PHOTOS: Sights around Iowa State’s Summer Campus

As students complete finals and return home for the summer, maintenance projects, blooming flowers, and wildlife take their place.

August Anderson, Photojournalist

June 1, 2025

Beardshear Hall behind an empty central campus on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A flock of geese walk towards Lake Laverne on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A street light on Osborn Drive receives maintenance on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A signs marks Morrill Road as closed due to the LeBaron Hall construction on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

Recent Addition to the Anderson Sculpture Garden “Hive Mind” by Beth Lipman is displayed outside Parks Library on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A rabbit sits alone in the empty Heaping Plato patio space on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A gosling sleeps in the grass on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A sign for incoming student orientation on May 31, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

A flock of geese walk down Union Drive towards the Welch Avenue construction on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

ISU Dining staff wash Windows outside of Friley Residence Hall on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

Flowers bloom in front of Catt Hall on May 30, 2025, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (August Anderson)

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