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Grounded - Madelynn Langridge BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History promotional image

Grounded - Madelynn Langridge BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Reception Friday Dec. 1, 2023 6–9 p.m.
The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessica Hambrick BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History promotional image

The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessica Hambrick BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Reception Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 5–9 p.m.
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Hey Buddy, I'm Bill

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
An exhibit about Bill Sackter, proprietor of Wild Bill's Coffee Shop at the University of Iowa School of Social Work.
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Study Hall @ the Museum of Natural History

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 12:00pm
Macbride Hall
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Tavola Italiana: Italian Conversation Hours

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Virtual
Come to Tavola Italiana to talk with fellow learners and improve your Italian speaking skills!
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BUILD: Size Diversity – Every Body Is Different

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:00pm to 3:00pm
The session will examine issues related to body image and size diversity. We will discuss society's messages about body image and body size, and how this impacts inclusivity at the University of Iowa. As a result of this session, participants will (a) be able to identify sizeism and how that impacts the UI community, (b) understand their own perceptions and biases with regard to body size, and (c) develop strategies for decreasing body shame and body size discrimination.  
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Exploring Major Determinants of Health in Spain Study Abroad Info Session

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Iowa Bioscience Innovation Facility
Join Study Abroad and faculty leader Dr. Lucas Carr, the director of Undergraduate Studies - Exercise Science, Health Promotion & Health Studies, to learn more about the Department of Health and Human Physiology’s newest faculty-led study abroad program - Exploring Major Determinants of Health in Spain.
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Red Watch Band Training

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
The Red Watch Band training program focuses on knowledge, skill, and confidence building regarding preventing death from alcohol overdose. Students are taught the knowledge and skills to "make the call," and using role plays, given opportunities to build confidence to intervene on behalf of another. All students who complete the training will receive FREE CPR and alcohol bystander training, and will be better able to link the impact that alcohol has on the body. Registration is required. 

DMA III Recital: Meng Liu, piano

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
DMA III Recital: Meng Liu, piano Meng Liu, piano Yifan Zhang, piano The concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30736 This concert is free and open to the public.

UI Symphony Orchestra & UI Choirs at Hancher Auditorium

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
UI Symphony Orchestra & UI Choirs Benjamin Britten War Requiem University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra & Faculty Chamber Orchestra Combined UIowa Choirs with Chamber Singers of Iowa City Timothy Stalter, David Puderbaugh, & Katelyn Peterson, conductors Jessica Faselt, soprano Steven Soph, tenor Royce Blackburn, baritone This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object...
Grounded - Madelynn Langridge BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History promotional image

Grounded - Madelynn Langridge BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History

Thursday, November 30, 2023 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Reception Friday Dec. 1, 2023 6–9 p.m.
The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessica Hambrick BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History promotional image

The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessica Hambrick BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History

Thursday, November 30, 2023 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Reception Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 5–9 p.m.
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Hey Buddy, I'm Bill

Thursday, November 30, 2023 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
An exhibit about Bill Sackter, proprietor of Wild Bill's Coffee Shop at the University of Iowa School of Social Work.

Guest Artist Masterclass: Carl Allen

Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Artist Masterclass: Carl Allen Carl Allen will be presenting a masterclass to UIowa students. This masterclass is free and open to the public.
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Francophone Conversation Hours

Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Phillips Hall
Come and practice your French speaking skills with fellow learners!
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Wide Lens: Artificial Intelligence

Thursday, November 30, 2023 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art
In the past week, you’ve probably asked Google to answer questions, chatted with Siri, rocked out to a new band recommended by Spotify, or asked Chat GPT to produce a first draft of a form letter for you—reminders that our lives are already deeply entwined with artificial intelligence. The term "AI" covers a host of technologies. What connects them? Our very human ambition to create machines that can learn to solve problems. Join us for the next Wide Lens panel as experts from computer science...
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Getting Unstuck Workshop (for Depression)

Thursday, November 30, 2023 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Westlawn
“Getting Unstuck” is a three-week, skills-based clinical workshop designed to provide support and skills aimed at addressing students who would like to learn ways to better manage their depression symptoms. This is a curriculum-driven series with structure and specific learning objectives and topics for each week that build students' knowledge over the course of the workshop. All participants will receive a workbook with exercises to be completed both within and outside the group to facilitate...
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Critical Capitalism: South Korea’s Aspiring Millionaires and the Spirit of the Asset Economy

Thursday, November 30, 2023 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
The Korean Studies Research Network, an International Programs affinity group, presents this virtual talk featuring Dr. Bohyeong Kim of Vanderbilt University.
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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, November 30, 2023 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Supporting Students Desiring a Change Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website. This is not a treatment group and will not...
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Powwow 101

Thursday, November 30, 2023 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Latino Native American Cultural Center
Join us and the Native American Student Association, Nov. 30.
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Key Change: Piano Revolutionaries Series, Concert #3

Thursday, November 30, 2023 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Key Change: Piano Revolutionaries Series, Concert #3 Rachmaninoff and His Contemporaries This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30592 This concert is free and open to the public.

Iowa Saxophonists' Workshop Fall Concert

Thursday, November 30, 2023 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Iowa Saxophonists' Workshop Fall Concert The saxophone students of Dr. Kenneth Tse will perform. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30593 This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Bennett Walker, tuba

Thursday, November 30, 2023 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Senior Recital: Bennett Walker, tuba This concert is free and open to the public.
Grounded - Madelynn Langridge BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History promotional image

Grounded - Madelynn Langridge BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History

Friday, December 1, 2023 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Reception Friday Dec. 1, 2023 6–9 p.m.
The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessica Hambrick BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History promotional image

The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessica Hambrick BFA Exhibition - School of Art and Art History

Friday, December 1, 2023 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Reception Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 5–9 p.m.
Soft Blue Sky

Previous Workshops & Events

Looking In, Zooming Out: Community-Engaged Learning in the Big Picture

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

2:30 - 4:00p, virtual event via Zoom

In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact

Join us for an interactive workshop for anyone teaching a community-engaged course who is curious about how to introduce interdisciplinary, systems-level thinking, and/or local-global connections into their course design, assignments, and activities.  Participants will try on and explore a range of ideas and strategies, including:

  • How thinking about how toast is made can be a useful introduction to design-thinking practices and social innovation.

  • How to strategically use the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to scaffold and contextualize conversations about local community partnerships and the purpose community-engaged learning more broadly.

  • How their own disciplinary orientation and approach might inform their understanding of local and global "wicked problems".

See recording of event here.

 


Making an Impact: A Student's Perspective on Community Engagement.
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
3:00-4:00PM  - Virtual event Via Zoom
Live Student Panel

 

Are you a student enrolled in a community engaged course or interested in starting a project with a community partner? Are you interested in learning what you can expect, from students who have already successfully completed a community engagement project? This workshop will explore the nuts and bolts of working with community partners from a student’s perspective. A panel discussion of students will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engagement and highlight examples of successful projects and partnerships. Join us for a discussion and learn more about how you can make an impact in your community.


Engaged Faculty Institute
January 8th - 25th, 2021 
Virtual Institute, Asynchronous + Live Zoom
In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact

 

Whether you are new to teaching community-engaged learning courses, or are a community-engagement expert, this Institute provides opportunities for everyone to learn best practices for community engaged teaching and learning. Traditionally offered in-person every spring semester, this year the Institute will be offered both over winter break and in the spring semester through an online, asynchronous format, followed by a synchronous Zoom workshop. The Institute will cover all aspects of teaching a community-engaged course, including:

  • Foundations and critical commitments to community engagement
  • Planning and Facilitation
  • Partnerships and Engagement
  • Learning Outcomes and Reflection
  • Assessment and Evaluation

Defining and Sustaining Community Partnerships
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
3 - 4 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom

 

Community engagement best practices encourage the development of sustained, long-term relationships and partnerships between campus and community. This workshop will explore how faculty and staff build community partnerships through service-learning and engaged research. A panel discussion of faculty, staff and community partners will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engaged teaching and research and provide tips on how to build successful, sustained partnerships.

See recording of event here.

 


Community Engagement for Inclusion and Justice
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
12 - 2 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom

 

hosted by the Office of Community Engagement in partnership with Campus Compact. Emily Shields, Executive Director of Iowa/Minnesota Campus Compact, will be co-hosting this event and will be referring to a few texts throughout the training:

  • Difficult Discussions - Facilitating Political Dialogues
  • Inclusive Teaching - How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
  • Partnership and Power - Community Partnerships Study
  • Re-imagining Engagement - Social Change Wheel 2.0
See recording of event here.

 

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"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
6:30 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, April 29th 6:30 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

 

See recording of this event here.

 


UI Percussion Arts Share Community Concert
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
3:00 pm, virtual via LiveStream

 

Iowa Percussion and the Iowa Steel Band will present a concert titled “All You Need is Love.” Originally a Valentine’s Day Concert, the program was rescheduled because of the late start of the Spring semester due to COVID.

 


"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
7:00 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Feb. 25th 7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

 

See a recording of this event here.

 


Fellow Talk Margarita BlushFeb, Grant Wood Art Colony
Monday, February 22th, 2021
7:30-8:30 pm, virtual via Zoom

 

My Voice: Creating Original Theatre Inspired by Personal Experiences and Fueled by Societal Issues 

Hosted by the Stanley Museum of Art

https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/event/63036


Writers Unmuffled, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
6 - 7 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Nov. 19th 6:00-7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, six University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

See a recording of this event here.
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