The College of Human Sciences has hired 24 professors and research staff as part of President Leath’s hiring initiative.

Leath announced in 2012 that he wanted to hire 200 additional faculty. Since then, 245 faculty have been hired. Leath said the faculty play a large part in the student experience at Iowa State.

“This place would not be the same without our dedicated staff,” Leath said. “It’s a great place to be and it’s a great place to be because of the people on this campus.”

The university now employs about 6,300 faculty and staff.

He also said the university is on track to hire about 100 new tenure track faculty again this year, making Iowa State one of the only universities in the country to hire 100 new tenure track faculty two years in a row.

Jonathan Wickert, senior vice president and provost, told members of the Faculty Senate he expects that $1.5 to $2 million has been set aside to fund new hiring this year.

“This will allow us to keep our student-faculty ratios where they need to be,” Leath said.

According to Leath, student to faculty ratios now are 19-1, with about 70 percent of classes having 29 or fewer students.

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