Saturday, 22 Feb 2020
Men's Basketball
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech.
Cyclone Cinema: Zombieland - Double Tap
On the way to Graceland, zombie slayers encounter post-apocalyptic warriors and a group of survivors who find refuge in a commune. Their battle against smarter, faster and seemingly indestructible zombie takes all of their wits and weapons.
Sunday, 23 Feb 2020
Floating World: Karen LaMonte's Kimono Sculptures
Join Alice Hammond, who represents Karen LaMonte at Gerald Peters Contemporary, as she discusses the ways in which Japanese culture and artwork is reflected in LaMonte's Floating World body of work.
Women's Basketball
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech.
ISU Concert Band and Campus Band
ISU students play music from new composers and old favorites.
Cyclone Cinema: Zombieland - Double Tap
On the way to Graceland, zombie slayers encounter post-apocalyptic warriors and a group of survivors who find refuge in a commune. Their battle against smarter, faster and seemingly indestructible zombie takes all of their wits and weapons.
Monday, 24 Feb 2020
Seminar, CELT Teaching Talks: Meaningful writing prompts
If you are not receiving the type of writing you want from students, then this session is for you. The Director of the Writing and Media Center, Joseph Cheatle, will lead a discussion about writing assignments (any assignment that includes assessment of student writing), how to scaffold assignments, and how to effectively utilize peer review.
Monday Monologues series
"The Creative Process of Poetry & Prose," readings by Kartika Budhwar, MFA candidate in the creative writing and environment. She writes about porous borderlands where myth meets history, where the colonizer and colonized come together, where languages spar and fuse, where gender and sexuality collapse upon themselves, and where the supernatural and the organic have equal claim.
CCE Seminar: Developing Successful Job Application Materials
"Compiling the CV/Resume." Learn valuable tips on how to create different application materials for your job packet. You'll be ready for the job market in no time. Seating is limited; register in advance.
2D Materials Plasmons: Physics and Applications
Dr. Tony Low, University of Minnesota
Entomology Seminar
"Prairie strips, a new habitat conservation practice to improve honey bee nutritional health," Ge Zhang, Ph.D. defense seminar.
Wheel Pottery Class
Get your hands dirty and make beautiful things! Start with centering clay and pulling cylinders, the building blocks to throwing on the wheel. Move on to forming bowls, mugs, vases and plates, and learn handle-pulling, glazing and finishing techniques. Open to beginners as well as those with experience who would like to improve their skills.
Woodshop Orientation
Learn the fundamentals of woodworking equipment while creating a tool carrier. Leave class with knowledge of proper machinery use, and, most importantly, woodshop safety. Students may purchase the toolbox for $6 after class or we will use them for our Art Mart fundraiser. The orientation is required in order to use the woodshop on your own.
Symposium on Sustainability: Poster, Tabling and Sustainable Art Reception
Displays and presentations that highlight sustainability work, accomplishments and commitment in areas of operations, academics and the overall student experience.
cancelled -Jazz @ the Maintenance Shop
James Bovinette is director.
Lecture: Erin Brockovich, 'The Power of One'
In 1996, as a result of the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind, spearheaded by Erin and Ed Masry, the utility giant was forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in US history: $333 million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents. Now, Erin consults on numerous environmental projects all over the world and encourages people to believe in their personal power to affect change. 2020 Symposium on Sustainability...
Tuesday, 25 Feb 2020
Seminar, Service-Learning Teaching and Learning Community
Are you interested in developing, or enhancing, a service-learning component within your course? You are invited to join this dynamic, interdisciplinary group as we share ideas and best practices of integrating service-learning into the curriculum. These interactive sessions will include topical discussions, readings, and sharing of best practices.
Gallery Chat with Dr. Michele Schaal
In conjunction with the exhibition Creating Global Understanding, members of the World Languages and Culture faculty will lead informal discussions of the works of art they researched and interpreted.
CCE Seminar: Developing Successful Job Application Materials
"Enhancing your Networking Skills." Learn valuable tips on how to create different application materials for your job packet. You'll be ready for the job market in no time. Seating is limited; register in advance.
Kick Start your Early Career with Non-Governmental Funding
This seminar will provide you with an overview of early career awards, with a focus on awards offered by private foundations and other non-governmental entities. The ISU Foundation will explain how they can help you pursue this funding. Finally, a panel of ISU faculty awardees will share their grant finding experience, and how the awards helped shaped their careers.
Sustainapalooza: Picture Yourself in a Sustainable World
Join us for an evening celebrating all things sustainability at ISU. Food, connections, clothing swap and greening!
Men's Basketball
Iowa State vs. TCU.
Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020
NIH Proposal Development
In this session you will learn about NIH-specific requirements including budgets and the different types of budget justifications. We'll touch on salary caps, just-in-time requests, standard due dates and start dates, and proposal scoring. You'll walk away with some tips, tricks and common issues with proposal development, and you'll have some useful resources to help you through the proposal development process.
Meeting, Team-Based Learning (TBL) Teaching and Learning Community
This topic-based teaching and learning community meets throughout the academic year. We work as teams to optimize application exercises, readiness assurance tests, peer evaluation, and other aspects of course design, and also invite speakers to facilitate discussions of TBL theory, research and classroom application.
Retirement reception: Judy Strand
Judy Strand, a program coordinator in the Graduate College office, is retiring from the university. A program will begin at 3:30 p.m.
CCE Seminar: Developing Successful Job Application Materials
"Drafting your Diversity Statement." Learn valuable tips on how to create different application materials for your job packet. You'll be ready for the job market in no time. Seating is limited; register in advance.
Seminar series: Water Research Past, Present and Future
"History of Water Quality Research with the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment," Dan Jaynes, retired soil scientist, USDA Agriculture Research Service. The series is presented by the Iowa Nutrient Research Center.
Trading carbon for food: Challenges toward a sustainable agriculture in the US Corn Belt
Seminar by Crystal Lu
SUB Member Meeting
Come hang out with Student Union Board and learn more about their upcoming events, and how you can get involved, at their bi-weekly general meetings! FREE and open to ALL ISU students!