Inside Iowa State for faculty and staff
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Paid leave for new parents arrives July 1
A new state law provides four weeks of paid leave for a parent who gives birth or adopts a child and one week of paid leave for a non-birthing parent. Eligibility mirrors that for federal Family Medical Leave Act leave.
Presidential search committee meets next week
The 12-member search committee tasked with identifying a successor to President Wendy Wintersteen will meet for the first time on Tuesday, July 1 (9-11 a.m., 2510 Beardshear). The meeting will be livestreamed on the Iowa Board of Regents website.
Surplus team finds the best solution for excess property
Weekly sales on Airport Road may be the face of ISU Surplus, but the team also uses online specialty sales, a government auction site, salvage contracts and re-use through the state's waste exchange program to dispose of university equipment.
First Degree of the Future graduates set for August
Launched in January 2023, Iowa State Online focuses on serving workforce professionals looking to reskill or upskill in their careers. The first cohort from the master's program in digital health is set to graduate soon.
Five questions with a term faculty researcher
Materials science and engineering associate teaching professor David Eisenmann is balancing research projects that involve a team of graduate and undergraduate students, and spent a few days this summer at Eastern Iowa Community College to teach working professionals. He'll be back in the ISU classroom this fall.
As summer heats up, consider ways to conserve energy
Making conservation efforts a regular habit will benefit campus when peak alerts require the ISU power plant to take steps to assist with demand across a 15-state electric grid network.
Regents approve fall tuition increase
The Iowa Board of Regents also had an initial discussion about a proposed policy that would prevent regent university instructors from including "substantial" content on diversity, equity and inclusion or critical race theory in a required course unless the board approved an exception.
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The following announcements were added during the last two weeks:
- Brenda Allen named interim assistant VP for extension and outreach
- Stange Road lane switch is set for July 1
- A new name: University Marketing and Communications
- Vet Med Trail to close at South 16th Street for 30 days
- North entrance to MU ramp reopens
- Volunteers sought for state fair exhibit
- Distinguished Alumni, Honorary Alumni award nominations due Aug. 15
- Dates announced for city-university rummage sale
- Application window opens for 2026 community visioning program
- Creek bank work in Brookside Park will close east trail, south bridge
- Funding support available for fall faculty success program
- Matthew West concert tickets on sale
- Road widening project on South 16th Street began June 16
- Departments may pre-order 2025-26 ISU calendar
- June lunch workshop: AI in the workplace
- cyBUY system maintenance scheduled for June 27-29
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Dorhout shares plan for stop-gap research funding
The temporary program for FY 2026 will provide funds for impactful research across the Iowa State research enterprise that has been terminated. Funds are limited and awards will be prioritized, with graduate students near completion of their degrees given the highest priority.
Cybersecurity certificate program will help address demand
When it launches this fall, Iowa State's new, online undergraduate certificate in cybersecurity will strengthen the skills of workers and help build the state's workforce. Designed for IT workers with a two-year degree, it can be completed in one to two years.
Challenged by a silo
A spring student-staff collaboration in the ag and biosystems engineering department created a portable replica of a 1910-era silo that will join an indoor historic farm exhibit at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. An online auction this summer of the farm components will benefit its sponsor, the Iowa Barn Foundation.
Legal deserts continue to expand in rural counties
Researchers found that more than half of the 2,307 rural counties in the lower 48 states have an insufficient number of practicing private attorneys. The shortage diminishes access to justice and stacks the deck against young lawyers, providing fewer opportunities to take over an established firm.
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Christen Burgett, associate teaching professor of animal science, to interim director of career services, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, effective June 13
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Brenda Allen, associate director of operations, ISU Extension and Outreach, to interim assistant vice president for operations, effective July 1
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Mark Licht, associate professor of agronomy, and Steve Whitham, professor of plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, to co-directors of the Iowa Soybean Research Center, effective July 1
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Employees, their colleagues or supervisors are invited to submit retirements and departures to inside@iastate.edu. Inside doesn't receive this information from a central source.
This week
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Sarah Ryan, professor and C. G. "Turk" and Joyce A. Therkildsen Department Chair, industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, June 26 (2-4 p.m., commons area outside 2209 Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building)
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Robert Horton, agronomy, June 26 (3-5 p.m., program at 3:30 p.m., Commons, second floor of Agronomy Hall), post well wishes to his Kudoboard
Next week
- Charles Hurburgh, agricultural and biosystems engineering, June 30 (no public event)
- Karen Krueger, veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, June 30 (3-4 p.m, program at 3:30 p.m., Commons, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory)
- Jane Galyon, Center for Food Security and Public Health, July 3 (no public event)
Upcoming
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Ann Laws, fiscal operations, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, July 7 (no public event), post well wishes to Ann's Kudoboard
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Frankie Valli concert is Sunday evening
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, joined by The Rascals, stop at Stephens Auditorium for a June 29 concert (7:30 p.m.). Tickets ($45-$145) may be purchased via Ticketmaster.
Independence Day fireworks
On Thursday, July 3, Reiman Gardens will remain open through Ames' fireworks display at dusk. Visitors may bring folding chairs and coolers with food and drinks; no fireworks or sparklers are allowed inside the gardens. Garden admission applies ($12 general admission, $6 youth ages 2-12 years, free for members and ISU students). The gardens also are open July 4 (9 a.m.-5 p.m.).
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Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching programming
Register online.
ISU WellBeing programming
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Employee Assistance Program webinar, Bring Back Belonging, creating a belonging-driven culture in your workplace, July 15 (10-11 a.m., via Microsoft Teams), register
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EAP webinar, Real Resilience, supporting yourself during challenging times, July 23 (10-noon, via Microsoft Teams), register
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