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Paul Richmond, director of environmental health and safety, will be promoted to assistant vice president for environmental health and safety, the top leadership role in the unit responsible for injury prevention, environmental protection, safety and preparedness.

Debbie Roberts knows that talking about limb loss and limb difference helps everyone.

Today is the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon signing amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 -- one of which created the federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (known today as the Pell grant), changing college access for low- and moderate-income students.

The lone surviving swan will remain on the lake while a facilities team investigates best options for introducing one or two swans and the timing of any changes.

Student recruitment is priority one for the new site, which moves most of the admissions website to www.iastate.edu. A portal-style page for faculty and staff is designed to make it easy and convenient to access what's needed for daily online work.

With proposed increases to four fees, students' mandatory fees package would increase $145, to $1,455. The board will vote on tuition and fee rates at its July 27 meeting.

Eligible employees whose performance meets expectations will receive a 3.1% increase on July 1. A second, discretionary increase on Oct. 1, between 1% and 4%, would recognize outstanding performance.

Alumna Haley Moon began serving in a new position, assistant director of federal relations, on May 31.

In his second term, Bill Graves will focus on graduate college operations, interdisciplinary programs and graduate student recruitment and success.

Summer is the busy season for university archivists, as retirees pack up their offices and campus workspaces are renovated or cleaned. Here are some tips to consider if you're wondering whether you have a trove of records worth saving.

Hundreds of new WorkFlex requests were approved during the second application window for the flexible work program, according to data UHR staff shared with the Professional and Scientific Council.

Other June 2 agenda items included campus completion rates for free speech training, executive compensation increases and a three-year pilot that reimburses eligible employees for adoption expenses.

Thousands of incoming students and their families will be on campus this month for orientation sessions, a return to the full in-person experience for the first time since 2019.

Reducing the equity gaps for retention and degree completion among underrepresented student audiences and meeting the needs of "new majority" learners -- such as first generation, low-income and transfer students -- are among specific recommendations in a summary report.

John Lawrence will wrap up a 32-year university career, the last five leading ISU Extension and Outreach.

The nine emerged from campus input during the plan development process as high-priority areas that can have an immediate impact.

Carl Wells is in his second week as director of equal opportunity and Title IX coordinator. He joins the university from a 20+ year career at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Inside offers a quick look at some campus road and building projects happening or wrapping up this summer.