Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

October 11, 2002

Annuncements

Geoffroy, Dowling on WOI
Director of financial aid Earl Dowling will join President Gregory Geoffroy on WOI-AM's Talk of Iowa Tuesday, Oct. 15. The call-in show airs from 10 to 11 a.m. on WOI-AM (640). Questions may be sent in advance to talk@iastate.edu.

Geoffroy to speak at senate
President Gregory Geoffroy will speak to the Faculty Senate at the Tuesday, Oct. 15 meeting. The senate will convene at 7:30 p.m. in the Prairie Room, Gateway Center.

Workers comp information sessions scheduled
Information sessions on "Workers Compensation -- What Supervisors Need to Know" will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, and Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Memorial Union Gallery. Interested supervisors should call Dawn Hitsman, 4-7711, to register.

Free flu shots offered
Free flu shots will be provided to faculty and staff from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays from Oct. 31 through Nov. 22 in 205 Technical and Administrative Service Facility (limited parking available in front of the building). Occupational Medicine staff will administer the immunizations. For information, call 4-0874.

LC proposals sought
An information session on starting new learning communities for fall 2003 will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in 2510 Beardshear. Corly Brooke and Doug Gruenewald, co-directors of learning communities, will discuss the funding process and other considerations for starting learning communities. Proposals for funding new learning communities are due Nov. 1. The form can be found online at http://www.iastate. edu/~learncommunity/forms.html.

PFF deadline approaches
Applications for the Preparing Future Faculty program are due Oct. 28. The program -- for master's and Ph.D. students and post-docs -- supplements departmental graduate preparation for faculty careers. More information and applications are online at: http://www.grad-college.iastate.edu/about/pff.html.

Run benefits Special Olympics
Iowa State will co-sponsor a 5k fun walk/run beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the university's cross country course. The entry fee is $20. Participants may preregister at the Lied Center or register at the cross country course the day of the event. More information about the event is available at the Lied Center. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Special Olympics program.

Cholesterol screening offered
A cholesterol screening clinic, available to faculty, staff and students, will be held Oct. 14-26 at the student health center. A minimum of 12 hours of fasting (water only) is required prior to testing. Testing will be done from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Postal, parcel workshops set
Training and Development staff will hold workshops on "Working with Postal and Parcel Services" from 1:15 to 3 p.m. Oct. 15 and Oct. 17 in the main floor conference room, General Services Building.