Daily Staff Writer

Finalist named for director of Plant Sciences Institute

A search committee has named a finalist for the director of Iowa State’s Plant Sciences Institute.

Stephen Howell, vice president for Research at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. will visit the ISU campus Wednesday and Thursday.

Boyce Thompson Institute is a private, nonprofit corporation located in Ithaca, N.Y.

It is affiliated with Cornell University.

Howell earned a bachelor’s degree from Grinell College in 1963 and a bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College in 1963.

He is a graduate of Ames High School.

He will present a research seminar at 4 p.m.Wednesday in Room 1652 of Gilman Hall.

Howell’s program is titled “Expanding Horizons in Plant Genome Research: From the CaMV Genome to the Arabidopsis Genome.”

He also will participate in an open forum at 3:30 p.m.Thursday in Room 1414 of Molecular Biology.

He will speak on “Future Directions in Plant Biology and a Vision for the Plant Sciences Institute.”

Howell is the first finalist to be named in the search. Colin Scanes is the interim director of the institute.

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Pappajohn Center to grant new scholarship

The ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship has initiated a new scholarship.

The scholarship is funded by The Warner Group, which provides financial services to Sioux City, Waverly, Waterloo and Lincoln, Neb.

The Warner Group Entrepreneur Scholarship is intended for an ISU junior or senior in a non-business major pursing a minor in entrepreneurship.

The award will be $500 for the fall 2000 semester.

“We are looking for people who have an interest in becoming a business owner,” said Judi Eyles, assistant director for the Pappajohn Center.

Eyles said the Pappajohn Center works to help students finance their educations. After they’ve started their businesses, those students in turn become a resource for the next generation of ISU students.

—Tara Payne