Roberta Johnson has been appointed to the national Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Sen. Tom Harkin announced March 6. Johnson is director of the student financial aid office.
Iowa Staters journeyed south Tuesday for an afternoon at the State Capitol. The annual event is intended to familiarize more legislators with the university and its support of Iowans.
Inside Update will arrive in your inbox next Thursday faster and with a slightly different look. With the retirement of Iowa State's 11-year-old mass mailing system, Update will be sent via a commercial email firm Constant Contact.
Senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert is restructuring the provost's office to better align responsibilities with objectives in the academic division, include more faculty members in its leadership and maintain a culture of efficiency and effectiveness.
Register soon to attend all or part of the Symposium on Sustainability next week. The free event is designed to update faculty, staff and students on the university's green activities and inspire them to greater efforts.
There's still time to register for the 14th annual ISCORE (Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity) March 1 at the Memorial Union. All are invited to attend this free event.
Professional and Scientific Council members approved a plan that trims the council's six representation areas to four, closely mirroring the university's administrative structure.
Iowa State plays host to the Big 12 Conference indoor track and field championships Feb. 22-23 at the Lied Center. It is the fifth time the event has been held at the facility.
Guidelines for the annual review policy were approved at the Feb. 12 Faculty Senate meeting. Senators also heard comments from the provost's office about the latest developments surrounding the Harkin Institute.
"When the price of oil goes up, we punch the panic button. When the price of oil goes down, we punch the snooze button. This is not a good energy policy," U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a talk on campus Tuesday.
President Leath and his regent university colleagues made their annual presentation to the Iowa Legislature's education appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.
