Sept. 10
This image of the campanile at sunset was shot Aug. 20 by Amanda Green, a police officer with the department of public safety.
Sept. 10
This fall's record enrollment of 27,945 students tops the record set in 2002. Numbers are up in nearly every area, including international students, transfers and U.S. minorities.
Sept. 10
Record enrollment means more students to house on campus. Although not at capacity, the residence department is using Wallace and Wilson halls to accommodate the spike in student numbers.
Sept. 10
ISU employees can receive seasonal flu vaccines through Sept. 28, or while supplies last. The shot clinics are being held weekdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in 205 TASF.
Rochelle Athey
Sept. 10
Rochelle Athey started her duties as director of the Office of Sponsored Programs Administration Sept. 1. She came to ISU from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Sept. 10
The Faculty Senate opened its new academic year with little business, but lots of information. Faculty numbers, research dollars and enrollment are up, but budget cuts and the spread of H1N1 are ahead.
Sept. 10
P&S Council members learned at their Sept. 3 meeting that a mid-year budget reversion is likely. Executive vice president and provost Elizabeth Hoffman said administrators already are preparing for those cuts and less dollars in the FY11 budget.
Sept. 10
ISU is participating in a new collaborative web site to get out the word on research going on at 35 of the nation's top universities.
Interlock House kitchen
Sept. 10
The Interlock House, ISU's entry in the U.S. DOE's Solar Decathlon competition, is in its final stages of preparation. It will be displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the competition Oct. 8-18.
Sept. 10
Nominations are being accepted for this year's Emerging Leaders Academy. Up to 25 members will be selected for the leadership development program.
Sept. 10
IT specialists in the Collge of Human Sciences used the Live Green loan fund to purchase power manangement software that shuts down unused computers. The move already is seeing bottom-line results.
Sept. 10
A packed house attended the initial open forum on the development of ISU's 2010-15 strategic plan. Another is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Memorial Union Cardinal Room.
This fall has ushered in Iowa State's highest-ever enrollment -- 27,945 students, an increase of more than 4 percent from fall 2008.
Eligible ISU employees may receive a seasonal flu vaccination at no cost to them at a campus clinic through Sept. 28. Vaccinations are given on a walk-in basis weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Faculty numbers, research dollars and enrollment are up, but budget cuts and the spread of H1N1 are ahead.
Live Green loan helps the Human Sciences college turn off computers and turn up savings.
The new exhibit at the Mary Alice Gallery showcases fabric and fiber arts inspired by a range of cultural influences found throughout Iowa.
Economics professor emeritus Neil Harl and his wife, Darlene, have pledged $1.5 million toward renovations of Curtiss Hall. Their gift will create the Harl Commons, a student-centered space on the ground floor.
Four finalists have been named in the search for a new director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Campus visits will take place Sept. 28-Oct. 19.