Interim vice provost and CIO Jim Kurtenbach outlined three priorities for information technology services -- security, customer service and TIER compliance -- at the Feb. 5 Professional and Scientific Council meeting.
The national firm Spelman & Johnson Group will assist in the search for a chief diversity officer. The firm will join the university search committee in collecting input on the chief diversity officer's role. A series of town hall meetings are planned to gather ideas from the university community.
Eric Olson, assistant professor in apparel, events and hospitality management, left the wonderful world of Disney to follow his true passion: Teaching.
A pair of satellites were dismantled and removed from the corner of Pammel Drive and WOI Road last week. The analog equipment, considered state-of-the-art technology when installed in the 1980s, was salvaged and recycled.
The unanticipated closing last week of Ames Area Redemption Center has Iowa State searching for another provider for white paper, mixed paper, newspaper and food/beverage container campus recycling.
Still using a couple of passwords for dozens of sites? Hiding your password list behind the credit cards? There's a better way and it doesn't require a photographic memory.
Fall weather, not supply issues, temporarily slowed progress on a new south end for Jack Trice Stadium. But the project is "generally on schedule" for completion by Sept. 5, the date of the football team's home opener.
An admissions index that doesn't include HS class rank and additional leased apartment buildings for the ISU residence department are on the agenda when the state Board of Regents meets Feb. 4-5 in Cedar Falls.
Senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert provided an update on the Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review (TIER) during his remarks at the Jan. 20 Faculty Senate meeting. Consultants have been hired to assist with implementation of the administrative business cases, and the search for a consultant to lead the academic review should be complete next month.
