Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020
CANCELED: Prints from the Floating World
Speaker Andrew Stevens will use examples from the permanent collection to show how the prints were made and how they transformed during the 19th century.
POSTPONED: Beginner Ukulele Lessons 1
Learn the basics needed to make music on the ever-popular ukulele. It's like a guitar, only a whole lot easier! You will learn to tune your instrument and make basic chords plus how to accompany yourself or others using basic chord charts and song sheets, all in a fun and inclusive setting.
Canceled: A Science Comedian's Guide to Communicating Science
This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Brian Malow draws on two decades as a stand-up comedian to help scientists communicate better with general audiences. In a presentation that promises to both amuse and educate, Brian will offer advice on a range of topics including stage presence, connecting with audiences, using analogies, and abusing PowerPoint.
CANCELED: Intermediate Ukulele Lessons
If you can already easily move through chord changes and are fluent with closed chords (ex: Bb, Eb, G#) but still don't know how to get "that sound," this class is for you. Learn poly rhythms and melodic chording techniques to make you ukulele playing stand out. Learn to get the most out of you uke and use more of the neck. Must be able to play chords up to tempo.
Wednesday, 25 Mar 2020
Canceled: ISU Research Day 2020
During this event, researchers and scholars are encouraged to give lighting talks about their research focal areas, present a poster showcasing their research interests and project results, network with other researchers, discover campus research services, and listen to stories of real-life research and scholarship experiences. If you are involved with research or scholarly work at Iowa State, this event is for you.
CANCELED: Art Walk: Mythology
Explore public art on campus that channels fables, supernatural beings and super-human heroes.
ONLINE: Start Something series
"Scrappy Branding: It's More Than a Logo." The Start Something short-course series is designed for entrepreneurs. Whether you are just exploring the idea of entrepreneurship (intro series) or want to learn more about marketing your small business, this series will help kick start your next venture. Registration requested.
POSTPONED: Strategic facilities plan town hall
Facilities planning and management is developing a strategic plan for future investment in design improvements or renewal of ISU campus facilities. A team from Ayers Saint Gross will summarize findings from initial planning analysis, campus observations and survey/open house input.
CANCELED: Marketing Your Study Abroad workshop
Reflect on the professional benefits of studying abroad. We will discuss how to format international experience on a resume and how to incorporate study abroad into behavioral based interview questions. This workshop is applicable to those that have participated in a faculty-led travel course or a semester-long/exchange program (or any student interested in studying abroad). Snacks will be provided.
POSTPONED: Seminar series: Water Research Past, Present and Future
"History of Buffer Research at Iowa State University," Tom Isenhart, professor, ISU natural resource ecology and management. The series is presented by the Iowa Nutrient Research Center.
WEBINAR: From genetics to genomics: 50 years of making bacon
Seminar by Max Rothchild, ISU Animal Science
WEBINAR: The impact of a crude glycerin "liquid cover crop" on soil health, nutrient loss, and crop yield
by Stephen Potter
CANCELED SUB Member Meeting
Come hang out with Student Union Board and learn more about their upcoming events, and how you can get involved, at their bi-weekly general meetings! FREE and open to ALL ISU students!
POSTPONED: Ivy Women in Business Awards reception
This event will be rescheduled for the fall. Established in 2018, the Ivy Women in Business Awards celebrate women for their inspiration, leadership and ability to serve as champions for women in business.
POSTPONED: P.H. Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture
Kimberly Garza is the founder and principal of Atlas Lab, a landscape architecture, urban design and public art studio based in Sacramento, California. She will discuss the role of tactical urbanism and urban prototyping in engaging communities, creating authentic experiences and empowering designers to improve the built environment using low-cost, small-scale strategies. Part of the ASLA Iowa Spring Conference.
Canceled: Dinosaurs to Milankovitch Cycles
This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Dr. Tucker is a senior biospheric scientist, employed by NASA. He has used satellite data for deforestation mapping, predicting ecologically coupled disease outbreaks, mapping glacier extent, and mapping climatic effects on global vegetation. He has been awarded NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and the Presidential Award for Meritorious Senior Professional...
CANCELED: Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe
This group is great for those who love the improv comedy humor of their fellow college students and can't get enough of location, occupation, means of death.
Thursday, 26 Mar 2020
CANCELED: Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
ONLINE Procurement workshop: How Do I Buy?
Find out what hasn't changed and what's new, including introducing some new tools that have been created to help make purchases and purchasing decisions. We will address commonly asked questions and leave plenty of open Q&A time with our cyBUY, P-Card and T&H Card experts and procurement agents.
POSTPONED Open forum: Vice president for research finalist
This forum will be rescheduled. Four finalists have been identified in the search for the next Vice President for Research. Each finalist's name will be shared one business day prior to his or her visit.
CANCELED: Crafty Cocktail Night: Kokedama
Join Reiman Gardens' staff at the Gardens after hours for crafting and sipping adult beverages! Kokedama are interesting, artistic, and totally not hard to make. Make one - or more! - to take home.
CANCELED: Fused Glass Nightlight Class
Brighten the winter nights with a customized nightlight! Learn to design, cut, and assemble glass that will be fused in our kiln. Fit your small work of art into a nightlight kit at the second class, and light it up!
POSTPONED: Woodshop Orientation
We are working to reschedule this event. Stay tuned! Learn the fundamentals of woodworking equipment while creating a tool carrier. Leave class with knowledge of proper machinery use, and, most importantly, woodshop safety. Students may purchase the toolbox for $6 after class or we will use them for our Art Mart fundraiser. The orientation is required in order to use the woodshop on your own.
CANCELED: Cyclone Cinema: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Lloyd Vogel is an investigative journalist who receives an assignment to profile Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers. Roger's empathy, kindness and decency soon chips away at Vogel's jaded outlook on life, forcing the reporter to reconcile with his own painful past.
Canceled: White Mansions, Black Bodies: Get Out and the New Age Slave Plantation
This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Professor Novotny Lawrence discusses Jordan Peele's horror thriller Get Out, demonstrating the ways in which the director employs traditional filmmaking storytelling tropes to examine contemporary racial profiles.
POSTPONED: Bad Bad Hats
Bad Bad Hats is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, MN. Bad Bad Hats is defined by a balance of sweet and sour. Their music honors classic pop songwriting, with nods to nineties rock simplicity and pop-punk frivolity.
Friday, 27 Mar 2020
Canceled: Diary of Anne Frank
In 1941 Nazi-controlled Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne Frank goes into hiding with her family. For the next two years, she never leaves the attic where her family is concealed. Anne finds solace writing in her diary, capturing the daily lives of the secret annex's inhabitants--from the horrors of war to the excitement of first love.
Entomology Seminar
"Correlations and controversy: Using citizen science data to evaluate long-term population trends in monarchs (Danaus plexippus) in Illinois," Douglas Taron, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences. Co-sponsored by Reiman Gardens.
Canceled: Diary of Anne Frank
In 1941 Nazi-controlled Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne Frank goes into hiding with her family. For the next two years, she never leaves the attic where her family is concealed. Anne finds solace writing in her diary, capturing the daily lives of the secret annex's inhabitants--from the horrors of war to the excitement of first love.
CANCELED: Paint Your Own Pottery: Trinkets and Treasures
Create a place for your favorites little things - a tray for your keys, a ring holder, a bank for your change, or choose from boxes of all shapes and sizes.