Monday, 19 Apr 2021
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.
Revitalizing Your Creative Process: A Workshop with Allison Boyd Justus
Join the Writing and Media Center for a workshop on the creative process with published poet and WMC Graduate Communication Consultant, Allison Boyd Justus!
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.
Webinar, CELT Teaching Talks: Creating Authentic Videos and Web Tutorials
Join Shenglan Zhang (Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures) and focus on the underlying design principles in creating web tutorials for a flipped classroom. How students used the tutorials, various ways of holding students' using the web tutorials accountable, how supplemental authentic micro-videos were made, and students' perceptions of these videos will be discussed.
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.
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Effective virtual student/office hours)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. Instructional support staff will facilitate each 30-minute byte. These 30-minutes builds on concepts covered in the Canvas Mini-Bytes training videos on the CELT instructional strategies pages.
Seminar: Towards Effective Exploitation of Genetic Treasures in Wild Soybeans
By Jianxin Ma, Purdue University
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.
"Hey! That's My Book!": Taking Your Writing from Distant Dreams to Shelves
Debut authors Rachel Mans McKenny and Denise Williams will take participant questions about writing, finding time, balancing a writing career with full-time work and family responsibilities, balancing creativity with business, and that unbelievable moment you see your book on the shelf.
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.
Webinar, Turning your Scholarly Teaching into Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Scholarly teaching focuses on student learning and is grounded in the subject matter being taught, and in the implementation of effective pedagogies. The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) involves framing a research question related to student learning and systematically investigating it. The research methods often include qualitative and quantitative data collection as well as direct and indirect measures.
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.
Saturday, 24 Apr 2021
Virtual concert: Rock of Ages
"Rock of Ages: All-Star Reunion Concert," a Broadway livestream experience of the five-time Tony Award-nominated musical Proceeds support Stephens Auditorium.
A Thousand Thunderbolts: Commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
A live performance by the Iowa State University Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst chapters of racial violence in the United States. Livestream details TBA.
Sunday, 25 Apr 2021
United at the Union bridal expo
"United at the Union" bridal expo, hosted by the Memorial Union. Preregister to be entered in prize drawings and discounts. Face coverings will be required for all vendors and attendees. Six-foot social distancing is encouraged, and hand sanitizer will be available upon entry.
Monday, 26 Apr 2021
Prep Week: Meditation
Student Counseling Services staff bring tranquility to help focus attention during stressful times. Face coverings required. Rain location: Parks Library upper rotunda.
Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021
Prep Week: Meditation
Student Counseling Services staff bring tranquility to help focus attention during stressful times. Face coverings required. Rain location: Parks Library upper rotunda.
Retirement reception: Mark Turner
Turner, a building services specialist at the Memorial Union, is retiring from the university April 28 after 40 years of service.
The Products and Markets of American Commercial Whaling, 1750-1920
Learn about the rise and fall of using whale oil in lamps with guest speaker Michael Dyer, Curator of Maritime History at the New Bedford Whaling Museum; in conjunction with the exhibition Flicker and Flame: Whale Oil and Kerosene Lamps at the Farm House Museum.