Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

INSIDE IOWA STATE
May 3, 2002

Announcements

Call for poetry entries
Imagining This Land, a yearlong project to build community through public art, will publish eight poems in August about cultural diversity in Ames. All members of the Ames community, including ISU faculty, staff and students, are eligible. Submit up to two poems in any language or dialect, with a brief English translation, by July 1 to Joni Palmer, 146 College of Design. Entries should include a self-addressed stamped envelope, 50-word autobiography and contact information (address, telephone and e-mail). Questions can be directed to Joni Palmer, e-mail: jmsparki@hotmail.com, or ISU Honors student Dorothy Tang, dtang@iastate.edu.

Geoffroy on Talk of Iowa
President Gregory Geoffroy will be a guest on the Thursday, May 9, edition of Talk of Iowa on WOI-AM Radio. The live, call-in program airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on 640 AM.

Bike auction May 8
ISU Surplus will hold a bicycle auction beginning at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, in the grassy area south of the Purchasing Warehouse. Bikes of all makes, sizes and types will be available for viewing from 3 to 4:30 p.m. that day. All sales are cash or check only.

Sanderson accepts ISU job
Collegiate wrestling champion Cael Sanderson announced May 1 that he has accepted a position as an administrative assistant in the ISU athletic department. The position, which will include community relations, fund-raising and administrative responsibilities, will allow him to continue to train for the Olympics in Ames and work with Iowa State's wrestlers.

"I'm looking forward to helping our wrestling program and the Cyclone athletic program in any way I can," Sanderson said.

Pay plan switch available through July 10
Tenured, tenure-track and adjunct faculty on nine-month, B-base appointments, and P&S staff with nine- or 10-month positions may enroll in the 12-month pay plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. (Those who previously switched to 12-month plans also may switch back to the nine-month pay plan.) For either option, application forms are due in the payroll office, 3608 ASB, by 5 p.m. July 10. In the 12-month plan, benefits and tax deductions are made equally from 12 payments. Salary for additional summer teaching or research is added to the monthly pay during the summer appointment months. Forms are available in the payroll office (call 4-6556) or on the payroll forms Web site, http://www.adp.iastate.edu/vpbf/payroll/forms.htm.

Summer camps at Iowa State
Youth at Iowa State summer camps can indulge interests in such topics as archaeology, outer space, computer programming, digital photography, ancient Egypt and numerous sports. Information about summer camps may be found online at http://www.iastate.edu/~catalog/summer/kids.html.

Course in large van driving May 22
A course to help drivers handle 15-passenger vans will be offered by ISU Transportation Services from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, in room 8 at the Fire Service Training Bureau on Haber Road. The course is open to all ISU faculty, staff and students. Cost is $15, payable by intramural to Transportation Services. Call 4-0181 to register.

WOI spring drive tops $230,000
WOI Radio's spring membership drive, which ran April 19-26, received $233,727 in member pledges, matches and challenges. An $81,000-plus final day helped station staff members approach last year's record spring drive of $239,189.

Sunrun is May 20-24
Team PrISUm, Iowa State's solar car team, will travel across Iowa May 20-24 to promote alternative energy sources. "Sunrun 2002" will include stops at schools in Des Moines, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls and Webster City. Team PrISUm members are designing the seventh ISU solar car for the American Solar Challenge in July 2003.