News Archive
Friday, March 25 2011
News
Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy will step down
President Gregory Geoffroy today announced his intention to
leave his post no later than July 31, 2012. He will remain
president of Iowa State until a successor is named.
19th Annual Voorhees Supply Chain Conference to feature industry leaders on April 8
Iowa State University's College of Business will provide
area business leaders the opportunity to learn about supply
chain innovation from four proven experts at its 19th Annual
Voorhees Supply Chain Conference -- also sponsored by John
Deere, 3M and Boeing -- on Friday, April 8. Held this year for
the first time at ISU's Reiman Gardens, the event will
begin at 8:15 a.m. Additional information, including
registration, is available online.
ISU alumnus, advisor to U.S. secretary of state is Reiman Entrepreneurial Speaker
Rebecca Taylor -- an ISU computer science graduate who now
serves the U.S. Department of State as a senior adviser,
innovation and entrepreneurship, in the Office of Science and
Technology -- will return to campus on Tuesday, March 29, for a
Reiman Entrepreneurial Speaker Series event, sponsored by
ISU's Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. Her talk will
take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun
Room. While the luncheon event is free and open to the public,
pre-registration is required through the Pappajohn
Center website.
Kress named vice president for extension and outreach at Iowa State
Cathann Kress, senior policy analyst and program lead for Military Community and Family Policy at the U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., will become Iowa State's next vice president for extension and outreach.
Blumenfeld invited to Department of Education event to improve LGBT campus climate
Warren Blumenfeld, an associate professor of curriculum and
instruction at Iowa State, has been invited by the U.S.
Department of Education's Higher Education Center for
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention to participate in a
two-day meeting to explore strategies on how to improve the
climate of LGBT students on college and university campuses.
The event will take place April 4-5 in Washington, D.C.