Spring 2008 Seminars

Horticulture 610
Graduate Seminar
Dr. Richard J. Gladon

(All seminars held in Room 118, Horticulture Hall, 4:10 p.m.)

Date Topic Speaker
Monday, Jan 14 2008 The Leopold Center: Opportunities in Sustainability for You Dr. Jerry DeWitt, Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Monday, Jan 21 2008 No Seminar -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Monday, Jan 28 2008 Preparing for Teaching Careers Karen Bovenmyer, Program Assistant, Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
Monday, Feb 4 2008 Technological Distraction or Interpersonal Commitments -- The Choice is Yours Michael J. Bugeja, Director, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
Monday, Feb 11 2008 The Emerging Bioeconomy Robert C. Brown, Director, Iowa State University Bioeconomy Institute
Monday, Feb 18 2008 Taming the Wild Grape Dr. Jean M. Gerrath, Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa
Monday, Feb 25 2008 Engaging Students in Mentored Research Drs. Laura C. Merrick and Eugene Takle, University Honors Program
Monday, Mar 3 2008 Classroom Management Drs. Corly Brooke and Susan Yager, Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
Monday, Mar 10 2008 Curriculum Evaluation: An Outcomes Assessment at the Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University Elizabeth Duncan, Graduate Student, Department of Horticulture
Monday, Mar 17 2008 No Seminar -- Spring Break
Monday, Mar 24 2008 Ten or So Ways to Lie with Statistics Philip M. Dixon, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
Monday, Mar 31 2008 150 Years of Horticulture at Iowa State University Charles V. Hall, Professor Emeritus, Department of Horticulture
Monday, Apr 7 2008 Rotation with Cover Crops Increases Yield of Strawberry, Reduces Pests, and Sustains Soil Dennis N. Portz, Graduate Student, Department of Horticulture
Monday, Apr 14 2008 Horticultural Science and its Integration in the Broader Plant Sciences Community 2008 Spencer A. Beach Lecture W. Randolph Woodson, Dean, College of Agriculture, Purdue University
Monday, Apr 21 2008 Insight on the Horticultural Potential of Callicarpa americana Bruce A. Quint, Graduate Student, Department of Horticulture
Monday, Apr 28 2008 Undergraduate Horticulture Learning Community Research Presentations Jeanine (Jenny) E. Aune, Learning Comm. Coord., Department of English