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An issue that has been explored by the Government of the Student Body for quite some time — the availability to use Dining Dollar$ in Campustown — is one that could possibly become a reality within the next year.
The proposal of using Dining Dollar$ in Campustown has been a goal of GSB for many years. Last spring, GSB elected its new presi-dent, Jared Knight, and he has taken up this cause.
Spencer Hughes, GSB director of student affairs and a cabinet member of Knight, approached him with the issue of the Dining Dollar$ proposal, and Knight showed great interest.
Originally approaching officials with the university, the idea was to work with CyCash off campus. Multiple concerns with CyCash were confronted with the proposal, and
GSB shelved the idea.
After regrouping, it was decided a new angle and more research was necessary. The angle has now been shifted to Dining Dollar$.
When asked why Dining Dollar$ were more viable than CyCash, Knight said: “Dining Dollar$ gives us more flexibility and utility.”
Dining Dollar$ were decided as the better alternative because it al-lowed more freedom and options. CyCash, in essence, was designed only for small purchases on campus and has a cap of $50, forcing the issue of often refilling the account. Dining Dollar$, which do not have the limits applied to the CyCash system, was a better option for students, Knight said.
Currently, Dining Dollar$ can be used at vending machines, campus cafes, the Hub, convenience stores, residential dining centers, and cam-pus restaurants such as Clyde’s Sports Club, Hawthorn and the Memorial Union Food Court.
Developing something before ap-proaching the university was some-thing GSB had overlooked, and many
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The ISU Campus Walk is part of a larger state-wide campaign to promote health across the state of Iowa. Healthiest State Walks will be happening all across Iowa to try to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation.
“[The ISU Campus Walk] supports the con-cept of healthy living,” said Greg Welk, director of the kinesiology department. “It shows that you’re committed to living a healthy lifestyle. People all over the state are doing this, not just at ISU.”
The ISU Campus Walk will start at noon Wednesday. The walk is 1 kilometer and should
take most people less than a half hour.
“It shouldn’t take any more than 15 minutes at the most, maybe 10. It’s just a little over a half-mile, so it shouldn’t take too long,” said Seth Long, senior in kinesiology and health. “It’s a re-ally healthy way to get out. People don’t rere-ally see walking as exercise because it’s usually pretty easy for most people, but it still is a really good way to increase your health, even if it is only for 10 or 15 minutes.”
There are seven routes at Iowa State, includ-ing one at the College of Veterinary Medicine building and two at the ISU Research Park.
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dif-An agricultural bank that stores the basic units of life necessary for modern farming can be found near Campustown on Mortensen Road and State Street.
The North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station has an impor-tant mission: the conservation and
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The station plays an important role in agriculture and society. Future solutions to current problems, such as world hunger and water shortages, lie dormant in hundreds of thousands
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File photo: Iowa State Daily The Government of the Student Body is working on a proposal that might allow students to use Dining Dollar$ at selected Campustown businesses. GSB hopes to have the proposal finalized and completed within a year.
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in the past had done the same.
Hughes said: “We want to have that kind of support from the back and then be able to come with the program that works with students and the university and the businesses at the same time.”
Freshmen and sophomores, who make up the majority of students living in resident halls, most commonly use the Dining Dollar$ attached to their meal plans, which are in turn a required pur-chase with a student’s room and board.
After speaking with students, Hughes said he learned dining centers are being stretched to their limit with limited seat-ing. As such, Dining Dollar$ are not being utilized to their full potential, he said.
Once Dining Dollar$ have been pur-chased, they become the responsibility of the students and are nonrefundable. If any unused Dining Dollar$ remain at the end of the academic year, they will expire and are not recoverable. Dining Dollar$ for the 2012–13 school year expire May 11, 2013.
Hughes said he believes the option of Campustown restaurants and businesses will provide more freedom to students to use their total amount of Dining Dollar$ and help to foster early connections with new students and the Campustown community.
Businesses such as Stomping Grounds and Lorry’s Coffee can also become a study place with food for students instead of just using the dens in the dorms.
Gabby Williams, president of the Campustown Student Association, im-mediately talked with local businesses and the Campustown Action Association.
“They will support us, but they want it only if students want it,” Williams said. “It’s really a student initiative.”
When asked if GSB believed if Campustown business would take away from dining center business, Hughes and Williams agreed in saying the con-venience of dining centers can’t be over-looked. Campustown will take some of the burden from the dining centers.
David Swenson, associate scientist of economics, explained the effects this change will have on the area economically.
“The use of Dining Dollar$ would shift student spending from ISU-supported venues ... to off-campus venues. That shift in spending will, of course, have mostly a zero-sum economic outcome: The pri-vate sector gains, while the campus sec-tors lose. The net effect is zero economic growth,” Swenson said. “The upside to this, of course, is that students will have more dining choices, though convenience necessarily suffers when one factors in travel times.”
He continued by bringing up some of the negative effects this shift will have on the community: “The down side of this is that ISU food-producing institutions de-pend on a captured demand, and they are configured and distributed relative to that demand. If dollars are diverted off cam-pus, then the overall dining offerings — if not venues — on campus will likely
con-strict. In addition, the more dining done outside of residence hall dining facilities, the less efficient those systems, which in turn puts upward pressure on meal costs.”
As for the restaurants, certain restric-tions would have to be in place. For exam-ple, accepting Dining Dollar$ for alcohol can cause the restaurant to be penalized and taken off of the program.
Knight has had conversations with ISU President Steven Leath, who Knight said is open to exploring the idea. Knight has also spoken with Tom Hill, vice president of student affairs, and Nancy Levandowski, director of ISU Dining. They are both receptive to the idea as well.
Swenson also gave his professional opinion on the shift to using Dining Dollar$ in Campustown. “This seems quite a stretch from my perspective. Rules established for maximizing the use of student resources on campus make no sense once the boundary between the institution and the rest of the private sec-tor is crossed. The use of those dollars at ISU-approved food vendors can be argued to make great sense regarding students’ needs and convenience while in atten-dance at classes, etc., and other student activities.
“The extension of that allowance to entities off campus can only be primarily justified as a mechanism for boosting pri-vate sectors sales.”
GSB is still in the research stage and getting rid of bugs in their proposal. The goal is to have this pushed through and accomplished within a year.
of the accessions — seed col-lections — stored within its cold storage vaults.
Mark Millard, a maize cu-rator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said the North Central Regional station is one of 26 short-term intermediate facilities spread out across the country in the National Plant Germplasm System.
All of the facilities concen-trate on varieties of seed that can grow in the conditions present at each location. At the North Central Regional sta-tion, the specialty is maize.
“We have 20,000 acces-sions of maize, which about 14,000 of those I can send seeds out,” Millard said.
Seeds can be obtained by filling out online forms through Germplasm Resources Infor-mation Network.
Millard said the seeds are free. The network only asks the recipient to provide infor-mation about reason why the seeds were needed and then how they performed. Seeds are distributed for more than just research; there’s a heritage as-pect, as well.
Millard said, “I’ve had many requests like ‘My grand-father used to grow this variety on our farm; I’d like to grow it again.’”
One such instance is Clyde Black and Son Seed Farms. The seed farm grew a variety of maize called Blacks Yellow Dent. This maize line was lost to the family in the 1950s. Because the accession was
put into the North Central Regional station’s collection — it was used at Iowa State for breeding — the seed was re-turned to the family.
Iowa State has a strong relationship with the North Central Regional station.
“There is a tremendous synergistic relationship on de-veloping and sharing new in-formation,” said Manjit Misra, director of the Seed Science Center. “North Central Plant Introduction Station is a part of the USDA so there is a good relationship between the two. ... So I will go one step further and say there is a strong rela-tionship between ISU and the USDA in general.”
The two departments of-ten work on projects together. Misra said USDA plant pa-thologist Charlie Block and the university’s seed health fac-ulty work closely together in developing new tests for seed diseases. The two teams are currently working on a project to develop new methods for testing a corn disease called Stewart’s Wilt.
Collecting and maintaining genetic diversity within plants is important to agriculture and society because plant breeders use germplasm from the seed banks to develop new seed with unique traits, such as drought resistance and resis-tance to certain diseases.
“Germplasm is the driver of good seed,” Misra said. “Quality seed is a driver of solutions. ... So [quality germ-plasm] is really the beginning of good agriculture.”
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ferent areas of the campus,” Long said. “I walk pretty much from the same two buildings everyday, and I don’t see the whole campus. It’s nice, espe-cially in the fall when it’s really pretty on campus. Different parts of campus will get people excited about walking.”
The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative is a five-year plan to promote health in Iowa and make it one of the healthiest U.S. states. Iowa State created the Healthiest ISU Initiative to help promote the program.
“Iowa State has formed a campus group called the Healthiest Iowa State Initiative,” Welk said. “We are working in conjunction with the Healthiest Ames Initiative. So for us to make Ames healthy, we’ve got to make Iowa State healthy, because ISU is such a large chunk of the Ames population and the county population.”
Student volunteers will be placed on all routes to direct
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and motivate walkers. “Another key aspect of what we’re trying to do is that most of the walk is planned by student lead-ers working through the Worksite Health Promotion class, HS 380,” Welk said. “The students in the class are learning how to be worksite health promotion leaders. Each semester, we have students in this class work through a group called Wellness Works to help promote healthy life-styles. They’re going to be working with and through the Healthiest Iowa State Committee to help pro-mote healthy lifestyles on campus.”
The students created the routes, put up promotional materials and created prizes for participants.
“[The gift cards] are for places around cam-pus worth $20. … They are from Caribou Coffee, the Memorial Union, all places around campus,” said Madison Young, junior in kinesiology and health. “From each station, we choose a staff member and a student that can win a prize. If they walk the entire walk, they drop their raffle ticket off at the very end.”
There are four possible gift card prizes, two for stu-dents and two for staff.
Welk and his students are optimistic about how many students and staff will come out for the walk.
“We’ve purchased 2,000 stickers, so that’s our goal,” Welk said. “If we run out, that’s great.”
Photo: Brandi Boyett/Iowa State Daily Border rows of a taller species of maize are planted around the fields to deter crows from feasting on the plants studied.
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With Election Day loom-ing a little more than a month away, the race for the newly-redistricted 4th Congressional District of Iowa is starting to heat up between the two candidates: Republican Rep. Steve King and Democrat Christie Vilsack.
The 4th District was creat-ed after the 2010 Census when Iowa lost its 5th District, the seat which King has had since 2002. Currently, Republican Rep. Tom Latham occupies the spot, but he has moved to the 3rd District to challenge the Democratic incumbent Leonard Boswell, instead of running against King.
The 4th District consists of 39 Iowa counties, making it the largest district, area-wise, in the state of Iowa. The district is located in the northwest and north central parts of Iowa, which includes Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Mason City and Ames. The new 4th District also contains 50 per-cent of the old 4th District and 46 percent of the old 5th District.
King is from Storm Lake, Iowa, and owns a construction company. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. King is a mem-ber of the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, both of which are part of the House Committee on the Judiciary. King is also a member of four subcommittees in each of the congressional commit-tees for agriculture and small business.
Vilsack is a native of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where
she taught m i d d l e school and high school for 18 years. She was also a reporter for Mt. Pleasant N e w s . Vilsack is also the wife of Tom Vilsack, for-mer Iowa governor and current U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Spencer Hughes, junior in speech communication and treasurer of Cyclones for Vilsack, said the latest poll has King leading by 2 percent more than Vilsack. In King’s last election, he won approxi-mately 66 percent of the vote.
Due to the competitive nature of this particular race, more attention and public-ity has been drawn in than ever before. It is also draw-ing attention because Kdraw-ing is a well-known congressional figure and Vilsack is the wife of a former governor. The two have also received endorse-ments from big names in their respective parties.
“I’m glad this race is getting more attention because these people affect our daily lives,” said Kyle Etzel, junior in busi-ness and president of the ISU College Republicans.
Throughout his campaign,
King has been stressing the economy and the need to balance the budget as his big-gest concerns. He has also focused on agriculture poli-cies like the Farm Bill and renewable resources that are produced in Iowa: biofuel and wind energy. He has also continued to campaign for his FairTax Bill, which would remove federal income taxes and replace them with a 23 percent sales tax.
During her campaign, Vilsack has set her focus on education issues, health care and the Farm Bill. Vilsack supports preserving the Pell Grant program and also the Income-Based Repayment Plan, a qualified repayment plan for student loans that is based on a person’s income.
Both candidates have drawn great criticism from the opposing side throughout the entire campaign.
“King has not represented the people of Iowa; King be-lieves national issues are what best represent the people of Iowa,” Hughes said. “He also does not think before he speaks; the way he represents himself is embarrassing to the people of Iowa.”
In rebuttal, Etzel said: “In my opinion, voting for some-one who doesn’t have a lot of experience and who has just moved to Ames to run for of-fice is a concern; it’s a concern to me because it shows that she just wants to just better
her own political career and is not worried about the people of the 4th District.”
Republicans and Democrats, though, have stressed Ames and Iowa State as a focal point in this election. Traditionally, Ames has been a left-leaning enclave, and Republicans like Etzel have recognized it has been a little harder to campaign in Ames. Hughes has pointed out voter turnout will be key.
“It will come down to how we mobilize Iowa State stu-dents to get to the polls,” said Hughes.
College Republicans and Cyclones for Vilsack have both been working the campaign trail: making phone calls, de-livering campaign signs and working in the campaign of-fices. Currently, the College Republicans are trying to set up a debate between King and Vilsack at Iowa State.
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Graphic courtesy of Iowa Legislative Services Agency Iowa’s 4th District was redistricted after the 2010 Census and now consists of 39 counties, making it the largest district — area-wise — in the state. The district includes Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Mason City and Ames.
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adventurous
minds.
Everywhere you look on campus there are professors and staff
who change the way we look at the world. The following
individuals have been recognized with the university’s most
prestigious faculty and staff awards. These adventurous minds
have gone above and beyond by helping students, teaching,
researching, assisting communities, supporting their departments,
and inspiring us with their service to the university.
Steven Herrnstadt Professor of art and design | Herrnstadt has
integrated art and design with digital technology, creating opportunities
for faculty, students and staff in the College of Design and beyond. He
is a founding faculty member of the interdisciplinary human computer
interaction graduate program. Herrnstadt also helped biology faculty create
Meta!Blast, the educational video game with accurate 3D representations
of cell parts.
Gordon Miller
Professor of chemistry | Miller continuously works to
strengthen the chemistry curriculum for undergraduate and graduate
students in chemistry. He established a mechanism to introduce first-year
students to research opportunities, and he enhanced lab safety with new
lab courses and procedures for students, staff and faculty. He has an
active and widely recognized research program in complex alloys and
magnetic refrigeration.
James Oliver Larry and Pam Pithan Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and professor of industrial and manufacturing systems
engineering, electrical and computer engineering and aerospace
engineering | Since becoming director of the Virtual Reality Applications
Center in 2003, Oliver has expanded the center’s research efforts from
engineering-centric to university-wide, and its faculty collaborators now
come from every college. Iowa State’s human computer interaction
graduate program, which he helped develop a decade ago, has become
one of the largest and most prominent in the country and a model for
interdisciplinary programs.
Regents Award for Faculty Excellence
The award is presented by the Board of Regents to recognize faculty members who are outstanding university citizens and who have rendered significant service to the university or the state of Iowa. A $1,000 award is granted.
Thomas Greenbowe Professor of chemistry and professor of curriculum and instruction|Greenbowe is considered by many
as the “go-to guy” when it comes to chemistry education in Iowa. Since coming to Iowa State in 1990, he has taught chemistry to 25,000 students and has been an active learning workshop facilitator for 2,500 chemistry teachers. He has generated more than $5 million in external grant support. Helen Jensen Professor of economics | Jensen’s research on the
economics of nutrition addresses some of the most pressing issues challenging our nation today — hunger, obesity, food safety, animal health, biological terrorism, food prices and food sufficiency. For the past 22 years, her advice and counsel have been sought out by policymakers, the food industry and consumer groups on the state, national and international levels.
Suraj Kothari Professor of electrical and computer engineering
and of computer science | Kothari has provided outstanding
teaching, research and service to Iowa State for 28 years, bringing in nearly $6 million in external funding, publishing 70 scientific articles, obtaining four patents and supervising 56 master’s and doctoral students. He also was the cata-lyst behind the new software engineering degree program launched in 2007.
Daniel Loy Professor of animal science| As a faculty member and extension beef specialist for the past 30 years, Loy has led the development of technological improvements for beef producers to make their operations more efficient and Iowa beef more competitive economically. He currently serves as director of the Iowa Beef Center, the university’s extension program to cattle producers.
James Werbel Professor of management | Werbel teaches a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses, consistently receiving high marks from students. His strong research record includes the publication of more than 40 refereed articles in leading management journals, four books and monographs. Werbel also has led four Fulbright Scholar assignments.
Regents Award for Staff Excellence
The award is presented by the Board of Regents to recognize members of the professional and scientific or supervisory and confidential staff who are outstanding university citizens and who have rendered significant service to the university or the state of Iowa. A $1,000 award is granted.
David Baker Extension program specialist | Baker’s passion for helping young farmers is evident in his role as an extension specialist for the Beginning Farmer Center. He has facilitated matches for 64 young people with non-related retiring farm-ers, and he has worked with more than 260 families to help transition their farming operations to the next generation. Nathan Brockman Curator, Reiman Gardens | Brockman is curator of the Butterfly Wing at Reiman Gardens where he involves university classes in his workshops and projects, and incorporates his own interests in origami, kite flying and hy-droponics into programs for visitors. In addition, he has made the butterfly-rearing process more efficient and conducted butterfly longevity research.
Stephen Heideman Program coordinator, Department of
Chemistry | Heideman has spent 33 years making sure the
laboratories and support systems in the chemistry department operate smoothly and correctly. As laboratory coordinator, he plays a key role in laboratory experiments and assessments, equipment acquisition, renovations and new construction, as well as information technology resources and online course management.
Laura Moreland Office copy center supervisor, Printing and
Copy Services | Moreland joined ISU in 1983 in the
admin-istrative data processing department and transferred to Printing and Copy Services the following year. She has held various positions within the office and production areas of the copy centers. She has an extensive knowledge about printing processes and digital files, which has helped many clients.
Louis Thompson Distinguished
Undergraduate Teaching Award
Established by the late Louis Thompson, emeritus associ-ate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the award recognizes an outstanding teacher who is dedicated to helping undergraduate students. A $1,500 award is granted. Ann Marie VanDerZanden Professor of horticulture | VanDerZanden has been recognized by the American Society for Horticultural Science and the North American College Teachers of Agriculture for her exemplary knowledge and teaching effectiveness in preparing future professionals in horticulture. She is the co-author of three college textbooks and has created an interactive online case study program that is used by several other universities.
Curtis Youngs Associate professor of animal science | Youngs has developed several novel courses at Iowa State, including a bioethics honors seminar and the only embryo transfer lecture and lab course available to undergraduate students in the United States. His courses are among the most popular in the department, and graduating seniors consistently rank him first or second among faculty who teach required courses.
James Huntington Ellis Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate
Introductory Teaching
Established by a 1928 Iowa State graduate, the award recognizes a faculty member for exceptional achievement in teaching introductory courses. A $1,500 award is granted. Kenneth Holscher Associate professor of entomology | Holscher has provided teaching excellence for students at Iowa State for three decades, and he has shown a superior proficiency for engaging students in large introductory classes. Part of his teaching philosophy is never to forget what it’s like to be a student. His student evaluations are high, and he has received seven teaching awards from student organizations.
Margaret Ellen White Graduate
Faculty Award
Established by a long-time staff member of the Graduate College, the award recognizes superior performance by a member of the graduate faculty in enriching the student- professor relationship and enabling students to finish their work in a timely and scholarly manner. A $1,500 award is granted.
Jack Dekkers Professor of animal science | Dekkers leads the animal breeding and genetics research group. Graduate students in that group, both past and present, say he has been their greatest professional mentor; that is he one of the most intelligent, fair and articulate professors they have worked with; and that he has taught them how to look at scientific problems differently.
International Service Award
The award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding international service in teaching, research or administration within the United States or abroad. A $1,500 award is granted.
Chad Gasta Associate professor of world languages and
cultures | Gasta’s contributions to internationalization
significantly have impacted curricula and programs across the university. The result has been new collaborations among disciplines, departments and colleges. His leadership of the study abroad program in Spain has included faculty from multiple disciplines, providing more than 500 students with a unique learning experience.
Award for Departmental Leadership
The award recognizes outstanding departmental leadership that helps faculty members meet their complex obligations to undergraduate teaching, graduate mentoring, research and service. A $1,500 award is granted.
Patrick Halbur Professor and chair of veterinary diagnostic
and production animal medicine and professor of veterinary pathology | Halbur made the transition from private practice
to academia in 1990. His record has been one of stunning advancement, both for himself and in the programs he has led. He has been a section leader, interim associate dean, interim department head and since 2006, chair of VDPAM and executive director of the vet diagnostic lab.
Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
The award recognizes a tenured or tenure-track faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding teaching performance unusually early in his or her career. A $1,500 award is granted.
Jana Byars Assistant professor of history | Byars is a scholar on early modern Europe and the Mediterranean region. She is described by colleagues and students as a “dedicated and passionate teacher,” and her students praise her energy and commitment. Byars’ teaching style emphasizes critical thought, discussion and writing.
Chun Kit (Jason) Chan Assistant professor of psychology | Chan incorporates research on the effects of testing on memory, false memories and eyewitness testimony into his courses on cognitive psychology and research methods. Students say they don’t mind taking his tests because it’s like being a part of his research. Chan involves undergraduate students in his research lab, which they attribute to their future success.
Joseph Zambreno Associate professor of electrical and
computer engineering | Zambreno’s teaching excellence
encompasses undergraduate and graduate courses, laboratory development and instruction, honors programs, student research supervision, student mentoring, student design competition, innovative pedagogy and scholarship of teaching and learning. He also has strengthened the curriculum through his research into computer architecture and computer security.
Award for Academic Advising Impact
The award recognizes outstanding performance by an academic adviser over an extended period of time. A $1,500 award is granted.
Kevin Schilling Associate professor of music and theater | Over the last 30 years, Schilling has advised more than a thousand students and has trained all of the current department advisers in the Department of Music. He is the permanent head of the department’s curriculum committee, and he has developed and implemented a series of seminars to help students design and navigate their degree programs.
Award for Early Achievement
in Academic Advising
The award recognizes outstanding performance by an academic adviser early in his or her career. A $1,500 award is granted.
LeQuetia Ancar Academic adviser, agricultural and
biosystems engineering | Ancar is consistently evaluated as one
of the top advisers in her department. Her colleagues say she is an outstanding mentor for all aspects of the student experience. She coordinates the Technology Learning Community and plays an important role in the department’s recruitment, retention and diversity activities.
Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Research
The award recognizes a faculty member who has a national or international reputation for contributions in research and who has influenced the research activities of students. A $1,500 award is granted.
Carolyn Cutrona Professor of psychology | An accomplished social science researcher, Cutrona’s research focuses on close relationships and the role of contextual influences on well-being and social relationships. She has published nearly 85 tier-one journal articles and chapters and has received more than $12 million in research funding. Cutrona’s work has been cited nearly 8,500 times, and her research has influ-enced generations of social scientists and policymakers. Brent Shanks Mike and Jean Steffenson Professor of Chemical
and Biological Engineering | Shanks is director of the National
Science Foundation’s Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (C-BiRC). Its success under his leadership has resulted in NSF committing to a second five years of funding, for a total commitment of $30 million. Shanks’ own research in catalysis has raised more than $40 million.
Award for Mid-Career Achievement in
Research
The award recognizes a faculty member who has
demonstrated exemplary research performance or scholarship accomplishments as documented by peers and experts in the field. A $1,500 award is granted.
Hui Hu Associate professor of aerospace engineering | Hu has developed an array of test techniques, including multidimen-sional flow vector and temperature field, quantum dot thermal, and laser-induced fluorescence. The scope of his work ranges from wind turbines to microfluidics, insect flight, fuel atomization and aircraft icing. He has obtained more than $7 million to support his research.
Daniel Nettleton Laurence H. Baker Endowed Chair in
Biologi-cal Statistics and professor of statistics | Nettleton is recognized
internationally for his original and effective methods for solving some of the most challenging statistical issues arising from genomics and bioinformatics research. His numerous groundbreaking contributions in statistics, genomics, bioin-formatics and plant and animal science have helped several research groups at Iowa State become world leaders.
Award for Early Achievement in Research
The award recognizes a faculty member who has
demonstrated outstanding accomplishments unusually early in his or her professional career. A $1,500 award is granted. Mayly Sanchez Assistant professor of physics and
astronomy | Sanchez is a leading researcher in the study of
the neutrino, one of the most elusive elementary particles in matter, including its oscillation properties. Sanchez’s outstanding leadership qualities are evident through her collaborative research at the Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia, Ill.
University Professional and Scientific
Research Award
The award recognizes excellence in research in a professional and ccientific staff member who has been at Iowa State for at least five years. A $1,500 award is granted.
Sergey Bud’ko Scientist, U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames
Laboratory adjunct professor of physics and astronomy | Bud’ko
has made significant contributions to condensed matter and materials physics for 25 years. As a permanent member of Distinguished Professor Paul Canfield’s internationally acclaimed research team, Bud’ko has made numerous discoveries and observations that have contributed to advancements in magnetic materials and superconductivity.
Award for Achievement in Economic
Development in Iowa
The award recognizes individuals or teams of faculty or professional and scientific staff for outstanding ISU-based achievements in advancing the economic development of the state of Iowa. A $1,500 award is granted.
David Bogaczyk Director of the Iowa procurement technical
assistance program for the Center for Industrial Research and Service | Bogaczyk helps Iowa companies win contracts
with local, state and federal government agencies. Under his direction, Iowa companies have received contracts totaling more than $500 million with these agencies, enabling them to expand, add thousands of jobs and strengthen Iowa’s economy. He also established the Iowa Veterans’ Procurement Conference to assist veteran-owned businesses.
Delbert (Hank) Harris Professor of animal science and professor
of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine |
Harris has accomplished what many entrepreneurial faculty dream of: Establish his own business while maintaining faculty excellence. As a faculty member, he has developed the multi-site approach to hog production, which helps large producers avoid large losses from herd diseases. He also has started two successful pharmaceutical companies that serve the livestock industry.
Award for Achievement
in Intellectual Property
The award recognizes individuals or teams of faculty or Professional and Scientific staff for outstanding ISU-based achievements in producing intellectual property. A $1,500 award is granted.
Nick Christians University Professor of horticulture and
agronomy | Christians discovered that corn gluten meal
could serve as a “green” weed control and source of nitrogen for desirable crops. He refined and developed his discovery with a zeal that has become his trademark at Iowa State. Thanks to his initial discovery, subsequent patents and a broad array of commercial products, Christians has brought honor, acclaim and monetary benefit to the university, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the horticulture department.
Professional and Scientific Staff
Excellence Award
The award recognizes contributions made by a professional and scientific staff member within and beyond the university, and career progress demonstrated by accomplishments at Iowa State. A $1,500 award is granted.
Kerry Dixon-Fox Architect and capital project manager,
facilities planning and management | Dixon-Fox has been
helping Iowa State become a more efficient, sustainable and beautiful campus for 17 years. As a project coordinator and former customer relations specialist, she has helped numerous campus units improve their facilities and services. As the coordinator of sustainable campus design and construction, she also is a leader of the university’s LEED initiative.
Soma Mitra Academic fiscal officer, College of Business | Mitra’s colleagues praise her abilities in fiscal management, budget analysis, and human resource policies and procedures. They also say she volunteers for anything that benefits the college. Her volunteering enthusiasm carries over into several professional organizations and community activities. Patricia Swanson Extension families specialist in human
development and family studies | Swanson’s work in personal
finance at Iowa State, statewide and nationally over the past 18 years has benefited thousands of clients and brought significant recognition to the university. She has been a pioneer in the use of educational technology and has a long record of outstanding service and leadership to her professional associations.
Carroll Ringgenberg Award
Named for a former long-time staff member in purchasing and facilities, the award recognizes a professional and scientific staff member who has been employed by the university for at least 10 years and has demonstrated constant and contagious dedication and goodwill for Iowa State. A $1,500 award is granted.
Nancy Qvale Administrative specialist, Department of
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | Qvale’s
experience and broad range of knowledge make her the “go-to” person in the department. Her positive personality and generous ways attract those seeking help. Qvale’s colleagues say she is dedicated to Iowa State and has a strong desire to continually make the university a better place.
Distinguished Professor
The title of Distinguished Professor, first awarded in 1956, is presented to
faculty members whose accomplishments in research or creative activities
have had a significant impact on their discipline, and who have demonstrated
outstanding performance in at least one other area of faculty responsibility.
A $6,500 increment in base salary is granted, and the awardee retains the
title for the remainder of his or her career at the university.
University Professor
The title of University Professor is bestowed on a faculty member who has
acted as a change agent by having made significant contributions to the
university, and who has demonstrated outstanding performance in at least
one other area of faculty responsibility. A $6,000 increment in base salary
is granted, and the awardee retains the title for the remainder of his or her
career at the university.
Professional and Scientific Outstanding
New Professional Award
The award recognizes a professional and scientific staff member who has demonstrated outstanding
accomplishments unusually early in his or her professional career at Iowa State. A $1,500 award is granted.
Nancy Girard Program coordinator, University Museums | As the educator of visual literacy and learning for University Museums, Girard is committed to arts education. She has developed innovative ways to reach new audiences and create connections with other disciplines. Her visual and art literacy programs have reached more than 12,000 students on cam-pus since 2009.
Ann Staudt Program coordinator, Department of Agricultural
and Biosystems Engineering | Staudt is responsible for
conservation education outreach programs, including “Conservation Station,” a 22-foot trailer equipped with a rainfall simulator and interactive demonstrations, and “Conservation Pack,” a program she created to show how people can work together to improve the environment. The programs have been experienced by 15,000 people at 114 community events since they were launched in 2010.
Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Extension or Professional Practice
The award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding performance in statewide leadership in extension or professional practice and who has achieved national recognition for outreach activities. A $1,500 award is granted.
John Mabry Professor of animal science and director of the
Iowa Pork Industry Center | Mabry is widely recognized
for effectively strengthening Iowa’s pork industry, being named an Honorary Master Pork Producer by the Iowa Pork Producers Association and receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the National Pork Board.
Award for Distinguished Service
in Extension
The highest award bestowed on an extension professional, it recognizes sustained distinguished performance and educational contributions to Iowa State’s clientele through extension programs. A $1,500 award is granted.
Sherry Glenn Assistant vice president for Extension and
Outreach | In her 25 years of service to Iowa State, University
Extension and Iowa, Glenn has played a key role in many of extension’s transitions. She has successfully obtained more than $3 million in grants to support projects, written and led award-winning diversity education programs, led international development teams and served on numerous task forces and special assignment teams.
Award for Early Achievement
in Extension or Professional Practice
The award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in extension or professional practice unusually early in his or her career. A $1,500 grant is awarded.
Michael Anderson State 4-H program specialist | In his six years with ISU Extension, Anderson has brought significant innovation and forward-thinking to the 4-H livestock program. Under his leadership, Iowa was the first state in the nation to transition 4-H livestock enrollment and identification to an online system, and the first to create a comprehensive online livestock judging program. He also coordinates the 4-H livestock shows at the Iowa State Fair each year.
R.K. Bliss Extension Award
Named for the director of extension from 1912 to 1946, the award recognizes outstanding achievement of an Iowa State Extension staff member for developing an overall or continuing extension education program. A $500 award is granted.
Cindy Baumgartner Field specialist, family and consumer
sciences extension | Baumgartner has served the people of
northeast Iowa with excellence and distinction, first as a 4-H and youth specialist and currently as a nutrition, health and wellness educator. She co-authored the award-winning
national 4-H character education curriculum, Boomerang,
and has written several other widely used nutrition, food safety and health curricula.
Endowed chairs and professorships
Holders of endowed chairs and professorships who were installed in their positions during the past academic year or who will be installed shortly are:
Bruce Babcock Professor of economics — Cargill Chair in
Energy Economics
Jennifer Blackhurst Associate professor of supply chain and
information systems — Walker Professorship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Christina Bloebaum Professor of aerospace engineering —
Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professorship
Eric Burrough Assistant professor of veterinary diagnostic and
production animal medicine — Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Professorship in Food Animal Infectious Diseases
Sumit Chaudhary Assistant professor of electrical and computer
engineering — Northrop Grumman Professorship in honor of Fred O’Green
Kristen Constant Professor and chair, materials science
and engineering — Wilkinson Professor in Interdisciplinary Engineering
Ian Dobson Professor of electrical and computer
engineering — Arend J. and Verna V. Sandbulte Professorship
Jonathan Fox Professor of human development and family
studies — Ruth Whipp Sherwin Endowed Professor
Randall Geiger Professor of electrical and computer
engineering — Tunc and Lale Doluca Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Eulanda Sanders Professor of apparel, educational studies and
hospitality management — Donna R. Danielson Professorship in Textiles and Clothing
Levi Stanley Assistant professor of chemistry — Carlyle G.
Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry
David White Associate professor of civil, construction and
environmental engineering — Richard L. Handy Professorship
