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2024 Year in Review

December 17, 2024

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Campus milestones

  • Peggy Ward, a teacher at the ISU Child Development Laboratory School, reads to her class at the school.

    Child Development Lab School celebrates a century

    Iowa State's Child Development Lab School celebrated 100 years of providing training to ISU students pursuing careers in early childhood education, and offering high-quality child care to children and their families.

  • Crane worker Chris Gerver signals the crane operator while Conservator Francis Miller and Sydney Marshall of University Museums guide one of four maidens into position.

    Maidens return to Fountain of the Four Seasons

    After more than 80 years in Iowa's extreme weather, the iconic maidens in Christian Petersen's Fountain of the Four Seasons sculpture were showing signs of erosion. For more than 18 months, the fountain was shut off while artists replicated the sculptures. In August, the maidens returned for many more generations of Iowa State students to enjoy.

  • Drone view of the campanile on a fall evening.

    Celebration marks Campanile's 125th year

    The Campanile and Stanton Memorial Carillon is one of Iowa State’s most prominent landmarks. In September, the university recognized the 125th year of the Campanile with a public celebration.