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Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination - Dwellings: A Reading - Linda Hogan
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Linda Hogan has published over ten books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including the novels Mean Spirit, Solar Storms, and Power, and the poetry collections, Savings and AThe Book of Medicines. She is the author of the nonfiction books, The Woman Who Watches Over the World: a Native Memoir, and Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. She received the American Book Award for Seeing Through the Sun. Her novel, Mean Spirit, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has also been the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Linda Hogan has written a documentary narrative about the history of American Indian Religious Freedom, Everything Has a Spirit, seen on PBS.

The Artist as Outlaw
3:30 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - This panel of ISU faculty is part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination: David Zimmerman, English, (Moderator); John Monroe, History; Paul Griffiths, History; and Karen Bermann, Architecture.

Readings - Mary Swander and Stephen Pett
1:30 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Readings by ISU Creative Writing faculty Mary Swander and Stephen Pett are part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.

Dwellings: Wildness in the House
10:45 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - This panel of ISU faculty is part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination: Sheryl St. Germain, English, (Moderator); Jim Pease, Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology & Management; Sara Gregg, History; Fred Kirschenmann, Director, The Leopold Center.

The Practice of the Wild: Imagining Wild(er)ness
9:00 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - This panel is part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination: Debra Marquart, English, ISU, (Moderator); Roger Gipple, AGRESTAL Board Member; Jack Decker, Agronomy, ISU; Mark Edwards, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources. For complete information about the entire conference go to - http://www.engl.iastate.edu/graduatestudies/CWsite/events/events.html

Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination - The Mesquaki Landscape in Words, Song and Dance
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - On Remnants of the First Earth: The Mesquaki Landscape in Words, Song, and Dance is a performance and reading by Ray and Stella Young Bear, and the Black Eagle Child Dance Troupe. For complete information about the entire conference go to - http://www.engl.iastate.edu/graduatestudies/CWsite/events/events.html

Trade and Economic Issues - Senator Chuck Grassley
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Senator Chuck Grassley is chairman of the Finance Committee in the U.S. Senate. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee, Budget Committee, Agriculture Committee, and the Joint Committee on Taxation. Part of the Institute on World Affairs Series "Cultivating Democracy"

Legislative Forum for ISU Students
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - State Representatives Beth Wessel-Kroeschell and Lisa Heddens and Senator Herman Quirmbach will meet with ISU students to listen to their concerns. Co-hosted by GSB.

Areopagus Lecture - Why Was the American Civil War Also a Religious Civil War? - James D. Bratt
7:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - James D. Bratt is Professor of History and Director of the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship at Calvin College. His books include: Against Revivalism: Writings by Its Religious Despisers; Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader; Gathered at the River: Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Its People of Faith; and Dutch Calvinism in Modern America: A History of a Conservative Subculture. He has a doctorate in history from Yale University, and an undergraduate degree from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Crisis Communication: - The Elizabeth Smart Case - Chris Thomas
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Chris Thomas is the owner of The Intrepid Group and has managed more than a dozen crises for organizations ranging from non profits to a large international corporation. His most high-profile work was for the Elizabeth Smart family. He began working as their official publicist shortly after Elizabeth was abducted in June of 2002. He organized protocol to establish order with a large and demanding group of journalists, managed numerous crises that threatened to impact the family and search for Elizabeth, helped lobby for passage of the National Amber Alert, developed and later executed a "Resolution Plan," and handled media following Elizabeth's rescue. Thomas, who logged more than 10,000 calls from the media during the 11 months he worked with the Smarts, completed more than 100 live and taped interview with media ranging from The New York Times and Newsweek to the Today Show, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight.