News Archive

Numerous work teams across campus are striving to learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion in discussion groups focused on relevant books or films. Members of one such club, for College of Engineering academic advisors, recently shared their experiences.

Organizers of Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week, March 28-April 1, encourage people to register by March 25 so hosts know what to expect next week, but the program and registration websites will remain open through April 1.

Colleges are hosting eight tents for academic uses this spring, six on central campus and two at the Veterinary Medicine campus. Learn more about how you can use them.

In the coming months, virtual labs, demonstrations, course shells and training sessions for instructors will help them transition courses from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes in Canvas.

Moving from the Memorial Union, the goal is to capture more drop-in traffic and raise interest among students for a study-abroad experience.

Dean Beate Schmittmann has been reappointed to a third five-year term.

Cyclone band members donned an unfamiliar color and played a new fight song last week when they volunteered to serve as DePaul's pep band for the play-in game at the NCAA women's basketball tournament at Hilton Coliseum.

Working with a variety of programs, Jeannette Mukayisire helps people in northeast Iowa improve their financial situation. And she uses her fluency in four languages to better communicate with the immigrant clients she serves.

Inside takes one last peek at the renovation of floors 4, 5 and 6 at the Memorial Union, in anticipation of student services offices moving in by the end of the semester.

Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week, March 28-April 1, is a lineup of special events and experiences intended to recognize faculty and staff members' hard work and dedication to Iowa State during a couple of challenging years.

A plan is in the works to launch a peer expert community, providing discussion boards in Canvas where staff can learn from each other. Also, the council approved its annual salary recommendation and elected officers for 2022-23.

Professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering Michelle Soupir has been appointed to a two-year, half-time appointment as an interim associate dean in the Graduate College, starting April 4.

Dean Beate Schmittmann outlined some of the reasons for the college's deficit. To address it, LAS will use several strategies, including reductions to the college's central programs and services and 19 department budgets.

Attorney Laura Smythe, who has a breadth of experience in mediation, training and teaching college courses, will start in the post April 18. The contract for virtual ombuds services will extend for a time to assure a smooth transfer of cases.

Progress has been made on many of the actions recommended by a task force that studied how to improve access to high-quality and affordable child care for Iowa State employees and students with children.

President Wintersteen asks the campus community for "an extra degree of care" for colleagues from Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Plus, options for sending financial help to the Ukrainian people.

Since 2017, ISU Extension and Outreach has offered training required for licensed and registered child care providers. Even during the pandemic year of 2021, extension issued more than 86,000 training certificates to early childhood education professionals across the state.

Each candidate's campus interview this month includes a campus forum in the Memorial Union.

Ukranians at Iowa State have watched in horror over the past week, checking in constantly with family and friends enduring the violence as Russian troops invaded and bombed their home country.