Seven years in, the work of the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium -- of which Iowa State is a member -- shows largely positive results. It estimates that the state's monarch conservation plan will increase the monarch population by 10-25% per generation.
So far in 2022, the library's tech lending counter has logged 8,302 bookings for 3,387 students. From its 1,100+ piece inventory, here's what students used the most.
Graduating students' stories:
During the 3.5 years she worked toward a master's degree in family financial planning, Brittany Whitehead completed coursework during hurricanes, while on military deployment in the Middle East and from a hospital bed. She plans to use her new degree to help service members make smart financial decisions.
Adversity struck not once but twice during Yusuf Shehata's final semester, in the form of COVID-19 and a car crash. Some suggested he delay graduation another term, but he leaned into persistence, consistency and grit to complete his degree.
Khushi Kapoor's childhood fascination with flying eventually led her to Iowa State's aerospace engineering program, where the senior pursued all sorts of opportunities. After she starts her career at Boeing, Kapoor wants to come back to help students the way she's been helped at Iowa State. (Video story.)
