Inside Iowa State
June 30, 2000
Honors
Student award named for former faculty member
A new award at the annual Adventures in Supercomputing
Expo for high school teams honors Charles Wright, ISU
university professor of electrical engineering and computer
engineering, who died in a March car accident. Wright had
helped coordinate the Iowa event with the national
organization for many years and served as a judge.
Ebbers named Fulbright Scholar
Larry Ebbers, professor of educational leadership and
policy studies and associate dean in the College of
Education, has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will work
to increase mutual understanding between U.S. and German
leaders. Ebbers attended the 2000 Fulbright Seminar for U.S.
Administrators in International Education March 25-April 14
in Berlin.
Honorary professorships
David Topel, professor of animal science, and John
Miranowski, professor and chair of the economics
(Agriculture) department, have been named honorary professors
of the College of Agriculture and Economics of Gyongyos at
St. Stephen University in Hungary. The honorary professor-
ships recognize efforts made by the two to strengthen
educational and scientific ties between the two institutions,
including exchange programs.
Outstanding student organization advisers
Seven Iowa State employees were inducted this spring
into the first Advisers Hall of Fame, both for exceptional
student advising and for contributions to the Iowa State
community. Honored by the Student Activities Center, based on
student-submitted nominations, were Jay Berry, Pete Englin,
Mariama Hodari, Penny Rosenthal, Jeff Sorensen, Howard Tyler
and Eric Yarwood.
Regional director
Eveadean Myers, associate director of affirmative
action, has been elected director of the American Association
for Affirmative Action's Region VII (Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas
and Missouri) for a two-year term. AAAA is an association of
professionals in affirmative action, equal opportunity,
diversity and other human resource programs. Iowa State will
host a regional meeting Oct. 2-3.
Employee safety
Iowa State was one of the 180 businesses, industries
and government agencies in Iowa to receive an award for
promoting active safety programs and reducing OSHA-recordable
injuries among employees. The award was presented at the
Iowa-Illinois Safety Council's 47th Annual Professional
Development Conference in Davenport in April.
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