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After tightening its budget in recent years, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences already has a lean staff as it begins an initiative to close the college's growing deficits, dean Beate Schmittmann told the Professional and Scientific Council at its April 7 meeting.

Ahead of its June review of university salary policies, the state Board of Regents heard comments April 7 from representatives of employee groups, including the presidents of ISU's Faculty Senate and P&S Council.

Retirement@Work will allow employees to see all their university retirement savings in one portal, which they also will use to manage voluntary retirement contributions.

The project began in April 2021 with a plan and discovery stage and will deploy in segments from December 2022 to November 2024 with first uses beginning in June 2023. Senators also will consider a resolution about student voting.

Thirteen faculty teams are sharing more than $225,000 in funds for projects aimed at improving undergraduate education.

Creating a welcoming community is everyone's job on campus, but for a growing number of college leaders, it's the focus of their role. Inside caught up with the five women who serve as an associate or assistant dean for DEI -- three appointed last summer -- to talk about their work.

A pair of graduating seniors prepare for class in a Gerdin study nook.

Also approved: A retirement incentive program for tenured faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and departments jointly administered with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Faculty, staff and students will be hearing a lot about "change impacts" during WorkCyte Phase II, the multiyear project to implement Workday Student and Receivables. A running catalog of change impacts will be shared online; the first three already have been identified.

The employee application window closes at the end of the week for the next round of WorkFlex arrangements, which can begin May 16. Friday also is when information technology services and admissions can begin recruiting for full-remote positions, after successful trials in the units.

Despite a relatively dry fall and winter, campus should be in full bloom this spring as facilities planning and management prepares for a busy summer of landscaping around the new pedestrian bridge leading to Jack Trice Stadium.

Several changes will take effect April 1, including a smoother process for retaining graduating hourly student employees, more flexible classifications for temporary merit staff and direct supervisor approval for hiring temporary workers.

The campus community is invited to a ceremony and ribbon-cutting Sunday afternoon for the plaza, which honors the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

If approved, the program would be limited to tenured faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or in one of the six departments LAS jointly administers with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Utility services' steam tunnel tour proved to be the elusive Willy Wonka golden ticket among Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week events, filling quickly. Through Wednesday, about 930 employees registered for one or more experiences.

By trial and error, ISU Creamery intern and May graduate in culinary food science Lucy Slizewski developed a non-dairy option for creamery customers.

For just the second time, Iowa State has advanced both its women's and men's basketball teams to the second weekend -- "Sweet 16" round -- of their national tournaments.