Dec. 3
Guidelines for FY11 budget planning
Executive vice president and provost Elizabeth Hoffman outlines the strategy for developing ISU's next few budgets in the face of declining state funding and anticipated declining enrollments.
Campus crows
Dec. 3
Crow countermeasures
Laser and sound shows are in the bag of tricks that facilities planning and management staff use to keep crows from feeling at home on campus.
Dec. 3
Recycle your phonebooks ... now
Locate the phonebook recycling area in your building before Dec. 11. Starting Dec. 14, campus services staff will pick up used phonebooks -- ISU and commercial -- for recycling.
Dec. 3
Stay on the right side of the gift law
The Iowa Gift Law, which applies to all state employees, puts limits on what you can give to, and receive from, coworkers and vendors.
ISU compost facility
Dec. 3
Environmental aromatherapy
The ISU compost facility is a collaborative campus effort to convert organic waste and expand sustainability efforts. One year into operation, it has converted more than 8,000 tons of manure into more than 3,000 tons of compost used in campus research plots, flower beds and landscaping.
Dec. 3
Sustainability symposium details
ISU's second annual Symposium on Sustainability is Feb. 23-24, 2010. Details about speakers, schedules and activities are now available.
Inside headlines
FY11 budget planning guidelines
Executive vice president and provost Elizabeth Hoffman outlines the strategy for developing ISU's next few budgets in the face of declining state funding and anticipated declining enrollments.
Environmental aromatherapy
The ISU compost facility is a collaborative campus effort to convert organic waste and expand sustainability efforts.
Crow countermeasures
Laser and sound shows are in the bag of tricks that facilities planning and management staff use to keep crows from feeling at home on campus.
Announcements
- Horticulture Club poinsettia sale continues Dec. 3-5
- No phone, e-mail support for WebCT, clickers Dec. 24-Jan. 3
- Library reserve submissions for spring needed ASAP
- Limited number of seasonal flu vaccines available on Dec. 10
- H1N1 vaccination clinic in Ames on Dec. 3, 4 for priority groups
- P&S open forum is Dec. 3; topic is budget challenges
- Lecturer says exercise can reverse aging; find out how Dec. 10
- Science with Practice poster presentation is Dec. 9
- Geoffroy says ISU must use resources effectively for future
- Get trees and wreaths from the Forestry Club
- Ames a great place for those who hate long commutes
- Symposium focuses on 20th-century ethnicity, nationalism
Receptions & open houses
Reception
Retirements
Open house
Arts & events
Twelfth Night
Romantic comedy, with a twist
One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies is on the Fisher Theater stage when ISU Theatre presents Twelfth Night, opening Dec. 4.
Holiday music festival
The music department's Dec. 6 Holiday Festival ensembles include the Iowa State Singers, Statesmen, Cantamus, Lyrica and the ISU Symphony Orchestra.
Around campus
Top ranking
ISU's landscape architecture and architecture programs are among the top 20 in the nation, according to a new survey of practitioners.
Student volunteers
Members of the Horticulture Club have assumed responsibility for the design and planting of the flower bed at the corner of Wallace Road and Osborn Drive.
New instrument
A $180,000 grant from the Carver Trust will help Iowa State purchase a high-resolution, field-emission microscope.
