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The Future of Latinos/Latinas in Iowa - Sally Pederson
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Sally Pederson is Lt. Gov. of the State of Iowa. This event is sponsored by Hispanic Heritage Month and the U.S. Latino/a Studies Program.

Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair - Welcome to the Experience Economy: The Progression of Economic Value - James Gilmore
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - James Gilmore is co-founder of Strategic Horizons LLP, a consulting firm and think tank helping businesses conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings. Pine and Gilmore challenge traditional business assumptions, point out new market turbulence phenomena, and introduce a new set of questions that drive companies to think differently about themselves and the world in which they compete. James Gilmore began his career with Proctor and Gamble, was a consultant for ten years with Cleveland Consulting Associations, and is a certified instructor of Dr. Edward De Bono's lateral thinking methodologies andPre a member of both the Creative Education Foundation and Creative Thinking Association of America. He serves on the faculty of the Institutes for Organizational Management for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and is a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Institute on World Affairs Series - Religion and Conflict - The Myth of Religious Violence - William T. Cavanaugh
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - William T. Cavanaugh is the author of Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ., and co-edited The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology. He is assistant professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas, and received his doctorate in Religion from Duke University, his Masters in Theology and Religious Studies From Cambridge University in England, and his undergraduate degree in theology from University of Notre Dame.

Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture: Readings and Discussion
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Rui Li has published four novels, three essay collections, and four story collections. Many of these works have been translated into Swedish, English, French, Japanese, German, Dutch, and other languages. He is best known for a series of stories published under the title Houtu (Thick Earth), which won the China Times Literary Prize. His most recent novel is Yingcheng gushi (Tale of Silver City) and an eight-volume Dongyue Wenku: Li Rui Collection. Jiang Yun's first published story, "Wo de liangge nuer" (My Two Daughters), marked the beginning of the Wound Literature movement in Shanxi, China. Since then, Ms. Jiang has published four story collections, and her five novels include Shanshuo zai nide zhitou (Shining on the Top of Your Tree) and Wo de leilu (My Interior Land). Chuan Xi has published four collections of poems, most recently Water Stains, in addition to a play and translations. His poetry has been widely anthologized and translated into more than ten languages. Among his many prizes is the prestigious Lu Xun Prize for literature in 2001. Jinghui Meng is one of the foremost avant-garde playwrights in China whose productions have included The Rhinoceros in Love, Scandals from One Street, and Beckett's Waiting for Godot, adapted for Chinese. His latest film is Chicken Poets. They are all visiting writers from the International Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.

Annual Manatt/Phelps Lecture - Global Development, Trade Liberalization, and the American Response - Charles T. Manatt
4:00 PM – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building, ISU Center - Ambassador Charles T. Manatt served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1999 to 2001. He has been long active in the democracy movement, and was Founding Chairman of the National Democratic Institute. He also served as Vice Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, Chairman of the International Foundation for Election Systems, and as a board member of the Center for International Private Enterprise and the Center for Democracy. Mr. Manatt received a B.S. from Iowa State in 1958 and a J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law in 1962.

Land & Language: Visiting Writers Series - The Story of Corn - Betty Fussell
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Betty Fussell has lectured widely on food history and is the author of nine books including Eating In, My Kitchen Wars, Food in Good Season, Masters of American Cookery, Home Bistro, Hear America Cooking and the epic history of the New World's native grain,The Story of Corn.A long-time journalist of food and travel, her articles have appeared in publications likeThe New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Holiday, Travel and Leisure, Cosmopolitan, Food Arts, Wine and Food, Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Ladies Home Journal, Lear's, Country Journal, and Vogue. She has a doctorate in English Literature.

Colloquium in Sustainable Agriculture Series - Rice Terracing Systems in Production and Development Contexts
4:10 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Shu-Min Huang is a professor in the Iowa State University Department of Anthropology.

Colloquium in Sustainable Agriculture Series - Strengthening Linkages between Researchers, Extensionists, and Farmers: An Example from Western Kenya
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Cheryl Palm is Visiting Scholar in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley , where she teaches a course in conservation and sustainable development in tropical Resources. She is co-writing the second edition of "Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics,"and was senior scientific officer in the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Program in Nairobi, Kenya, before joining the faculty at Berkeley. She has a doctorate in soil science from North Carolina State and a masters in zoology from the University of California, Davis.

Revolution in the United Nations: From World War II to Iraq - Brian Girvin
8:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Brian Girvin is a professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow, and visiting faculty in the Political Science Department at Iowa State. He co-edited Politics and Society in Contemporary Ireland, edited The Transformation of Contemporary Conservatism, and authored Between Two Worlds: Politics and Economy in Independent Ireland and The Right in the Twentieth Century.

AMSISU Leadership Conference
9:00 AM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - "Networking for Success," Steve Kravinsky, Director of Career Services in the ISU College of Business - 10 a.m. "Personal Strategic Planning," Virginia Blackburn, Associate Professor of Management in the ISU College of Business - 11:30 a.m. "Business and Social Etiquette," Susan Lasilla, Director, Cross Cultural Resources - 2 p.m. "Succeeding in Corporate America," Choy Leow, Director of Visualization at Setter Leach and Lindstrom, a Minneapolis AEI firm - 3:30 p.m. Registration is free, limited spaces available. Register online at www.amsisu.iastate.edu/alc.htm