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Tuesday, September 7 2004
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Open forum on strategic plan draft is Sept. 10
An open forum to discuss the first draft of Iowa State's next strategic plan will be held Friday, Sept. 10 from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Memorial Union Gallery. Comments on the first draft of the plan also may be submitted to strategicplan@iastate.edu through Friday, Sept. 17.
Remembering 9/11: ISU alumnus to share first-hand experience from the Pentagon
An Iowa State University alumnus who went above and beyond in the face of terrorism during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon will be on campus Thursday to share his experience. Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Swanson will speak Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall, Memorial Union. His lecture is free and open to the public.
Iowa State's Catt Center to host Iowa launch of new national voter education/awareness campaign by national League of Women Voters
Iowa State's Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, along with the national president of the League of Women Voters Kay Maxwell and Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver, will host the Iowa launch of a pre-election day voter education and public awareness campaign at a 1:30 p.m. press conference, Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Room 302, Catt Hall. The public is invited. Catt Center initiatives to educate and engage young voters will also be discussed. Cards provided by the League of Women Voters titled "5 Things You Need to Know on Election Day" will also be distributed.
New book by Iowa State journalism professor examines how to bridge the technological "Interpersonal Divide"
In the new book, "Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age," Michael Bugeja, professor and director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State, says modern technology is driving civilization away from real communities. Bugeja writes that e-mail and cell phones have created an "interpersonal divide" -- a void that develops between people when they spend too much time in virtual, rather than real, communities. He notes communications problems may be both business and personal.
Task force will meet Sept. 7
The Task Force on Assuring Successful VEISHEA and Other Student/Community Celebrations will meet Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Great Hall, Memorial Union. A significant portion of the meeting will be devoted to the findings of Work Group 1. That group has been charged with determining the events of the April 18 disturbance in Campustown. Meeting agenda.
Iowa State University psychology professor earns Young Investigator Award
Kenneth Malmberg, assistant professor of psychology at Iowa State University, has received the Young Investigator Award from the American Psychological Association for his paper "The Effect of Normative Context Variability on Recognition Memory." The paper was co-written by Mark Steyvers, assistant professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine.
Iowa State University names chair of naval science department
Capt. Douglas G. MacCrea has been named professor and chair of naval science at Iowa State University. About 50 midshipmen are enrolled in the Navy ROTC program.
Ecologist and author David Orr will speak
at ISU Sept. 10
A noted ecologist and author will present Iowa State University's P. H. Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture on Friday, Sept. 10. David Orr's lecture. "Patriotism, Politics and the Environment in an Age of Terror," will focus on the need for a coherent environmental agenda. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor and chair of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College. The lecture at 7 p.m. in the Kocimski Auditorium, College of Design is free and open to the public.
ISU professor receives botanical society's
highest honor
For his pioneering research on plant ultrastructure, an ISU professor has received the Botanical Society of America's Award of Merit.
ISU strategic plan draft unveiled
Iowa State aspires to be one of the world's leading universities in educating students and putting science and technology to work. The first step is a draft of what will become ISU's next strategic plan. Although still a work-in-progress, the university community is invited to review the strategic plan draft at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~newplan. Comments may be submitted to strategicplan@iastate.edu or at a Sept. 10 open forum at the Memorial Union Gallery from 9 to 10 a.m.
Women's basketball team ranks third academically
The Iowa State women's basketball team ranked third nationally among Division I schools, with a 3.48 team grade point average in 2003-04. The Cyclones had five players on the academic all-Big 12 team and 10 student-athletes on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the spring semester.
Demoliton of the auditorium at the northwest corner of LeBaron Hall on the Iowa State campus was completed last month. A new 340-seat auditorium for the hall is expected to be completed in August 2005.
On the election
ISU in the news
Nader gets spot on Iowa's ballot
Quad-City Times
Independent presidential hopeful Ralph Nader and his running mate, Peter Miguel Camejo, will be on the Nov. 2 Iowa election ballot. ISU's own "Dr. Politics," University Professor Steffen Schmidt, says Nader is less likely to get Iowa support this time. And, Schmidt predicts, the types of voters who support Nader will have little effect on the neck-and-neck battle between Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry and President Bush.
Investing in farmland
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
Investors, partnerships and family trusts own an increasing amount of Iowa farmland, says Professor Mike Duffy, Extension economist and author of a study that examines farm ownership over the past two decades. An aging population and low stock market returns are just two reasons for significant change in the way land is being bought, sold and managed in Iowa.
13 ways to live on less
MSN Money
Every dollar you spend has consequences elsewhere in your life. Choose a no-fee credit card with a rewards program and review insurance deductibles annually or semi-annually to save, says Mark Oleson, director of the Financial Counseling Clinic at Iowa State.