Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

INSIDE IOWA STATE
March 15, 2002

Announcements

Health provider moves
Occupational Health Works, the university's health care provider for work-related injuries and illnesses, has moved to the McFarland Clinic's main building, 1215 Duff Ave. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All injured employees should receive their initial treatment at Occupational Health Works.

Iowa State has revised its "First Report of Injury" form to comply with new OSHA regulations. Employees are asked to use this revised form; call Risk Management, 4-7083, to request a copy of the new form. A printable form also is available online at http://www.adp.iastate.edu/forms/other.html.

Energy savings at $1.2 million
With three billing months to go, Iowa State has saved $1,291,232 in energy costs through the month of February. The energy savings goal is $1.5 million.

P&S Council election concludes March 29
P&S employees are urged to vote online, via AccessPlus, for representatives to the P&S Council. The election runs through Friday, March 29. Paper ballots also may be requested from Kevin Kane, 4-0526, kkane@iastate.edu.

Forum highlights local food use on campus
Using local foods on campus is the subject of a forum from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom, 23 MacKay. Nadeem Siddiqui, director of an award-winning university dining service at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., will be the key presenter. Others will share information about local food-buying projects at the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State's Scheman Building and Tearoom. For more information, contact Rich Pirog, Leopold Center, 4-1854.

Occupational Medicine staff offers info on hearing April 24
Occupational Medicine staff will offer tips on protecting hearing and help faculty and staff determine if they may have hearing loss on Wednesday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24 has been designated International Noise Awareness Day, a day to examine the harmful effects of noise on hearing and health. Occupational Medicine staff will answer questions and provide samples of hearing protection and informational brochures in G11 TASF.

Learn how to order online from University Book Store
The University Book Store will host a free workshop on ordering supplies online from 10 to 11 a.m. April 16. Contact Amy DeLashmutt, 4-6055, for more information.

P&S development day set
Former Fortune 500 executive James Autry will be a speaker during Professional Development Day 2002, to be held Tuesday, April 9, at the Gateway Center. Autry, an author, poet and consultant whose work has had significant influence on leadership thinking, will discuss "Putting the Spirit of Work to Work." The day also will include workshops on employee wellness, grant writing, software programs, management practices, personal finance, retirement and team building. More information is available online at http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/402/profimprovement.htm.

Appointments

Lisa Lorenzen, Iowa State's biotechnology industrial liaison, will expand her duties to serve as the university's director of industry relations. She will serve as a liaison between the university's research and outreach activities, and industry in Iowa and beyond.
Charlotte Bronson, professor of plant pathology and interim director of the Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, to chair of the department of plant pathology, for a three-year term beginning April 1.
Carl Arbuckle is a new textbook buyer at University Book Store. He succeeds Sue Terry, who recently retired.