Thursday, 26 Apr 2012
Floral Design Series
Learn the basics of floral design while creating beautiful arrangements to take home. Updated with new classes! Learn the tips and skills used by professionals and create your own one-of-a-kind floral designs. Those who complete all nine classes will receive a certificate of floral design from Reiman Gardens.
Preservation Clinic: Ask the Experts
Do you have a family heirloom or collectible that is showing its age or needs a little TLC? Bring your object to Parks Library and "Ask the Experts" for care and handling advice. Presented as part of National Preservation Week.
Staniforth Memorial Lecture
"Field Weeds, Field Margins and Biodiversity: Ecological and Geographical Perspectives," Jon Marshall, director, Marshall Agroecology Limited. Marshall is an academic journal editor and research ecologist specializing in agroecology, vegetation management, weed science and the interactions between crop and non-crop habitat on farms. A reception will follow in the Agronomy Hall commons. This is the 23rd Annual David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture.
Entrepreneurship Showcase
9th Annual College of Human Sciences Entrepreneurship Showcase. Students in this year's AESHM 474/574 Entrepreneurship in the Human Sciences class will present and display their innovative business proposals.
Floral Design Series
Learn the basics of floral design while creating beautiful arrangements to take home. Updated with new classes! Learn the tips and skills used by professionals and create your own one-of-a-kind floral designs. Those who complete all nine classes will receive a certificate of floral design from Reiman Gardens.
Women and Leadership: Career Success and Satisfaction
Gretchen M. Bataille is Senior Vice President for Programs and Services at the American Council on Education in Washington, DC. She served for four years as president of the University of North Texas and was previously the chief academic officer of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina system. Part of the Women's Leadership Series.
Friday, 27 Apr 2012
Preservation Clinic: Ask the Experts
Do you have a family heirloom or collectible that is showing its age or needs a little TLC? Bring your object to Parks Library and "Ask the Experts" for care and handling advice. Presented as part of National Preservation Week.
CODAC Spring Art Sale
Annual spring sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts program (ceramics, fibers/textiles, painting, photography, printmaking, woods and metals). Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, April 25-27.
Candidate open forum: Senior vice president and provost
Carlo Montemagno is the founding dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati and one of three finalists named in the search for ISU's senior vice president and provost.
"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".
AESHM research presentation
Presentations by AESHM graduate students and faculty include a biography of Donna Dannielson's professional life as a faculty member at ISU from 1964-91; a study of women's career advice in Mademoiselle Magazine from 1946-59; and an investigation of a Chinese textile firm's R&D performance. All are invited to attend.
ISU Retirees Social
"Successful Aging: Exploring our 'Blue Zone,'" Jennifer Margrett.
Candidate open forum: Dean of Students
Miron Billingsley is associate vice president for student affairs at Prairie View A&M, Texas, and one of four finalists named in the search for Iowa State's next dean of students.
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
"Swaths of Extreme Rainfall in Iowa" by Chris Anderson, Dept. of Agronomy, Iowa State University
Softball
Iowa State vs. Missouri
Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture
Chris Guillard, a founding partner of CMG (Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture) in San Francisco, will present the 2012 P. H. Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture.
P.S.T. - Places - System - Things - Chris Guillard
Chris Guillard is a founding partner of CMG and is an accomplished designer who is creating public landscapes of all types and scales. His work and research is focused on the value of public open space and urban landscapes that integrate multiple functions into communities. The P. H. Elwood Lecture Series in Landscape Architecture
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, 28 Apr 2012
Royce White Story Time
Join us for a special story time with Royce White.
Softball
Iowa State vs. Missouri
ISU Symphonic Band and Concert Band
Steven Smyth conducts the Symphonic Band; William Staube conducts the Concert Band. Tickets available at the door or at the Stephens boxoffice