Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

April 16, 2004

Honors

Board of governors member
David Strom, manager of transportation services, has been elected to the board of governors for the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) and chair of the Mid-West NAFA chapter (Iowa and Nebraska). NAFA is a not-for-profit society of managers of vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada.

Board member
Jane Jacobson, director of student academic services in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the board of directors for the National Academic Advising Association. The organization promotes quality academic advising and professional development to ensure educational development of students.

Print excellence
ISU Printing Services recently received three awards in a competition sponsored by Printing Industry of the Midlands, Des Moines Club of Printing House Craftsmen and the International Publishing Management Assoc., all of Des Moines, to recognize excellence in print quality. The president's 2002 holiday card and inserts on a binder prepared for the ISU Meat Lab received gold awards. A five-picture postcard set done for Reiman Gardens received a silver award.

Environmental excellence
Two Iowa Staters recently received annual (2003) Iowa Environmental Excellence Awards. James Baker, University professor in agricultural and biosystems engineering, received the award in the water quality division for teaching and research contributions that reduce the impact of agricultural chemicals on soil and water quality. Mark Shour, Extension program specialist in entomology, was part of a West Des Moines school district team that received awards in both the environmental excellence and waste management categories for a multi-pronged plan for integrated pest management at all the district's buildings.

New president
Larry Johnson, professor of food science and human nutrition and director of the Center for Crops Utilization Research, has been elected president of the American Oil Chemists Society. The society is an international organization whose members work with fats, oils and other related materials used for edible and non-edible purposes.

Executive council chair
Debra Sanborn, director of special retention programs in the Dean of Students Office, has been elected chair of the executive council of the National Student Exchange (NSE). NSE is a consortium of colleges and universities in the United States, U.S. territories and Canada participating in inter-university student exchanges. Iowa State ranks among the top 10 schools for student participation in NSE.