Experience the impact of a thousand-plus flags during the second annual Field of Memories exhibit Friday, Sept. 15 (9 a.m.-3 p.m., Parks Library south lawn). Each yellow flag represents a suicide on a university campus in this country every year. Students, faculty and staff may participate by personalizing a flag, honoring a life lost to suicide or encouraging those who struggle with depression.
In its final prep for the Big 12 conference season, Cyclone volleyball hosts a four-team round-robin invitational Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 14-16, at Hilton Coliseum that features two matches daily. Iowa State plays University of California, Santa Barbara, on Thursday and Ohio University, Athens, on Friday, both at 6:30 p.m., and Drake University in the event's final match on Saturday (2 p.m.) Admission is $5; non-Cyclone matches have free admission.
Charity Nebbe, host of Iowa Public Radio's "Horticulture Friday," will visit ISU's Horticulture Research Station north of Ames for a field day Sept. 16 (1-4 p.m., 55519 170 St., "Hort Day Live" program starts at 2:30 p.m.). Guests may join tours led by faculty and see research stations for fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, turtles and bees.
Iowa native James Kibbie, University of Michigan, will perform at the music and theatre department's 35th annual Organist of Iowa concert on Saturday, Sept. 16 (1:30 p.m., Tye Recital Hall, Simon Estes Music Hall). Admission is free.
Karen Kedrowski, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, will present Iowa State's 2023 Constitution Day lecture on Thursday, Sept. 21 (6 p.m., 2630 Memorial Union). Titled "It's Not Done: Women's Constitutional Equality," the lecture is free and open to the public. Constitution Day is Sept. 17, the day in 1787 the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia.
