Citing his optimism on funding, support and the future of research at Iowa State, President Steven Leath laid out his plans for the academic year during his Sept. 13 annual address.
The Professional and Scientific Council's policies and procedures committee is recommending clarifications of proposed revisions to four personnel policies.
Provost cites budget management, enrollment growth, respect from her colleagues and private gift growth among White's accomplishments in her first term.
Hiring proposals will be submitted through the college deans and evaluated competitively by the provost's office. Successful proposals will be announced next month.
Faculty and instructional support staff are encouraged to share their thoughts on classroom needs and trends in learning management systems during focus groups in September and October. The focus groups are part of an assessment and review of the learning and teaching environment at Iowa State.
Faculty athletics representative Tim Day presented an overview of academic progress among Cyclone student-athletes at the Faculty Senate's inaugural meeting of 2013-14.
Iowa State's fall enrollment of 33,241 is the largest in school history, an increase of more than 7 percent over the previous record in fall 2012. It's the fifth year of record enrollment and the seventh consecutive year of growth at Iowa State.
Dark will rely on experience during her tenure as senate president, including work on best practices and guidelines for position responsibility statements.
