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The search for Iowa State's next president will begin in late July, with the goal of selecting a president as part of the Iowa Board of Regents' regular November meeting.

Use the new Inside Iowa State website as a rolling internal news site. And use several online options for submitting your announcements, retirements, receptions and external awards.

Jillian Carlson is the new state relations officer for Iowa State. Since 2023, she has served the University of Northern Iowa in the same capacity for the board of regents.

ISU Plan participants won't see any changes in their health care or dental care coverage in the 2026 plan year. Employee premiums for the HMO and PPO plans will go up, about 10% on average, while employee monthly dental premiums will shrink $10-$20, except for no change to the single employee premium for basic coverage.

Last week, Iowa became the 31st state with a hands-free driving law. About 90% of Iowa State's 650 fleet vehicles are equipped with Bluetooth hands-free technology -- and most drivers use it.

In-person sales, online specialty sales, entries on a government auction site, salvage contracts and re-use through the state's waste exchange program are some of the strategies at ISU Surplus.

The proposed policy would prevent instructors at the three regent universities from including "substantial" content on diversity, equity and inclusion or critical race theory in a required course except when the board approves an exception.

Making conservation efforts a regular habit will benefit campus when peak alerts require the ISU power plant to take steps to assist with demand across a 15-state electric grid network.

Materials science and engineering associate teaching professor David Eisenmann is balancing research projects with a team of graduate and undergraduate students, and spent a few days this summer at Eastern Iowa Community College to teach a course to working professionals. He will be back in the classroom this fall.

The committee tasked with identifying a successor to President Wendy Wintersteen will meet for the first time Tuesday morning in Beardshear Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Iowa Board of Regents website.

A new state law provides four weeks of paid leave for a parent who gives birth or adopts a child and one week of paid leave for a non-birthing parent. Eligibility mirrors that for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

Launched in January 2023, Iowa State Online focuses on serving workforce professionals looking to reskill or upskill in their careers, and the first cohort from the master's program in digital health is set to graduate soon.

The temporary program for FY 2026 will provide funds for impactful research across the Iowa State research enterprise that has been terminated. Funds are limited and awards will be prioritized, with graduate students near completion of their degrees given the highest priority.

It's new student orientation season, and incoming first-year students played games in small groups on the Memorial Union lawn Monday afternoon to get to know each other and learn more about Iowa State, as part of their transition to college life.

Karl Mueller started June 1 in his new role as director of the Ames National Laboratory. He also holds the rank of tenured professor in the chemistry department.

Foote, the association's senior vice president of administration, marketing, communications and membership, will oversee the process of combining Iowa State's alumni association and foundation.

Regent JC Risewick and Faculty Senate president Meghan Gillette will co-chair the 12-member committee. Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search will assist with the search.

The regents also will take action on FY 2026 salary policies for the various employee groups and a proposed 3% market adjustment to the P&S pay grade structure, and conduct performance evaluations with the university presidents and the board's executive director.

Student journalists and faculty will travel to Dublin Aug. 14-25 to cover the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, featuring Iowa State and Kansas State. Their stories will be distributed across KCCI 8 news platforms.

The music department's summer carillon concert series, a biannual event going back 20+ years and featuring visiting carillonneurs, is in full swing. It's organized by university carillonneur and Cownie Professor of Music Tin-Shi Tam. The free monthly performances (always a Tuesday) begin at 7 p.m.