Student recruitment is priority one for the university's new homepage, which moves most of the admissions website to www.iastate.edu. A portal-style page for faculty and staff is designed to make it easy and convenient to access what's needed for daily online work.
With proposed increases to four fees, students' mandatory fees package would increase $145, to $1,455. The board will vote on tuition and fee rates at its July 27 meeting.
University Boulevard traffic adjacent to Jack Trice Stadium will be restricted to one lane in each direction for about four weeks while crews install the pedestrian bridge sections over the road. The street will be closed overnight for four nights next week.
Debbie Roberts knows that talking about limb loss and limb difference helps everyone.
Steve Kohtz started June 1 as the recycling and special events coordinator, a position in facilities planning and management that leads the university's waste reduction efforts.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness, a federal program designed to eliminate student loan debt for borrowers who work 10 years in a government job, is easier to use under temporary rule changes in place through October. But guidance is helpful -- and available through a service offered to ISU employees.
As part of an ISU Extension and Outreach pilot project to improve financial wellness, an Ames-based credit union is offering a new program that ensures Iowa State faculty and staff a choice when facing short-term financial difficulty.
Today is the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon signing amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 -- one of which created the federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (known today as the Pell grant), changing college access for low- and moderate-income students.
Paul Richmond, director of environmental health and safety, will be promoted to assistant vice president for environmental health and safety, the top leadership role in the unit responsible for injury prevention, environmental protection, safety and preparedness.
One of the Lake LaVerne swans has died. The surviving swan will remain on the lake while a facilities team investigates best options for introducing one or two swans. A pair of swans, always named Elaine and Lancelot, has lived on the lake going back to 1935.
