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March 14, 2013
News for Iowa State faculty and staff
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Inside
news
A local look at
the federal sequester
Campus leaders still are gathering information about
what the March 1 cuts to their federal
funding might look
like and measuring the options for reducing their
budgets.
Leath announces comprehensive diversity
audit
President
Steven Leath is initiating a comprehensive
university-wide diversity inventory and
audit, the first of
its kind at Iowa
State.
Senate debates revisions to P&T voting, academic unit
renaming policies
Senators approved three new academic programs at
their March 12 Faculty Senate
meeting. They also
opened discussion of revisions to the promotion and tenure
voting policy and philanthropic renaming procedures for academic
units.
$10 permit increase proposal goes to
regents
Meeting
Wednesday in the Memorial Union, the state Board of Regents
reviewed Iowa State's request for a flat $10 increase to parking
permits next
year. The board approved a bond sale for the residence
department and a purchase request for an estimated $1.4 million
high-performance computer
cluster.
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Announcements
The
following announcements were added this week:
- Three candidates
will interview for MU program
coordinator
- Spring break is
March 18-22; no Update next
week
- P&S Council open
forum is March 14
- Storm spotter
training is March 27
- Apply by March
29 for 2013-14 research mentor
assistantship
- ISU Surplus
won't hold sales March 19-20
See: Announcements
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Teaching
Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning: 2013 SoTL
InstituteCELT is soliciting applications
for a yearlong institute on the scholarship of teaching and
learning (SoTL) for faculty (PDF). Projects that
involve service learning are especially welcome. However,
all SoTL proposals will be considered. The application
deadline is April
3.
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Around
campus
Campanile springs
forwardWhat does it take
to set the
clock on the most visible timepiece on
campus? A claustrophobic climb to the electronics control
center.Iowa State, Iowa
offer new research licensing option to
industryIowa State and the University of
Iowa announced a research sponsorship
option that allows industry to negotiate
exclusive licenses to breakthroughs that grow out of their
partnerships with university
researchers.Graduate
programs rankings releasedISU's ag and biosystems engineering program continues
to rank among the nation's
best, showing up at No. 6 on the
latest U.S. News and World
Report
list.Shechtman: A Nobel
visionNobel Prize winner Dan
Shechtman spoke on
campus Wednesday, sharing his vision of using
technical entrepreneurship to help build a better
world.
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University
newsletters
Live
Green!In the March edition
of Live Green!
Monthly (PDF): Learn the true meaning of
sustainability, find out how to have a "green" spring break, and
see highlights from the 2013 Sustainapalooza and sustainability
symposium. Your
LibraryIn this edition
of Your
Library-Newsletter: Register for
spring 2013 workshops, learn about access to e-books in the
science and technology department, and read about the 125th
anniversary of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment
Station.Office of
BiotechnologyIn the March
edition of the Office of Biotechnology
E-News: Read about Iowa State's
exclusive license agreements with a genome engineering company
for sequence-specific DNA "scissors," and about some of the
specialized biotech service facilities at Iowa State.
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Upcoming - Reception:
Margaret Sloss gender equity awards and scholarship
recipients, March 26 (3:30-5 p.m., MU Campanile
Room)
- Retirement: Dave Peterson, facilities planning
and management, March 27 (2-4 p.m., 142 General Services
Building)
- Farewell:
Lisa Brasche, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, March 28
(3-5 p.m., 257 Building II, Applied Sciences
Complex)
- Retirement: Pete Hoffman, animal science
department, March 28 (3:30-5 p.m., Kildee
atrium)
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Arts and
events
Reiman Gardens'
After Hours event is March
15Reiman
Gardens is hosting an "After Hours" gathering March 15
(6:30-8:30 p.m.), featuring live music from The El Dorados and
specialty brews from Olde Main Brewing Company. Advance tickets
are $15 ($12 for members and students) or $20 at the door for
all. Ticket holders must be 21 and over to attend. Purchase
tickets by calling 4-8981 or ordering online. Eight mats of
championship actionIowa State is
playing host to the NCAA Wrestling
Championships March 21-23 in Des Moines' Wells
Fargo Arena. A free fan festival with interactive exhibits,
autograph sessions and displays begins March 20 and runs
throughout the national
tournament.Ames
Jaycees host spring egg hunt at Reiman
GardensChildren in
sixth grade and younger are invited to a spring egg
hunt at Reiman Gardens on March 23 (doors
open at 9 a.m.; hunt begins at 9:30 a.m.). Craft and activity
stations and a visit from the Spring Bunny will continue until
11 a.m. There is no admission charge for this
event.Blue Man Group
makes stop in AmesBlue Man
Group, best known for multimedia
performances that feature three bald, blue characters, will
perform two 7:30 p.m. shows at Stephens Auditorium on March 25
and 26. Tickets, $51 and $55 ($46 for youth; $40 for students),
are available at the Iowa State Center ticket office and
through Ticketmaster.More campus
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