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The current annual salaries of impacted employees will show up as an hourly rate in Workday, but their bottom-line pay will not change. October will be the transition month.

Following an active semester for the Employee Benefits Advisory Committee members and university human resources team, they provide summaries of recent discussions and steps taken on future considerations for employee benefits.

As part of a new commencement tradition, graduating members of the mascot squad are encouraged to wear Cy's feet as part of their commencement regalia. It's a special recognition since the students' names are kept secret for the duration of their time appearing as Cy.

The unanimous vote to support a name change, to the College of Health and Human Sciences, awaits approval from the provost and president before moving to the state Board of Regents for a final green light.

These 80 Iowa State faculty and staff -- 63 individuals and two teams -- receiving a 2024 university award will be honored at a community celebration in September.

ISU's benefits team shares a few strategies for holding down prescription costs for both routine and specialty medications.

In this common end-of-semester scene, students queue up to be admitted to the Carver Hall test center to take a final exam online.

Spalding, vice president for economic development and industry relations and Iowa State's longest serving Business dean, will retire during the summer of 2025.

Jason Keith, dean of the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University for the past 10 years, has been named Iowa State's next senior vice president and provost. He'll arrive Aug. 1.

Veteran ombuds Laura Smythe spells out the confidential, independent, non-judgmental requirements of Iowa State's ombuds service. Her biggest task? Listening.

Capstone projects that tackle a campus need let participants in the annual Emerging Leaders Academy practice what they're learning. Here's a quick look at what this year's class members accomplished.

A section of Morrill Road adjacent to LeBaron Hall will close at the end of June for the duration of the building replacement project. Two-way traffic will be allowed on the south end of the road. CyRide's campus circulator (orange) buses will be rerouted to Bissell Road starting May 13.

It was all hands on deck Friday morning to assemble and mail financial aid award letters to about 16,000 first-year admitted students. Delays at the federal level pushed back this big mailing nearly three months this spring.

The state's graduation rate for four-year public university students has led the nation for the past decade, and a biennial review of the the Regent Admission Index showed it continues to be an accurate predictor of success in college.

The Bell Seal, from the nonprofit Mental Health America, is a first-of-its-kind workplace mental health certification to recognize employers striving to create mentally healthy workplaces for their employees.

Iowa State University supports the First Amendment rights of students, faculty, staff and members of the community to peacefully protest on campus. Groups organizing a demonstration are encouraged to work with the Demonstration Safety Team to plan a safe event.

A college Master Teacher Award citing his graduate teaching validated his choice to make teaching and mentoring as useful – and fun – for his students as he can.

Investing time in her dietetics interns made her an effective mentor to them and allowed her to pay back the same kindness shown her as an undergraduate.

Four Iowa State degrees completed as an employee and U.S. Navy reservist set a standard for his children, advanced his Navy career and buoyed him through two transplant procedures.