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Monday, December 13 2010
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Iowa State University custodian and single mom will earn bachelor's degree Saturday
Chris Matteo graduates Saturday from Iowa State with a degree
in liberal studies. She also works full-time as an ISU
custodian. And part-time as a waitress. And she's rehabbing
a 100-year old house in Boone. Did we mention she's a
single mother of two teen-age boys?
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Iowa State professors assess FCC's current network neutrality dilemma
ISU students win interior design magazine's student competition with hotel concept
A design project by two Iowa State University students took top
honors in the student/conceptual category of Contract
magazine's 32nd Annual Interiors Awards. The competition
recognizes outstanding projects in 15 categories related to
interior design. The students completed the design for a
sophisticated but romantic South Beach hotel project last
spring.They will be honored at an awards breakfast Jan. 28 in
New York City, and their work will be featured in
Contract's January 2011 Design Awards issue.
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Celebrate the holidays at Reiman Gardens
A 16-foot tree at ISU's Reiman Gardens doubles as a rocket ship, surrounded by a solar system created from donated bowling balls. Volunteers spent months gluing small pieces of glass onto the balls to represent each planet in a colorful, mosaic design. Reiman Gardens' design team has decorated elaborate trees and paired them with gazing balls throughout -- a closing tribute to the 2010 theme "A Celebration of Garden Ornamentation."
Management professors study the impact of career growth on organizational commitment
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Board of Regents approves new Master of Industrial Design degree at ISU
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, today approved a new
Master of Industrial Design degree program to be offered by the
College of Design. This two-year, studio-based graduate program
will consist of three different tracks. The research track will
focus on the creation and application of new knowledge through
research and culminate in a thesis. The business track will
specialize in commercial issues of management and product
development and culminate in a final project.
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Iowa State student spreads holiday joy through nonprofit protégé program
In her spare time this fall, Iowa State University sophomore Rachel Owen shadowed the director of Beloit Residential Services in Ames to learn how nonprofits are managed. Now she's giving back by collecting toy-filled stockings for the children who reside there. For the past four months, Owen and 11 other Iowa State students have participated in the Nonprofit Protégé Program coordinated by the Student Activities Center. Through Monday, Dec. 13, Christmas stockings filled with small toys, games, stickers, crafts, books, puzzles and stationery valued at about $15, can be dropped off at the East Student Office Space in the lower level of the Memorial Union.
ISU landscape architecture students help Lake Delhi area residents explore alternative futures
For the past three months, a landscape architecture class has
worked with the people affected by the Lake Delhi dam failure
to sort out options for the future of the lake and surrounding
area. Co-instructors Julia Badenhope and J. Timothy Keller
integrated field work, practical research and academic study
within the project-based design studio, which included 30
upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. They collected
public input, conducted community and economic analyses of the
area and created senarios for future development. The students
are sharing their report with Gov. Chet Culver's Lake Delhi
Recover and Rebuild Task Force, and will present their analysis
of the impacts of the dam break and scenarios for the
region's recovery Friday afternoon in the Memorial
Union.
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Student dishes up culinary delight
Not only did Madalyn Schuman create a culinary masterpiece on
her first attempt, the Iowa State University student's
holiday recipe was shared with more than 400,000 readers of the
December issue of Cuisine at Home magazine. The culinary
science senior from Muscatine completed a summer internship
with the magazine. Seeing her creation in print has given her a
"huge sense of accomplishment."
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Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing designs protective, military gear
In the news
Swans on ISU's icy Lake LaVerne
CNN iReport
CNN's iReport is looking for images of the 12 Days of Christmas. An iReport producer posted images of Iowa State's own swans a-swimming, Lancelot and Elaine.
2010 Electronic Design Engineering Hall of Fame
Electronic Design
Who built the first digital electronic computer? You could make a case for John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry, whose ABC was the first device to use binary digits to represent data and perform calculations electronically, not mechanically.
ISU finance expert offers consumer budgeting tips