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Students finishing the undergraduate program this spring will receive a bachelor's degree in athletic training.

President Steven Leath told legislators Feb. 8 that any increase in state funding for fiscal year 2013 will be used to enhance the student learning experience at Iowa State and to help cover unavoidable cost increases.

A mild winter has brought unanticipated progress at the Cyclone Sports Complex construction site south of campus.

Iowa State's new sustainability minor is only a few months old. But a hundred students are enrolled in one of the minor's core courses this semester.

Following a year of assessment, design, demolition and construction, the front stairs at Carrie Chapman Catt Hall reopened in late January.

For the first time since receiving the chemistry prize, Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman will return to campus for a few weeks this month. He will meet with students and members of the Iowa media on Feb. 14 and give a public lecture on Feb. 20.

It may be February, but summer employment is on the minds of ISU students . . . and regional employers. Colleges are hosting career fairs this first week in February.

Three types of retirement webinars, courtesy of ISU's human resource services department and TIAA-CREF, make planning for your financial future more convenient.

President Steven Leath will present Iowa State’s case for an appropriations increase to the Iowa Legislature's joint education appropriations budget subcommittee Feb. 8 at the State Capitol.

An estimated 1,500 participants are expected for the 2012 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC), Feb. 10-12. Faculty and staff are invited to volunteer for the event, which is the largest student-run college LGBTQIA conference in the nation.

A stand-alone degree in athletic training and a bond sale to finance the Cyclone football program's new facility are among Iowa State items on the board's agenda.

The Iowa State men's basketball team returns to Hilton Coliseum Jan. 28 and Jan. 31 to face nationally ranked and long-time conference rivals No. 5 Kansas and No. 22 Kansas State, respectively. Members of Cyclone Alley, the student spirit section located behind the baskets, will be decked in gold shirts for Saturday's "Gold Rules" game promotion.

The governor's proposed FY13 budget includes $20.8 million for phase 2 construction of the biorenewables complex on the west side of campus.

Following a fall of listening, the committee reviewing the effectiveness of the budget model has developed a short list of issues for closer study and recommendations. The committee's draft report should be completed in early March.

Most Iowa State employees are healthy nonsmokers who are willing to take some financial risk and have a solid understanding of the value university benefits add to their total compensation. This information and more, compiled from a benefits survey conducted last spring, will help determine the future of ISU's benefits.