Inside Update
July 28, 2011
Announcements and news for ISU faculty and staff
News
Veterinary team's clinic on South Dakota reservation
draws a crowd
A team of ISU veterinarians and students turned a fire station on a
South Dakota Indian reservation into a free
clinic for a couple of days in July. The makeshift clinic was
a very popular place with the people of Crow Creek Tribal Nation
and ISU veterinary students, who got some valuable hands-on
training.
Volunteers take a load off College Creek
Volunteers cleaned
up College Creek July 9, pulling two pickup loads of trash
from the river banks and bottom. And while they were at it, they
installed 76 markers on storm drains.
Wanted: Your photos in ISU's state fair exhibit
Iowans are being asked to submit
photos that show how Iowa State is making a difference in
their communities. The images will be part of an interactive display
in ISU's state fair exhibit.
Study moves work from desk to treadmill
A research project is moving traditionally sedentary tasks to
treadmills equipped with desks, or Trek
Desks. Five offices are using the shared work spaces, which
are part of the "ExcerCYse is Medicine" wellness campaign launched
earlier this year by the Nutrition and Wellness Center and the
kineseology department.
Presidential Search Committee to meet July 28
The Presidential Search Committee will meet via conference
call on Thursday, July 28, beginning at 1:30 pm. The Parker
Executive Search firm will provide an update and answer questions
from the committee. See story for agenda items and info on how to
access the conference.
More news:
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Announcements
The following announcement was added this week:
-- Entomologists, nature photographers swarm ISU for BugGuide gathering
See:
Announcements
Teaching
CELT program
Register via AccessPlus (click on Employee > HRS Training >
Courses).
-- Introduction to Blackboard Learn, Aug. 4 (2:10-3:10 p.m., 1230 Communications)
See:
Descriptions and times
Appointments
-- Sue Blodgett, South Dakota State, Brookings, to chair of the
entomology and natural resource ecology and management departments,
effective Sept. 19
--
Anumantha Kanthasamy, ISU biomedical sciences, to department
chair, effective July 22
Around
campus
Research: Corn yields with cover crop are equal to traditional
farming
Farmers can see corn yields of more than 200 bushels per acre while
using a ground
cover of Kentucky bluegrass with no till. Agronomist Ken Moore
led tests of various cover species and tillage practices. Cover
crops protect soil, improve water quality and capture carbon in
the soil.
AESHM profs lead ISU partnership with South African
university
Professors in ISU's department of apparel, educational studies and
hospitality management have created a partnership
with the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The
collaboration will focus on research, graduate education and
specialized areas of study.
Open
houses/receptions
Next week
-- Retirement: Joe Papp, CIRAS, Aug. 2 (private reception held
earlier)
Details about these events are on the university
calendar.
Arts and
events
MU art lending open house is Aug. 2-3
Support arts programming at the Memorial Union with a rental (semester
or year) of a framed print or painting from the 175-piece art
lending collection. Pick out yours during an open house Aug. 2 (10
a.m.-3 p.m.) and Aug. 3 (10 a.m.-noon) in the MU browsing
library. Most pieces rent for $12 to $25 for the year.
More campus events
Talks, performances, athletic contests and other campus events are
listed on the
university calendar. Also, see the
Arts and Entertainment page.
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