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An estimated 450 returning students arrived early in Ames to help families move their first-year students into the residence halls Aug. 19-20.

A wetter-than-average summer has been good for lawns, golf courses and corn, but detrimental to road construction. Inside asked city and campus project managers for updates on several other projects on, or adjacent to, campus.

The cohort-based program consists of six midday workshops between October and April, and is open to any employee "interested in making their career the best it can be."

Projected fall enrollment growth and tuition increases are fueling an increase in the general university operating budget. For the fiscal year that began July 1, the budget is expected to grow about $41.4 million (5.7%), to $766.8 million.

The Iowa State and Kansas State bands are collaborating on the halftime performance at the Aer Lingus College Football Classic Saturday in Dublin, a first for this annual college event.

The Iowa Board of Regents policy on academic freedom now includes language that "faculty may teach controversial subjects when they are relevant to the course content. Instruction should be presented in a manner that fosters critical thinking and avoids indoctrination of one perspective."

Gather with your colleagues to launch the new academic year at the college level. Join the campus community Sept. 24 to celebrate the 2024 recipients of faculty and staff university awards.

Welcome back to faculty and staff who were off campus for significant portions of the summer. Here's a quick summary of what you might have missed.

For the first time ever, the Iowa State football team will play abroad on Aug. 23. Getting 120 players there and ready to perform at their best has been an effort a year in the making for the athletics department.

A 10-ton, six-foot-tall glacial boulder formerly located between Science I and Lagomarcino halls was moved closer to the front entrance of Science I this week. Now, many more passersby will learn of its impressive journey and history.

Joe Paulick began serving July 31 as associate vice president for campus life in the division of student affairs. He comes to Ames from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Following a non-unanimous vote to approve the university fiscal year 2026 budgets, the Iowa Board of Regents directed its investment and finance committee to meet to assess the board's budget review process and seek more detail about the university budgets. Depending on what they learn, the regents could consider budget amendments at their next meeting.

More than 6,000 first-year students and more than 1,200 transfer students have completed in-person or online orientation this summer. More than 5,500 -- and counting -- new-to-ISU students are registered for Destination Iowa State Aug. 21-23.

Visitors to the university's exhibit at the Iowa State Fair will experience how Iowa State is helping Iowans thrive, one breakthrough at a time. Find it in the Varied Industries Building, open 9 a.m.-8 p.m. all 11 days of the fair, Aug. 7-17.

Environmental Health and Safety will offer its in-person safety workshop series again this fall. Launched last spring, the five-part series covers key safety topics: Hazard assessment, standard operating procedures, hazardous waste management, laboratory inspections and Safety Data Sheets.

Beginning Aug. 1, the Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center at the College of Veterinary Medicine offers a 15% discount for veterinary services for the animals of current Iowa State students, faculty and staff.

Iowa State enrolled 7,128 students in summer session opportunities this year, nearly two-thirds (63%) of them at the undergraduate level. More than 3,000 students are taking part in an arranged experience, including internships, this summer.

To help instructors successfully implement student academic accommodations, student accessibility services staff developed training opportunities and updated accommodation descriptions to make them more understandable. Accommodation requests continue to rise across all three regent universities.

Two-way traffic opened this week in the new north lanes of South 16th Street in front of the Veterinary Medicine campus, and demolition of the south lane is underway.

Iowa State leaders will outline a general university operating budget of $766.9 million, a net increase of $41.3 million (5.7%) over the previous year. That increase reflects a projected $44.1 million in additional tuition revenue and an estimated $2.7 million reduction in indirect costs recovery on externally funded research.