News Archive

Steve Winfrey is the new director of the Memorial Union. He began his new post Aug. 14.

Individuals who hire university employees can brush up on the PeopleAdmin process through new online training courses.

Taking care of ISU's campus cemetery is more than a job. For groundskeepers Doug Harjes and Cheryl Robinette, it's a privilege.

Deanna Clingan-Fischer started Aug. 7 as the university's first full-time ombuds officer.

At its Aug. 3 meeting, the Professional and Scientific Council received an update on the classification and compensation review, and discussed a request by university human resources to help organize open forums on the topic.

A dozen skeletons and assorted bones were (very carefully) moved this week from Science II to the new Bessey Hall addition. The skeletons are used in human anatomy classes.

Tuition for nonresident undergrads would rise 4 percent for five years to help scale the university following unprecedented enrollment growth.

As the first central home for Iowa State’s economic development agencies, productive chance encounters are meant to be routine at the Economic Development Core Facility, which opened last summer. The gleaming new nexus of the ISU Research Park is expected to have a broad impact in the years to come.

Despite a 5.5 percent reduction in state support, the operating budget for the year that began July 1 grew 2 percent.

Campus services teams give extra attention during the dry weeks of mid-summer to seasonal vegation on campus.

Phase 1 of the study found little amiss with the engineering or physical conditions along the route -- but room for improvement in pedestrian behavior at the various intersections.

From a fashion show to space mining, the university’s main exhibit at the Iowa State Fair this year will highlight how donor support has created special opportunities for students. Iowa State programs and people will be involved in many other ways at the 11-day fair, which begins Aug. 10.

Facilities staff are making headway in a 5-year-old initiative to replace outdated, inefficient fluorescent lighting across campus, though tens of thousands of old bulbs remain. The conversion should speed up as prices drop for LED lights, which promise to last up to 20 years.

Instructors can sign in and familiarize themselves with the new learning management system, which will be fully implemented by the start of the 2018 spring semester.

Deanna Clingan-Fischer currently serves as the the state of Iowa's long-term care ombudsman.

The 12-foot sculptures that stand at the corners of the building’s roof were replaced this week, aluminum replicas taking the place of the damaged originals.

Ames police are hiring more parking officers so they can begin patrolling for street parking regulations in Campustown starting this fall. Previously, enforcement of time limits and alternating side rules came only in response to complaints.

A professor of apparel, events and hospitality management, Marcketti has served as CELT associate director since 2013.

Board members also will receive updates on the ISU president and board executive director searches.