The i's have been dotted and t's crossed on Iowa State's next strategic plan, which is scheduled to go into effect July 1. The plan needs final approval by the Iowa Board of Regents.
Employees, retirees, spouses and ISU alumni and friends will be remembered at the university's annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 30, at the ISU Alumni Center.
The Professional and Scientific Council's compensation and benefits committee introduced its annual salary recommendation at the May 5 meeting, citing record enrollment and "modest" pay increases over the last few years.
Compliance training is about being a good citizen of the campus, says equal opportunity director Margo Foreman. She urges faculty and staff to complete required online training on discrimination, sexual violence and harassment soon.
Vegetable-mango gazpacho and a soy-based lemon and blueberry toaster waffle were among culinary inventions on display at a food showcase earlier this week. Student teams cooked up 11 new creations in their food product development class.
The printed textbook isn't going away and digital course materials aren't one size fits all. That's University Bookstore manager Heather Dean's takeaway from a recent course materials survey at 29 institutions.
Undergrads will celebrate in the football stadium. Other commencement weekend changes announced in January take effect, including a Thursday evening graduate ceremony.
The Faculty Senate voted in favor of clinical professorships for nontenure-eligible faculty. The appointments are intended to help recruit and retrain clinical and diagnostic experts in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Cyclone marching band director Steven Smyth said he'd never take the band overseas. But he and 168 members of the marching band leave for France on June 2. Find out why he changed his mind.
