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March 7, 2013
News for Iowa State faculty and staff
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Inside
news
Take a minute to update your emergency
info
It's easy to make sure you'll get the message in a university
emergency. Equally easy is designating emergency contacts should you
become ill or missing. Visit "ISU Alert" and "Emergency
Contact" on AccessPlus. P&S staff offered on-campus professional
development opportunity A daylong schedule of
workshops focused on community building, skill development and
personal development will kick off the Professional and Scientific
Council's grant-funded professional development
initiative. Registration is open for the April 2
conference.Spend less time at
the bus stop CyRide's new Next Bus service tracks bus
locations and relays anticipated arrival times at bus stops to your
phone, mobile device or web-connected
computer. Johnson appointed to
national committee on student financial
assistance Applications due April 5 for
fellow slots in provost's office Fulltime,
tenured faculty are invited to apply for a faculty fellow position in the
office of the senior vice president and provost. Appointments are
part-time for two academic years, beginning this
August. Lecture offers pictorial look
at ISU, Ames in the 1890s
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Announcements
The following
announcements were added this week:
- Nominate a colleague for Honors teaching/mentoring
award
- East campus bike path (north side of Lied)
will close March 11
- Library workshop: How to
find non-government research grants
- Attention
Delta Dental enrollees: Your input is
requested
- Sleepout will cast light on veterans'
homelessness
- P&S award nominations due April
1
- Update license plate changes through parking
division
- New summer bridge program for
first-year multicultural engineering
students
- Next Osborn Club lecture is March
11
See: Announcements
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Teaching
CELT programs
Register via AccessPlus (click on Employee > HRS Training >
Courses).
- Creating an Inclusive Classroom: I'm More Than the
Color of My Skin -- Latino/a Students, March 12 (11-11:50 a.m.,
2030 Morrill)
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Seminars and
conferences
The following conferences or seminars were added this week:
- The Bayer Crop Science Bee
Care Tour,
March 28 (10
a.m.-noon, Reiman
Gardens), includes
panel discussion
with four ISU
faculty
members
- Iowa
Local Food
Conference:
Road
Map for
Resilience,
March 19-20,
Scheman
Building
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Around
campus
Regents meet at Iowa State on March
13
The state Board of Regents' next regular meeting is Wednesday,
March 13, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. It will begin at 9
a.m. with committee meetings; the full board is expected to convene
after lunch (1-2:30 p.m.). An agenda will be available by midday
March 7 on the board's website. Audio of all
public portions of the meeting will be streamed live, also from the
board's website. Bilingual teaching approach
Advertising professor Jay Newell is offering his course
materials
in
both
English
and
Chinese,
helping
to
engage
the
influx
of
international
students. Iowa State has opportunities in Des Moines school
partnership
ISU's new partnership with the King and
Moulton elementary
schools will give
School of Education
faculty a direct link to
learn more about the
issues facing schools
and get involved in
real-life
circumstances. Developing polymer drugs for cancer
treatment
Kaitlin Bratlie, assistant professor of materials science and
engineering and chemical and biological engineering at Iowa State,
is working on a way to treat cancers
that don't respond well to current treatments. The potential for a
cure keeps her motivated. Engineers working on asteroid deflection
Recent events have proved it's no laughing matter. Engineers in
ISU's Asteroid Deflection Research Center are developing a system to protect the
planet.
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University
newsletters
University Museums
In the March 2013 eInterpretations
(PDF): Learn about student engagement
in the arts, meet artist Andy Magee
and take a look at the newly
installed Curatorial Review.
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- Reception: Margaret Sloss gender equity awards and
scholarship recipients, March 26 (3:30-5 p.m., MU Campanile
Room)
- Retirement: Dave Peterson, facilities
planning and management, March 27 (2-4 p.m., 142 General Services
Building)
- Retirement: Pete Hoffman, ISU animal
science, March 28 (3:30-5 p.m., Kildee atrium)
Details about these events are on the
university
calendar.
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Arts and
events
Sports
Illustrated photographer to give
presentationDamian Strohmeyer, a
photographer for Sports Illustrated magazine for
25 years and the provider of more than 65 SI cover shots,
will present a public
lecture on Thursday, March 7 (7 p.m., College of
Design auditorium). All are
welcome. Sweet dreamsThe
Tony-, Grammy- and Academy Award-winning
musical, Dreamgirls, makes a
stop at Stephens Auditorium on March 13 for a 7:30
p.m. performance.Tickets, $49 and $53 ($28 for youth; $25
for students), are available at the Iowa State Center
ticket office and through Ticketmaster. Bon
voyage concert for Cantamus choir is
SundayISU's Cantamus women's choir was
selected to
perform at the national conference of the American
Choral Directors Association March 13-16 in Dallas. The
group will perform its conference program during a concert
on Sunday, March 10 (3 p.m., Tye Hall, Music
Building). Admission is $5 (students
$2). Shechtman lecture scheduled for
March 132011 Nobel Prize laureate and
Distinguished Professor of materials science and
engineering Dan Shechtman will give a public
lecture on Wednesday, March 13 (noon, MU Great
Hall). Shechtman's talk is titled "Technological
Entrepreneurship: A Key to World Peace and Prosperity." He
also is a research scientist with the U.S. Department of
Energy's Ames Laboratory. Two art
exhibits open at the
MU- "Art Inspired" Student
Juried Exhibit, through March 25 (Pioneer Room), featuring
39 student-created pieces in various
media.
- "John Soukup (Kettle): You Could
Be a Princess If You Were a Bit Nicer," through March 31
(Gallery). Soukup is a Cedar Falls artist who works with
acrylic on canvas, portraying contemporary images inspired
by events and relationships.
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