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God at Work at ISU
God at Work at ISU
God at Work at ISU is a monthly noon brown-bag presentation and discussion about how our Christian faith affects our work at Iowa State.
On Wednesday, April 9, there will be a panel discussion on "Christian Women in Academia" featuring Ann Smiley-Oyen, Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance, and Amy Popillion, Lecturer in Human Development and Family Studies in Memorial Union 3512 at noon.
Each meeting an ISU faculty member, staff member, or graduate student gives a presentation on how the Christian faith affects his or her work at the university. The presentation is followed by lively discussion.
The purposes of God at Work at ISU are (1) to witness to the great things God is doing at Iowa State University, and (2) to build up Christian faculty and students as they attempt to integrate their faith and academic work.
For more information, contact Randy Gabrielse (RandyG@isu-areopagus.org).
Previous Speakers
February 2007: Calvin DeWitt (Areopagus Lecturer), Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin. "Biblical Teaching on Creation Care"
February 2007: Panel on "Feeding the Soil & Feeding People: Visions and Practices of Natural Agriculture Feeding People in Central Iowa and Italy"
- Gary T. Guthrie of Growing Harmony Farm
- Alice McGary of Mustard Seed Community Farm
- Tom Sauer, Soil Tilth Laboratory and Associate Professor of Agronomy
January 2007: Mark Chidister, Associate Professor of Art and Design. "Visions Becoming Reality."
November 2007: Tom Ingebritsen, Associate Professor of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology. "Letting the Media in the Classroom: Lessons from an Encounter with the Wall Street Journal."
October 2007: Susan Drake Emmerich (Areopagus Lecturer). "Resisting the Pressures of Our Age: Living Out a Creation Care Ethic on Campus and After You Leave"
September 2007: Tom Sauer of the National Soil Tilth Lab." A Case for Ethical Arguments in the Inherent Value of Soil."
February 2007: Ryan Atwell, graduate student in Natural Resource Ecology and Management. "Left Behind and Happy to Be Here: Creation, Evolution, and the Incarnation of God."
November 2006: Panel on "Working As If God Is Green" (mp3 audio file)
- Robert Horton, Distinguished Professor and Professor of Agronomy ("Sustaining the Soil")
- David Engle, Department Chair and Professor of Natural Resource Ecology and Management ("Sustaining the Range and Forest")
- Mike Snodgrass, President of ISU Chapter, Engineers for a Sustainable World ("Engineering Locally Sustainable Technologies")
- Katherine Edwards, Graduate Student in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering ("Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture")
- John Donaghy, Director of Campus Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center and Lecturer in Religious Studies ("Developing Sustainable Communities")
October 2006: Mary Wiedenhoeft, Associate Professor of Agronomy. "Does God Care About the Way We Produce Food?" (mp3 audio file).
April 2006: David Schweingruber, Assistant Professor of Sociology. "Sex, God and Self-Help.".
March 2006: Kim Conger, Assistant Professor of Political Science. "Shaming the Devil: Telling the Truth."
Feb. 2006: Marty Martinez, Staff Psychologist, Student Counseling Service. "Is It Ethical to NOT Address Spiritual Issues in Student Counseling?".
Nov. 2005: Amanda Sparkman, graduate student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. "The Biology of Faith.".
Oct. 2005: Robert Horton, Professor of Agronomy..
Oct. 2005: John Lumkes (Areopagus Lecturer), Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University..
Sept. 2005: Marcia Prior-Miller, Associate Professor and Meredith Apprenticeship Professor in the Greelee School of Journalism and Communication..
April 2005: Kevin Timmer, Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at ISU and Assistant Professor of Engineering (on leave) at Dordt College. "Christian Faith, People & Technologies.".
March 2005: Alex Tuckness, Assistant Professor of Political Science. "Another Kind of Academic Freedom: Who is Truly Free?".
Feb. 2005: Tom Ingebritsen, Associate Professor of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology. "Exploring the Evolution/Creation Controversy in a Public University Course.".
Jan. 2005: Ann Smiley-Oyen, Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance. "The Juggle: Call to Family and Campus."
Nov. 2004: John Verkade, University Professor and Professor of Chemistry.
Oct. 2004: Del Ratzsch (Areopagus Lecturer), Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College. "The Death of Religion: Greatly Exaggerated Reports from the Science and Religion Wars."
Sept. 2004: Fred Haan, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering.
