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About 80 percent of limited incremental revenue in the next fiscal year will be invested in student-centered priorities.

Campus is photo-ready for the estimated 6,000 new Cyclones expected to visit during this month's orientation activities.

The Professional and Scientific Council closed out its 2017-18 docket with an FY18 salary recommendation and a motion stemming from work by a shared governance committee. Council members also heard from Ben Allen, who shared his goals as interim president.

Three finalists have been selected for the assistant vice president for business services post in the university services division. Open forums are scheduled as part of the campus interviews.

Key changes include a move to the ISU Plan health and dental plans and the end of employee seniority lists.

Two- and one-year phased periods would replace the current option of up to five years of phased retirement.

Current employees will be offered the plan on Jan. 1; meetings this month will detail coverage options.

The compost facility takes waste products in many forms -- manure from ISU animal farms, lawn clippings from campus services and food waste from dining centers -- and in 12 to 16 weeks turns it into a product that's used back on campus.

Also on the docket: merit employee step increases, building projects at Vet Med and Sukup Hall and the reintroduction of a public comment period at regular board meetings.

Paul Fuligni has been named associate vice president for facilities planning and management operations. He'll begin his duties on July 10.

A national search is underway for the final top administrative position created as part of the new leadership structure in student affairs.

An estimated 5,600 would-be fall freshmen will participate in Iowa State orientation during June. Some of them still are on the fence about their college choice.

Work to remove and replace the carillon guide wires began Monday in the campanile's bell chamber.

Facilities planning and management staff put their heads together and found a way to fix soil erosion and sidewalk conditions caused by water runoff.

Jim Reecy, professor of animal science and director of the office of biotechnology, will fill the post held since 2014 by Wolfgang Kliemann, who is returning to the math department.

Design sessions with campus leaders and first-hand users of the financial and human capital management business processes will be held through August. It is the next phase for implementation of the Workday enterprise platform.

P&S employees will receive instructions next month on completing a job profile tool. The information collected will help shape the new classification/compensation structure.

The Special Olympics Iowa summer games are back, bringing thousands of competitors, fans and volunteers to campus venues May 25-27. Select parking lots and streets will close to accommodate the three-day event.

Students in an electrical and computer engineering senior design course helped create a mobile app and database commissioned by Reiman Gardens entomologist Nathan Brockman. The technology, originally designed as a tool for butterfly population surveys, can be customized for different studies.