Inside Update
Jan. 28, 2010
Announcements and news for ISU faculty and staff
News
Love what you do
University Professor Lester Wilson
engages and inspires students in the classroom. His food science
graduates credit him with much of their success.
Slightly smaller paychecks
Reminder: Beginning Jan. 29, many ISU employees' paychecks
will be slightly smaller to reflect temporary layoff/furlough days.
Four finalists to interview for rec services director
post
Four candidates will visit campus Feb. 3-10 to interview for the director of
recreation services position. Their interviews will include a
one-hour open forum.
Rodin sculpture heads to Christian Petersen Art Museum
The Cantor Foundation has given University Museums a bronze cast
of an 1880 sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin. A Jan. 29
dedication is planned.
More news:
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Announcements
The following announcements were added this week:
-- New at Central Stores: safety shoes
-- Clothing drive for Haitians extended one week
-- President Geoffroy to speak at Feb. 2 P&S open forum
-- CALS career fair is Feb. 3 in the MU Great Hall
-- Howie Day's M-Shop show rescheduled for Feb. 2
-- Boost your speaking skills at Toastmasters
-- TIAA-CREF seminar teaches tax-smart ways to save
-- 2010 edition of Research in Biotechnology now
available
-- Soybean broadcast has Iowa State connections
-- Civil rights and human relations experts to lead training session
Feb. 16
-- All are invited to join one of three ISU martial arts clubs
See:
Announcements
Teaching
CELT programs
Register via AccessPlus (click on Employee > HRS Training >
Courses).
-- Teaching and Learning Circle: McKeachie's Teaching Tips, Feb. 3
(10:30 a.m.-noon, 2030 Morrill). First of four weekly sessions.
-- Solving Teaching Dilemmas and Improving Students' Problem-Solving
Skills with the Creative Use of Technology, Feb. 3 (12:10-1 p.m., 2030
Morrill)
-- Graduate Student Programming: Preparing for Academic Interviews,
Feb. 3 (3:30-5 p.m., 135 MacKay)
-- WebCT Course Customization, Feb. 5 (12:10-1 p.m., 1230
Communications)
Workshop descriptions and times.
Faculty, student roles in the learning process
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director Malcolm Brown will explore the
evolving role of faculty and students in the learning process and the
impact of mobile technologies during the keynote address of the ComETS
Symposium Feb. 18 (8:30 a.m.-noon, MU Sun Room). The event is free
to all ISU faculty, staff and graduate students, but registration is
requested.
Appointments
-- Nancy
Franz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, to ISU College of Human Sciences associate dean for
extension and outreach, and director of ISU Extension to Families,
effective May 17
-- Mary
Holz-Clause, ISU Extension, to associate vice president for ISU
Extension and Outreach, effective immediately
Around
campus
Four ISU students receive fashion scholarships
Four Iowa State students have returned from a trip to New York City
where they received $5,000
scholarships and were recognized at a fashion industry dinner.
Materials scientist works to develop better batteries for energy
alternatives
Steve Martin, an Iowa State Distinguished Professor of materials
science and engineering and an associate of the U.S. Department of
Energy's Ames Laboratory, is studying how new materials could be used
to improve
battery performance. And that could help create a cleaner energy
future.
Apple greetings
Apples imprinted with messages or logos could be a specialty
product for Iowa's apple growers, according to Iowa State
horticultural research.
Inside job
Biological illustration students are getting a shot at a real project:
a weed
ID guide to be published this spring by ISU's Corn and Soybean
Initiative.
Open
houses/receptions
This week
-- Retirement: Barb Abbott, Sue Bogue, Clark Bredahl, Doug Cooper,
Judy Isaacson, Del Marks, Diane Nelson, Lynette Spicer and Jim Trow,
ISU Extension, Jan. 28 (8-10 a.m., WOW Center, 4-H Extension
Building)
-- Retirement: Gary Russell, ISU controller's department/asset
recovery, Jan. 28 (1:30-3 p.m., 1155 ASB)
-- Retirement: John Kingland, ISU information technology services,
Jan. 28 (2-4 p.m., program at 3 p.m., first floor atrium,
Beardshear)
-- Retirement: Sue Griffin, Gayle Huey and Carolyn Klaus, ISU
teacher education, Jan. 28 (2:30-4:30 p.m., 1009 LeBaron)
-- Retirement: Mary Ingersoll, ISU printing and copy services,
retiring Jan. 29 (no public reception planned)
-- Retirement: Kathleen Law, ISU chemical and biological
engineering, retiring Jan. 29 (no public reception planned)
-- Retirement: Bill Williams, ISU utilities distribution, retiring
Jan. 29 (no public reception planned)
-- Retirement: Bill Britton, Dick Egger, Karen Lind and Beverly
Nutt, ISU chemistry, Jan. 29 (10 a.m.-noon, 205 TASF)
-- Retirement: Sandra Hegna, Seed Science Center, Jan. 29 (noon-1
p.m., Seed Science Building)
-- Retirement: Dan Spencer, Central Stores, Jan. 29 (2-4 p.m., 142
General Services Building)
-- Retirement: Carolyn Mabee, ISU student financial aid, Jan. 29
(2-4 p.m., 3150 Beardshear)
-- Retirement: Chloris Williams, ISU apparel, educational studies
and hospitality management, Jan. 29 (2-4 p.m., program at 3 p.m., 23
MacKay)
-- Retirement: Jeff Berger, ISU animal science, Jan. 29 (2-3:30
p.m., program at 2:30 p.m., Kildee Hall atrium)
-- Retirement: Dave Volkers, ISU plant pathology, NREM, Jan. 29 (2-4
p.m., 240 Bessey)
-- Retirement: Larry Dau, ISU registrar's office, Jan. 29 (3:15-5
p.m., Gallery Room, MU)
-- Reception: University Museums' Final Friday, Jan. 29 (5:30-7:30
p.m., 1017 Morrill)
Next week
-- Retirement: Daryl Strohbehn, ISU animal science, Feb. 5 (3:30-5
p.m., program at 4 p.m., Kildee Hall atrium)
Details about these events are on the university
calendar.
Arts and
events
Think spring: Watch a track meet
The Cyclone men's and women track and field teams will host the first
Bill Bergan Invitational Jan. 28-30 in the Lied Center. Jan. 28-29
will feature heptathlon and pentathlon events only (starting at 1
p.m. daily). Jan. 30 field and track events run from 10:30 a.m. to
3:45 p.m. Admission is free.
Beauty in a broken world
Authors, filmmakers and musicians are part of the lineup for this
year's "Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination" symposium,
Jan. 29-31.
Gymnasts in a double dual
The No. 14 Cyclone gymnasts will host No. 17 Michigan and Brigham
Young University Jan. 29 (7 p.m., Hilton). Tickets are $7 ($5 for
youth).
Starry, starry night
Individuals of all ages are invited to a planetarium show (weather
permitting) Jan. 29 (7 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., ISU Planetarium,
Physics). Free tickets for all shows are available at the door
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Celebrating 50 years
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences closes its 50th anniversary
celebration Feb. 2 with a public lecture. ISU alum and Penn State
president Graham
Spanier will present "What You Can Learn Sleeping in the Residence
Halls" at 8 p.m. in the MU Great Hall.
Exhibit showcases designer apparel
"The Story of a Collector: Anne Zimmerman" is on display through April
19 at the Mary Alice Gallery in Morrill Hall (Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4
p.m.). The exhibit features designer apparel from the 1950s through
the 1980s donated to the Textiles and Clothing Museum in memory of
Anne Zimmerman by her husband, Kent. Admission is free. Call 4-7474
for more information.
Sit a spell
Reiman Gardens' 2010 theme,
"Celebration of Lawn Ornamentation," starts with a new
conservatory display of traditional, colorful and whimsical seating
arrangements -- from Adirondack chairs to orange metal lawn furniture
-- meant to inspire visitors to create unique seating arrangements in
their own backyards. The exhibit is on display through March. Reiman
Gardens is open daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
More campus events
Talks, performances, athletic contests and other campus events are
listed on the
university calendar. Also, see the
Arts and Entertainment page.
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