety and the Ames Fire Department will offer hands-on fire extinguisher training. Pick up some fire safety information. T-shirts and coupons from local restaurants will be given away while supplies last.