Iowa State will seek permission to purchase property on Airport Road for storage purposes and to launch an online-only bachelor's degree in response to a U.S. Defense Department request when the state Board of Regents meets next week in Iowa City. Proposed 2015-16 parking and residence hall rates also get a first look this month.
Iowa State will burn less coal and more natural gas once three new 80-ton boilers are installed at the power plant. Green benefits from the boiler update include fewer gas and particulate emissions.
Four finalists for Iowa State's University Library dean post will interview on campus between Feb. 26 and March 10. Each visit will include a public forum for the university community.
University employees will be invited yet this month to share their insights on service processes – in the areas of human resources, information technology and internal financial transactions – as part of the state Board of Regents' TIER project.
ISU faculty and staff may purchase rec passes -- by the year, semester, month or week -- and use any of recreation services' facilities. Membership includes access to group fitness classes.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst stopped on campus Wednesday as part of her 99-county tour. Faculty and students gave the senator a tour of the Biorenewables Complex.
ISU's Presidential Flipped and Hybrid Course Initiative is providing nearly $262,000 in one-time grants to help faculty/staff teams convert traditiona lecture courses to a variety of flipped formats.
President Steven Leath addressed the Faculty Senate on Feb. 10, speaking about performance-based funding, budget issues, research priorities, Des Moines learning space and more.
The state Board of Regents is requiring Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Iowa to establish standards, services and support for P&S search committees by March 1. The recommendation comes from the regents' Transparent, Inclusive Efficiency Review (TIER).
