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May 21, 2004

  • Consumers a big part of food safety institute's work (Jim Dickson,Institute for Food Safety and Food Security)
  • Task forces tackle budget efficiency questions (tuition, centers, institutes, programs)
  • Nationally known English program nears four decade (photo, Mary Barratt, Intensive English and Orientation Program (IEOP), Pat Morgan, Charlie Kostelnic der Valk)
  • Watch your step (photo, Beardshear steps)
  • Summer brings thousands of visitors to campus (Iowa Special Olympics, Alumni days, American Legion Auxiliary's Iowa Girls State, High school cheerleaders, Iowa Games, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Boy Scouts, sports camps, new student orientation)
  • Faculty work week averages 58 hours (faculty)
  • Two-tiered surcharge begins July 1 (hazardous materials, waste management facility, Warren Madden)
  • Campus Mace introduced during commencement (photo, Jeanne Stevens-Sollman)
  • On display (photo, Reiman Gardens, geranium exhibit)
  • Announcements
    • Learn to order online from bookstore
    • Photography contest sponsored by garden group
    • Online Web accessibility training in June
    • Web usability session May 27 at UNI
    • Tornado researchers on Talk
    • University holiday May 31
  • Allen: Tight budget forces university to rely on non-tenure-track faculty to teach (Faculty Senate, William Woodman, Jack Girton, Constance Post)
  • Council requests full review of P&S classification/pay system (P&S Council, salaries, compensation)
  • Road closed (photo, Knoll Road, Union Drive, road construction)
  • Research briefs
    • When class affects the class (Sarah Lubienski)
    • No. 1 bovine (Mark Honeyman)
  • Top Picks
    • More than competition
    • Windy season
    • Coming in July (American Idols at Hilton)
  • Receptions
    • Howard Shapiro
    • Lynn Zwagerman
    • Alan Atherly
    • Don Rieck
    • Karen Burk
    • Elizabeth Beck
  • Honors
    • Two-time recipient (Mei Hong)
    • Exceptional service (Stewart Melvin)
    • Great roses (Reiman Gardens)
    • President-elect (Richard Seagrave)
    • Certification (Seed Testing Lab)
    • Honor society awards in ag (Eric Hoiberg, Susan Lamont, Elwynn Taylor)
    • Honorary visiting professor (Steve Martin)
    • Distinguished faculty (Jacquelyn Litt)
    • National recognition (Tom Leslie, Jason Alread)
  • Differential tuition still on the table (Board of Regents, State of Iowa)

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    April 30, 2004

  • Salary increase average will be at least 1.5 percent
  • Geoffroy announces a one-year suspension for Veishea
  • What will you be doing during the undergraduate commencement ceremony?
  • Reading room to close
  • Scientists put new spin on tornado research
  • Planning proceeds on MU remodel
  • Vet Med receives limited accreditation
  • Research briefs
    • Toasty corn
  • Announcements
    • New online: The Policy Library
    • Geoffroy, Fehr on Talk of Iowa
    • Inside on Web only
    • 9-, 10-month pay options
    • Regents OK Knapp Hall plan
    • Archive historical documents
    • New parking permit fees set
    • Lavender graduation
    • Faculty honored
    • Appointment
      • Jane Peterson
  • Receptions
    • Kathy Connor
    • Donna Cowan
    • Richard Tondra
    • Fred Duffelmeyer
    • Murray Kaplan
  • Where's Bob
  • Honors
    • Communications excellence
    • Early career awards
    • Board member
  • 3,000-plus will receive degrees next weekend
  • Regents approve promotions, tenure for 57 faculty members
  • Forum looks at successes in student recruiting, retention
  • Top picks
    • Go batty
    • A plucky protege
    • These woods withstood
    • Wood's work reunited
  • Summer olympiad will alter traffic, parking on May 20-21
  • Memorial Union wraps up 75th anniversary celebration next month
  • Second forum elicits more ideas on Iowa State's future (online only)


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    April 16, 2004

  • One of the last (photo, Pammel Court building, demolition)
  • No new state funds in early FY05 budget (ISU budget)
  • Ph.D. tuition scholarships to go to 100 percent by fall 2006
  • It's hard to head inside (photo, snow tree, molecular biology bldg)
  • UNI's union leader visits with faculty senators (Faculty Senate, faculty union)
  • Provost unit reorganization intended to create administrative savings
  • Doctor to athletes and vocalists (photo, Marc Shulman)
  • 2nd strategic planning forum is April 29
  • Recommendation targets P&S salaries below grade midpoint (P&S Council)
  • First-hand experience (photo, Dr. Gregory Geoffroy, Minda Huebner, "Step Into My World," Alliance for Disability Awareness)
  • Receptions
    • Steve Coon, Tom Emmerson, Giles Fowler, Dick Haws
    • Lenola Allen-Sommerville
    • Walt Gmelch
    • Stephen Pendry
  • Announcements
    • Forum on college combination planning
    • Bike auction is April 22
    • Protect your hearing
    • Tenure and children
    • Honors poster presentation April 28
    • Hall of fame unveiled
    • Pagans and Jews discussed
    • Place Central Stores orders on the Web
    • Flexible hours at break time, summer, become policy
    • Appointment
      • Donald Draper
    • Distinguished Awards Celebration
  • Where's Bob (photo)
  • Work groups will tackle college combination questions (Education and Family and Consumer Sciences)
  • Flapjacks, floats and lots of fun at Veishea
  • Veishea top picks
    • Parade and fitness combo
    • Sold! To the lady with the Bic
    • Creative colleagues
    • The bells of Stanton
  • New plan calls for two-tiered surcharge (photos, computers)
  • Forum goers mull opportunities, challenges in combining colleges (Education and Family and Consumer Sciences)
  • Honors
    • Board of governors member (David Strom)
    • Board member (Jane Jacobson)
    • Print excellence (ISU Printing Services)
    • Environmental excellence (James Baker, Mark Shour)
    • New president (Larry Johnson)
    • Executive council chair (Debra Sanborn)
  • Council likes president-elect option (online only, P&S Council)

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    April 2, 2004

  • Geoffroy on college proposal: Administrative cost savings is the goal
  • Pinkies up (photo, Janice Baker, dance 360)
  • Minority recruitment takes effort (equal opportunity, Carla Espinoza)
  • Engineering dean candidates to interview in April (Timothy Anderson, Prith Banerjee, Mark Kushner, Stella Pang)
  • Child care center replaces Pammel facilities (photo, Julie Hagen)
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Help celebrate alumni and friends on April 16 (Distinguished Awards Celebration)
  • Mr. Martin's neighborhood (photo, Michael Martin)
  • What is your vision for Iowa State University in the next five to 10 years? (photos, Reg Souleyrette, Elaine Edwards, Sanjeev Agarwal)
  • Forum participants offer ideas on university's future (Neil Harl, Lowell Greimann, James Cable, Ardith Maney, Marc Harding, Zora Zimmerman, Johnny Pickett)
  • Task forces seeks input on policy (ISU Code of Computer Ethics, Acceptable Use Policy, IT security)
  • New internship program begins (administrative interns)
  • Receptions
    • Ron and Jen Peters
    • James Melsa
  • Going, not coming (photo, Memorial Union ramp)
  • Announcements
    • Spring ahead
    • EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Geoffroy, Skorton on Talk
    • Certification program meets
    • Wilderness course offered
    • Nobel laureate to lecture
    • Are you a member of ODK?
    • Appointment
      • Dr. Mary Ann Nieves
    • Seminar on legal research
    • View research grant opportunities online
  • Symposium events wrap up this weekend (logo, American Indian Symposium, Powwow)
  • SOV show is Fiddler on the Roof (photo, stars over veishea)
  • Top picks
    • What's new with the Bill of Rights?
    • The Easter story told in art
    • A presidential conversation
  • ISU Plan lands on temporary pharmacy co-pay rates (benefits)
  • Gmelch to leave Iowa State this summer (Walter Gmelch)
  • A look at history (photo, Declaration of Independence)
  • EOB demolition slated for July (English Office Building)
  • Senate to hear about UNI faculty union (online only, Faculty Senate)

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    March 12, 2004
  • College combination plan due by fall
  • Whiteford named to LAS dean post
    (Michael Whiteford)
  • Portable distance education (photo, Joe Monahan, Loren Zachary)
  • Iowa State to be in open bid for Ames Lab contract
  • Materials surcharge would be temporary (Faculty Senate)
  • Straddling two cultures (photo, Omar Tesdell, Ramsey Tesdell, ISCORE)
  • Iowa State may buy your widget -- maybe (Iowa ethics law)
  • Global warming at the local level (photo, Gene Takle)
  • Standard room-board package would increase $218 (department of residence)
  • Student indifference to politics is reversing (photo, CNN)
  • Research shorts
    • Entrepreneurial refugees (Shu-min Huang)
    • From grass to gas? (Robert Brown)
    • Computer crime fighters (Tom Daniels)
  • You've hardly changed (photos, Gilman Hall)
  • Women's NCAA tournament returns to Hilton this month (basketball)
  • Announcements
    • Geoffroy, Brown on March 24 Talk of Iowa
    • Reception for Vittal
    • Register for P&S professional development day
    • Library seminar: free Web-based patent databases
    • Diversity dialogue is March 23
    • '04 football tents for rent
    • OPG is now the University Policy Manual
    • Foreign travel grant applications due April 9
  • Receptions
    • Betty Eckroad
    • Jim Safly
  • ISU Theatre presents Emma's Child
  • Top picks
    • Art and activism
    • Aesthetics and athletics
    • Declare yourself
    • Humor and race
  • Design faculty art showcased in exhibit (photos)
  • Speakers discuss Wood exhibit (photo, Grant Wood)
  • Wrestlemania Revenge (photo, John Cena)
  • Consolation champion (photo, Kurt Backles)
  • Good for Business (Grain elevators get helping hand)
  • Parking fee hikes likely
  • Honors
    • Board of governors member (David Strom)
    • Board member (Jane Jacobson)
    • Print excellence (ISU Printing Services)
    • Environmental excellence (James Baker, Mark Shour)
    • New president (Larry Johnson)
  • Diversity, disability programs merged for March 23 (online only, President's Dialogue on Diversity)

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    February 27, 2004
  • March is Women's History Month (online only)
  • Four to interview in Vet Med dean search (Dr. Warwick Arden, Dr. Bradley Fenwick, Dr. Eleanor Myers Green, Dr. Laura Jill McCutcheon)
  • Guidelines support new parents (P&S Council)
  • Leap year prevents season confusion (photo, Ron Nelson)
  • How much? (photo, snow on campus)
  • Steps to be redone (Beardshear)
  • Teacher ed program should help meet state demand (photo, Joanne Olson, Michael Clough)
  • Vittal elected to National Academy of Engineering (photo, Vijay Vittal, National Academy of Engineering (NAE))
  • Research Briefs
    • Fat cat (Don Beitz)
  • Maneuvering through gift restrictions (Gifts at the workplace, chapter 68B of Iowa Code)
  • Agronomists provide link in storm forecasting (photo, Daryl Herzmann, Raymond Aritt, severe weather)
  • Where's Bob (photo, cornucopia relief)
  • Training for Web-based hiring system starts March 2 (human resources)
  • Honors
    • Society fellows (John Hill and Michael Tringides)
    • Festschrift honor (David Gradwohl)
    • Theater award (Robert Sunderman)
    • Best paper (Zhengdao Wang)
  • Announcements
    • Apply for research intern funding
    • Brown sisters' visit canceled
    • Cholesterol screening through March 6
    • Workshop on Fulbright opportunities in 2005-06
    • Walkup lecture is March 4
    • PH.D. ranking project postponed again
    • Change AccessPlus PIN to password
    • Postal workshops in March
  • Reception
    • Linda Drennan
  • Death
    • John Sluis
  • ISU Theatre's Little Women opens Feb. 27 (photo)
  • Photography lecture is March 9 (Mary Stieglitz)
  • Top picks
    • Treat yourself
    • Lots of grappling
  • Reserve your seats now for Re:New (photo, "Mood Swings," Christina Seward, ISU textiles and clothing student fashion show)
  • Enjoy an evening of Tchaikovsky by Moscow symphony
  • Breakthrough technology can substitute DNA segments (photo, Dan Voytas, Phytodyne)
  • Knoll Road section scheduled to close March 1
  • Regents hope to change timing of tuition deliberations; Morrill Hall project remains on track (online only)

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    February 13, 2004

  • Strategic planning offers a chance to dream about the future
  • Two Iowa Staters are among LAS dean finalists (Peter Sherwood, Michael Whiteford, Shari Benstock, Wolfgang Kliemann)
  • Did you ever wonder . . . (photos, Vet Med complex, VMRI building 8)
  • Understand state ethics law, avoid trouble
  • Marrying history with modernity (photo, Richard Reynolds, Memorial Union)
  • Geoffroy announces intent to combine FCS, Education colleges
  • Research shorts (Rob Wallace)
  • Where's Bob (photo)
  • New policy will drive college reorganization process (faculty senate)
  • Announcements
    • Budget forum is Feb. 24
    • Gerdin dedication is Feb. 20
    • ISCORE set for March 5
    • PIN to password
    • Nominate a great secretary
    • Adviser sought for baseball club
    • Panel to discuss student mental health concerns
    • Storm awareness training offered
    • Clarification
  • ISU scientists reflect on matters of the heart (David Hunter, Marlin Rice, Warren Franke, Richard Gladon, Alison Morris, Suzanne Hendrich)
  • Entrepreneurship is focus of newest learning community
  • Exhibit showcases good design (College of Design)
  • February features Black History Month (Ishmael Reed, Mark Reedy)
  • Shakespeare's Othello (photo)
  • Get the fever (photo, Saturday Night Fever)
  • Top picks
    • Barjche 2004 four times
    • All consequences considered
    • Religious liberty a right
    • Top talent takes stage
  • Lipizzaner stallions (photo)
  • Regents will be asked to OK Morrill design (photo)
  • Low staffing encouraged over spring break to save funds
  • Honors
    • Ag College awards
    • Keynote address (Carl Chang)
    • Hall of Famer (Jerry Sell)
    • Lifetime achievement (Max Wortman)

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    January 30, 2004

  • Planning begins for FY05 budget
  • Officials tally results of October reversion
  • Disability resources serves more than 700 students (photo, Todd Herriott, Linda Poore)
  • A hand short (photo, clock on campanile)
  • The right chemistry (photo, Balaji Narasimhan, Surya Mallapragada)
  • Geoffroy OKs academic reorganization policy
  • Lerone Bennett (photo, Marthin Luther King Celebration)
  • CIO position won't be filled for now
  • Research Briefs
    • What's in a label? (Wallace Huffman)
    • A bird's life (Carol Vleck)
  • Feedback sought on surcharge idea (regulated materials, Johnny Pickett)
  • Student callers bring in record gifts (photo, Tamicka Brodie, PhoneCenter)
  • Announcements
    • Geoffroy, Hira on Talk of Iowa
    • Van course offered
    • Employee banquet is Feb. 19
    • Applications sought for Student Employee of the Year
  • Strategic plan group named (Strategic planning committee members)
  • The line starts here (photo, Brooks and Dunn)
  • Bill of Rights takes the institute stage next week (Institute on National Affairs, Lectures)
  • Senate likely to seek review of P&T policy (Faculty Senate)
  • Good for Business (ISU analysis curbs rework in race car transporter, Featherlite Inc., Blair Steine)
  • Council ballot needs your name (P&S Council election)
  • Where's Bob? (photo)
  • Honors
    • Fulbright Scholar (Cynthia Myers)
    • Custom woodworking (Chris Martin)
    • High ranking (department of architecture, DesignIntelligence)
    • Research award (Deborah Kilgore, Michelle Cook)
    • New fellow (James McCalley)
    • Creative writing (Debra Marquart)

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    January 16, 2004

  • Prescription drug co-pay rates change Feb. 1 (benefits)
  • New strategic plan will be written over the next 10 months
  • Home at Gerdin (photo) (Labh Hira, Business)
  • Senate completes reorganization proposal for academic units
  • Environmental surcharge on hold, pending campus talks
  • The music man
  • Dean of parking (photo) (Doug Houghton)
  • Council will vote on P&S president-elect proposal
  • When's the last time you called purchasing? (photo) (Nancy Brooks)
  • ISU Press has a new name (Blackwell Publishing)
  • Coming through, Coach (photo) (Wayne Morgan, Curtis Stinson, basketball)
  • Announcements
    • Lunch with Cyclone basketball coaches
    • Mentors sought for summer PWSE programs
    • Campus climate survey begins Jan. 19
    • Financial aid procedures conference set
    • United Way gifts exceed goal
    • Short foreign language courses offered
    • C4 tours on Jan. 16
    • Student employee of the year nominees sought
    • Motherhood conference Feb. 7
    • Workshop on expense accounts
  • Retirements
    • Krishna Dahiya
    • Joetta Green
    • Sandy Fagan
  • Cancer and diet topics of presidential lecture (photo) (Diane Birt)
  • Top picks
  • Northwest Iowa Farmer Portrait exhibit (photo)
  • Cinderella (photo)
  • Grant Wood's Main Street drawings on display at Brunnier (photos)
  • Eye on Florence (John Spike, Caravaggio, Carl Bleyle)
  • Custom solutions (EnSoft, Suraj Kothari, Good for Business)
  • Student presentation to highlight diversity lunch
  • Crossfire on campus (photo) (CNN, Stephen Schmidt)
  • Honors
    • Ramesh Kanwar
    • Antonio Mallarino
    • Kate Schwennsen
    • Clare Cardinal-Pett
    • Larry Hanneman, Engineering Career Services
    • Ken Moore
    • Russ Mullen
    • Brian Hand
    • Harley Moon, Colin Scanes, Walter Trahanovsky
  • Remodeling plans for Carver Hall will proceed (Online only)

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