Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

September 26, 2003

Awards

The faculty and staff recognized on these pages will be honored by the university community during Iowa State's fall convocation Monday afternoon, Sept. 29. The program begins at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun Room and the public is invited. Following opening remarks by President Gregory Geoffroy and the awards presentations, refreshments will be served.

Distinguished Professor
The title of Distinguished Professor, first awarded in 1956, is the highest academic honor bestowed by Iowa State University. It recognizes a faculty member for exemplary performance in at least two of the following areas: teaching and advising; research, scholarship or artistic creativity; and extension, university service or professional practice. A $2,500 increment in base salary is granted, and the awardee retains the title the rest of his or her career at the university.

Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
David Jiles, professor of materials science and engineering; professor of electrical and computer engineering; senior scientist, Ames Laboratory and Center for Nondestructive Evaluation
Jiles is a leading expert in such areas as the theoretical and experimental elastic properties, hysteresis, nondestructive evaluation and modeling of magnetic materials. He has applied complex research results to practical issues such as evaluating the fatigue of steel pipes and steel rails. He has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Mathematics in the United Kingdom.

Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences
Mary Littrell, professor of apparel, educational studies and hospitality management
Littrell is internationally recognized for her work in international trade -- helping artisans, cooperatives and communities worldwide improve worker conditions, improve production, meet consumer demands and strike a fair balance among competing concerns. She is one of Iowa State's strongest advocates to expand international educational opportunities.

Distinguished Professor in Education
John Schuh, professor of educational leadership and policy studies
Schuh is a leading national expert in student affairs and higher education. In the areas of effective assessment practices in student affairs and the impact of student residence, he probably is without peer nationwide. In 2001, Schuh was named one of 18 influential individuals who shaped the profession of student housing in the 20th century.

University Professor
The title of University Professor is bestowed on a senior faculty member who has had a significant impact on his or her department and the university in the areas of teaching, research and professional service. The awardee receives a base salary addition of $2,000 and retains the title for the remainder of his or her career at the university.

Charles Drewes, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology
Drewes' biology education outreach program is nationally recognized. He designed and taught new courses in neurobiology and bioethics and was named an Iowa State Outstanding Teacher in 1991. His outreach program and other activities culminated in his receiving the Best College Teacher of the Year for 2002 from the National Association of Biology Teachers.

James McElroy, professor of management
McElroy served as the director of the Industrial Relations Center from 1989 to 1992, and recently completed a term as interim associate dean of the College of Business (2000-02). McElroy has published 55 refereed journal articles in the top-tier journals in management, as well as top journals in accounting, marketing, psychology and transportation.

Peter Orazem, professor of economics
Orazem is a noted authority on labor market issues, ranging from the use of private schools to educate poor children in Pakistan to the use of new technologies in Iowa hog farms. Through a long-term association with the World Bank, his research has guided public policy on four continents and Iowa's economic development problems. Orazem also is highly regarded as a teacher of everything from freshman economics to doctoral labor economics.

William Woodman, professor of sociology
Woodman has a long and distinguished record in the areas of scholarly, instructional and institutional service. He has won both departmental and external awards for teaching core undergraduate and graduate courses in the sociology department. Woodman has performed a great deal of institutional service on various committees, including two terms as president of the Faculty Senate.

Presidential Service Award
The Presidential Service Award recognizes a member of the faculty or staff for exemplary service that benefits Iowa State University. A $2,500 award is granted.

George Jackson, assistant dean of the Graduate College
Jackson has devoted his career to diversity at Iowa State University and through the NAACP. He helped start the federal TRIO programs at Iowa State for disadvantaged students and helped establish the Minority Liaison Initiative in each of the colleges, as well as the Office of Minority Student Affairs. He has been effective in recruiting quality minority graduate students and supporting them during their studies.

Named Professorships and Chairs
Chairs, professorships and other endowed faculty positions, created through the generosity of private philanthropists, provide the university with an opportunity to recruit, retain and recognize outstanding faculty members. In addition, the perpetual earnings from the endowments help support these faculty members' scholarly endeavors. These chairs were established and the positions filled during the 2002-03 academic year:

Karl and Anna Bergdahl Professorship in Bioinformatics
Volker Brendel, professor of genetics, development and cell biology and professor of statistics
Brendel has been a faculty member in the department of zoology and genetics since 1998. Since 2000, he also has had an appointment as a professor of statistics. His current research focus is in plant genomics and molecular genetics.

Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics
Hailiang Liu, associate professor of mathematics
Liu joined the Iowa State mathematics faculty in fall 2002 from UCLA, where he was an assistant professor of computational and applied mathematics. His research interests include applied mathematics, partial differential equations and their applications, and numerical analysis and scientific computing.

Robert Allen Wright Chair in Chemistry
Edward Yeung, Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry
Yeung's research interests span both spectroscopy and chromatography. A faculty member at Iowa State since 1972, Yeung has received four R&D 100 Awards, dubbed the "Oscars of Applied Science," in 1989, 1991, 1997 and 2001. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1992.

Member, National Academy of Engineering
R. Bruce Thompson Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering; professor of aerospace engineering; professor of materials science and engineering; and director, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation
Thompson was elected for his "outstanding contributions to nondestructive evaluation, materials processing and life cycle management, and for the development of novel ultrasonic technology," according to the academy. Among his accomplishments is the development of a set of novel sensors that can perform ultrasonic inspection without contacting the test sample.

Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
The Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award recognizes a faculty member who has an outstanding teaching career with distinguished achievement in undergraduate education. Louis Thompson was an associate dean in the College of Agriculture from 1958 until 1983, when he retired and was named professor emeritus and associate dean emeritus. He also was a professor of agronomy and throughout his career was interested in fostering quality in undergraduate programs. A $1,000 award is granted.

Jonathan Sandor, professor of agronomy
Sandor is involved in upper-level undergraduate courses in soil formation, soil-environmental relationships and evaluation of soils for land use. He believes passionately in teaching and advising, and he continually adds new material, options and technologies to his courses. He uses field and laboratory experience in soil science to make classroom learning more useful and applied.

Susan Yager, associate professor of English
Yager is a caring and supportive teacher. Across a broad range of courses and topics, from first-year composition to business writing to Chaucer to Harry Potter, she routinely garners student praise for her preparedness and for modeling what education is about. Her students frequently comment on the joyful quality in her classroom demeanor.

James Huntington Ellis Award For Excellence In Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
The James Huntington Ellis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching recognizes a faculty member who, in teaching an introductory course, demonstrates creativity in improving its quality, excites interest and involvement without compromising scholarship, and enhances student performance in future courses. Ellis graduated from Iowa State's division of industrial science in 1928 and had a successful financial services brokerage career that spanned more than 50 years. Ellis established this award to honor those professors like his "who made their courses interesting." A $1,000 award is granted.

Margaret Graham, professor of English
Graham's impact on undergraduate education has been profound and far-reaching. She has implemented new pedagogies in first-year composition, including the creation of Web-based teaching materials and units on visual communication, the latter in collaboration with colleagues in the College of Design. She has contributed significantly to ISUComm and has played a vital role in learning communities.

Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award
The Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award recognizes superior performance by a member of the graduate faculty who serves as a mentor and enriches the student-professor relationship through support and attention to detail. The award was established in 1985 by White to show her appreciation to graduate faculty for their guidance and encouragement. A graduate of the College of Home Economics, White served as an administrative assistant in the Graduate College for 37 years. A $1,500 award is granted.

Lloyd Anderson, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and professor of animal science
Anderson is an internationally recognized animal physiologist who continues to conduct pioneering research on reproduction and growth of large farm animals. He has trained 36 master's and doctoral students or postdoctoral research associates. He currently has 10 graduate students. Many of his graduate students and postdoctoral trainees have gone on to stellar careers in other academic institutions or private industry.

Mary Littrell, Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences, and professor of apparel, educational studies and hospitality management
Littrell has been the major adviser for 30 graduate students, received numerous grants and generated extensive scholarly publications and presentations. Littrell's professional reputation, efficient and caring contact and ability to obtain financial support for applicants have been responsible for many graduate students choosing ISU and, later, being hired into tenure-track, academic positions at major universities.

International Service Award
The International Service Award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding international service in teaching, research or administration within the United States or abroad. A $2,500 grant for carrying out an internationally related activity is awarded.

Robert Jolly, professor of economics
Jolly has designed, funded and directed a series of successful projects in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and Ukraine. His projects made significant contributions to the transformation of the agricultural sectors and supporting institutions of these countries. With his numerous collaborators, Jolly has obtained nearly $13 million to support international programs.

Peter Orazem, University professor of economics
Orazem spent 10 years researching problems of developing economies. He demonstrated how transition to a market economy affected earnings and employment in Estonia and Slovenia. He showed how private schools can expand opportunities for poor children in Pakistan and how technology has increased earnings inequality in Taiwan, and examined how vouchers altered school opportunities for poor children in Colombia.

Carroll Ringgenberg Award
The Carroll Ringgenberg Award recognizes a Professional and Scientific staff member who has been employed by the university for at least 10 years and has demonstrated constant and contagious dedication and goodwill for Iowa State. The award was established in 1995 by colleagues of the late Carroll Ringgenberg to honor his 40 years of service in the purchasing and facilities planning and management units. A $1,000 award is granted.

Sally Kotval Deters, coordinator of Residence Life, department of residence
Deters has been with the department of residence since 1979, and currently serves as a coordinator of residence life. Her responsibilities include oversight of judicial procedures for residence halls, including supervising full-time hall directors, educating and assisting staff with issues of discipline, confrontation and conflict mediation, and helping students with personal issues and needs.

Professional and Scientific Excellence Award
The Professional and Scientific Excellence Award, funded by the Iowa State University Foundation, recognizes contributions made by a Professional and Scientific staff member beyond and within the university, and career progress demonstrated by accomplishments at Iowa State. A $1,000 award is granted.

Steven Carter, president, ISU Research Park, and director, ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
In 13 years at Iowa State, Carter has had a tremendous impact on employees, businesses in the community and economic development in the state of Iowa. His efforts are an important factor in the Research Park's great success and the Pappajohn Center's efforts to strengthen entrepreneurial education at the university.

Kathleen Jones, registrar
Jones has been the driving force behind processes at Iowa State associated with registration and records that now are models for other institutions. She has used and helped develop leading-edge technology and visionary approaches, such as the Touchtone registration system, the online registration system that replaced it and now the AccessPlus record retrieval system.

Douglas Wood, manager, engineering research laboratories for the department of civil and construction engineering
Wood manages the department's structural engineering lab. During the last 15 years, he has managed many facilities on and off campus, which means he also has overseen the work of some 15 to 20 graduate students and many more undergraduate students. He also has been responsible for field laboratories across the United States used in a bridge-testing project.

Professional and Scientific Outstanding New Professional Award
The Professional and Scientific Outstanding New Professional Award recognizes a Professional and Scientific staff member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments unusually early in his or her professional career at Iowa State University. A $1,000 award is granted.

Janet Croyle, coordinator of national/institutional testing, Student Counseling Service
Croyle led the effort to make Iowa State University one of the first universities in the country to offer computer-based national and institutional tests, including the ACT, TOEFL, MCAT and LSAT exams. In addition, Croyle has spearheaded a contract arrangement with Thomson Prometric that enables Iowa State to offer more than 200 licensing certification exams to Iowans.

Karla Embleton, director of educational technology, College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Embleton's responsibilities include maintenance of the college's repository of online teaching materials, technical support and design consulting for faculty interested in online education, computer (Web) training for staff and instructors, general maintenance and upkeep of several components of the college Web site, and special projects.

Mark Shour, Extension program specialist, department of entomology
Shour has shared his knowledge of insects and pest management with the public through pesticide education programs, newspaper articles, newsletters, satellite training programs, classroom teaching and one-on-one meetings. He developed the School Integrated Pest Management pilot program for Iowa's school districts, helping school district personnel better understand pest problems.

Iowa State University Extension Distinguished Service Award
The ISU Extension Distinguished Service Award is the highest career award bestowed on an Extension professional. It recognizes sustained distinguished performance and educational contributions to Iowa State's clientele through extension programs. A $500 cash award is granted.

Margaret Van Ginkel, Extension families field specialist and Hotline coordinator
Van Ginkel has provided financial education and support that has impacted tens of thousands of Iowans. As coordinator for the ISU Extension "hotlines," she expanded services provided at the time of the original farm crisis to include teenagers, low-resource families needing health care and problem gamblers.

Iowa State University Extension R.K. Bliss Award
The ISU Extension R.K. Bliss Award recognizes outstanding achievement of an Iowa State Extension staff member for developing an overall or continuing Extension education program. The award is the result of donations from the family and friends of R.K. Bliss, director of Extension from 1912 to 1946. Two Extension professionals have been honored annually since 1971 with this $500 cash award.

Debbie Hall, Extension education director, Adair County
Hall is an outstanding facilitator, a creative hands-on educator, effective grant writer and excellent teacher. Hall has mentored many outstanding young leaders. Adair County Extension has grown in all program areas largely because of her ability to involve volunteers in program development and delivery.

Harris J. "Joe" Sellers, Extension livestock field specialist, Lucas County
Sellers is a leader in beef producer education in Iowa. He has developed numerous Extension programs that target the needs of producers and youth in his service counties and throughout Iowa, including the Chariton Valley Beef and related grid marketing programming.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement In Teaching
The ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching recognizes a tenured faculty member for outstanding teaching performance over an extended period of time. A $1,000 award is granted.

James Kliebenstein, professor of economics
Kliebenstein played an instrumental role as the College of Agriculture incorporated problem solving, ethics, environment, and international and multicultural dimensions in its curriculum. He worked on educational reform with universities in Czech Republic and Slovakia. In addition, he adopted the case study approach for his Advanced Farm Business Management class.

Kenneth Koehler, University professor of statistics
Koehler has provided outstanding leadership in presenting graduate courses to students majoring and minoring in statistics. Students completing their graduate degrees frequently cite him as "best instructor." He is a demanding instructor, but one whom students always request for their graduate thesis committees.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement In Research
The ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research recognizes a faculty member who has a national or international reputation for contributions in research, and who has influenced the research activities of students. A $1,000 award is granted.

Max Rothschild, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture, and professor of animal science
Rothschild is one of the foremost animal geneticists in the world. He has received such honors as the American Society of Animal Science Award for Animal Breeding and Genetics, a USDA Honor Team Award, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, two R&D 100 awards for inventions with colleagues and students, and the Iowa Inventor of the Year Award in 2002.

Vijay Vittal, Harpole Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vittal has received such recognitions as an Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, election as fellow to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a Faculty Award of Excellence from the NCR Corp. He is an outstanding mentor to young faculty and a teacher who guides his graduate students into careers in research and interacts well with undergraduates to excite them about their fields.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice
The ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice recognizes a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding performance in statewide leadership in extension. A $1,000 award is granted.

William Bogue, assistant to the Vice Provost for Extension, and associate professor of agricultural education and studies
Bogue is widely recognized for his expert management of a complex budget of more than $70 million for Iowa State University Extension that combines federal, state and county tax dollars with grants and user fees. Under Bogue's leadership, county Extension districts statewide adopted a uniform accounting system to improve fiscal accountability and accommodate changing budget structures.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
The ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching recognizes a tenured or tenure-track faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding teaching performance unusually early in his or her professional career. A $1,000 award is granted.

Nancy Grudens-Schuck, assistant professor of agricultural education and studies
Grudens-Schuck has strengthened graduate programming in two cross-disciplinary areas: program evaluation and sustainable agriculture. Her experimental course in participatory evaluation methodologies gained national recognition for its rigor and relevance to the profession. Grudens-Schuck integrates innovative research with graduate education.

Alex Tuckness, assistant professor of political science
Tuckness has developed unique ways to increase student interest and learning in his subfield of political theory. He has been a "continuous learner" by willingly teaching a variety of courses, promoting changes in undergraduate curriculum and staying current with teaching innovations.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Research
The ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Research recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments unusually early in his or her professional career. A $1,000 award is granted.

Balaji Narasimhan, associate professor of chemical engineering
Narasimhan has contributed to a fundamental understanding of macromolecular surfaces and interfaces. His group was the first to discover the existence of microphase separation in random copolymers of biodegradable polyanhydrides. This discovery has major implications for drug partitioning, protein stabilization, vaccine delivery and bone repair.

Joerg Schmalian, associate professor of physics and astronomy
Schmalian researches theoretical condensed matter physics, with an emphasis on the theory of various complex systems. He and his colleagues have made fundamental advances in understanding and predicting the behaviors of a wide variety of complex systems, ranging from high-temperature copper oxide superconductors to glassy metals to micro-emulsions.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Departmental Leadership
The Iowa State University Foundation Award for Departmental Leadership recognizes outstanding leadership at the department level that helps faculty members meet their obligations in undergraduate teaching, graduate mentoring, research and service. A $1,000 award is granted.

Sue Ellen Haug, chair and professor of music
Haug has been the driving force behind the establishment and continuation of the annual Scholarship Musicale events, in which faculty and students perform and interact with area donors. She has helped start a variety of important initiatives for the department, including summer music camps, the Celebrate America concert series and the President's Concert.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice
The ISU Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice recognizes a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in extension or professional practice unusually early in his or her professional career. A $1,000 award is granted.

Wendy Powers, associate professor of animal science
Powers' extension programs focus on the impact of nutrition on whole-farm nutrient balance. Her applied research evaluates livestock emissions and potential mitigation techniques. Powers serves on numerous committees related to air quality and nutrient management to influence policymakers' knowledge of animal agriculture.

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Excellence in Academic Advising
The ISU Foundation Award for Excellence in Academic Advising recognizes outstanding performance by an academic adviser over an extended period of time. A $1,000 award is granted.

James Kliebenstein, professor of economics
Kliebenstein has one of the heaviest advising loads in the agricultural business program, currently advising 65 students. He has served as adviser for student groups such as the Agricultural Student Council. Kliebenstein has received the College of Agriculture Outstanding Adviser Award, and was inducted into the Cardinal Key Honorary as a faculty member.

Vicky Thorland-Oster, coordinator of undergraduate student services, department of electrical and computer engineering
Thorland-Oster has led the design, development and implementation of a variety of programs to enhance student advising, including a student-driven general education program, improved registration procedures within the department, enhanced freshman orientation, improved curriculum planning, peer advising, student portfolios, scholar's fair and "take a professor to lunch."

Iowa State University Alumni Association Award for Superior Service
The Iowa State University Alumni Association Award for Superior Service recognizes Iowa State staff members for outstanding service to students, alumni and the university. An award of $500 is granted.

David Miller, director of facilities and utilities, Facilities Planning and Management
Miller has made a difference since the early 1980s when the university was experiencing multiple electrical outages that played havoc with operations. He completed a long-term plan to improve the system's reliability. More recently, he tackled the area of energy conservation. Under his leadership, the university has saved $1.5 million in utility and energy costs.

Judy Weiland, record analyst, department of educational leadership and policy studies
Weiland often is the first point of contact for many students in the department. Her care and concern frequently are deciding factors in students' decision to enroll at Iowa State. No problem is too small or too great for her to resolve. From helping international students find housing and health care to helping students with forms and applications, Weiland serves students.

Iowa State University Alumni Association Citation for Faculty Service
The Iowa State University Alumni Association Citation for Faculty Service recognizes Iowa State faculty for inspiring service to students, alumni, the university and the profession. An award of $500 is granted.

Cigdem Akkurt, associate professor of art and design
Akkurt has diverse interests in Islamic interiors and architecture, passive solar energy, theater arts, environmental design for the aging, children and the physically challenged. As developer and supervisor of the interior design internship program, Akkurt has helped more than 350 students gain professional experience in the United States and abroad.

Lloyd Anderson, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and professor of animal science
Anderson is an internationally recognized expert in neuroendocrine regulation of growth and reproduction in farm animals and has been honored worldwide for his development of neurosurgical techniques and other firsts. The 63 graduate students and postdoctoral trainees he mentored have won 16 university Research Excellence awards, animal science department awards and national and international awards.

Mark Power, professor of finance
Power has made a significant contribution to the risk and insurance profession, receiving national awards for research in welfare benefits, pension regulation and public policy. Since 1984, he has designed and taught more than 200 insurance agent continuing education programs -- reaching 8,000 insurance practitioners in Iowa, California, Nevada, Minnesota, Illinois, South Dakota, Washington and Nebraska.

Regents Award for Faculty Excellence
The Regents Award for Faculty Excellence recognizes a faculty member who is an outstanding university citizen and who has rendered significant service to Iowa State University or the state of Iowa. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, hosts a dinner each year for recipients from all the Regents institutions.

Louis Brown Best, professor of natural resource ecology and management
Best has made important contributions to both undergraduate and graduate education through popular, large-enrollment courses and committed advising. The vast majority of his graduate students have gone on to productive careers as ecologists.

James Dow, professor of foreign languages and literatures
Dow, known for his internationally recognized research on German folklore and sociolinguists, has published 12 books in addition to scores of journal articles and translations. He has taught language, linguistics and folklore to students at all levels and has been a tireless mentor to junior faculty.

Lawrence Johnson, professor of food science and human nutrition
Johnson is a world-renowned leader in value-added crops utilization research, with more than 90 refereed publications, 10 patents and more than $25 million in grants to support his research. He had been an effective director of the Center for Crop Utilization Research for more than 17 years.

Nenad Kostic, professor of chemistry
Kostic has brought recognition to Iowa State through his extensive international activities, including the establishment of a foundation to award researchers in chemical research. He has a record of seminal research in multiple chemical disciplines and has been an admirable teacher for his students -- from first-year students to doctoral candidates.

Alan Myers, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology
Myers is a leading molecular biology researcher at Iowa State. He has had continuous funding for his research from the NSF, NIH, DOE and USDA. He has a compelling record in developing the large biotechnology work on campus and has been instrumental in modernizing the use of the latest molecular biology research techniques at Iowa State.

Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology
Nilsen-Hamilton has enhanced the academic work of her department and the university as an organizer, scientist, teacher, mentor and administrator. As professor in charge of the interdepartmental graduate program in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, she has grown the program into a major educational force in the life sciences.

Regents Award for Staff Excellence
The Regents Award for Staff Excellence recognizes a member of the Professional and Scientific staff and the Supervisory and Confidential staff who is an outstanding university citizen and has rendered significant service to Iowa State University or the state of Iowa. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, hosts a dinner each year for recipients from all the Regents institutions.

John Burnett, student services specialist, department of natural resource ecology and management
Burnett advises more than 200 new undergraduate students annually, coordinates several learning communities, conducts recruitment programs for prospective students, performs new student summer orientation sessions, teaches orientation and career courses, and provides employment and career information and counseling to students. Students trust and rely on his advice.

Michelle Clark, associate director, Student Counseling Service
In addition to publishing scholarly articles and presenting papers at scholarly meetings, Clark has improved the center's system for serving students, dramatically reducing the size of its waiting list. She always is available to help students in times of crises. She is a great team player and an exceptional role model as a psychologist.

Barbara Kalsem, office coordinator, department of agricultural and biosystems engineering
Kalsem has served the department for 33 years. She coordinates the office, interacts with faculty members, has constant contact with students and is the department coordinator for Iowa State Alumni Days. She also works with alumni on departmental search committees and other department business. Kalsem was in the first group of graduates of the university's 12+ Supervisory Certification Program.

Barbara Osborn, program coordinator, department of horticulture
Osborn advises undergraduate students, finds suitable internship experiences and organizes student employment information in the department of horticulture. She also coordinates the department's learning communities and peer mentoring activities, recruits new students and is a liaison to many student clubs and organizations.

Clark Thompson, chief mechanical engineer in utilities, Facilities Planning and Management
Thompson is technically proficient and a respected leader. He delegates well and empowers the people who work for him. Ten years ago, he led the effort to convert and modernize the chilled water system, which has since saved several million dollars. He has worked to improve the capacity and reliability of utility services to the campus community.

Victor Udin, director for international programs, College of Education
Udin has helped strengthen international programs in the College of Education and has tripled the program budget by successfully seeking grants and contracts. Because of his efforts to secure funds and set arrangements with institutions abroad, he has increased the number of faculty members and students involved in international programs.