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Well-wishers gathered in Beardshear Hall last week to thank Elizabeth Hoffman for her many contributions as Iowa State's executive vice president and provost.

Keeping your keepsakes in shoeboxes, plastic bags and old photo albums? Hilary Seo, head of preservation for university libraries, has better ideas.

Longtime admissions officer Phil Caffrey will step into the interim director position when current admissions director Marc Harding departs to take a position at the University of Pittsburgh in mid-July

Following about 15 months of construction, tenants are moving in this week to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' renovated student services mall on the ground floor of Curtiss Hall.

Through their research or creative activities, Distinguished Professors have significantly impacted or improved the quality of their disciplines. Acting as change agents, University Professors have made significant contributions that improved the university. Five Iowa State faculty were awarded the title of Distinguished or University Professor this spring.

The new Ames Intermodal Transportation Facility will open July 1. The hub, located at the intersection of Hayward Avenue and Chamberlain Street, offers 384 parking spots and several transportation options.

Mufit Akinc, an Iowa State faculty member since 1981, has been named interim dean of the College of Engineering effective July 30. He succeeds Jonathan Wickert, who will assume the role of senior vice president and provost at Iowa State on the same date.

An estimated 4,900 students are participating in 2-day orientation sessions during June. Part of their transition from high school to college is registering for their first semester of classes.

Atifete Jahjaga, president of the Republic of Kosovo, visited campus and the university's Horticulture Research Station Wednesday. The visit is part of a military exchange program between the Iowa National Guard and the Kosovo Security Force. The Guard is working to foster relationships in such areas as education, agriculture and business.

Campus services crews are planting about 110 trees – nearly a dozen different species -- this summer to replace about 60 ash trees removed last fall and winter in preparation for the arrival of the emerald ash borer.

Laura Doering, a longtime staff member in the registrar and admissions offices, will become Iowa State's next registrar July 1.

The east control gate on Osborn Drive is getting a facelift, which will close the campus entry point beginning June 11. The renovation work will eliminate the double-island entrance and create a single gated stop.

The university community is invited to a June 21 reception for executive vice president and provost Elizabeth Hoffman, who will step down from the post on July 30.

The university community is invited to a June 12 sneak peek of ISU's exhibit for the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. An open house preview will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, June 12, in the lower level of the King Pavilion, College of Design.

Facilities planning and management will hold a public meeting June 18 to give key stakeholders an opportunity to share their visions for the future of the Iowa State Center courtyard area.

In his first budget memo to university leaders, President Steven Leath shared this year's parameters for salary increases for faculty and P&S staff, identified university priorities that will receive funding next year, and laid out a timeline for finishing up the FY13 budget.

The state Board of Regents asks a committee to propose a five-year plan to eliminate the policy of setting aside tuition income for student financial aid; approves project revisions at Curtiss Hall and Iowa State Center; and OKs naming the department of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology in recognition of gift support from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.

To the generations who will follow them, recent graduates left something a little different -- scholarships. The class of 2012 set up an endowment, currently at $45,000 and growing, that will fund scholarships for upperclassmen.