Sunday, 21 Oct 2018
Homecoming Parade
Come join the homecoming celebration in downtown Ames! Included in the parade will be the Cardinal Court, Iowa State representatives and dignitaries, student organizations, and many local businesses and organizations from the Ames area.
Spirits in the Gardens
Reminders: 0 Add Photo October 20, 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. and October 21, 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. SEE AMAZINGLY DETAILED LIT JACK-O-LANTERNS! A MUST-SEE! All are welcome to join in the spooky fun by attending in costume. Trick or treat at Reiman Gardens and do activities.
Walk-in Argentine Tango
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. From 4-5pm, moves for beginners are introduced with a different figure each week along with techniques for better dancing. From 5-7pm, the floor is yours for dancing under the guidance of Valerie Williams, and for working with different partners. An intermediate level figure will also be introduced during this time.
Meet-A-Scientist
Saturday, October 20, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. (during Spirits in the Gardens). Sunday, October 21, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. (during Spirits in the Gardens). Current science gets up close and personal at this informal drop-in program.
Cyclone Cinema
Mission Impossible: Fallout - Hunt and IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. Arms dealer Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Hunt and crew are in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
Cyclone Cinema
Mission Impossible: Fallout - Hunt and IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. Arms dealer Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Hunt and crew are in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
Monday, 22 Oct 2018
Online event, How Can We Minimize Implicit Bias in Our Academic Communities? (CIRTLCast Series - Part 3 of 4)
Many view academia as an ivory tower, disconnected from the everyday challenges, controversies, and conflicts of the real-world. However, issues related to social justice, like implicit bias, are embedded in the very fabric of STEM and higher education.
Quality Matters Learning Community
The Quality Matters (QM) Learning Community is designed to help you improve your courses using the Quality Matters Standards. Members will have opportunities to hear about ways to meet the QM standards, as well as discussing best practices, experiences, and solutions to course design problems.
Research workshop: Reading and Interpreting a Request for Proposal
In this session you will learn the fundamentals of reading and interpreting agency guidelines and specific calls for proposals. We will discuss information commonly found in sponsor guidelines and tips and tricks for common mistakes.
"How Iowa Met Baseball" Lecture with John Liepa
"How Iowa Met Baseball: The Myths, The History, The Players" with baseball historian John Liepa.
Lecture: Studying the Fall of the Roman Empire with the Science of the Human Past
Michael McCormick is the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University, Director in Cambridge of the Max Planck, Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean, and the founding chair of Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.
The Capitol Steps
Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 35 albums, including their latest, "Orange is the New Barack" and had over 5,000 performances in 48 states. The material is updated constantly, so no matter who or what is in the headlines, the Capitol Steps are equal opportunity offenders.