Tuesday, 16 Apr 2019
Research workshop: USDA Proposal Development (Session 2)
In this session you will learn about USDA and USDA NIFA-specific requirements, including indirect cost limitations, cost-share requirements, and other agency-specific forms. You'll walk away with some tips and tricks for dealing with common proposal development issues, and you'll have some useful resources to help you through the proposal development process. Come prepared with your pre-award and proposal development questions!
Workshop: Faculty with Multiple Identities as Strategic Agents to Institutional Change
Nancy "Rusty" Barceló, special assistant for diversity, equity and inclusion to the chancellor of the University of Illinois and an expert on institutional change, will share her professional journey as a Chicana administrator and change agent at the highest levels of academia. This workshop will be repeated today, 1-2:30 p.m. Registration requested.
Engaged Scholar meeting
"PiLR Health and Technology Applications for Health Programming," Jon Moon, owner, MEI Technologies, and developer of PiLR Health. Sessions are also available via Zoom.
Walk-in Craft: Grad Cap Decorating
Mortar boards are perfect blank canvases for a positive affirmation, a thank you to parents, or a good laugh. Designs will be made on a board that will attach to your grad hat, so you don't have to bring yours in. We will have design ideas and a table full of supplies so you will stand out in the sea of ISU graduates!
Softball
Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa. Check athletics website for schedule changes due to weather.
Intern & Job Fair for Creatives
Open interviews for current students interested in creative jobs and internships for summer and fall 2019. Positions available at the The Workspace, Memorial Union Marketing, The Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames Community Arts Council & Reiman Gardens. Bring a few copies of your resume and meet with supervisors to find your fit.
VEGETABLE GARDENING BEST PRACTICES
Celebrate Earth Month by getting a head start on your own summer vegetable garden, with a discussion on best practices by Reiman Gardens' own expert vegetable gardener, Horticulturist Sharon Rink.
FLORAL DESIGN: RING AROUND THE ROSIES: WREATHS
Welcome spring with a fresh floral wreath featuring roses amidst various flowers that will dry nicely. Registration with pre-payment is required one week in advance.
Lecture: Understanding Second Language Speakers: What Really Matters?
The Quentin Johnson Lecture in Linguistics - Tracey Derwing, a Professor Emeritus of TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, has extensively researched second language fluency and pronunciation, especially the relationships among intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accent.
Open Mic Night
Open mic night gives students the chance to show off their talents to fellow peers. Many perform as musicians, comedians, and poets. Enjoy a night full of talented Iowa State Students. (Sign Up starts at 7:30 p.m. until all spots are filled)
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019
Iowa International Outreach Symposium
Presenters will offer information about activities that are positively impacting rural livelihood in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Rockefeller Foundation's YieldWise Initiative, ISU's Uganda Program and Engineers without Borders' student chapter program in Ghana's upper west region. Networking forums also will be offered, featuring collaboration opportunities with organizations. Registration is free.
Research: National Institutes of Health Proposal Workshop
Dr. Norbert Tavares, program manager at the NIH-NCI Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives and a 2017-19 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow, will present a one-hour seminar about NIH funding mechanisms, common things to know, available tools and more. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation.
Behind the Scenes: Greenhouse production
Scoop the loop of the various greenhouses and the headhouse handling area with Jessie Liebenguth, for an up-close look at our back-end growing and plant maintenance practices.
Architecture Research Exchange Spring 2019 Mini-Series
Associate professors of architecture Dan Naegele and Doug Spencer will share their recent work in this third Architecture Research Exchange event. All are welcome.
Art Walk: An Artful Meal
Join University Museums' in Friley Hall's Windows cafeteria to learn more about the newest art installations.
Walk-in Craft: Grad Cap Decorating
Mortar boards are perfect blank canvases for a positive affirmation, a thank you to parents, or a good laugh. Designs will be made on a board that will attach to your grad hat, so you don't have to bring yours in. We will have design ideas and a table full of supplies so you will stand out in the sea of ISU graduates!
*CANCELED* Lecture: Indigenous Food Systems and the Honorable Harvest
This event has been canceled due to travel complications. The poster session is being rescheduled. "Renewing Reciprocity: Indigenous Food Systems and the Honorable Harvest." Robin Wall Kimmerer, keynote speaker for the 2019 Sustainable Agriculture Symposium, is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology at SUNY and the author of "Braiding Sweetgrass."