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Promotion and tenure list goes to regents next week
Classroom disruption policy changes under consideration
Faculty Senate will vote April 23 on the first major revisions to the classroom disruption policy since 2002. A companion document with procedures for dealing with a disruption will be linked to the policy.
Planning continues for student pilot of grammar assistance tool The Computation Advisory Committee, tasked each year with recommending how to allocate a portion of student technology fees, has committed $50,000 to a six- to 12-month pilot for all ISU students. Pending a successful license negotiation and security checks, the pilot could begin this fall.
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The following announcements were added this week:
- ISD hiring is complete, for now
- Director search to continue into summer
- Alumni association to honor faculty, staff May 17
- New name for merged ag extension programs
- Stanford political scientist to speak about partisanship
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Record number of undergraduates prepare for national research conference
Sixty-two Iowa Staters are among 4,000 undergraduates participating in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 11-13 in suburban Atlanta.
Achieving health goals may depend on how you see yourself A new paper co-authored by an Iowa State marketing professor shows imagining yourself in the third person -- observing yourself from a distance or through someone else's eyes -- can derail your health-related goals.
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Open houses and receptions
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This week
- Retirement, Randy Monthei, residence department, April 12 (2-4 p.m., 136 Union Drive Community Center)
- Open house, university museums, April 13-14 (1-4 p.m., Farm House and Christian Petersen Art museums)
Next week
- Retirement, Jim Aanstoos, geological and atmospheric sciences, April 15 (2-4 p.m., Agronomy Hall commons)
Upcoming
- Retirement, Jill Euken, Bioeconomy Institute, and opening reception for the 2019 biorenewables art competition, April 22 (3-5 p.m., program at approximately 4 p.m., Biorenewables Research Laboratory lobby)
- Retirement, Jane Jacobson, Liberal Arts and Sciences student academic services, April 23 (3-5 p.m., remarks at 3:30 p.m., MU Campanile Room)
- Retirement, Sally Evans, Virtual Reality Applications Center, April 24 (2-4 p.m., Howe Hall atrium)
- Retirement, DeAnn Frisk, geological and atmospheric sciences, April 25 (2-4 p.m., Hach Hall atrium)
- Retirement, Norm Hill, operations and finance division, April 25 (2-4 p.m., program at 2:30 p.m., MU Campanile Room)
- Open house, celebration for World Intellectual Property Day, April 26 (11 a.m.-1 p.m., Parks Library lawn)
- Open house and pancake breakfast, Flying Cyclones student organization, April 27 (7-11 a.m., Ames Municipal Airport, 2520 Airport Dr.), $10 (children $6)
- Retirement, Chris Hurst, admissions, April 30 (2-4 p.m., third floor Enrollment Services Center)
- Retirement, Wolfgang Kliemann and Clifford Bergman, mathematics, April 30 (3-5 p.m., MU Campanile Room)
- Retirement, Danny Cox, facilities maintenance, facilities planning and management, May 1 (1:30-3 p.m., shops break room, General Services Building)
Details about these events are on the university calendar.
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Upcoming seminars and conferences
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Forums will be held 11 a.m.-noon in the Memorial Union.
- April 11, Kathryn Kominars, Florida International University, Miami (Soults Family Visitor Center)
- April 12, Chris Hanes, University of Cincinnati (Room 3228)
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Yodeling wunderkind to host Cyclone Voice finals
The singing competition Cyclone Voice will name a winner after 15 finalists perform Thursday, April 11 (8 p.m., MU Great Hall). Mason Ramsey, a 12-year-old country singer, is hosting.
More campus events
Talks, performances, athletic contests and other campus events are listed on the university calendar.
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Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching programming
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