Wednesday, 28 Oct 2015
Walk-In Crafts: DIY Cyclone Spirit
When better to add to your ISU gear than during Homecoming Week? If you just have a few minutes, stop in to make a button. For those with a little more time, try the t-shirt throw pillows!
Future of Healthy Families Lecture: Frank Furstenberg
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Retirement reception: Laura Miller
Laura Miller has served 25 years at ISU, including 17 as communications specialist for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
Lecture: Growing the Midwest Garden
"Overcoming Obstacles: Low Impact Gardening, Sustainability and Garden Scourges." Join Reiman Gardens' Director Ed Lyon for a six-week series that augments his book by the same title released this May. Each presentation addresses practical gardening applicable to novice and experienced gardeners alike.
Volleyball
Iowa State vs. Kansas
Fine dining dinner: French cuisine
One of four themed dinners hosted this semester by students in hospitality management 487/587: Fine Dining Event Management. Reservations are required.
Walk-In Dance: Belly Dance
A Three Pillars Delsarte based approach to Middle Eastern Belly Dance in the style of award winning performer Shiara. Learn the basic movements of belly dance with a specific focus and detailed exploration each week (listed below). The 8:20pm class will focus on technique, expression and choreography.
Watch Party & Discussion: Republican Presidential Debate
Join your Iowa State friends and colleagues to watch the Republican presidential candidates for 120 exciting minutes of political debate!
Canceled: Rachel Platten concert
The New York-based artist has been climbing various Billboard Charts with her hit single "Fight Song," reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 for Adult Pop Songs thus far. The song is also now Platinum-certified reaching over 1,100,000 sales since its release. Her latest EP release of the same name, Fight Song, is also climbing the Billboard Charts, reaching #20 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums.
Thursday, 29 Oct 2015
Registration begins for juniors: Spring 2016
First day of assigned Spring 2016 registration dates for students projected as juniors. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday, and most Sundays.
Lecture: Parietal-Frontal Networks for Specific Actions in Primates
Dr. Jon Kaas is a Distinguished Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Walk-In Crafts: DIY Cyclone Spirit
When better to add to your ISU gear than during Homecoming Week? If you just have a few minutes, stop in to make a button. For those with a little more time, try the t-shirt throw pillows!
Retirement: Shelley Hawkins
Hawkins is business manager and head of the business services department in the University Library. A short program will be held at 3:15 p.m.
Art & Antique Sale
Iowa State University's Central Stores, ISU Surplus, and University Museums announces an Art & Antique Sale Oct. 29, 2015 through Nov. 1, 2015. Join this event on Facebook at ISU Surplus for photos and announcements.
Botanical Plaster Imprints Class
Press branches, leaves and other natural objects into clay, then cover with plaster of Paris. Make a set of three tiles, each with a wooden frame so it will be ready to hang as soon as you get home. We will have items from nature for imprints, but students are encouraged to bring in objects that have interesting shapes and texture for experimentation.
Celebrated Speaker Series: Christina Salwitz
"Decorating with Fine Foliage: Confessions of a Foliage-a-Holic," Christina Salwitz, horticultural guidance counselor and photojournalist in the Fairwood neighborhood of Renton, Washington.
Smashed Button Necklace Class
Upcycle vintage buttons and maybe get a little aggression out at the same time! Students will hammer metal buttons into new forms. Add texture and patina and get a collection of beautifully imperfect charms. Stack for depth, rivet together, and add them onto a chain for swanky necklace.
Cyclone Cinema: Minions
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Ghost Stories of Iowa State
How much do you know of campus history, legend, and lore? Join University Museums for an evening of historic and haunted stories about Iowa State and discover who may be haunting your lecture hall!
Friday, 30 Oct 2015
Designation of Repeat
Last day to file a Designation of Repeated Course form for a full-semester or second half-semester course that is not an automatic designated repeat.
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses or withdraw without extenuating circumstances
Pass/Not Pass changes: full-semester courses
Last day to change a full-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass.
Art & Antique Sale
Iowa State University's Central Stores, ISU Surplus, and University Museums announces an Art & Antique Sale Oct. 29, 2015 through Nov. 1, 2015. Join this event on Facebook at ISU Surplus for photos and announcements.
Thinking Wrong, Doing Right: Design for Social Impact
Ryan Clifford, assistant professor of graphic design, will talk about his interrelated professional practice, teaching and research interests in project-based interdisciplinary collaborative design for social change; applied design thinking and rapid ideation; and creative placemaking in community-based design. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
ISUAA Honors and Awards Ceremony
The ISU Alumni Association will present some of the university's highest honors to alumni and friends. Colleges also confer awards at this event. A dessert reception will follow.
Retirement reception: Lola Van Wyk
Lola Van Wyk, assistant director of design services in facilities planning and management, is retiring. A short program will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Getting Started with EndNote Web
Attendees will learn all the basics for getting started with EndNote Web, free cloud-based software that helps you collect, organize, format, and use your collected citations in your papers and other writing projects. This workshop is intended for beginners. Seating is limited. Preregister to hold your seat.
Seminar: Changing learning by using student ideas to drive instruction
Identifying what students don't understand when they are learning biology can help improve student learning experiences in the classroom. Concept assessments, due to their rigorous development process, can be useful in diagnosing student difficulties and leveraging change.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Halloween
"Painting" bisque is a fun and relaxing activity that can be done solo or with a group of friends. Choose from a decorative skull or a skull mug. Decorate for Halloween or Day of the Dead. Those in costume get free user fees! Studio fee is $4 for ISU and $5 for public to attend plus the cost of the bisque you select.
Walk-In Crafts: DIY Cyclone Spirit
When better to add to your ISU gear than during Homecoming Week? If you just have a few minutes, stop in to make a button. For those with a little more time, try the t-shirt throw pillows!