Around LAS On-Line
Around LAS On-Line is a weekly e-mail publication informing faculty
and staff of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics
of interest.
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 7: REEES Lecture: "Russia after the Presidential Elections: Is There Hope for Democracy?", David Satter, former Moscow correspondent, Sun Room, Memorial Union, 6 p.m.
April 10: LAS VEISHEA Day on Central Campus
April 10: First Amendment Day, Central Campus, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
April 10: Robert Stewart Distinguished Lecture in Computer Science: "Computational Complexity and Holographic Algorithms," Jin-Yi Cai, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1210 LeBaron, 3:30 p.m. Reception to follow in 223 Atanasoff Hall
April 11: Department of Computer Science 40th Anniversary Celebration: Distinguished Alumni Forum, B29 Atanasoff Hall, 1-4 p.m. and Banquet, Scheman Building, 5 p.m.
April 11: Reading: "The Beauty of Responsibility," author Linda Hasselstrom, The Gallery, Memorial Union, 8 p.m.
April 11 & 12: Free Star-gazing Session, Zaffarano / Physics Hall Observing Deck, 8:30-10:30 p.m.
April 12: Planetarium Shows, ISU Planetarium, 2, 3, 4 & 5 p.m.
April 16: LAS Faculty Development Workshop: "Maintaining Excellence Beyond P&T," Gallery, Memorial Union, 3-5 p.m.
April 17: LAS Dean's Lecture Series: "Confessions of a Bamboozled Botanist," Lynn Clark, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, Sun Room, Memorial Union, 8 p.m.
Complete LAS Calendar on-line at www.las.iastate.edunewnews/calendar.shtml
DEADLINES
April 7: CEAH Grant Writing Assistance Program
April 8: CEAH Collaborative Arts and Humanities Grant-Writing Award, 171 Carver Hall
April 11: Council on International Programs International Grants Program for 2008-09. Submit electronically to pabryant@iastate.edu
April 15: Publication Subvention Grant, 2610 Beardshear
www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/pub_subvention.htm
April 18: Grow Iowa Values Fund to industry@iastate.edu
Note: Unless noted all applications should be turned in to 202 Catt Hall.
www.las.iastate.edu/faculty_and_staff/deadlines.shtml
LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT?
An exploratory committee has been established within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to look at the creation of a new academic department within the college. The committee will investigate the feasibility of a new Department of Applied Linguistics. Academic programs associated with the new department are currently housed primarily in the Department of English.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/linguistics.shtml
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognized international activities by its faculty, staff and students during its annual international dinner on Tuesday, April 1. Five individuals were specifically honored for their international work including Eric Abbott, professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication; Nancy Guthrie, program coordinator in the Study Abroad Center; and students Carrie Carlson, a senior in anthropology and German; Jessica Maves, a senior in political science and international studies; and Kim Rogers, a graduate student in creative writing and the environment.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/internationalawards08.shtml
FIRST AMENDMENT DAY
The 2008 First Amendment Day, sponsored in part by the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, will take place Wednesday and Thursday, April 9-10. The annual "Feast on the First" event is Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and features food sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and soapbox debates.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/amendment08.shtml
VEISHEA
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will have an active presence during VEISHEA. Thursday's (April 10) activities on Central Campus will be sponsored by the College and LAS will have two large tents on Central Campus Saturday, April 12. Saturday activities will include performances by the GROOVE drumline and the ISU Pep Band and a 2008 presidential "mock election" sponsored by the Catt Center for Women and Politics and the Department of Political Science.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
The fourth and final faculty workshop sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be held Wednesday, April 16. "Maintaining Excellence Beyond P&T" will be held in the Gallery of the Memorial Union from 3-5 p.m. Interested faculty may register by e-mailing Laura Engelson at lge@iastate.edu.
BAMBOOZLED BOTANIST
Lynn Clark, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, will speak on her experiences identifying species of bamboo in Central and South America during "Confessions of a Bamboozled Botanist" Thursday, April 17, at 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Clark's address is the spring LAS Dean's Lecture Series.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/clarklecture.shtml
ADVANCE LECTURESHIP
The ISU ADVANCE Program will support and partner with departments, centers and other Iowa State units that support lectures, seminars and colloquia for the 2008-09 academic year. Support is available for departments to bring to campus outstanding speakers in the STEM fields with ten $300 awards available. The deadline for proposals is April 15.
www.advance.iastate.edu/pdfs/ADVANCE_Lect_Spons-bsb.pdf
AROUND LAS
The current issue of Around LAS is on-line and includes features on the BPMI program, the new LAS Student Ambassador group, faculty member Sylvia Munsen and honorary alumnus Carl Vondra.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/alas033108.shtml
ARTS
ISU Theatre will present the annual Stars Over VEISHEA production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" beginning Friday, April 11. The Broadway musical comedy will be held in Fisher Theater at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/forum.shtml
A complete listing of Iowa State arts and entertainment events
can be found at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/arts/isuarts.shtml
Around LAS On-Line is
a weekly e-mail publication informing faculty and staff in the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.
Current Issue:
April 7, 2008
Vol. 2, Number 29
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Editor: Dave Gieseke
515-294-7742
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