1 Feb
Wordless Wednesday: How much can change in a week
31 Jan
I’m proud of DMU and so is my computer
As a DMU employee I’m proud of where I work and am not ashamed to show it. I already have DMU t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, stickers, pens and even some temporary tattoos. The one thing I didn’t have was a decent DMU wallpaper for my computer. So we decided to make some! We now have 8 (and counting) wallpapers for you to show off your DMU pride.
We plan on releasing a new DMU wallpaper each month so we want your requests. We want to hear any ideas you might have for a wallpaper, it can be professional, funny, artistic or maybe even a little quirky. The only guideline is that your idea has to relate to DMU somehow. Either comment below with your idea or send your idea to me at seth.stevenson@dmu.edu.
30 Jan
Save the date: Foot & Ankle Symposium
SAVE THE DATE to attend the fourth annual Des Moines University Foot & Ankle Surgery Symposium!
TOPICS:
- Complicated First Ray
- Controversies in the Hindfoot
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Decisions in Nerve Surgery
- Sports Medicine
- Trauma 8 to 5
DATE:
April 27 – 28, 2012
LOCATION:
Des Moines University
Student Education Center Auditorium
3300 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312
REGISTRATION:
- Physicians – $125
- Students – $25
Registration will open soon. For questions, please email cme@dmu.edu, or call Vanessa at 515-271-1541.
27 Jan
Friday recipe: Moroccan chicken stew
by Barb Boose
It chagrins me that I missed several of January’s colorful holidays, including those celebrating stellar foods: January 6 is Bean Day; January 19, National Popcorn Day; January 22, National Blonde Brownie Day; and – especially close to my Iowa heart – January 24, Eskimo Pie Patent Day, in honor of schoolteacher/candy store owner Christian Kent Nelson, who invented that tasty chocolate-and-ice-cream concoction in 1920 in Onawa, Iowa. Today, incidentally, is Punch the Clock Day and Thomas Crapper Day, the latter in honor of the man who invented the flush toilet.
26 Jan
I’ll Make Me a World In Iowa
One of the ways Des Moines area residents kick off Black History Month is with the hugely popular African-American festival I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa. The first year for this event was 1999 with 1,000 people in attendance. The popularity has grown over the years and numbers have soared with this year’s totals expected to be between 15,000 and 20,000 attendees.
This FREE, family-friendly event takes place this Saturday, January 28, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Polk County Convention Center. Many local acts and groups will be performing. This is a great way to get to know some of them.
