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Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

Drop in Craft: Halloween Felt Plushies

Oct 17, 2024

2:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union

$8 in studio

Memorial Union programs Arts, performances Student activities

Arm yourself with scissors and a glue gun and make a stuffed felt plushie. We have patterns for a bat, ghost, jack-o-lantern, Frankenstein and skull. These no-sew plushies are adorable and easy to make.

Paint Your Own Pottery: Plates and Trays

Oct 17, 2024

2:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Workspace

varies based on piece chosen

Memorial Union programs Arts, performances Student activities

Paint the perfect plate for Sunday waffles, a tray for sushi, or a smaller-sized piece to hold loose change, keys, jewelry, and other things you need to keep track of.

Professional and Scientific Council seminar series

Oct 17, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Online

free

Groups, governance Meetings, receptions

"Ghosts of Iowa State's Past," Allison Sheridan, curator, Farm House Museum. The haunts of academia - from dorms, halls, and offices to campus icons and even the cemetery - help to tell the story of Iowa State from its earliest days. The truths, eerie legends and hair-raising lore told in this seminar will illustrate campus legacies from fact to pure fiction in what is the spookiest of months.

Workshop: Getting started with LaTex and Overleaf

Oct 17, 2024

2:10 PM - 3:25 PM

134 Parks Library

free

University Library Training, development

This hands-on workshop uses the Overleaf editor to demonstrate the basics of LaTeX. Attendees will work through examples, experiment with common features, and take away a list of additional resources that can be used after the workshop to explore further. Registration required.

Language Inequality and Fight for Free Speech in Haiti: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Oct 17, 2024

3:30 PM

Pearson 2105

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures

Websder Corneille is an adjunct lecturer of Haitian Creole Language and Haitian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington and the founder and director of the flagship Haitian Creole Language & Culture Program.Â

SheTalks Reception

Oct 17, 2024

4:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Atrium, ISU Research Park Core Facility, 1805 Collaboration Place

free

Ivy College of Business Meetings, receptions

A community cocktail reception featuring six women who are creatively leading in their distinct fields. Taken from the Japanese-inspired Pecha Kucha, each presenter shows 20 slides, each for 20 seconds while telling their story. Networking begins at 4:30 p.m., followed by the presentations (5-6:30 p.m.).

Curator's Tour of "Artists of an Era: A New Deal, Iowa Artists, and Iowa State College"

Oct 17, 2024

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall

free

University Museums Arts, performances

Meet new Christian Petersen Art Museum curator Alison Ranniger, for a tour of works of art from the 1930s and 1940s that offer a view of the early visual culture found on campus and works of art created throughout the federal Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) administered through the Treasury Department.

IPR's Politics Day on the Road

Oct 17, 2024

6:00 PM

South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures

Join Ben Kieffer, host of IPR's "River to River" program, and a panel featuring Iowa State University students and political science professor Karen Kedrowski, as he takes the weekly talk show "Politics Day" on the road to Iowa State.

Cyclone Cinema: A Quiet Place: Day One

Oct 17, 2024

7:00 PM

Carver 101

free

Memorial Union programs Student activities

Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.

The Immigrant Survival Guide to Silicon Valley

Oct 17, 2024

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures

Carlos Quezada will share his transformative journey from humble beginnings in Degollado, Jalisco, Mexico to a top Latino executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. His life's narrative is a powerful testament to the extraordinary outcomes that stem from curiosity, boldness, and authenticity. Carlos, now a father, technologist, mentor, and public speaker, intertwines his personal journey with a commitment to community...

Comedy Night w/ Emmy Blotnick

Oct 17, 2024

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

The Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union

Free

Student Union Board Arts, performances Student activities

Comedian Emmy Blotnick is best known from CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, TBS' Conan, HBO Max's Pause with Sam Jay, and in her own Comedy Central The Half Hour. Don't miss a great night of fun and FREE comedy at the M-Shop!