After June 30, senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert will continue to serve Iowa State as professor of mechanical engineering, President's Chair in Engineering and provost emeritus.
Two changes prompt the need: Another state tax bracket was eliminated for 2024, and withholdings on the Iowa W-4 changed from an allowance number to a dollar amount to align with the method of counting on the federal W-4.
From Jan. 27 to Feb. 25, student information will be moved from legacy systems, such as AccessPlus and ADIN, into Workday. The bulk of data transfer will take place Feb. 10-18. This 24/7 process may lead to slower results when faculty and staff initiate reports or complete tasks in Workday.
Employees should plan to pay more attention to their health care and pay a larger share of the (nonpreventive) medical services they receive in 2024. But they also should keep scheduling the many preventive health services that are free.
Glean, available as a web, desktop or mobile application, converts speech to text and provides some students with disabilities an equitable way to learn. The tool is available to students at no cost, to faculty and staff for $24/year.
English associate professor Abram Anders was excited to see students use artificial intelligence as a tool to aid their education but not replace their learning or do work for them. Anders believes instructors need a good understanding of what AI tools can and can't do before introducing them into their courses.
