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Religion and inclusion

Vanessa Franklin
April 29, 2016

Religious freedom bills raise tensions

Vanessa Franklin
April 14, 2016
Student meditates in front of Beardshear Hall.

ISU students seek location to practice religion

Vanessa Franklin
April 5, 2016
Hijab

Keeping covered: Hijabs offer sense of empowerment for women who wear them

Vanessa Franklin
March 11, 2016
A member of the Darul Arqum Islamic Center in Ames prays during salat, the Islam pillar of prayer. Muslims pray toward Kaaba, a sacred building in Mecca. Islam is a peaceful religion, contradicting the prejudices formed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 

Lecture addresses who speaks for Islam

Vanessa Franklin
February 23, 2016
Hundreds of students gathered at The Salt Companys kickoff event on the south Campanile lawn Aug. 28. The kickoff featured a live band performance and director Mark Vance, who gave a sermon to the crowd.

Salt Company expands to Drake

Vanessa Franklin
February 17, 2016
Ice Cream

Dairy Science Club sends ice cream to D.C.

Vanessa Franklin
February 10, 2016

Thielen Health Center staff member wins award

Vanessa Franklin
February 3, 2016
English professor Debra Marquarts newest poetry book, Small Buried Things is her third collection of poetry. 

From the tour bus to the classroom: Debra Marquart takes the long road

Vanessa Franklin
May 19, 2015
ISU alumna Jaya Halepete Iyer created a clothing line, Svaha, of five T-shirts with designs that include dinosaurs, astronauts, baseball players, firefighters and dump trucks for girls.

ISU alumnae start kickstarter campaign for new clothing line

Vanessa Franklin
May 12, 2015
Alex Gustafson, senior in environmental science, along with other students clean up trash out of Lake LaVerne as part of the campus clean up event organized by The Green Umbrella in April 2014. The Green Umbrella is a sustainability student organization.

Ecoweek helps students think green

Vanessa Franklin
April 20, 2015
Graduate student Maclaine Sorden, senior Jenna Kurtz and junior Jake Stodola have created a petition to save two trees that will be cut down if a new dorm is built next to Buchanan. 

Students petition to save trees

Vanessa Franklin
April 17, 2015
Pinar Aparcis mother, Nazo Aparci, shows the women how to navigate Etsy.

Grad student helps women sell homemade items

Vanessa Franklin
April 7, 2015
A line of trees will be removed for a new dorm next to Buchanan Hall.

New residence hall puts old trees on the chopping block

Vanessa Franklin
April 2, 2015
Yong Chin Pak will recieve the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Grandmaster Society.

Retired martial arts instructor inducted into hall of fame

Vanessa Franklin
March 27, 2015

Taking caution: How ISU is keeping campus safe from hazardous materials

Vanessa Franklin
March 27, 2015
Diane Birt was recently named a fellow by the American Society of Nutrition.

ISU researcher awarded for work in cancer prevention

Vanessa Franklin
March 5, 2015
Guests who are staying at the Hotel Memorial Union will check into their rooms upon arrival at the front desk, which is located on the second floor of the Memorial Union.

MU hotel offers unique on-campus experience

Vanessa Franklin
March 3, 2015
Duck-Chul Lees, assistant professor of kinesiology, current research area is located in Forker. Right now, it takes up space that usually is used for classes. Once renovations for his new lab are complete, he will have his own space to perform research.

Forker to be third renovation for College of Human Sciences

Vanessa Franklin
February 25, 2015
Duck-Chul Lees, assistant professor of kinesiology, current research area is located in Forker. Right now, it takes up space that usually is used for classes. Once renovations for his new lab are complete, he will have his own space to perform research.

Forker recieves more than $5 million for renovations

Vanessa Franklin
February 25, 2015
Sam Dunn, an education specialist from the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, brought a hedgehog from the zoos education program for a farewell program to the Gwynn Murrill art exhibit. Murrill is an internationally-known animal sculptor.

Zoo helps celebrate closing of Gwynn Murrill exhibit

Vanessa Franklin
February 20, 2015
Kelsey Duff, senior in marketing, interned with the Disney College Program.

Disney College Program gives students magical memories

Vanessa Franklin
February 18, 2015

College program provides students opportunity to work at Disney

Vanessa Franklin
February 18, 2015

Black History Month events

Vanessa Franklin
February 10, 2015
The National Pan-Hellenic Council gathered at the Black Cultural Center on Jan. 6 to play games and socialize. The historically black group is made up of five fraternities and four sororities that meets every other Monday to plan community and social awareness events.

Black History Month sparks conversation, events on campus

Vanessa Franklin
February 10, 2015
Multiple artifacts were found during the Marston Hall renovation and can now be located in the General Services Building.

Marston renovation uncovers century-old artifacts

Vanessa Franklin
February 3, 2015
Frederick Lorenz is a researcher for the Family Transitions Project. The project received a $2 million grant to continue research on families through the course of their lives. The grant will help researchers study parents who are entering the age for retirement.

Family Transitions Project receives $2 million grant

Vanessa Franklin
January 27, 2015
The College of Human Sciences HDFS trip to Korea last year.

College of Human Sciences offers new international programs

Vanessa Franklin
January 21, 2015

College of Human sciences offers new study abroad options dct

Vanessa Franklin
January 21, 2015

Twitter timeline: The best/worst of 2014

Vanessa Franklin
January 1, 2015
Never wait until the last day to take an exam. Other students may have procrastinated, causing a long line.

New testing centers open for finals, capacity doubled

Vanessa Franklin
December 8, 2014
Cyclone Classic by Hilde DeBruyne Verhofste at Lincoln & University greets visitors to ISU. The auction of five Cy statues was announced by Leadership Ames Class XXVII with the Ames Chamber of Commerce. The minimum bid for each statue will be $1,000.

Ames community to bid on Cy statues

Vanessa Franklin
December 1, 2014
Pamela White, dean of the College of Human Sciences, has been a dean at Iowa State since July 2008. White earned her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Washington and her doctorate in food technology from Iowa State. She joined the Iowa State faculty as an instructor of food science and human nutrition in 1975.

Get to know your dean: Pamela White

Vanessa Franklin
November 19, 2014
Pamela White, dean of the College of Human Sciences, has been a dean at Iowa State since July 2008. White earned her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Washington and her doctorate in food technology from Iowa State. She joined the Iowa State faculty as an instructor of food science and human nutrition in 1975.

Moving forward: Human Sciences dean shares appreciation of outdoors, work

Vanessa Franklin
November 18, 2014

Study of aging now available for graduate students

Vanessa Franklin
November 14, 2014

New gerontology graduate degree

Vanessa Franklin
November 12, 2014

New College of Human Sciences hires bring new ideas

Vanessa Franklin
November 10, 2014
Do you believe in ghosts? Check out this map with some of the popular legends of hauntings around campus. 

ISU staff members share stories of campus hauntings

Vanessa Franklin
October 31, 2014

A haunted campus: The list goes on

Vanessa Franklin
October 30, 2014
Hope Mitchell, an associate at Parks Library, was awarded for her esteemed work in historical research on prostitution. 

Historian hunts hidden past of ‘world’s oldest profession’

Vanessa Franklin
October 22, 2014
Philip Durkee, graduate student studying student affairs, participates in an event during disability week. The purpose of the event is to feel what its like to go around campus as a physically disabled student.

Exploring campus differently: Step Into My World allows students to experience mobility disablilty

Vanessa Franklin
October 15, 2014
Hannah Gibbs, College of Human Sciences student council president, Dr. Jonathan Wickert, senior vice president and provost, Dr. Pamela White, dean of the College of Human Sciences, and Dr. Robert Bosselman, professor and chair of apparel, events and hospitality management, cut the Ribbon at the MacKay Auditorium Rededication on Oct. 9.

MacKay hosts ribbon cutting after renovations

Vanessa Franklin
October 10, 2014

Jane Smiley returns to Iowa State, talks books

Vanessa Franklin
October 7, 2014
Bonsai trees were presented for an exhibition at Reiman Gardens on Oct. 4 and 5. This particular tree has been entered into competitions.

How to take care of a bonsai tree

Vanessa Franklin
October 6, 2014
Bonsai trees were presented for an exhibition at Reiman Gardens on Oct. 4 and 5. This particular tree has been entered into competitions.

Reiman Gardens hosts Bonsai Tree show

Vanessa Franklin
October 6, 2014
A recent study is helping to determine the cause of domestic violence and working with those that have committed this crime. 

Stopping domestic violence: New program works with offenders

Vanessa Franklin
October 1, 2014

Domestic Violence ALT

Vanessa Franklin
September 30, 2014

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