Tuesday, 15 Feb 2011
Open forum: Vice President for Extension and Outreach candidate
Gerald Miller, interim Vice President for Extension and Outreach, and interim director of Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State. Miller is one of five finalists interviewing for the post.
Stained Glass
Make something beautiful out of glass to hang in your windows.
Genealogy: Every Family Has a History, Do You Know Yours?
Research your family with the help of the Story County Genealogical Society!
Public Forum on sports complex
ISU officials will discuss the latest plan for a new outdoor sports complex in the vicinity of the Towers residence halls. Discussion will focus on a revised site plan developed in response to concerns expressed by neighbors in the area.
Reflections on the Greensboro Four
On Feb. 1, 1960, four African-American freshmen from North Carolina A&T State University had enough of continued segregation in the South and sat down at Greensboro's "whites only" Woolworth lunch counter. They returned everyday for five months until they were served and Woolworth agreed to integrate their lunch counters. Joseph McNeil, of the Greensboro Four who started it all, will the story.
Intermediate Middle Eastern Belly Dance
If you've taken the Begginer's course, take this class and get to the next level.
Wednesday, 16 Feb 2011
Blackboard Learn's File Management Options
Putting files in folders and making them accessible can become the biggest obstacle to a pleasant experience in online learning. File management can be tricky in Bb Learn, but with a little practice, it becomes second nature. In this session, you will learn the basics to file management in Blackboard Learn, including how to upload/move files; create/organize folders; create an html folder; use the web folder for easy web-access.
Ramsey Lecture Series, College of Veterinary Medicine
Mark Lyte, Ph.D, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, will present "Microbial Endocrinology: Why the Intersection of Microbiology, Endocrinology and Food Science Matters to Animal Health." Lyte is the founder of the field of microbial endocrinology, studying how neuroendocrine hormones can interact with microorganisms.
How to Develop Effective Formative Course Assessment Systems
This seminar will focus on how to develop and implement effective online (WebCT based) formative course assessment surveys for engineering and science courses. The comprehensive list of survey questions developed and used by the presenters will be discussed, as will the research findings.
ISU Retirees Social and Program
2:30 social; 3:00 program, "The U.S. Federal Government's Debt Problem," by Dennis Starleaf, Emeritus Professor of Economics
Agron 600B - Soil Science Seminars
"Inseason Nitrogen Rate Adjustment in Corn Using Remote Canopy Sensing" Daniel Barker
Cigar Box Guitars
Make a playable guitar out of a cigar box and serenade all those around you.
ISU Jazz Combos
Michael Giles, coach