Thursday, 08 Mar 2012
Brown Bag Lecture
Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Workshop: Funding grant proposals
"Secrets to Targeting the Right Funding Source for Your Grant Proposal," with ISU librarians Rebecca Jackson and Sarah Passonneau. This workshop will focus primarily on using grants.gov and the Foundation Center Directory Online Professional, the two most comprehensive tools for finding funding sources.Registration is required through AccessPlus. All faculty, staff and grad students are welcome to attend.
CANCELED: The Impact of Women's and Gender Studies in Academia and Beyond
Canceled due to a family emergency. Jill Bystydzienski will discuss the variety of women's and gender studies programs in higher education today as well as international collaborations in this area. Her broad range of work has addressed such topics as women, gender and politics in a global perspective and building cross-cultural coalitions. Part of the Women's & Gender Studies Program 35th-Anniversary Celebration.
Cyclone Cinema: New Year's Eve
When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence. There is also a showing at 10pm.
Visual In•Site
The In•Site Research Group at ISU's College of Design undertake research to design and evaluate a social educational experience for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Join Debra Satterfield, program director in Graphic Design and member of the In•Site Research Group, as she shares the ongoing investigations of this research.
The Impact of Retrotransposons on Human Genome Evolution
Mark Batzer is the System Boyd Professor and Dr. Mary Lou Applewhite Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University. His research focuses on understanding the genetic diversity of humans, in particular the study of mobile DNA elements. He was recently part of an international consortium of scientists who decoded the orangutan genome. Sigma Xi Lecture.
Friday, 09 Mar 2012
Drop Deadline-Second Half Semester
Last day to drop a second half-semester course without the drop appearing on the permanent record or counting toward the limit of dropped courses.
Graduation applications: Summer 2012
Undergraduate graduation applications for Summer 2012 are due in the Registrar's Graduation Office, 210 Enrollment Services Center.
Pass/Not Pass Deadline-Second Half Semester
Last day to change a second half-semester course from Pass/Not Pass to grade basis without it counting toward total allowable P/NP credits used for graduation.
Schedule Change-Second Half Semester
Last day to process most schedule changes for a second half-semester course without a schedule change fee or to add/drop a second half-semester course without signatures of instructor and adviser. See the tuition adjustment schedule for financial deadlines: http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/fees/tuition-adj.shtml.
"Working Over Wood" Artist Studio Open House
Every Friday, artist Jennifer Drinkwater will set up her studio in the ground floor gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum - Room 0003. She invites the public to visit with her, participate, and develop a dialog about her current project to reinterpret and recompose the Grant Wood mural for Parks Library "When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow".
RESCHEDULED: Tennis vs. Drake
The Iowa State vs. Drake tennis has been moved to a new time and location, as part of a breast cancer awareness event. The event will take place in the Roger Knapp Tennis Center, Des Moines, at 6 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear pink.
Cyclone Cinema: New Year's Eve
When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence. There is also a showing at 10pm.
Dance social
Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club. Singles welcome. Dress is casual, however indoor shoes or socks must be worn.
Saturday, 10 Mar 2012
Cyclone Cinema: New Year's Eve
When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence. There is also a showing at 10pm.
SUB Music: Saint Motel and Empires
With a sound as blistering as a parking lot on the hottest day of summer and a tireless devotion to the gods of rock and roll, Saint Motel are an explosive, cinematic, indie-pop band, with an intriguing blend of mischief and sincerity.