Inside Iowa State
August 11, 2000
news briefs
Interim director
Nancy Bevin, Ames, has been named interim director of
the Margaret Sloss Women's Center. She recently served as a
temporary assistant professor in the ISU educational
leadership and policies studies pro-gram. She also served as
a coordinator/facilitator for the Vision 2020 (Kellogg)
Project: "Living Well in Place."
The search for a permanent center director will be launched this fall.
Sponsored funding
For the first time, Iowa State has topped the $200
million mark in sponsored funding. Total sponsored funding at
Iowa State in FY2000 was $211.2 million, a 6 percent increase
over FY99's $199.2 million.
Areas of sponsored funding that registered noticeable increases included student financial aid ($15.4 million in FY2000 compared to $9.1 million in FY99) and building funds ($27.3 million compared to $12.6 million). Approximately $11.3 million of the increase in building funds was for the National Swine Facility.
Funding of research at Iowa State, the largest portion of the sponsored funding total, dipped by $3.6 million to $120.2 million compared to FY99. But within the total are increases from federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture ($21 million in FY2000 compared to $15.9 million in FY99) and the National Science Foundation ($12.3 million compared to $8.4 million).
Presidential search continues
Faculty Senate President David Hopper will lead
a subcommittee that is developing proposed criteria to be
used in selecting Iowa State's next president. The
subcommittee was named during the meeting of the Presidential
Search and Screen Advisory Committee Aug. 4 and will submit
its recommendation to the committee at its next meeting.
Subcommittee members, all of whom are on the presidential search committee as well, are Hopper; Kerry Dixon, president of the Professional and Scientific Council; Andrew Bock, president of AFSCME Local 96; Brian Anderson, president of Graduate Student Senate; Roy Teas, distinguished professor in the College of Business; and Peg Armstrong-Gustafson, Waukee, ISU alumna and member of the ISU Athletic Council and other university boards.
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