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The office of the senior vice president and provost is conducting a five-year review of College of Health and Human Sciences dean Laura Jolly as part of the academic reappointment process.

A reminder to benefits-eligible employees to make the most of the benefits they partially pay for, and a snapshot of a few options they may forget they have.

Following a weather-compelled move to online classes Friday, students and faculty are back in campus classrooms this week.

Interim President David Spalding will lead a group of about 40 faculty, staff and students representing 17 programs in exhibits filling the Iowa Capitol rotunda at the annual ISU Day at the Capitol Wednesday morning, Feb. 4.

A job satisfaction survey will be sent to eligible faculty in February and the senate decided on a 2026-27 president-elect.

A new job category in the university's job site, CyHire -- EUReCA position -- lets faculty post undergraduate positions for a research project or creative endeavor. It's the acronym for the Exploring Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity program, formerly the university-wide Undergraduate Research program.

The ninth makerspace is equipped with tools that span the AI experience with categories of programming from no coding experience to advanced. Workshops and competitions will introduce users to a variety of AI possibilities and options at ISU.

Four weeks and three days after fall commencement, Iowa State students and their instructors began the spring semester on Tuesday.

Whether it's content offered asynchronously or an online-only course, instructors use lecture capture equipment to record all or portions of their course content. It has benefits for the instructor and students.

The P&S Council's community relations and advocacy committee is hosting New Employee Welcome Events for P&S staff, intended to give those hired in the previous three months the chance to meet other recent hires and get answers to questions that inevitably arise for new employees.

Iowa State's annual George Washington Carver Day celebration will be held Monday, Feb. 2 (5:30 p.m., MU Great Hall). A reception featuring ISU Creamery ice cream will follow the hour-long program. RSVPs are requested by Jan. 26.

The MU Market & Café, which opened in 2008 on the first floor across from the ISU Book Store, has closed, and the space will be renovated this spring and summer for another food option.

Tax changes in last summer's One Big, Beautiful Bill Act compelled the IRS to update its Form W-4, the employee's withholding requests, and withholding tables. Iowa, which largely follows federal tax law, has done the same. Employees are encouraged to do an annual review of their W-4s in Workday and complete a paycheck checkup.

At every Faculty Senate meeting, Patrick Determan is greeting senators, making sure everyone has their nameplate and running PowerPoints for presenters. But that's a small piece of the support he gives the senate.

For the fiscal year that begins July 1, Iowa State has two requests for additional operations funding and a request for a two-year state investment in a renovation of Atanasoff Hall.

Contemporary glass artist Norwood Viviano was on campus last week to install his spring-summer exhibition in the Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building: Mapping Infrastructure / Mapping Agriculture.

3D scanning and conservation science being used to preserve Christian Petersen's terra cotta sculptures highlights a partnership between University Museums and the manufacturing and teaching labs in the mechanical engineering department.

Last month, tests conducted at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed H5 avian influenza in several Canada geese carcasses found near Lake LaVerne. No other dead geese have been found in the two weeks since the initial discovery.

Katharine Johnson Suski has been named associate vice president for enrollment management, effective Jan. 5. She had served in the interim role since June.

Interim president David Spalding is grateful to be the eight-week leadership link between Wendy Wintersteen and David Cook. Conversations with Iowa legislators and weekly sessions with first-year students in the President's Leadership Class are on his to-do list.