Sunday, 01 Nov 2009
Women's Basketball
ISU vs. Dubuque (Exhibition).
Class: Argentine Tango Practica
4-5pm lesson; 5-7pm practice Nov.1,8,22,29; Dec.6,13 Multi-level Argentine Tango class.
Monday, 02 Nov 2009
Excel 2007 In-Depth
First of two sessions that takes an in-depth look into the basic concepts of Excel 2007, a popular spreadsheet package. (Second session is on November 4.) The course is designed for those who have little or no experience with spreadsheet applications. Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/.
Open House: Microscopy and Nanoimaging Facility
This open house is a part of the Office of Biotechnology's 25th anniversary celebration. Faculty, staff and students are invited to tour and learn more about the research facilities at ISU.
Horticulture Seminar
"Genetic Profile and Horticultural Potential of American Snowbell (Styrax americanus)", Olivia Lenahan, ISU horticulture graduate student.
Class: Library Field Trip
5:30-7:30pm for 2 weeks Field Trip for Photographers.
Class: Basket Tree Ornaments, Section I
6-9pm Make basket ornaments for your tree.
Men's Basketball
ISU vs. Black Hills State (Exh.).
Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009
Tuesday Tea at the Farm House with Historian Mary Atherly
Come to the Farm House Museum to enjoy tea and conversation with former curator and Farm House historian Mary Atherly. Mary will share her experience and knowledge about the Farm House with a unique guided tour. Also, take advantage of this book signing opportunity for Mary's recently republished book The Farm House: College Farm to University Museum.
Dreamweaver -- Level I: Basic
A beginning course to learn the basics of Dreamweaver. Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/.
Open house: Ada Hayden celebration
Open house celebrating the 125th anniversary of Ada Hayden's birth. Program begins at 5 p.m., tours of the Ada Hayden Herbarium will be conducted.
Lecture: Global aerospace market
"Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Aerospace Market," Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing global services and support. He leads all aspects of the company's $8 billion business providing after-delivery support for military platforms and systems and a broad array of defense and government services.
Class: Intermediate Mat Cutting
6:30-9:30 Learn new matting techniques.
Lecture: End 'Don't ask, don't tell'
"End Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Let Gays and Lesbians Serve Their Country Honorably," Lieutenant Dan Choi. One month after announcing he was gay on the Rachel Maddow Show, the Army announced it would initiate discharge proceedings him. Choi is fighting his discharge proceedings and is a founding member of the organization KNIGHTS OUT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender West Point Graduates.
Discussion: Bioregionalism
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate and one of the founders of the Bioregional Congress, will be reading from her book The Sky Begins at Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community, and Coming Home to the Body.
Faculty forum: Global climate change
Gene Takle, ISU agronomy and geological and atmospheric sciences; John Miranowski, ISU economics; William Gutowski, ISU geological and atmospheric sciences; and Ray Arritt, ISU agronomy. ISU's Climate Science Initiative team was established in response to the public concern over global climate change and its impact on every segment of society.
Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009
Graduate College: Cancel graduation
Graduate College: last day for graduate students to cancel graduation without being assessed a nonrefundable graduation fee.
Excel 2007 In-Depth
Second of two sessions that takes an in-depth look into the basic concepts of Excel 2007, a popular spreadsheet package. The course is designed for those who have little or no experience with spreadsheet applications. Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/.
ArtWalk: New Sites & Old Favorites
Join University Museums Educator Nancy Gebhart on a tour of new sites and old favorites from the Art on Campus Collection. This tour will focus on the Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden and its current exhibition of Bill Barrett, Albert Paley and Christian Petersen sculptures. Meet Nancy outside the east entrance to Morrill Hall.
Volleyball
Iowa State vs. Texas
Lecture: "Surviving the Rwandan Holocaust"
"Surviving the Rwandan Genocide: Immaculée's Story of Faith, Hope and Forgiveness," Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and author of Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. She and seven other women spent 91 days huddled together silently in the bathroom of a local pastor's house - a trauma from which she emerged half-starved and to find her entire family had been brutally murdered.
Thursday, 05 Nov 2009
Registration start date, sophomores, Spring 2010
First day of assigned Spring 2010 registration dates for students projected as sophomores. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and most Sundays.
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"Fully Hydrogenated, Styrene Based Block Copolymers: Designing Materials at the Nanometer Scale" by Steve Hahn, Dow Chemical Company
Open House: Protein, Proteomics and DNA Facilities
This open house is a part of the Office of Biotechnology's 25th anniversary celebration. Faculty, staff and students are invited to tour and learn more about the research facilities at ISU.
Photoshop IV: Digital Doctoring
This workshop will explore features readily available ONLY in the most recent versions of Photoshop. We will also learn some advanced techniques for adding something extra to a photo. It will be assumed that you have some moderate Photoshop experience. The pace will be faster in this workshop. Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/.
Lecture: "Death: The Personal and the Universal"
"Death: The Personal and the Universal." Death is something no one can escape. It follows life as surely as night follows day, winter follows autumn or old age follows youth. Join Cindy Gould, associate professor in Art and Design, and Jennifer Margrett, associate professor in Human Development and Family Studies, as they explore different responses to death, both the personal and the universal.
ISU Theatre: "Sweeney Todd"
When Sweeney Todd returns to London after 15 years of unjust imprisonment in Australia, his landlady, Mrs. Lovett, tells him that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by the judge who condemned him to exile. Sweeney Todd vows revenge and Mrs. Lovett finds a way to increase her sales of meat pies. With music by Stephen Sondheim, this musical won the Tony for Best Musical. Event held in cooperation with ISU Music.
Friday, 06 Nov 2009
Flash IV: Video
This course examines using video and video effects within Flash (CS3). Online registration at http://www.it.iastate.edu/training/courses/.
ISU Afterdark Craft Nights at the Workspace
7-9pm Magnets & Bookmarks.
Men's Basketball
ISU vs. UNC-Pembroke (Exh.).