Tuesday, 27 Mar 2018
Open Mic Night
Open mic night gives students the chance to show off their talents to their fellow students. Many are musicians, comedians, and poets. So come on out and show us what kind of talents you have. (Sign Up starts at 7:30 p.m. until all spots are filled)
Wednesday, 28 Mar 2018
Workshop: Assignments and Gradebook in Canvas
Assignments are a backbone of the course's Gradebook in Canvas. Participants will learn to create and manage Assignments and Assignment Groups as well as explore how the Gradebook is connected to the organization of Assignments. Participants will experience the power of SpeedGrader for efficient and effective grading.
Heal the Divide On Campus: An Opportunity for Inter-Collegiate Conversation Through Theatre
The ReACT Gallery is hosting a performance in the Anderson Sculpture Garden in partnership with Focal Theatre Lab and ISU's MFA Program in Creative Writing and the Environment - a new initiative by Protest Plays titled "Heal the Divide On Campus: An Opportunity for Inter-Collegiate Conversation Through Theatre." Bring your lunch and stay for as much of the performance as your schedule allows. Optional discussion after the performance, 003 Morrill
Workshop: What I Wish I Had Said: Basic Bystander Intervention Skills
Have you found yourself in situation where communication is breaking down and you're not sure how to intervene? Do you know how each person contributes to the situation, and how we ourselves can own who we are? What skills can you draw upon to fight personal paralysis during conflict?
Research Workshop: Submission software training
The Office for Responsible Research will transition to a new electronic system for submission, review, and maintenance of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) applications. The a-tune tick@lab system will go live in early 2018, integrating research, teaching and testing protocols, animal procurement and management, as well as veterinary medical records.
Workshop: Sponsor-Specific Proposal Development
In this session you will learn about NIH-specific requirements including modular budgets, budget, and personnel justifications. Attendees will learn tips, tricks and common issues with proposal development.
Hilton Chair Lecture Series: Food Waste
Christine Moseley, founder of Full Harvest, the first business-to-business marketplace for ugly and surplus produce. She'll discuss the online marketplace connecting farms with food and beverage companies to buy and sell surplus and imperfect produce.
SEMINAR: "Managing precipitation use efficiency in dryland systems"
Gary (Pete) Peterson
Lecture: Spaces of Exclusion in New York
"This is Not Your Door: Spaces of Exclusion in New York." Architect Alejandra Navarrete Llopis, principal of New York City-based Nami Studio, will speak about access in housing, education and social environments and propose alternative models of inclusion. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture 2017-18 Public Programs Series, "For Other Architectures."
Feminist Cross Stitch Workshop
Celebrate Women's History Month! Choose from inspiring feminist quotes and imagery, then learn to read and follow the pattern. Get the hang of working with a needle and thread for stitching.
Lecture: Public Transformation: A Documentation of Art in Rural America
Theater artist Ashley Hanson will present a snapshot of the lives, work, stories, themes, artifacts and questions she discovered while visiting 24 rural communities with populations of less than 10,000 across the country and discuss the role of art in small-town life and the challenges of making art in rural America.
Lecture: Winona LaDuke
The 2018 Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture. Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is founder and Co-Director of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for native environmental groups.
Concert: Maurice John Vaughn
Maurice John Vaughn utilizes the guitar, saxophone and vocals to portay a powerful blues tune. His innovative lyrics are soulful, passionate, and sometimes even humorous. This will be a seated show.
Thursday, 29 Mar 2018
Caterpillar Club
Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme. Best for children five and under with an adult. No preregistration required.
Workshop: Human Research Basics Series
"Navigating Your Research with Human Subjects: The IRB Submission Process." In this session, you will learn tips on developing and submitting protocols to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). An IRB staff member will walk through key sections of the non-exempt IRB application and explain what the IRB looks for during the review process. Sign up for one of the several dates we have scheduled throughout the year.
Workshop: Groups and Collaborative Work in Canvas
Instructors can create groups for students to collaborate on group Assignments and Discussions, use Web-conferencing, and Collaborations for online projects. Participants will reflect on demonstrations exemplifying how active learning, collaboration and cooperation can be supported through Canvas' integrated tools.
Getting Started with Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Makey Makey
This workshop will introduce the basics, pros, and cons of Arduion, Raspberry Pi, and Makey Makey, three microcontrollers which allow interactions between computers and the physical world. Preregistration required. Register through Learn@ISU. Keyword:LIB. Let us know if you require accommodation.
Entomology Seminar
"Cooperation, conflict and plasticity in insect societies," Flora Mora Kepfer-Uy, University of Miami.
Softball
Iowa State vs. Texas. Check athletics website for schedule changes due to weather.
Cyclone Cinema: Father Figures
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!
Lecture: Design Resistance
Eric Heiman is a partner and co-founder of award-winning San Francisco design agency Volume Inc. and an associate professor of graphic design at the California College of the Arts. His lecture is funded through a Strategic Initiatives Grant from the Vice President for Extension and Outreach.
Friday, 30 Mar 2018
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) Workshop
This Quality Matters (QM) flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those considering the adoption of a quality assurance process for online and blended learning.
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Symposium
"The Past and Future of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology," with keynote speakers Volker Brendel, Indiana University; Adina Howe, ISU; John Van Hemert, DuPont Pioneer; and Matt Wilkerson, Uniformed Services University.
Workshop: Course Design in Canvas
Participants will learn how to design courses in Canvas, facilitate easy and intuitive course navigation and pace instruction. This workshop will highlight the mechanics and pedagogy behind Homepage, Syllabus, Content Pages and Modules in Canvas. Participants will learn about best practices for creating, organizing and structuring content in Canvas courses.
Workshop: Human Subjects Research Using IRBManager
Learn how to work with the new IRBManager system. Sessions are most useful for anyone who performs research with human subjects or who needs to sign off on IRB applications. Participants will learn how to submit IRB applications and access study information in the new system.
TIME CHANGE: Softball (doubleheader)
Iowa State and Texas will play a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 12:30 p.m. due to cold temperatures expected on Saturday. Check athletics website for schedule changes due to weather.
Hands on History: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate how you can incorporate primary source analysis and research into your classroom, whether you want to use historical documents available online or materials from Special Collections & University Archives at Iowa State University. This is not just for history instructors, primary source literacy benefits students in all subject areas. Preregistration required.
Listening session: CALS dean search
The search committee for the dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is hosting two forums to solicit feedback from university community members on characteristics they would like to see in the next dean.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Message Mugs
Add a covert message at the bottom of a cup! Put it inside to discover when your coffee is gone, or outside to share with an office mate. Add your personal message from a sweet "I Love You" to a clever "You've Been Poisoned."
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Ancient mysteries and modern analogs: Exploring the Paleoproterozoic through the geochemistry of meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake, NY" by Dr. Jeff Havig, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN