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Port, Mendez-Shannon named to new diversity and inclusion posts
Vice president for diversity and inclusion Reginald Stewart has filled two new posts in his office, adding a project director in LGBTQA+ affairs and a project director in Hispanic/Latino affairs.
Searches are underway for student affairs posts
University awards ceremony is Monday afternoon
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The following announcements were added this week:
- Sunday network upgrade may slow connections
- Oct. 14 Gordon Lightfoot concert tickets are on sale
- Child care scholarship applications due Sept. 30
- Nonpartisan voter registration available on campus for two weeks
- Online now: 2016-17 Fact Book
- Employee discounts for Cyclone hockey
- Memorial Union birthday party (Sept. 23) features free chili and cake
- ISU has an ethics hotline
- Three-Minute Thesis competition for grad students is Nov. 15
- Apply now for spring funds for biotech-related conferences, speakers
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Quick-stop survey is important to CyRide's future
CyRide consultants will be hanging out at busy spots on campus the first weeks of October. If you've got time to complete a very short CyRide survey (even if you're not a regular rider), you'll help to build a more efficient and useful transit system.
Cherry pie sale returns Monday during Human Sciences week The College of Human Sciences is holding its second annual celebration week Sept. 26-30. A complete schedule is online. A few highlights:
- Sept. 26, Cherry pie sale (11 a.m.-4 p.m., while supplies last, 23 MacKay), $2 each
- Sept. 28, Meet-and-greet, with dean Laura Jolly (4-5:30 p.m., 118 MacKay)
- Sept. 29, Lecture, "Physical Activity: Wonder Drug for Chronic Disease Prevention," I-Min Lee, Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair, (7 p.m., Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building)
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Open houses and receptions
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This week
- Open house: Transportation services, Sept. 23 (11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., remarks at noon, Transportation Services Building), vehicle displays, tours, grilled lunch
- Celebration: Memorial Union 88th birthday, Sept. 23 (4:30-6:30 p.m., MU Great Hall)
- Reception: "Memories from the Fields" exhibit, by artist Gary Ernest Smith, Sept. 23 (7-8:30 p.m., Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building)
Next week
- Retirement: Todd Zdorkowski, Ames Laboratory, Sept. 29 (2-4 p.m., 301 Spedding)
- Building rededication: Marston Hall, Sept. 29 (4 p.m., outside east entrance)
- Reception: "Recent Work," by artist Jennifer Drinkwater, and "Hyperreal Spectacular," by artist Matthew Corones, Sept. 30 (5-7 p.m., MU Gallery and Pioneer rooms)
- Reception: "Common Threads III," by artists Catherine Reinhart and Allison Wegren Metzger, Oct. 1 (6-8 p.m., Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St.)
Upcoming
- Retirement: Keith Bystrom, office of university counsel, Oct. 3 (2-4 p.m., program at 3:15 p.m., MU Campanile Room)
Details about these events are on the university calendar.
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Upcoming seminars and conferences
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Marston art was a team effort
Pieces of the newly installed sculpture in Marston Hall were crafted and fabricated by students, faculty and staff in ISU laboratories.
Cyclone volleyball opens home conference schedule this weekend The Cyclone volleyball squad hosts Big 12 Conference opponent TCU Sunday, Sept. 25 (4 p.m., Hilton). Tickets are $5.
Marston Hall rededication is Sept. 29 Following a two-year renovation, College of Engineering administrative units returned to Marston Hall in July. The university community is invited to a building rededication ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 29 (4 p.m., outside the east entrance). After a program, the building will be open for self-guided tours.
More campus events Talks, performances, athletic contests and other campus events are listed on the university calendar.
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2017-18 Miller Faculty Fellowship proposals due Dec. 5
CELT programming University human resources programming
- Class, Electronic Letter of Intent, Sept. 27 (10-11 a.m.)
- Class, P&S Performance Management (for supervisors/managers), Oct. 7 (1-3 p.m.)
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