The state Board of Regents directed the regent universities to update any portions of their strategic plans that pertain to diversity, equity and inclusion to comply with Iowa Senate File 2435 and to submit their revised plans for consideration at the February regents meeting.
A group of graduating industrial and manufacturing systems engineering seniors received their own tour of the nearly completed Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building Wednesday afternoon. It was a rapt audience.
Nearly 1,800 students are completing their Iowa State degree this semester and will celebrate during two ceremonies this weekend. For some, the milestone is possible because of some financial support they received in the final stretch.
Instructors may submit grades in Workday or the Canvas learning management system. Historically about 50% of grades were submitted in Canvas and the rest in AccessPlus; this trend is likely as Workday replaces AccessPlus as an option.
Matt Darr and Eric Cochran -- with a combined 141 patents to their credit -- have been selected by the National Academy of Inventors for its 2024 class of fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
The updates address frequent questions and streamline processes. They are intended to provide clarity, improve efficiency and ensure compliance with other university policies.
The Faculty Senate also will vote on two of Iowa State's degrees of the future -- in digital and precision agriculture and financial technology -- at its January meeting.
Hira, emeritus professor of personal finance and consumer economics, died Dec. 4 after a long illness. She served the university for more than 30 years as a faculty member and university administrator until her retirement in 2014.
A former storage room was converted to a human anatomy lab in 2017 to elevate the impact of the biomedical science master's degree. However, demand from undergraduate students eyeing veterinary or human medical school also fills seats every semester.
Replacing email as the request tool, the form will improve the efficiency and transparency of financial and accounting compliance exception requests, for example, a lodging or meal overage.
Saturday's victory over Kansas State was the football program's first-ever 10th regular season win and propelled the team into the Big 12 Conference championship game this weekend.
