Iowa State welcomed 72 new faculty to campus this semester, a diverse group of nearly a dozen already tenured faculty members and the rest distributed among term and tenure-track appointments.
Two plant pathology, entomology and microbiology employees devised a YouTube series about crop pests that combines expertise and humor. It offers a template to interject niche topics into the mainstream.
Employees or offices that receive a notice about a tax refund credit are asked to route the information to the university's tax office. Don't respond to the inquiry.
It's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month -- a timely reminder that strong passwords, multi-factor authentication and updated software are key to keeping information safe. Remember, IT services will never ask for your password or MFA code.
The annual enrollment window closes Nov. 17. The new payroll deductions (except for flexible spending accounts) begin with the December payroll, and benefits coverage begins Jan. 1.
Graduate faculty are invited to train their students to use two empirically validated open educational resources that boost students' knowledge of discipline-specific research writing conventions. The tools will be demonstrated during a Nov. 15 luncheon.
During the Course Design Institute, faculty work with CELT instructional designers on improvements in the areas of course content, learner interaction, instructional technology and accessibility. The next institute begins in December.
The Professional and Scientific Council's resolution essentially reinforces the language in the state Board of Regents' annual appropriations requests to the state on behalf of the universities: If there's a separate salary bill for state employees, regent university employees would like to be included.
From data services and digital publishing to free access to academic publications, the library provides a suite of services to promote ISU research and scholarship around the globe.
Students cross between a canopy of maple leaves and Iowa sculptor Tom Stancliffe's Ghost Trees in the Anderson Sculpture Garden between Beardshear and Morrill halls.
Iowa State's fourth winter session runs Monday, Dec. 18, through Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, fully occupying the four-week break between fall and spring semesters. Here are staffing guidelines for that window.
Useful information about what's due the day of an office visit and what's due later, easy payment plans with health care providers and examples that illustrate the cost-sharing shift coming in 2024.
Prioritizing self-care and making use of available resources can help employees limit the impact of cost-sharing changes to the university's health care plan in 2024.
