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Women, Politics and Leadership: Taking Risks is "Ladylike" - Claire McCaskill
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Sen. Claire McCaskill became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri in 2006. She has spent much of her career in public service, serving six years in the Missouri State House of Representatives and seven as Missouri state auditor. McCaskill began her career as an assistant prosecutor in Kansas City. She was one of the few women who handled criminal cases and later became the first woman elected Jackson County prosecutor. She is serving her second term in the U.S. Senate, where she is recognized for working on government fiscal accountability, confronting sexual assault in the military and as a champion of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. She serves as a senior member of the Armed Services Committee and was named chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection. Mary Louise Smith Chair for Women and Politics

Finding Your Passion: Publishing and DOCTOR WHO - Lars Pearson
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lars Pearson, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Hugo Award-winning Mad Norwegian Press, provides an overview of his nineteen-year career in geeky magazines, newspapers and book publishing, and offers advice for budding journalists, writers and editors. Pearson will also share how his obsession with the BBC-produced television show Doctor Who led him to become one of the foremost experts in North America on the science fiction series, and just how many of his fellow Gen-Xers burned out taking the safe path and not following their passions.

The Dating Doctor: Advisor to the Romantically Challenged - David Coleman
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Relationship expert David Coleman is known worldwide as The Dating Doctor. He has been speaking on college campuses for more than twenty years about the complexities of dating, relationships, romance and sex. His books Making Relationships Matter, Date Smart! and 101 Great Dates are filled with anecdotes, strategies and ideas to help expand one's relationships and potential. He also has a CD, Prescriptions for Life and Relationships, and a DVD, "David Coleman in Concert!"

Eating Without Heating: An Intro to Raw Food - Sheree Clark
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Sheree Clark is a certified raw culinary arts chef and instructor. She educates people nationwide about nutrition and healthy lifestyles through her Des Moines-based practice, Fork in the Road, which offers classes, hands-on workshops, coaching and consultations. She hosts a Sunday morning television series on KCCI, is a frequent contributor to magazines like Purely Delicious and Get Fresh, and blogs at "What the Fork?" Clark is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York and attended the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute. She holds an undergraduate degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Masters degree from the University of Vermont.

Leading in a Crisis: Real Stories Behind
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Judy Smith, a crisis manager and former White House deputy press secretary for President George H. W. Bush, is the real-life inspiration for Olivia Pope, the lead on ABC's Scandal - a show about the life and work of a professional fixer. Smith's career in public relations and strategic communications has included service as Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia and corporate communications executive at NBC. She has overseen legal and public communications on a number of high-profile criminal and civil cases and provided counsel to international heads of state, executives of major corporations, and Hollywood celebrities. She serves as Co-Executive Producer of the ABC series and provides insight and technical expertise on crisis management issues. Her new book on crisis management is Good Self, Bad Self: How to Bounce Back from a Personal Crisis. Women's Leadership Series Book signing to follow.

10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack - Max Brooks
11:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide, is considered to be one of the world's foremost Zombie experts. He won an Emmy as a writer for Saturday Night Live and is the son of legendary comedian Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. His other New York Times bestsellers include the graphic novel The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks and World War Z, which has now been made into a movie starring Brad Pitt. Even the CDC has embraced this pop culture phenomenon, citing Brooks and the Zombie Apocalypse in its call for disaster and survival preparedness.

The Second City - Sketch Comedy & Improv
9:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - The Second City, the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, brings the next generation of the comedy world's best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and improvisation. Whether it's ripped from the morning headlines or a classic gem from their archives, The Second City is always a laugh out loud hit.

ISCORE Keynote Address on Race and Ethnicity - Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr.
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr., is chancellor at North Carolina A&T State University, the institution where he began his academic career as a student in electrical engineering and later served as dean of the College of Engineering and vice chancellor of academic affairs. Most recently he was the senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining UNC, he was chancellor of Winston-Salem State University. Part of the 2014 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE.

Girl Rising - Documentary & Discussion
7:00 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Girl Rising journeys around the globe to witness the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. Viewers get to know nine unforgettable girls living in the developing world: ordinary girls who confront tremendous challenges and overcome nearly impossible odds to pursue their dreams. Prize-winning authors put the girls' remarkable stories into words, and renowned actors give them voice. The organization Girl Rising is a global campaign working for girls' education.

The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon: Lessons from the Past for a Sustainable Future - Stanley Temple
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Stanley Temple is a Senior Fellow and Science Advisor with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. For more than thirty years he was the Beers-Bascom Professor in Conservation in the Department of Wildlife Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, a position originally held by Aldo Leopold himself. His talk marks the centennial of the extinction of the passenger pigeon in 1914. Temple uses the case of the passenger pigeon to call attention to the world's ongoing extinction crisis and our relationship with other species.