Wednesday, 06 Apr 2022
Paint Your Own Pottery: Gnome Week
An enchanting cast of characters awaits you! Meet Norm, Norma, Nate, Nora, Elwood, Jake, and the ever-popular foot-tall Ginormagnome. Start (or keep building) your gnome village with a cute little mushrooms, a small planter, or a fairy house.
Seminar: Advances in maternal haploid inducer development in maize
By Uschi Frei, ISU
Workshop Series: Spring 2022 Strolls for Well-being at ISU
Join us for this 3-part workshop series to explore the Spring 2022 Strolls for Well-being: Press Pause and Take a Break. The workshop begins with an initial group meeting with facilitators to acquaint participants with the program options and to distribute the Guidebook. There are two additional group meetings in the series with facilitators. Participants are encouraged to enjoy the Strolls for Well-Being at ISU when it is convenient for them.
Softball vs. Northern Iowa
Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa. Schedule updates and weather delays are available on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.
Response of soil properties to various traffic loads at three landscape points
Seminar by Alam Ramirez Reyes
Impostor Syndrome: Coping Strategies for High Achievers
Imposter Syndrome is defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affected high-achievers and can cause anxiety and depression. Dr. Dawn Bratsch-Prince will explain how to recognize imposter syndrome, her own experiences with it, and how to overcome it. Bratsch-Prince is Associate Provost for Faculty and professor of Spanish at Iowa State University.
Pastel Painting
Wednesdays beginning April 6 for 4 weeks. Expressive lines or smoothly blended techniques offer a wide range of ways to paint with the versatile medium of pastels.
Selling the Past as Innovation in Africa's Green Revolution
Many farmers, scientists, and development experts advocate a shift from high-input, chemical-intensive agriculture to low-input ecological farming. They are supported by an impressive array of research documenting both the risks of continuing to follow our current practices and the potential benefits of a transition to more sustainable farming. Timothy A. Wise is a senior advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Grandma Mojo's Improv Comedy
Iowa State's premier student improv comedy troupe! They perform in the M-Shop on select Wednesday nights during the semester.
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, 07 Apr 2022
Online Workshop Series: Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)
APPQMR (Applying the Quality Matters Rubric) is a virtual offering of the Quality Matters flagship workshop on the underlying principles of the Quality Matters rubric, an instrument for assessing the quality of online courses. Learn how to use the QM rubric as you apply it to a demo online course and recommend practical course improvements.
Subrecipient Monitoring
Collaborations with subrecipients are an essential part of research, but how do we properly manage subrecipients? Join OSPA and SPA as we examine the Uniform Guidance's expanded requirements for subrecipient monitoring on federal financial assistance awards.This training will enhance your understanding of how subrecipient collaborations work and will prepare you to meet the Uniform Guidance's requirements for subrecipient monitoring.
Caterpillar Club
Join us outdoors weekly for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories followed by nature exploration and activities.
ISU Book Store: Graduation Pre-party
The ISU Book Store will have an expert on hand for cap and gown fittings. Pick the right tassel, stole choices and more. Staff members can assist with graduation questions.
Drop In Craft: String Art
Hammer nails into a board and use lines of thread to make geometric patterns, curves, and shapes. We have lots of designs to choose from or create your own!
Drop-In Craft: Painted Flowerpots
Simple, fun, and in-season, terra cotta pots are an easy surface to paint on. Choose from small pots to start an herb garden, to medium containers for indoor plants, and larger pots for outdoor flowers.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Gnome Week
An enchanting cast of characters awaits you! Meet Norm, Norma, Nate, Nora, Elwood, Jake, and the ever-popular foot-tall Ginormagnome. Start (or keep building) your gnome village with a cute little mushrooms, a small planter, or a fairy house.
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 will be held in a hybrid format and are open to the public.
ISU Book Store: Appreciation and Celebration
This celebration event features vendors offering a variety of tasting opportunities, including Chocolaterie Stam, ISU Creamery local wineries and breweries, and more.
Advancing the ADU: A West Coast Comparative Perspective - Shane Phillips
Shane Phillips is an urban planner and policy expert who manages the UCLA Lewis Center Housing Initiative and teaches public policy as an adjunct instructor at USC. He will discuss what it took to make accessory dwelling units (ADUs) a reality in California, the regulatory barriers to their expansion, and how the lessons from West Coast cities could be applied to Iowa.
Cyclone Cinema: House of Gucci
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.
ISU Theatre: Untitled Baba Yaga Musical
When Sylvie, a teenage girl with a passion for the environment, realizes her new stepmother comes from a family made rich from deforestation, the girl's only hope in saving all she holds dear is venturing deep into woods. Racing against time, Sylvie must earn the trust of the mythical witch Baba Yaga to intervene with her magic before it is too late.
Performance: The Talbott Brothers
The Talbott Brothers are an alternative--indie-pop duo that combine honest songwriting with down-to-earth messages that prove to be prevalent in today's world. Originally from Imperial, Nebraska, they now call Portland, Oregon home.
Friday, 08 Apr 2022
Lawn Mower Service Days
Hosted by the the Agricultural Systems Technology Club. Continues Saturday, April 9 (8 a.m.-1 p.m.).
Drop In Craft: String Art
Hammer nails into a board and use lines of thread to make geometric patterns, curves, and shapes. We have lots of designs to choose from or create your own!
Drop-In Craft: Painted Flowerpots
Simple, fun, and in-season, terra cotta pots are an easy surface to paint on. Choose from small pots to start an herb garden, to medium containers for indoor plants, and larger pots for outdoor flowers.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Gnome Week
An enchanting cast of characters awaits you! Meet Norm, Norma, Nate, Nora, Elwood, Jake, and the ever-popular foot-tall Ginormagnome. Start (or keep building) your gnome village with a cute little mushrooms, a small planter, or a fairy house.
Cancelled: Medical treatment, market structure and competition for organs
The Department of Economics is pleased to present a seminar given by James Schummer (Northwestern Kellogg) Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences, Associate Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
Fired Ink Art Fridays
Not available to go. Create swirls and blurs of vibrant color on glass using alcohol inks and a little bit of fire. We will seal the design and slip it into an 8 x 10 frame for an instant masterpiece!
POSTPONED: Softball vs. Oklahoma State
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State is postponed due to expected inclement weather. The Cyclones and Cowgirls will now play a doubleheader on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 1 p.m. Game two of the series will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of game one. Schedule updates and weather delays are available on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.