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Celebrating a new generation of Cyclones

Summer 2017

G E TTI NG START ED BY Carole Gieseke

CGIESEKE@IASTATE.EDU

Family ties

ou’ll notice that this issue is devoted mostly to families and children – all the ways Iowa State connects with kids. The topic has made me think about all the ways Iowa State has connected with my own family over the years. When we moved to Ames from Maryville, Mo., 20 years ago, my daughters were going into first and fifth grades. I started editing VISIONS magazine for the Alumni Association in April 1997; my family joined me

here on June 1 after closing on our house and finishing out the school year in Maryville. This was a new community; I didn’t know anyone except the people who worked at the Alumni Association, and I had no idea what to do with my kids during the summer. But it didn’t take too long to A) find a college-age babysitter who would watch them in the morning and then B) drop them off at a youth fitness day camp located on campus just down the hill from the Memorial Union where my office was at the time. I’m sure they would have preferred to sleep all morning and sit in front of the television all afternoon, eating snacks and drinking soft drinks, but this plan gave me some peace of mind. After the camp let out each afternoon, they joined me in the office for a little while and then we all went home. That seems so long ago that I can 2

barely remember all the details. The girls started school together at Kate Mitchell Elementary that fall, then moved one by one to Ames Middle School and finally to Ames High, home of the Little Cyclones (Ames High aims high!) Our oldest daughter, Katie, enrolled at Iowa State in fall 2005, and her connections to the university have remained strong. She graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in family and consumer sciences education and studies, with a focus on event planning (the college began offering a four-year program specifically in event management starting the next year, so she was on the leading edge of the trend). She worked in retail for a couple of years in Ames before landing her first job on campus as an events assistant at the ISU Foundation. She then worked as the event manager for the Memorial Union, and now she’s back as an assistant director of events for the Foundation. She’s definitely our Ames girl. After graduating from Ames High, Lauren, our youngest, moved back to Maryville for college, then moved to Kansas City, back to Ames, to Ankeny for a year, back to Ames, and now lives in Denver. Her connection with Ames and Iowa State has been less sticky than Katie’s. But as a family, Iowa State University has been this big, dramatic backdrop in our personal lives. We’ve gone together to basketball games and performances at Stephens Auditorium and Reiman Gardens. Dave and Katie have gone to football games, and everyone has tailgated (some more than others, ahem). We’ve been to concerts and VEISHEA parades and special events. We’ve met I don’t know how many presidential candidates on campus – and the celebrities stumping for them. My husband, Dave, has worked on campus off and on for the past 17 years. He’s worked for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and

the ISU Foundation, and he’s currently the marketing and communications manager for the College of Veterinary Medicine. If you look up “Gieseke” in the Iowa State directory, there are just three: Dave, Katie, and me. Three-fourths of my family works for Iowa State. Neither Dave nor I grew up in a family with a strong collegiate affinity. Dave was a first-generation college student, and neither of my parents earned a four-year degree. (My dad graduated from mortuary school, which was not a career path I particularly wanted to follow.) But our parents definitely wanted us to go to college. Dave and I chose to attend Northwest Missouri State University for different reasons, and that’s where we met. Northwest was an important part of our lives – I mean, we were there for school and then moved back to work in the news service and publications offices for 15 years. But even though neither one of us has a degree from Iowa State, this is the place we call home, and this is the place we’ve started our own unique version of “legacy” through our daughter. It’s been fun working on the stories in this issue of VISIONS: about multi-generational families and academic programs and summer camps and admissions and athletics and more. Iowa State really runs the gamut when it comes to family and youth connections. And I’m super excited that the Alumni Association is reintroducing the LegaCY Club for kids. I wish I had kids to sign up, because it’s a pretty awesome program (check it out starting on page 10). We’d love to hear about your family’s legacy stories and about all the ways your kids have connected to Iowa State. Drop me a note, and we’ll print stories as many as we can in the next issue: cgieseke@iastate.edu. Have a great summer! 

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Siblings Casey, Carrie, Cayla, and Craig Cunningham made ISU history by playing a quartet on the Campanile carillon. They say the experience not only bonded them as brothers and sisters but was also a gift to their mom, Kathy, an Iowa State alumna. Photo by Jim Heemstra On the Cover: Cy’s Surprise is a new children’s book published by the ISU Alumni Association exclusively for LegaCY Club members. Illustration by Tara Gartin (’87)

COVER STORY

Connecting with kids Creating a new generation of Cyclones through early awareness, fan involvement, academic outreach, family connections, and a reintroduction of the LegaCY Club

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WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Let us know what you think about

Erin Herbold-Swalwell** ’03 Liberal Studies Altoona, Iowa

OFFICERS #

Nicole M. Schmidt** Chair ’09 Const. Engr., MS ’13 Ankeny, Iowa

Donald A. Hoy** ’63 Ag. Economics Weatherby Lake, Mo. #

Lawrence Cunningham** Chair-elect ’02 Liberal Studies Ames, Iowa

Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson** ’95 Speech Comm. Aurelia, Iowa

Melanie J. Reichenberger** Immediate Past Chair ’00 Indust. Engr. Mequon, Wis.

Trent Preszler** ’98 Interdisc. Studies Cutchoque, N.Y.

Katherine E. Hallenbeck** Vice Chair of Records ’02 Finance / MIS Ankeny, Iowa

Timothy R. Quick** ’01 Marketing, Intl. Business & Spanish Clive, Iowa

Daniel A. Buhr** Vice Chair of Finance ’95 Elect. Engr. Ames, Iowa

Julie A. Rosin** ’78 Home Ec. Ed., MS ’81 Ankeny, Iowa

Joan Piscitello** University Treasurer ’98 MBA Ex-officio/voting West Des Moines, Iowa #

Jeffery W. Johnson** Lora & Russ Talbot Endowed President & CEO PhD ’14 Education Ex-officio/non-voting Ames, Iowa

Darryl Vincent Samuels** ’88 Pol. Sci., MA ’90 Comm. & Reg. Plan / Pol. Sci. Pearland, Texas Deborah Renee (Verschoor) # Stearns** ’81 Journ. & Mass Comm. Altoona, Iowa

stories in this issue – or about other topics of interest to VISIONS readers. Email your letters to: CGIESEKE@IASTATE.EDU. HOW TO FEED A HUNGRY PLANET

Your article about food insecurity in Iowa (spring 2017) mentioned a 2014 survey that showed fresh fruits and vegetables were “the No. 1 type of food desired by Iowa food pantry participants.” My experience has been the exact opposite. Not only were fresh fruits and vegetables not desired, but they were refused when offered. The churches in my local community operate a food pantry. I was recruited as a volunteer to help one evening. I took some fresh green beans, tomatoes, and apples from my garden. They were offered in addition to any allotted quantities of free food. One lady took a handful of beans, and a couple of boys each took an apple. I took most of it back home. Evidently the participants at this food pantry didn’t know how or didn't want to take the time to prepare fresh food. Perhaps ACCESS to fresh produce isn’t enough without some education on using it.

Gretchen Hall Bonnewell Woeste*

’51 home economics education Pittsburgh, Pa. I have always been proud of my ISU (“College” in those days) degree and now am busting with pride about the Uganda connection. It is so RIGHT. I have been critical of “foreign aid” and only hope this will be a beacon to set others on the right path. Mary Helen Stewart**

’41 chemistry Maquoketa, Iowa

Joan Birkenholtz*

’72 math & psychology Kanawha, Iowa

Dana (Willig) Wilkinson** ’78 Interior Design Bettendorf, Iowa

ELECTED DIRECTORS #

Mark D. Aljets** ’79 Indust. Admin. West Des Moines, Iowa

Suzanne J. Wyckoff** ’69 English Kansas City, Mo. #

Kenneth R. Bonus** ’85 Const. Engr. West Des Moines, Iowa

Kurt Alan Tjaden** ’85 Accounting Bettendorf, Iowa

APPOINTED DIRECTORS #

Eric Burrough** ’97 DVM, PhD ’11 Vet. Path. Ames, Iowa Thomas A. Connop** ’76 History Dallas, Texas

Kate Gregory** Senior Vice President for University Services Office of the President Representative Ames, Iowa #

Wendell L. Davis** ’75 DVM Overland Park, Kan. Heather L. (Reid) Duncan* ’06 Public Service & Admin. in Ag. Kansas City, Mo. Duane M. Fisher** ’73 Ag. Ed., MS ’80 Mt. Auburn, Iowa

Kim McDonough** ’02 Journ. & Mass Comm., MS ’04 College Representative Ames, Iowa Phyllis M. Fevold** Non-alumni Representative Ames, IA Samuel Perington*** Senior, Marketing & Finance Student Alumni Leadership Council Representative Johnston, Iowa

Jeffrey Grayer** ’05 Liberal Studies Grand Blanc, Mich. #

Geoffrey C. Grimes** ’69 Architecture Waterloo, Iowa

Kari A. (Ditsworth) Hensen** ’96 Sociology, MS ’98 Higher Ed., PhD ’05 Ankeny, Iowa 4

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Thanks for sharing the story of Kinosol in the recent VISIONS magazine (“Solar food dehydrator battles food waste”). I wanted to make sure your readers are aware that CYstarters is actually a program of the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. Thanks for the coverage for our student startups! Diana Wright*

’12 marketing & advertising Des Moines, Iowa I was very interested in the calorie-dense porridge and the ingredients featured in VISIONS (“Creating a sustainable future”). The United Methodist Church has had a large mission in Zimbabwe for many years. My church in Indianola years ago and my present one here in Pittsburgh participate in it. It has a farm, hospital with outlying clinics, a nurses training program, K-12 school, and orphanage. The water situation has been improved. I think they could very well raise these ingredients perhaps first as a garden and then as farm crops.

Wonderful spring issue of VISIONS. I am so happy to see all that ISU is doing to help in Uganda. It must have been an eye-opening but heartwarming trip, as evidenced by your great article and amazing photos that captured so much. Thanks for doing this special coverage. Judith Brandlin**

’64 modern language Los Angeles, Calif. Thank you for your articles addressing world hunger and creating a sustainable future. I belong to United Methodist Women in Northern Illinois and hope to use information and resources from the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in our programs. Julia (Gray) McCutchan**

’58 home economics education Princeton, Ill. CHANGES AT THE TOP

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I think it is time to start hiring from within the ISU family and get people who really want a career at ISU rather than a spot to land on until something new comes along. Off-campus hirees are not always an addition to ISU.

My dad was a proud graduate of Iowa State, as were my wife and I. However, after reading the VISIONS editor’s support of illegal immigrants, that pride has greatly diminished.

EDITOR: Carole Gieseke ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Kate Bruns PHOTOGRAPHY: Jim Heemstra DESIGN: Scott Thornton / www.designgrid.com

Frank Arney* Palmer Holden**

’56 animal science Oklahoma City, Okla.

MS ’67 animal science, PhD ’70 Iowa City, Iowa

*Annual member, **Life member

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

I was shocked to hear that ISU has been supporting not only DACA students, but all “undocumented persons.” Your winter 2017 edition of VISIONS magazine (“Around Campus” briefs) states ISU is supporting the needs of all illegal alien students. These foreigners are breaking the law, and ISU is not only allowing them to study at a taxpayer-financed school, but also helping them to say in the country illegally. I cannot support ISU in any way until they stop supporting non-citizens that are in our country illegally. ISU should be cooperating with federal authorities to deport illegals and all other criminals as done in Europe and elsewhere!

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Iowa State University values communication with alumni and other audiences, and VISIONS welcomes letters from readers about topics in the magazine. Letters must be signed and include address and daytime phone number. Letters chosen for publication may be edited for length and clarity. The editor may decide to publish a representative sample of letters on a subject or limit the number of issues devoted to a particular topic. While universities are places of open discussion, letters deemed potentially libelous or that malign a person or group will not be published. Letters express the views of the readers and not Iowa State University nor the ISU Alumni Association. Send letters to VISIONS Editor, ISU Alumni Center, 420 Beach Ave., Ames, IA 50011-1430 or email cgieseke@iastate.edu.

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A TIME OF TRANSITION

Halbur, Lawrence named to interim leadership posts

John Lawrence

Co-chairing the committee seeking Leath’s permanent successor are Dan Houston (’84 marketing), president and CEO of Principal Financial Group, and Luis Rico-Gutierrez (A), dean of the ISU College of Design. The ISU Alumni Association has two representatives on the committee: attorney Steve Zumbach (L)(’73 ag business, PhD ’80 econ) and retired CPA Thea “Ted” Oberlander (L)(’77 accounting & indus admin), both of Des Moines. Seven faculty members and six Board of Regents representatives join ISU Foundation, staff, Student Government, and graduate student representatives, as well as retired ISU senior policy advisor Tom Hill (A), to round out the committee. The search committee’s timeline currently calls for the next president to be named in October.

CHRISTOPHER GANNON

Around Campus

n May 8 Steven Leath (L), preparing to become president at Auburn University, bid farewell to the Iowa State University community after more than five years of service as the university’s 15th president. Now attention has turned to the search for our university’s 16th leader. The Iowa Board of Regents hired former ISU provost and University of Northern Iowa president Ben Allen (L) as interim president March 24, appointed a 21-member search committee April 20, and hired Washington, D.C.-based search firm AGB Search May 5. Allen, who served as a senior policy adviser April 17-May 8 before taking over university leadership May 9, is no stranger to ISU. He joined the Iowa State faculty in 1979 and went on to spend 27 years on campus, including in roles as dean of the College of Business (1995-2001) and as vice president for academic affairs and provost (2002-2006), before leading UNI from 2006 until his retirement in 2013. “Returning to Ames, one of the best college towns in America, and to Iowa State, where I spent so many years as a faculty member and administrator, is very special,” Allen said. “I look forward to working with the leadership team, the Faculty Senate, the leaders of the professional and scientific staff and merit staff, student leaders, and alumni during this time between presidents to ensure the continued success of the university.”

Pat Halbur

Senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert (A) has named John Lawrence as the interim replacement for Cathann Kress (A)(’83 social work) – who recently left ISU for Ohio State – as vice president for extension and outreach, and Pat Halbur as interim replacement for Lisa Nolan – who has left ISU for the University of Georgia – as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Lawrence (L)(’84 an sci, MS ’86 ag econ), associate dean for extension programs

and outreach in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and extension director for agriculture and natural resources, became acting VP March 31 and interim VP April 29. Halbur (L) (DVM ’86, MS ’92 vet pathology, PhD ’95), professor and chair of the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, becomes interim dean July 1. The searches for permanent successors for both positions will be on hold until a new president is hired.

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This April, in a surprise move aimed at fixing a $118 million budget shortfall, the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture — a 30-year-old institution created in ISU’s land-grant tradition to conduct research and provide sustainability resources for Iowa farmers — was dismantled and defunded by the Iowa legislature. Weeks later, outgoing Gov. Terry Branstad, now U.S. Ambassador to China, was praised for using a line-item veto to remove the language in the bill that eliminated the Center – but Branstad’s action didn’t restore any of the eliminated state funding.

“They have already received significant bequests and other sources of funding, so they do have some other sources of funding,” Branstad told reporters. “The legislature had to make some tough decisions this year.” Mark Rasmussen (L)(MBA ’96), who has directed the Leopold Center since 2012, says the Center is likely to have a significantly reduced research impact in the near future as it will be unable to continue as a source of grant funding for researchers. Some existing grants will continue to be funded through endowments or may be transferred to ISU’s Nutrient Research Center, he said, but discussions about the Center’s uncertain funding and future will continue throughout this summer.

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

State budget cuts target ISU’s Leopold Center

“I thought a couple under would give me a chance, but as I went on with the round, the birdies kept on dropping.” – Iowa State senior golfer Nick Voke, after shooting a school-record 61 May 17 at the NCAA Austin Regional to take medalist honors and lead the team to a national championship berth, shattering the course record at the UT Golf Club by four strokes in the process

cool things you should KNOW and SHARE about ISU

1: Iowa State is graduating Cyclones in record numbers. ISU’s spring 2017 graduating class was its largestever as 5,093 Iowa Staters participated in undergraduate, graduate, and veterinary medicine commencement exercises May 4-6. For the second year in a row, undergraduate commencement was held at Jack Trice Stadium to accommodate large crowds.

2: Iowa State softball is knocking it out of the park. In just her first season at the helm of the Iowa State softball program, head coach Jamie Trachsel this spring led the Cyclones to their best conference finish since 1994 and a Big 12 championship berth. 3: Iowa State is waxing innovative. A vegetable-oil-based substitute for carnauba wax developed by the ISU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition’s Tong Wang (PhD ’98 food sci) and Tao Fei (’09 civil engr, MS ’13) received the National Innovation Award May 15 at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference

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and Expo in Washington, D.C. 4: Iowa State athletes are succeeding in the

classroom. In the latest multiyear Academic Progress Rates (APRs) released May 10 by the NCAA, Iowa State has shown significant overall improvement in eligibility, retention, and graduation of its student-athletes. ISU’s score of 982 ranks third in the Big 12 Conference, and nine of ISU’s 16 teams were above the national average last season. Furthermore, men’s golf, men’s track and field, wrestling, women’s cross country, gymnastics, women’s swimming and diving, women’s track and field, and tennis all produced perfect single-year scores in 2015-2016. 5: Iowa State is simply stunning. Travel + Leisure

recently named the most beautiful college in every U.S. state, and – surprise, surprise – ISU took home top honors for the Tall Corn State.

JIM HEEMSTRA

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Building better ways to play

ontel Caruthers’ thoughts about his future career path took an important turn the day he met 13-year-old Sarah at Courage League Sports’ “karaoke cycling” event. Caruthers says cycling is Sarah’s favorite activity, even if the adaptive stationary bike she uses to pedal with her hands is overpriced and not that great. Caruthers, who is concentrating on fitness and rehabilitation equipment within his industrial design major at Iowa State, observed and interviewed athletes throughout the spring semester and was

inspired to create a better bike for Sarah, a prototype of which he presented in April at Courage League – a nonprofit organization in Urbandale, Iowa, that offers yearround adaptive sports and recreational opportunities to children and adults with physical, cognitive, or emotional disabilities. Caruthers was one of nine ISU Industrial Design 302 students who participated in a 10-week project with Courage League, where the additional opportunity to volunteer throughout the semester, as he and classmate Victoria Keltner did frequently, took the learning experience to a new level.

Keltner invented the “Balance Bud” to help children gain independence while working on the balance beam. Brianne Tuttle made an oversized, soft hockey puck fitted with colored lights that can be played by athletes on foot and in power chairs. Rachel Harksen created a safe solution for adventurous young athletes to try aerial yoga. Farzana Oishi created a durable, no-slip cover for a balance ball that just happens to look like an adorable octopus. The semester’s designs are carrying on a proud tradition that started with the “Courage Mitt,” an adaptive leather baseball mitt on a stick invented by an

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“Any time teachers can find something that students are already doing, and comes in multimodal form, they can harness that interest and teach students about the tool’s potential. It’s not just giving students the technology and letting them play; it’s really guiding that interaction so they can express meaning.” Five-year-old Ellie tries out an adaptive balance beam designed by ISU industrial design student Victoria Keltner for Courage League Sports.

ISU student during the first year of what is now an ongoing partnership between department chair David Ringholz and Courage League founder Melissa ClarkeWharff. The mitt – which is used regularly in Courage League programming today – is now on track for mass production, and more ISU student-designed products are likely to follow. Clarke-Wharff, who founded Courage League in support of her sports-loving son, Jack, who became disabled after suffering multiple strokes at age 8, says working with ISU students is a unique opportunity to move forward her organization that, like most nonprofits, struggles

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– Emily Howell, an assistant professor in ISU’s School of Education, whose groundbreaking work with teachers is aimed at incorporating digital tools – including games like Pokémon GO – in the classroom

to maintain resources. Her ultimate vision, which she says is supported by Ringholz and by past and present class participants, is to make Courage League’s mission accessible to others through licensing a suite of programming materials and equipment – quality, accessible equipment that can be sold to help sustain the organization. “Ninety percent of everything we’ve purchased over the last three years has broken quickly,” Clarke-Wharff says. “It’s not durable, even though it is probably 3-4 times the cost that it should be, and it just makes you furious that things break. My ultimate goal is sharing our

mission but also helping Courage League become more self-sustaining so we’re not knocking on doors saying ‘Hey, we need money.’ [Working with ISU] has just made a big difference and I’m excited about the potential. Now I just want to win the lottery and make the stuff.” It’s stuff, Clarke-Wharff says, that does what industrial designers set out to do every day: change lives. “To talk about this with my parent hat on, I use that Courage Mitt and I get to go out and throw the baseball with my son,” she says. “I can play catch with my daughter, and then I can turn around and do it with Jack, too. That’s pretty cool.”

Connecting Creating a new generation of Cyclones through early awareness, fan involvement, academic outreach, and family connections

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CY’S SURPRISE ILLUSTRATION BY TARA GARTIN

with kids

ne of the most powerful legacies a parent or grandparent can leave a child is the legacy of higher education. And for parents and grandparents who profess to “bleeding cardinal and gold,” the 

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Iowa State Alumni Association’s newly expanded LegaCY Club can help children feel like they belong in the Iowa State family long before they’re old enough to start thinking about applying to college. Under the direction of Alumni Association assistant director for member services Sarah Craw (A), the LegaCY Club not only connects little Cyclones to Iowa State but also deepens the connection for their parents and grandparents. “When parents or grandparents enroll their children or grandchildren, it’s a way to connect these future potential students, but it’s also a way for them to connect themselves back to their own university,” Craw said. “Engaging your child or grandchild helps you remember all the things you loved about Iowa State, and the gifts we’ve pulled together are really going to help share Cyclone spirit throughout childhood. The new children’s book, Cy’s Surprise, will especially bring back a lot of nostalgia for being on campus.” Launching as an expanded program in July 2017, the LegaCY Club will educate the children and grandchildren of ISU Alumni Association members about Iowa State and the meaning of being a Cyclone through age-appropriate gifts and activities (see the sidebar at right for a complete list). The LegaCY Club also provides another point of connection and pride for ISU Alumni Association members. For families whose connections with Iowa State have skipped a generation, the LegaCY Club will allow children to create their own legacy. In fact, the program is open to all Iowa State friends who are members of the Alumni Association and who wish to connect their children or grandchildren with the university they’ve grown to love. “Fourth- and fifth-generation families are exciting, but first-generation students are exciting, too,” Craw said. “We’re extending this program to high schooland college-age students by hosting events on campus. We want to engage students the moment they step on campus, and this program helps us do that long before that. We want legacy students to know that they already have a home with the Iowa State Alumni Association.” – Carole Gieseke

 Birth to age 2: Children’s book

LegaCY Club offers gifts and benefits for little Cyclones everywhere As a member of the LegaCY Club, your child or grandchild will receive: • Birth to age 2: Cy’s Surprise, an exclusive children’s book written and illustrated by Iowa State alumnae Kate Bruns and Tara Gartin, respectively • Age 2: Cyclone growth chart • Age 5: Cyclone backpack • Age 7: Cyclone bank, to encourage saving for college • Age 10: Cyclone school notebook and pen • Age 13: Cyclone sleepover pillowcase • Age 16: Cyclone car decal and keychain for new drivers • All ages: Yearly Cyclone birthday cards • Upon graduation from Iowa State: LegaCY cord • Plus: a LegaCY Club certificate and invitations to LegaCY Club events SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

“Engaging your child or grandchild helps you remember all the things you loved about Iowa State.”

 Age 5: Backpack

 Age 16: Keychain and car decal

 Age 13: Pillowcase  Age 7: Bank  Age 2: Growth chart

 ISU Grad: LegaCY cord

HOW TO ENROLL YOUR CHILD OR GRANDCHILD IN THE LEGACY CLUB

Enroll your child or grandchild today in the Iowa State University Alumni Association’s newly expanded LegaCY Club at www.isualum.org/  Age 10: School notebook

legacy. A one-time $35 charge per child ensures children will receive gifts throughout their childhood and adolescence. In addition to the enrollment fee, a parent or grandparent must simply remain a current annual member or be a life member of the Alumni Association. For full program details, visit the link above.

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Everybody’s favorite bird takes kids on a great ISU adventure in this exclusive new LegaCY Club book for young children

CY’s Surprise In a cozy straw nest In a tree way up high Lived a red baby bird His friends called him Cy He was loyal and true And his spirit was great His home and his heart Were at Iowa State

hus begins the long-awaited book, Cy’s Surprise, published by the ISU Alumni Association for children and grandchildren of Iowa State alumni and friends. Written by Kate Bruns (A)(’99 journ & mass comm) and illustrated by Tara Gartin (’87 graphic design), Cy’s Surprise is the premier LegaCY Club gift, aimed at toddler and preschool-age children.

The 24-page book is available exclusively to families who enroll their children and grandchildren in the ISU Alumni Association’s newly expanded LegaCY Club. Bruns, the associate director of communications for the ISU Alumni Association, began working on the book several years ago, and she had a vision to make Cy, the ISU mascot, relatable to children. “I really felt like I wanted kids to be

able to relate to Cy as more than just this rock-star figure in their lives, and instead to have Cy be more like them,” Bruns said. “So I really liked the idea of having him start as a baby and grow up and learn some of the lessons that I think most parents hope their kids will learn as they explore the world.” Bruns’ “Dr. Seuss gene” came in handy in telling the lighthearted tale of Cy’s SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

Cy’s Surprise is 24 pages, approximately 9 inches by 8 inches, spiral bound, and laminated for easy cleaning.

“I really wanted Cy to be curious, because he’s discovering all the things that he can do at Iowa State.” – Tara Gartin, Cy’s Surprise illustrator

adventure on the Iowa State campus, and Gartin’s own love of the Dr. Seuss style played into the colorful illustrations that give Cy a childlike personality as he evolves from a baby bird to spreading his wings and becoming an active participant on campus. “I really wanted Cy to be curious, because he’s discovering all the things that he can do at Iowa State,” Gartin said. “He’s VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG SUMMER 2017

kind of naïve at first. He’s exploring Iowa State, and he doesn’t know exactly what he’s getting into, and so it’s like an adventure for him. At one point in the story he suddenly realizes, ‘Oh, at Iowa State you can do all these different things!’ And it’s like an explosion of all the things he’s doing. It’s pretty funny.” “I’m so excited about how Tara took the text and just ran with it and made

these beautiful, adorable, funny images that I just think are going to be really appealing,” Bruns said. “I read my 5-yearold son the story and he loved it, but after I showed him the pictures he got extra excited about it.” – Carole Gieseke LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WRITER AND ILLUSTRATOR 

Author Kate Bruns: Cy and the family clone

s far back as she can remember, Kate Adams Bruns (A)(’99 journ & mass comm) knew two things: She loved to write, and she loved Iowa State. The writing began first. “I’ve been writing rhyming poems since I was very, very young,” Bruns said. “Ever since I was probably 2 or 3 years old, my

favorite form of play was to create books or, as I got a little bit older, to write things about Iowa State.” Iowa State played a huge role in her childhood. Some of her most magical memories are of the times she accompanied her father, David Adams (L)(’73 metallurgical engineering), to Iowa State basketball games. “That was kind of a special treat because we just had two tickets, and so the two of us would go,” she said. “We’d always stop at the gas station, and he’d let me get candy to eat in the car, and that was always cool. We would come up here for basketball games; when I got older we came to all the football games, too.” Her family came to VEISHEA every spring – the colder the parade, the more vivid the memories, she said – and her dad often took her inside the big, imposing buildings. Bruns’ father was “far and away the biggest influence” on her Iowa State connection, but a great-grandmother and an uncle also graduated from ISU, and her mother, Deborah Adams (L), and brother David, both University of Northern Iowa grads, have enthusiastically embraced the cardinal and gold. So it was no surprise when Bruns

enrolled in the journalism and mass communication program in the fall of 1996. And it was a happy coincidence that at age 17 she met Ben Bruns (A)(’01 construction engineering) and helped convince him to accept the offer to play Cyclone football. “I was already in my Iowa State recruitment mode before I was even in the futurehusband recruitment mode,” she said. “I jumped on the fact that he was being recruited by Iowa State for football before I really thought about him in any other way.” Ben and Kate, married since 2000, have a 5-year-old son, C.J., who has not surprisingly visited campus regularly, attending basketball and a few football games and spending time at Reiman Gardens. As business development director for the Weitz Company, Ben has had a hand in many of the new campus constructions and renovations, so C.J.’s parents often point out “the buildings that Daddy helped make.” Kate says she and Ben won’t pressure C.J. into enrolling at Iowa State when the time comes but says he may end up at ISU. “He may end up in a similar situation to mine, where it’s just been such a big part of his life for so long,” she said.

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Cy’s Surprise author Kate Bruns attended the 2017 spring football game with her father, Dave Adams, and her 5-year-old son, C.J.

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Front: Elizabeth Gartin. Second row: Peter Gartin, Dallas Lockwood, Nathan Gartin. Third row: Joshua Gartin, Tara Gartin, Larry Lockwood. Back row: Timothy Gartin, Courtney Cooley.

Illustrator Tara Gartin: Surrounded by Cyclones

ara Gartin’s Iowa State family tree is strong and growing larger every year. Her father, Larry Lockwood (’61 architecture), graduated from Iowa State, and HIS father attended. Her mom, Dallas Lockwood, attended, and her husband, Timothy Gartin (MA ’92 English), is an ISU grad. Her oldest son, Nathan, took classes at Iowa State. Son Peter is an ISU senior in physics and math, daughter Elizabeth is an ISU sophomore in public relations and anthropology, and youngest son, Joshua, is a high school sophomore who’s eyeing Iowa State’s theatre program. That’s a lot of connections for someone

who grew up in Overland Park, Kan., and knew the state of Iowa mostly from walking beans at her uncle’s farm. But her father’s connection to the College of Design drew her to Iowa State. “The one thing we’ve shared in common was art,” Gartin said. “He’s always encouraged me in my artwork, and since he studied here it was easy for him to say, ‘This is a great place to go for design.’ When we came to visit, it was obvious that it was an excellent graphic design program, so it was a perfect fit for me.” Gartin’s experiences at Iowa State included living in Helser and Friley Halls all four-and-a-half years she attended school, plus she played oboe in the University Wind Ensemble and

Symphony Orchestra. Gartin (’87 graphic design) worked as a graphic designer after graduating from Iowa State, including a number of years on campus. She took time off to raise and home-school her four children before launching into a new career as a children’s-book illustrator. She also volunteers as president of Story Theatre Company, a side job that involves promotional work, painting, and animation for the stage. Today, with two kids enrolled at Iowa State, she stays connected through their activities. She also encouraged her sister’s daughter, Courtney Cooley, who lives in Kansas, to attend ISU. Courtney is a freshman in the College of Design. – Carole Gieseke

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Fans of the future Cyclone Athletics connects kids to ISU through the Junior Cyclone Club

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oday’s kids are involved in countless activities, plugged into technology, and continually presented with a smorgasbord of entertainment options, leaving college athletics administrators everywhere with burning questions: Is there still room for good, old-fashioned sports fandom? Who will be the fans of the future? At Iowa State, there’s reason to believe that the Cyclone fan of tomorrow is the kindergartener of today who high-fives Meredith Burkhall on the Hilton concourse after a women’s basketball victory, the fourth-grader who comes early to the spring football game so he can get one-on-one coaching from Zeb Noland, or the middle schooler who hosts her birthday party at a Cyclone gymnastics meet. Developed two decades ago as the “Lil’ Clone Club” by Cyclone women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly (L) to encourage game attendance among young families, today’s Junior Cyclone Club is one of the largest collegiate booster clubs for youth in the country, and Iowa State is banking on the idea that this significant investment in the future fan will ultimately pay major dividends. “We put a tremendous amount of emphasis on our [youth] club compared to a lot of schools because we think it’s very important,” says Mary Pink (MEd ’10), ISU’s longtime associate athletics director for marketing. When it began as a women’s basketball program initiative, the original Lil’ Clone Club attracted families by offering free T-shirts and souvenirs, priority seating, and a pizza party. Today, the Junior Cyclone Club offers, for only $59 per year, free admission to all football, women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics, soccer, and softball events, as well as priority to purchase student seats for men’s basketball games that happen during winter break. The club, which has averaged around 5,000 members over the last five years, has added special free events ranging from sports clinics to the annual

“They are going deeper than just, ‘Here’s a T-shirt and a ticket. They are really trying to engage kids in new ways.” – Joanne Wilson Tubbs Cyclone FanFest and even movie nights in Jack Trice Stadium. The goal, Pink says, is to engage Millennials and members of Generation Z by offering what they crave most: one-of-a-kind experiences. Among the families that have embraced the experiences Junior Cyclone Club has to offer is the Tubbs family of Des Moines. Over the last decade, Joanne Wilson Tubbs (L)(’94 music) says her three children have done everything from discovering their personal passions to forging friendships

with student-athletes and fans. “It’s not just the tickets and the high fiving,” Tubbs says. “The kids get to do clinics with the coaches and do special jobs like guest announcer at a volleyball game. They are going deeper than just, ‘Here’s a T-shirt and a ticket.’ They are really trying to engage kids in new ways. Every year, there’s something new. Even college kids don’t get to experience some of these things that the Junior Cyclone Club kids get to do.” SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

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Kids of all ages dig Hilton Coliseum because of things like Cy, Clone Cones, and the chance to make signs (like Carl and Miles Tubbs)

Tubbs and her husband, Peter Tubbs (L)(’92 telecommunicative arts, MBA ’10), are the busy parents of 15-year-old Julia, 11-year-old Carl, and 9-year-old Miles, who attend nearly 40 Junior Cyclone Club events every year. “They’ve been back in the locker rooms, they’ve been behind the scenes, and it makes them feel so comfortable,” Tubbs says. “Campus now feels like home. They see themselves going to Iowa State because of their love for campus, their love for the VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG SUMMER 2017

Cyclones. They see it as super welcoming and not intimidating.” Her great seats for Cyclone athletics events have benefitted Julia in an unexpected way. She started bringing a camera and, through hours of practice from a great vantage point, has become an awardwinning photographer. “Every year she’ll take anywhere from 500 to 700 athletic pictures at Iowa State,” Tubbs says of her daughter. “She’ll enter her best ones at the State Fair and she’s actually

won some pretty amazing awards; she even got a small scholarship from Iowa State. They saw one of her pictures at the Fair and attached an award to it.” Creating opportunities for young Cyclone fans to have incredible experiences is fully in line with athletics director Jamie Pollard’s vision. From transitioning local golf outings into the more familyfriendly Cyclone Tailgate Tour to helping spearhead the uber-popular movie night events, Pink says Pollard (L) has been integral in expanding the Junior Cyclone Club’s reach. “He’s really seen the value,” Pink says. “He was the one who actually said, ‘Let’s offer the Iowa game for football and make it a whole package.’ He was the one who brought up the idea of doing a pregame tunnel on the field. He always wants us to be more engaging of a broader range of families and kids.” Offering prime seats for men’s basketball is another way Junior Cyclone Club stands out from its peers nationally, Pink says. “We were really surprised and appreciative of what they’re doing with men’s basketball,” Tubbs says. “They can fill that place up and could have taken a step back [with Junior Cyclone Club benefits], but they didn’t. We were in the second row for Okie State. Crazy!” Crazy is one word Tubbs says she might normally use to describe her decision to let two young boys stay up to attend an 8 o’clock basketball game on a weeknight, but the experience was one her sons will never forget. They even made a sign (pictured at left), which received lots of TV attention, praising their mother for letting them “stay up late.” Ultimately, Tubbs and Pink both agree, it’s those experiences that will become enduring memories and therefore the foundation of a lifetime relationship with Iowa State. “It’s now more important than ever to engage kids with your brand at an early age,” Pink says. “You have a lot of competing forces for their attention and their attendance, so we’re just always finding new ways to work with how kids and families today operate to engage them with Iowa State.” – Kate Bruns

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An adventure in the making

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Iowa State’s Admissions Early Outreach team provides higher ed resources and engagement to Iowa youth

Caroline Schmidt, an ISU senior in psychology, leads a campus tour for a group of Southeast Polk Middle School students. Earlier in the day, the students were invited to tour athletics facilities, hear an Admissions presentation, and eat lunch in Seasons Marketplace.

“When you get to see those lightbulbs come on, it’s really empowering.”

dream adventure doesn’t just happen; it’s time to start planning. That’s the message the Iowa State Admissions Early Outreach team is sharing with students at a young age. Admissions Early Outreach works with students ranging in age from third grade through high school. The office coordinates programs for first-generation college students, students from low-income households, students of color, and talented and gifted students. The wide variety of programs offered by the office, ranging from campus visits to summer camps to outreach at schools around Iowa, is intend-

ed to help students think about college long before they are seniors in high school. But explaining the concepts of class rank, GPA, ACT scores, and admissions standards to younger students is challenging. Abby Welborn (A), middle school counselor for Admissions Early Outreach, takes a lighthearted approach. In between pop-culture references and memes worked into presentations, Welborn encourages students to think about how the things they are doing now will prepare them for college. “We have to begin with just building a framework of what it means to go to a

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university, and within a university, a college. Then, what is a major? And how does that align to a job?” Welborn said. “At the same time, we throw in some memes and some pop culture. I try to be funny and keep up with the fads.” Admissions Early Outreach focuses on providing engaging, hands-on, and non-traditional classroom experiences to students to spark their curiosity about college. Students may build and program robotic cars during visits to campus or learn about epidemiology and statistics in a summer camp course about a zombie apocalypse. They learn about the freedom

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Sara Jablon leads a small group of middle school students in a class focused on costume design.

Summer programs bring kids to campus

ummer has always been a time for groups of youngsters to get involved with programs on campus. Previous summers at ISU have provided opportunities for groups large and small, ranging from 4-H and athletics activities to national conferences and academic prep workshops. Some key outreach programs come from ISU’s Office of Precollegiate Programs for Talented and Gifted, or OPPTAG. The Adventures program is designed for academically talented students entering grades 3-8. For older students, OPPTAG offers Explorations, a summer program for

students entering grades 9-11. Each program is a full week and gives kids an opportunity to explore the worlds of science, math, art, literature, reading, engineering, and more. Iowa State’s Early Outreach Program is a week-long residential summer program for first-generation African American, Native American, and Hispanic/Latino youth entering grades 9-12 at an Iowa school. Whatever a child’s interest, Iowa State probably has a program that is both fun and enriching. Consider: harvesting vegetables and learning about healthy eating; examining the fields of art, photography,

and fashion design; exploring the world of insects; discovering the many aspects of agriculture; learning about community leadership; improving sports skills; studying computers; or competing in a talent competition. Programs, workshops, and camps are planned through a number of campus units, but here are just a couple of places to start if you’re interested in finding summer programs for your kids: www.ispy.iastate.edu and http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/.

of a college schedule, treat themselves to an extra dessert in the dining center during lunch, or test their luck by walking across the Zodiac in the Memorial Union. Although these experiences may help students imagine becoming Cyclones in the future, recruitment is not the primary goal of the office, according to Tricia Stouder, early outreach program coordinator for Admissions Early Outreach. “We’re not trying to recruit students in third grade or in middle school even,” Stouder said. “As the land-grant institution in Iowa, it’s part of our mission to help bring the resources and the knowledge

of the college to community members. Part of that is to help prepare the youngest citizens of Iowa. We want to make sure that they have the information and the knowledge that they need in order to be ready for recruitment when the time is right.” As the only team dedicated solely to early outreach amongst Iowa’s public universities, the staff at Iowa State seems to have tapped into a previously overlooked market. Demand for early-outreach programs is high. Some of the office’s programs reach capacity minutes after registration opens. In an attempt to meet demand, Admissions Early Outreach is

committed to growing the program offerings and partnering with other Iowa State entities to share their expertise. “Sometimes you wonder if anything you’re saying has sunk in,” Stouder said. “But when you get to see those lightbulbs come on, it's really empowering. We get to engage these students and get them excited about the next step, even if that’s still a few years away.”

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4-H: Empowering youth

Iowa 4-H offers experiences and opportunities for urban and rural youth throughout the state

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any people hear “4-H” and instantly think of livestock and horticulture. Agriculture plays a big part, but 4-H is primarily a youth development program that teaches young people personal and professional skills that allow them to reach their fullest potential. The Iowa 4-H program is a hands-on learning experience that promotes youth development in several areas, including music and photography, digital storytelling, environment and sustainability, science and math, and food and nutrition. Iowa State works to connect with young people year-round through the 4-H Youth Development program. Volunteer development specialist Tillie Bell Good (L)(’04 political science) says the goal is to connect with youth through research-based experiences. Adult volunteers build relationships with the kids involved to teach positive youth development, helping them to develop skills necessary to becoming the best citizens. “There are so many positive effects of the healthy relationships young people have with the role models of both the older youth and adults in the groups,” Good said. “It helps them with growth and development. They see the positive outcomes of giving back to the community.” 4-H has four areas of focus: STEM, healthy living, citizenship and leadership, and communication and arts. Kids from grades K-12 have the opportunity to get hands-on learning experience with projects targeted to their age groups. They learn how to take ideas and concepts and apply them to real-life situations. For example, in learning about healthy living and gardening, kids not only learn how to harvest vegetables and fruits but how to make healthy meals out of the produce. “The intent in teaching youth these ideas and concepts is that hopefully they’re taking them back to their family and starting the conversation around healthy living,” Good said. “We’re empowering youth to share their knowledge.” Good says that STEM has been an exciting area to which to introduce kids.

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Young Women in Business Camp

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Design Dimensions Camp

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Sister States Kosovo trip

Aug. 10-20 Iowa State Fair Sept. 22-24 Ujima/Asian-Pacific Islander Youth Leadership Retreat For more information on these programs, contact Iowa 4-H at (515) 294-1017, iowa4hmail@iastate.edu, or www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/.

One aspect of STEM that kids relate to is learning anatomy and how the body works in playing a sport. They learn how food and nutrition is important to the way the body functions. “4-H is not just one thing,” Good said. “You can make it what you want it to be.” Aqua, robotics, Lego League, 3-D printing, coding, virtual reality – the areas of opportunity are endless. With 4-H, there’s always a new project to explore. The program provides learning opportunities to young people to which they might not otherwise ever have been exposed, teaching them new skills and allowing them to explore new areas of interest. Many of the things kids learn in 4-H help in career preparation as well. “We get a lot of people today saying how they learned communication skills through 4-H and how it helps with the career component,” Good said. “If they have to present information, whether in front of a group or at the State Fair, they get that experience in 4-H.” Within the four areas of focus, 4-H volunteers integrate eight essential elements within 4-H youth development experiences: caring adults, safe environments, mastery, service, self-determination, inclusiveness, futuristic, and engagement. Throughout Iowa, almost 10,000 volunteers guide 4-H members to become the best citizens they can be. Iowa State offers clubs, camping experiences, retreats, and several more opportunities for young people to get involved in 4-H. The campus recently hosted a cultural retreat – Maize – for the coming together of Native American, Latino, and Iowa traditions and cultures. “It’s exciting to me that we have the connection to ISU,” Good said. “We take what we have here on campus and spread it throughout the state.” Good says 4-H is for everyone, offering experiences and opportunities for urban and rural youth all over Iowa. “It really can be and is an opportunity for all,” Good said. “Anyone can make 4-H part of their lives, no matter where you live or whom you’re connected with.” – Michelle Chalkey Barichello

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Rewarding students for rewarding careers

Scholarships help Iowa State students reach their dreams of becoming teachers

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rowing up in Boone, Iowa, Stacie Leeds knew even as a child that she wanted to be a teacher. She even thought she might like to pursue that profession in the place where she grew up – to give back to her community and, most importantly, to enrich kids’ lives through her teaching. Now, true to that aspiration, she’s teaching sixth grade in the exact same middle school she once attended. Her former science teacher is on her teaching team. Her principal was once her physical education teacher whose children she babysat. Before graduating from Iowa State in December 2015, Leeds even student-taught in Boone, an opportunity that solidified her teaching skills – and her commitment to a demanding and rewarding profession. While student teaching is a required step in teacher education, the unpaid time can be financially challenging. Yet the demands are such that the university suggests students don’t work at another job, if possible. But

that’s not feasible for all students. Enter the Myrna and John Hamann Scholarship, which provides a stipend to STEM education students to cover living expenses during student teaching. Leeds was the second recipient of the fund the couple created in 2013, which has now benefited six education students at Iowa State. The Hamann Scholarship is helping students toward their dreams of becoming teachers, while also helping the School of Education in the College of Human Sciences toward a goal to raise new scholarship support, a key priority during the university’s Forever True, For Iowa State campaign. Said Myrna Hamann (L)(’65 mathematics), who established the scholarship with her husband, Jon Hamann (L)(’66 chemical engineering), “Students really need the money, especially the semester when they are student teaching.” As Leeds recalled, “The scholarship meant I didn’t have to stress about making money, so I could truly focus on my students.”

Today, Leeds’ student debt load is light enough that she’s just bought a house in Boone, putting down even deeper roots in her community. She appreciates that, as a teacher in a small town, her job doesn’t end when the bell rings. “Even when you are just going to the store or out to eat, you run into your students. You are considered a role model whenever you are out in the community.” Scholarships such as the Hamanns’ are important to attract and keep good education students because, noted Leeds, “They encourage you to stay in the teaching field, which you know is not going to be the most rewarding financially. But it is so rewarding in so many other ways. “Being a teacher has been amazing. My students have such deep thoughts that they want to talk through. They make my day every day, just by being themselves.” – Veronica Lorson Fowler

Stacie Leeds (’15 elementary education) teaches sixth grade at Boone Middle School. She is the recipient of the Myrna and John Hamann Scholarship, which helped cover living expenses while she was student teaching.

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Keeping the Promise

ISU 4U Promise helps make college more accessible and affordable to a targeted group of underserved kids in Des Moines PHOTOS BY JIM HEEMSTRA

Aleena Tran works with her fifth-grade teacher, Brooke Miller Fry (’03 elementary education), on math problems at King Elementary.

en-year-old Aleena Tran isn’t afraid to dream big about her future. Walking through the hallway at King Elementary School with her sparkle-kitty lunch bag, Aleena imagines that someday she will be an educator who helps students solve multiplication problems, memorize state capitals, and study the planets. “I really want to be a teacher,” Aleena said. “I believe that my dream will come true, because I feel that many people support my dream. This makes me happy.” The ISU 4U Promise program begins nurturing dreams like Aleena’s – as early as kindergarten – with a rich curriculum of activities, special events, and speeches. Promise kids learn from ISU students and educators that it is possible for them to attend one of Iowa State’s six undergraduate colleges. New worlds unfold as these kids learn that they can become an entomologist who studies bugs, or a reporter who covers breaking news, or an entrepreneur who runs a successful pizza business, among other careers. “I feel super grateful that I have these opportunities. I’ve learned a lot about Iowa State,” Aleena said. “I’m only in fifth grade, but it makes me want to reach my goals even more.”

The program also provides generous tuition awards. How the Promise works ISU 4U Promise was conceptualized in 2013 by then-ISU President Steven Leath (L) and State Representative Ako AbdulSamad. Created to make college more

Somerle Rhiner stands in the library of Callanan Middle School after participating in a mentorship program with students at the school.

accessible and affordable for students at King and Moulton elementary schools in Des Moines, the program carves a supportive, positive path from elementary school to Iowa State’s front door. “We show these kids that the future is full of possibilities, and we expose them to all kinds of new ideas,” said Kayla Pippitt, assistant program director for ISU 4U Promise. “We are selling enthusiasm.” The program also features beforeand-after-school programs, family events, back-to-school nights, and field trips. Fifth graders tour the ISU campus, and highschool students stay in the residence halls during an overnight campus visit. To receive the ISU 4U Promise tuition award, students must graduate fifth grade at King or Moulton elementary schools, stay in the district, and graduate from a Des Moines public high school. The award will vary, depending on the number of years students attend King or Moulton, up to full tuition. To maintain eligibility, students must remain active in the program, meet attendance standards, take the ACT, and earn acceptance into ISU. Graduating to bigger things The oldest students in the program are currently high school juniors who plan to enter ISU in the fall of 2018. More than half of these 22 students, including Somerle Rhiner, are eligible for free tuition. With plans to major in premedical and health sciences at ISU, Somerle wants to become a doctor. “I am so excited to attend Iowa State,” she said. “I just want to go to college now!” “Dreams are coming true for me and many other students,” she said. “The tuition is important, but the support I’ve received and the skills I’ve learned are even more valuable.” Program organizers identify student skills and harness those talents. Somerle was selected to mentor young students, and she has spoken to large groups at

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Callanan Middle School. These experiences have helped her to secure career-related opportunities. “I do volunteer work, and this summer I will job shadow at a hospital,” she said. It takes a village to keep a Promise A unique fusion of education, community, and business partners works year-round to ensure that ISU 4U Promise is successful. “Everyone pulls together to create a

sense of community and friendship, so these kids have a strong support system that carries them through grade school and into their college years,” Pippitt said. Each year, ISU officials attend King and Moulton fifth-grade graduation ceremonies to demonstrate their commitment to each child’s goals and dreams. Promise partners include the ISU School of Education, ISU Extension and Outreach, Human Development and Family Studies,

Financial Aid, Des Moines Public Schools, and numerous community organizations and businesses in the Moulton and King neighborhoods. “It is very rewarding to see an enthusiastic child proclaim, ‘I want to be a food scientist!’ or ‘I want to be an event planner!’” Pippitt said. “Many people work hard to show these kids that their futures are bright.” – Angie Haggerty

Careers with kids

Iowa State offers degree programs leading to professions working with children and families

want to work with kids.” That’s a common request when students first arrive at Iowa State and are just starting to think about majors and careers. For those students, ISU has a number of programs from which they can choose. Elementary education; early childhood

education; and child, adult, and family services degree programs – all offered through the College of Human Sciences – prepare Iowa State students for careers in teaching, special education, child care, youth services, advocacy programs, preschool education, and more. These majors, which allow graduates

A practicum student works with young children in Iowa State’s Child Development Laboratory School.

“My major is meaningful to me because I know that teachers play a huge role in children’s lives as they grow up” – Bailey Oberbroeckling

to connect one-on-one with children and youth, are considered to be some of the most meaningful degree programs available, according to findings of a national survey of 1.4 million college graduates. “My major is meaningful to me because I know that teachers play a huge role in children’s lives as they grow up,” Bailey Oberbroeckling, an elementary education major, told writer Lynn Campbell for a story in the College of Human Sciences Matters magazine. Iowa State’s Child Development Laboratory School is a hands-on resource for students in early childhood, where they gain valuable experience working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. And early childhood majors also have an opportunity to work with students in kindergarten through third grade in area schools before they student-teach. Elementary education students learn to teach the basics – like math, reading, and science – and also can choose to specialize in an area such as art or coaching. The child, adult, and family services major prepares students to work with young children and their families, making Iowa and the world a better place. – Carole Gieseke

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Cyclone families

Meet four families leaving unique Iowa State legacies

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THE VIALL FAMILY

A family tradition

Aimee, Brooklyn, and Helene Viall visited the Iowa State campus in April.

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an Viall, his sister Aimee, and his mother Helene – all Iowa State graduates – talk so often about Iowa State to Dan’s two young daughters that bringing each of them to campus for special fifth birthday celebrations seemed like a natural thing to do. On a windy spring day in 2014, Helene (A)(’67 math, MS ’70 education) and Aimee (L)(’97 history, MS ’01 family & consumer sciences) brought 5-year-old Livia on a road trip to campus to introduce her to Iowa State. They visited the Memorial Union, where Livia’s dad Dan (L)(’99 MIS) spent much of his time; the Fountain of the Four Seasons; the Campanile; and other central campus buildings. They took her to Friley Hall, where Aimee and Dan both lived. They fed the swans, Lancelot and Elaine, and they visited Hilton Coliseum, where Aimee once played in the pep band for men’s and women’s basketball games. Before leaving Ames, the trio stopped by the ISU Alumni Center, Reiman Gardens, and Jack Trice Stadium. The day culminated in the publication of a Shutterfly book, Iowa State University: Auntie, Livia, Grandma, and Cy, pictured above. Three years later, on another breezy April day, Livia’s younger sister Brooklyn got her turn to visit the ISU campus for the first time with her Aunt Aimee and Grandma. They ate lunch in the Memorial Union food court, visited Parks Library, counted the steps at Catt Hall, fed the swans, visited Friley Hall, and ran across Central Campus. The highlight of the trip was a visit to the College of Veterinary Medicine, because

Brooklyn loves animals. “Dan and I always talk [to the girls] about Iowa State. Since I don’t have kids of my own, it’s been fun hanging out with Brooklyn and Livia and talking about how important school is,” Aimee said. “I have awesome memories of this place. I could have been a lifetime student.” Helene plans to make another picture book for Brooklyn to commemorate the special day she spent on campus. “I hope other people will use this idea to make their own memories of the places that are special to them at Iowa State,” Helene said. The Viall family legacy at ISU includes Helene’s brother, sister, and father. “My dad attended Iowa State College in spring and winter 1936, then went back home to farm in Rembrandt, Iowa. He was the reason I came to Iowa State. He said, ‘If you’re going to major in math, you really need to go to Iowa State.’ So I did.”

THE BASHARA FAMILY

Finishing strong

hen Alex Bashara was 10 years old, his grandfather gave him one of his most prized possessions: his Iowa State letterman’s jacket. It was a stunning moment for Alex’s mom, Andrea (L)(MS ’94 prof studies in education), because she remembered the jacket from her own childhood – and it was officially off limits to her and her three sisters. “As kids, we couldn’t touch that jacket!” she says. “It hung in plastic in our hall closet.” The jacket has become a beloved treasure in the Basharas’ Elkhorn, Neb., home, especially since Alex’s grandfather, George 27

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and I want you to have it’,” Alex recalled. Just before his death, Alex’s grandfather gave him his Iowa State athletics ring, another of his most treasured possessions. It was a bittersweet moment. Alex is a 15-year-old freshman at Elkhorn High School now, and for years his wardrobe has consisted mainly of Iowa State gear; he says he wears an Iowa State shirt to school “99 percent of the time.” (“He has on Iowa State shirts in every photo we have of him, unless he’s in a sports uniform,” his mom adds.) He comes by his love of Iowa State naturally; in addition to his mom and maternal grandfather, his dad, Pete (L)(’93 animal science, DVM ’97), paternal grandfather Robert (DVM ’63), and great-uncle Greg Dennis (’71 mathematics) are all Iowa State grads. Alex hopes to be part of ISU’s class of 2024, possibly majoring in computer engineering. His sister, Victoria, 13, is a seventh grader at Elkhorn Middle School. The family continues to live their lives based on the advice Alex’s grandfather gave his grandchildren just before he passed away: “Love your parents. Run fast. Jump high. Finish strong.” THE BALDWIN FAMILY

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him nearly every day after school, “just to talk about whatever.” It’s tough for Alex to talk about his grandfather, now that he’s gone. When he gave Alex his jacket, Andrea said it was as if he knew life was short. “He said, ‘This is my most prized possession,

here’s a strong sense of pride in the voices of the Lawyer/ Baldwin women: women who have followed directly in the footsteps of M. Lucille Beck Marsh, a 1927 ISU home economics education graduate. Marsh is the mother of Caryl Marsh Lawyer (L)(’58 textiles & clothing), grandmother of Kimberly Lawyer Baldwin (L)(’83 home economics education), and great-grandmother of Hannah Baldwin (L) – the fourth generation of women in her family to earn an Iowa State degree in an area of home economics. Hannah graduated on May 6 with a specialization in early childhood special education. The three descendants of Lucille Marsh say they were strongly encouraged to go to college, but they had choices about where to attend. Each chose Iowa State for one reason: strong programs in the human sciences. “My mother said, ‘If this is what you’re studying, you need to go to Iowa State. It’s SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

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on a whole different level,’” Caryl Lawyer said. Kim Baldwin agrees. She’s a highly regarded high school home economics teacher, now teaching in Parker, Colo. “The leaders (in this profession) are Iowa State alumni,” she says. It’s a theme that played out strongly when Hannah was touring colleges a few years ago. Hannah looked at schools closer to home – in Colorado and Wyoming – but when she was touring one school, a professor asked her what other schools she was considering. “When she said ‘Iowa State’ they brought out the book they’d be teaching from, and it was written by an Iowa Stater,” Kim says. Hannah’s family legacy and frequent visits to her grandparents’ home in Manly, Iowa, had already familiarized her with Iowa State, so she toured the campus over fall break, applied, was accepted – and then a scholarship basically sealed the deal. VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG SUMMER 2017

But Kim told Hannah her decision had to feel right. “It did,” Hannah says. “And I knew it would make the grandparents happy if I got in.” Caryl says the Lawyer/Baldwin legacy actually began a generation earlier – nearly 100 years ago – when her grandmother’s vision was for all four of her children to attend college. “They all went,” she said. And the legacy will likely continue. Caryl has a few more grandchildren hoping to attend Iowa State.

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n what may be one of the most unique Iowa State legacy families, the Cunningham family of Spencer, Iowa, has also made history.

Four Cunningham siblings – Craig, Carrie, Cayla, and Casey – not only attended Iowa State but also played the Campanile carillon bells. The four even played the bells together during a spring 2016 concert – something that’s never been done before. Mentor, Cownie Professor of Music, and university carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam said, “A carillon quartet is unique, not to mention that members of the quartet are siblings, and they all attend(ed) Iowa State. The Cunningham Quartet is the first family carillon quartet I’ve ever had, and this may be the first in the history of Iowa State.” The musical adventure started with Craig (’12 biology/pre-med), now a family medicine resident in Wichita, Kan. During his last year at Iowa State, he “randomly emailed” Tam, telling her he had piano experience and might want to take carillon lessons. The following Tuesday, he audi29

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tioned – and began to play. Carrie (’14 elementary education) was next. She met Tam following one of Craig’s concerts, and she also had piano experience. She started playing, and she and Craig played a duet before he graduated. Cayla, an ISU senior in elementary education, had less musical experience than her older siblings, and she wasn’t planning to carry on the tradition. But 30

Tam encouraged her to try, and Cayla played for six semesters before leaving campus to student-teach earlier this year. (Despite her protests to the contrary, her siblings agree that Cayla is the most talented of all the Cunningham carillonneurs.) Bringing up the rear, Casey, an ISU junior majoring in finance, came to Iowa State with no piano experience, save for a few brief lessons in elementary school. “I knew I wanted to play it at some point,

just for a semester, just to say that I had played it, but Dr. Tam actually signed me up for the course without asking me,” Casey said. (His siblings laugh.) The pressure to perform was “immense,” he said, but he continued to play. Performing in a bell tower is an unusual choice for a musician, but it was an easy one for this family. “I think the Campanile is such an icon of Iowa State, and because our family has SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

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said. “It’s certainly very special to me as their teacher.” The siblings grew up in a home filled with music: dance, classical music, and musicals. “My mom said her favorite memories are when her kids were just singing and doing things like that,” Carrie said. “So when we had the idea that all four of us could play the carillon, it kind of became not only a bonding experience for us as

siblings but also a gift to our mom,” Kathy Cunningham (A)( ’86 elem ed). The Cunninghams have each played the carillon individually, in a family duet and trio, and historically once as a quartet. Because a quartet on the carillon is so rare, Cayla had to arrange the piece for the spring 2016 concert. The siblings chose Do-Re-Mi from “The Sound of Music,” one of their favorite childhood songs.

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Casey, Carrie, Craig, and Cayla Cunningham made ISU history when they played a sibling quartet on the carillon in 2016.

such a deep passion for Iowa State University and the Cyclones since we were very young, I think it was just a natural fit for our family,” Craig said. “It was kind of just a really unique thing that we could say that we could do and tell our kids that we did. It’s something that very, very few people get the opportunity to do.” “Though they have different musical skill levels, they each had their own adventure and experience on the carillon,” Tam VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG SUMMER 2017

In addition to playing the bells, Casey Cunningham is also involved in a special university project: the Campanile Carillon Model. The model is a 1:5 scale replica of the ISU Campanile, including a 27-bell carillon that is accessible, functional, and portable. The 20-foot-tall, 3,000-pound model will serve as an extension of the legacy of the Campanile and will be used at various university events and outreach programs. Students from a wide variety of backgrounds – music, mechanical engineering, architecture, and more – have been involved with the project, along with several faculty advisers, including Tin-Shi Tam. Further details about the Campanile Carillon model are available at http://music.iastate.edu/carillon/campmodel/

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Starting my own legacy family MY CYCLONE FAMILY This is my daughter Krystal Martin (A)(’14 child, adult & family services), a second-generation Cyclone, along with her husband Cole Martin (A) (’10 industrial engineering) and their son (my grandson!) Tony Martin (a future third-generation Cyclone), and me.

Dear Members: Many of you know my life’s story. You know how humbled I am that my late parents allowed me to pursue higher education. You know that I am the baby of 10 children. You know I was born in the South (Mississippi, to be specific) in 1963. You know the turmoil our country had been through and what legislation passed during this time. I was totally unaware. I was just a baby. When I heard of higher education legacies, I thought it was elitist. I also thought it was not something people who looked like me could achieve, as I didn’t know any African Americans who were higher education legacies. Now I know that I really did grow up with many more opportunities available to me than my siblings had. I know I benefitted from the struggles of so many who came before me. Here I am today writing to you about higher education legacies and the Iowa State legacy within my own family. My daughter Krystal and I both graduated from 34

Iowa State on the same weekend in May 2014 – she with a bachelor’s degree in child, adult & family services and I with a Ph.D. in educational leadership. Krystal is now married to Cole Martin, a 2010 industrial engineering grad, and they have a son (my grandson!), Tony – a future third-generation Cyclone. Having this new Iowa State legacy in my family leads me to be all the more excited about a program we’re reintroducing here at the ISU Alumni Association: The LegaCY Club. A few years ago, we downsized our popular Legacy Program due to budget shortfalls following 9/11. You may have had a child who benefitted from this program. Upon notification of a child’s birth, the Alumni Association sent a baby book titled “My Friends All Call Me Cy.” Children also received a Cyclone bank at age 5, a duffle bag at age 10, and a key ring at age 16, followed by a letter inviting them to visit campus. When we downsized the program, the only remaining gift was the baby book, plus electronic birthday cards.

Thanks to a bold decision by the Association’s Board of Directors and some seed money from current Board director Ana McCracken (L)(’84 fashion merchandising) and her husband Ed (L)(’66 electrical engineering), an expanded LegaCY Club will relaunch July 1, 2017. It will be open to children and grandchildren of all Alumni Association members. The cost to enroll a child will be a one-time fee of $35. As long as the Association member remains a paid member, enrolled children will be active members of the program. We hope this program helps you connect your children and grandchildren to the university you love. And we hope when the time comes for those children to begin looking at colleges to attend, they’ll think about Iowa State. The LegaCY Club has an admissions component, because we know you want your children and grandchildren to hear from Iowa State during the recruitment phase. My wife Peggy and I are thrilled to enroll our little Tony in the LegaCY Club! Again, I never dreamed from my upbringing that I would be talking about higher education legacies in my own family. I’m humbled and proud to offer this encouragement to my next generation of family members! So, take time to read about the LegaCY Club starting on page 10 of this issue of VISIONS. Then, take time to enroll your children or grandchildren in the program. Even if you are not an Iowa State graduate, as a member you can still participate in this program! Maybe your children or grandchildren will become first-generation Cyclones. Cyclones Everywhere!

Jeff Johnson Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed President and CEO PhD ’14 educational leadership

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Meet the 2017 STATEment Makers Cheers to the 2017 class of Iowa STATEment Makers! Sponsored by the ISU Alumni Association in conjunction with the Young Alumni Council, this recognition honors the early personal and professional achievements and contributions of Iowa State’s young alumni (graduates 32 years of age and under).

Discover this year’s STATEment Makers’ favorite ISU traditions, their guilty pleasures, dream jobs, words of wisdom, role models, and more. STATEment Makers are profiled at www.isualum.org/ statementmakers2017.

Nicholas Morton ’14 env sci and pol sci Cajaruro, Utcubamba, Amazonas, Peru Joined the Peace Corps in 2016; works in Peru to help local community members improve water and sanitation practices Felicia Wenell* ’11 supply chain mgmt/pol sci Wilmington, Del. Launched a new charter high school in Wilmington, Del., with the goal of providing a rigorous college-prep education in a safe environment for at-risk and underserved students

Jennifer Cross* ’09 landscape arch Omaha, Neb. Award-winning landscape architect with a passion for sustainability, communitybuilding, and advocating for women in architecture

Robert Hable* ’13 chem engr Lawrence, Kan. Pursuing graduate research with an eco-friendly twist: separating nutrients from algae grown in a local municipal wastewater treatment facility and converting it into commercial products like biocrude oil

Elyse Brimeyer** ’07 music ed, MEd ’13 Urbandale, Iowa A talented differencemaker hired at the young age of 28 to become principal of Olmsted Elementary in Urbandale, Iowa

Cassidy Williams ’14 computer sci Seattle, Wash. A senior software engineer at L4 Digital in Seattle named one of the Top 10 Professionals in Enterprise Tech by LinkedIn and one of “35 Under 35 Changing the Tech Industry” by Glamour magazine

Deepak Premkumar ’14 econ/global resource systems/ mathematics Berkeley, Calif. A PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley with skills in global academic research that are preparing him for a career in public policy, academia, advocacy, or even a run for office

Emily Fifield* ’08 Spanish & intl studies Bristol, U.K. Co-founded Chiri, a company that designs and sells ethically made alpaca apparel, after falling in love with the Peruvian culture during an ISU study-abroad experience

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Emma Reed ’10 journalism and mass comm Bristol, Conn. ESPN associate producer, contributor to SportsCenter and the women’s college basketball selection show, and tape producer for Monday Night Football and many other productions Samantha Clark ’09 pol sci Washington, D.C. Deputy general counsel for the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee who’s received national awards for contributing outstanding and exceptional service to the National Guard

Cameron Creighton ’06 indus tech Torrance, Calif. Product manager for Toyota North America – specializing in product strategy and visioning for the RAV4 – whose inspiration was sparked by the Science Bound program at ISU

Pete Kostelnick ’09 intl bus & finance Hannibal, Mo. Won Badwater 135Mile Ultra Marathons in 2015 and 2016, and (on Oct. 24, 2016) broke the record for fastest-ever run across America: 42 days, 6 hours, and 30 minutes

Jessie Opoien** ’11 journalism and mass comm Madison, Wis. State government and politics reporter for The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., who’s been recognized by the Washington Post as one of the nation’s best state political reporters and tweeters

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Joe Sweeney ’13 ag business Radcliffe, Iowa Helped launch Eagle’s Catch, a new fish farm in Ellsworth, Iowa, that is on track to become one of the largest re-circulating aquaculture systems in the world

Jenny Lichty* ’09 ag and life sci ed, MS ’14 Huxley, Iowa Agriculture instructor and FFA adviser for Ballard Community School District who built the program from the ground up and serves the community in countless ways

To learn more about the STATEment Makers recognition program or to nominate a young alum for the 2018 awards, go to www.isualum.org/statement makers. Nomination deadline is Dec. 1.

Tyler Stafford ’11 advertising & speech comm Santa Monica, Calif. Named in 2016 by Forbes as one of the “top 20 marketers in Los Angeles” for his work as a content strategy manager for Omelet, an L.A.-based creative agency

* Annual member of the ISU Alumni Association ** Life member of the ISU Alumni Association

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Homecoming “Sound the CYren” Oct. 22-28, 2017 Mark your calendars and plan to attend ISU Homecoming 2017: “Sound the CYren.” This year’s Homecoming will feature activities for ISU students, alumni, fans, and the community. Here are just a few of the events: • Homecoming Parade • Alumni reunions • Friday night pep rally and Yell Like Hell at the ISU Alumni Center • ExCYtement in the Streets • Scholarship silent auction • Honors and Awards ceremony

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Laura Barta (L)(’85 indust engr) believes that curiosity about people is a powerful I tool for making the W G C N I O world a better place. N NECT She’s traveled the world doing consumer research for Procter & Gamble, living in Germany, Poland, Egypt, and India. When she moved back to the U.S. with her family she wanted her children to continue to have global experiences, not just through occa-

• Mass Campaniling and fireworks • Cyclone football vs. TCU For a complete list of events or for information on how to plan a special reunion, go to www.isualum.org/ homecoming CLASS OF 1967 REUNION Oct. 27-28, 2017 Special this year is the class of 1967 50-year reunion. The weekend will feature campus tours, social activities, Cyclone football, and reminiscing.

sional travel but in their everyday lives. “I developed World Village Playsets so kids can experience the world from wherever they are,” she said. Her first product line launched in 2015. “It’s an ‘aha!’ moment for families and teachers who discover World Village Playsets. Parents are excited that their kids might study abroad, work for an international company, and live in diverse communities of people. So, when they see that kids are exploring new cultures while they play, it makes immediate sense to them,” she said. Whole Wide World Toys (www.wholewideworldtoys.com) are sold to families and teachers online and through select toy stores and museum shops. Barta lives in Hershey, Pa.

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Cy’s Days of Service Cyclones everywhere gathered in April to showcase how Iowa Staters unite in worldwide community service. Here are the results of this year’s Cy’s Days of Service: BY THE NUMBERS • Total number of participants: 242 • Total number of hours: 2,077 • Oldest ISU grad participant: Don Campbell (L)(’52 forestry), Tucson, Ariz. • Farthest from the Alumni Center: Jack Brownson (’57 aero engr), Los Altos, Calif. • Number of states represented: 26 • Iowa counties represented: 23 CLUBS PARTICIPATING: • Dallas-Fort Worth • Phoenix • Indianapolis • Omaha-Council Bluffs • Denver • Black Hawk County (Iowa)

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This service initiative has historically been focused in the month of April, but starting this year we’ll be promoting service programs all year long. So, keep track of all your hours, whether you’re serving on volunteer boards, donating blood, building houses, collecting canned goods – or whatever you do individually or with a group. The announcement of total service hours will be made next April. For more information, to log your hours, and to post and view photos, go to www.isualum.org/cysdaysofservice. SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

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was receiving a PhD in maize genetics at the University of Minnesota. She knew then that this was a big project – but she didn’t know how complicated it would become. Thompson owns Sew Many Stitches, a home-based studio, and she routinely gives sewing and quilting lessons and creates quilts out of recycled clothes and family textiles. While looking for the right pattern for the corn quilt, she Googled “genetics” and “quilts” and discovered a genome quilt pattern for encoding genetic information into quilt designs. Once she

discovered this unique quilt pattern, Thompson asked daughter-in-law Addie to share the sequence of her favorite corn gene. Originally thinking she’d have the quilt completed in about six months, this quilting project soon took on a life of its own. Thompson says she had no idea how many DNA molecules make

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he mountains are calling, and I must go,” Elsye Walker (’95 community and regional planning, MCP '98) of San Diego, Calif., recently wrote us. Here’s the story of her love affair with hiking and her inspiration to complete the Continental Divide Trail this year, in her own words: “Recently I was reading an article to mark International Women’s Day. Nine AfricanAmerican women were listed for becoming the first to accomplish a variety of things. The tenth spot was left blank, but this statement followed: ‘If you are reading this and just happen to be an AfricanAmerican girl or woman, then this tenth spot on our list is for you. It is for what you will do and achieve in your life. What will it be?’ The first African American woman to complete the Triple Crown? (Triple crown = hikers who have walked the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail in their entirety.) “When I started hiking in 2014 I had no idea the path would lead me to completing the Pacific Crest Trail in 2015, 1,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 2016, and now setting off to tackle the 3,000-milelong Continental Divide Trail. “For five or six months [starting April 13], I am attempting to thru-hike the Continental Divide from Mexico through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. The official route is roughly 3,100 miles. I hope to finish in September at a place called Waterton, Canada. Then I will travel to Massachusetts to complete the rest of the Appalachian Trail. “There are very few [women who] thru-hike, and even fewer African American women. This has not been an easy journey, but something I have just felt called to do. People have told me that my journey is extraordinary and inspirational, but I’ve never considered myself different than other thru-hikers. Just a black girl losing herself in the woods, but finding her soul, reaffirming her confidence and courage. I hope more African Americans will be inspired to thru-hike, explore the outdoors and gain the confidence and empowerment that comes from the experience.” Follow Walker’s adventures on her blog at https://wanderingchardonnay.word press.com/ and on Instagram at @elsyew. 40

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up the genetic code of a corn gene. “I was expecting about 40-60, so imagine my surprise when Addie sent her coding sequence of 2,012 letters.” Each letter, or base, in the pattern is made of two triangles, meaning she would have to cut 4,024 triangles to create this quilt. Her first reaction was, “Addie will be lucky to get this for a retirement gift.” Thompson had already discovered corn fabrics during a field trip to Nebraska. To track it down, she contacted the American Corn Growers Association, who gave her the CONTINUED ON PAGE 43

SEE YOU AT CYCLONE CENTRAL Your gameday tradition! Isn’t it great to tailgate? Make Cyclone Centrals at the ISU Alumni Center part of your gameday tradition. Leave the grill at home and enjoy our familyfriendly atmosphere three hours prior to each home football game. You’ll see Cy, the ISU Marching Band Step Show, and the ISU Spirit Squad. We’ll have meals by Hickory Park and ISU Dining, kids’ activities, food trucks, and the Cyclone Marketplace. Admission is free. Go to www.isualum.org/cyclonecentral for all the details. THE 2017 SCHEDULE Sept. 2: Cyclones vs. Northern Iowa Sept. 9: Cyclones vs. Iowa Sept. 28: Cyclones vs. Texas Oct. 14: Cyclones vs. Kansas Oct. 28: Cyclones vs. TCU (Homecoming) Nov. 1 1: Cyclones vs. Oklahoma State

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name of Natureworks, LLC, the company that patented Ingeo, a fiber made out of poly-lactic acid created from corn plants. From their website she was able to discover several sources for corn fibers, yarns, and fabrics, but not all of them were suitable for quilting. In fact, none of them were ideal, but Faribault Mills in Faribault, Minn., had created 50/50 wool Ingeo hybrid blend that could be found in different colors. She found Ingeo fabric for backing in North Carolina and corn-based thread from a source in China. It took three months of cutting and piecing the 21/2" square triangle blocks before piecing the rows. During the quilting process, Thompson discovered that the heavy thread was tearing the thin, silky fabrics and ripping through the backing. She decided, like many scientists, that not all experiments give the results expected, and where she had to mend the quilt she claimed these as mutations in the genetic structure, allowing them to become part of the quilt’s ongoing story. The quilt is finally finished, and so far it has made appearances at the 2017 Corn Breeders’ Meeting, the Maize Genetics Conference, and the University of Minnesota Pioneer Plant Breeding Symposium. And Addie? She’s off doing post-doctoral research at Purdue University where she recently presented a research project about – you guessed it – her maize genome quilt.

Clothing to empower children When Jaya Halepete Iyer’s 3-year-old daughter, Svaha, said she wanted to grow up and become an astronaut, her mom wanted to support her dreams. Iyer (A)(PhD ’06 textiles & clothing) took her to the National Air and Space Museum and read her stories about female astronauts. But when Svaha requested a T-shirt with an astronaut on it, Iyer could not find a single space-themed T-shirt designed for girls. Iyer’s desire to find clothing that defied gender stereotypes, coupled with her work experience in apparel merchandise and buying, led her to start a brand-new company, Svaha, Inc., in 2015. 42

“I noticed a huge gap in the market and really wanted to address the gap,” she said. “The idea behind our clothing is to move away from gender stereotypes and encourage science, technology, engineering, and math among girls. Our focus is not necessarily on girls, but to create designs that are not easily available in the clothing market. We have unisex T-shirts in different colors that a girl or a boy could wear. We have pink car T-shirts, blue butterfly T-shirts, and a red cat T-shirt for anyone who loves cats.” Svaha, Inc. sells clothing for women and children online at www.svahausa.com. Iyer says the company’s best seller is a glow-inthe-dark constellation dress. Other popular items are a caffeine molecule scarf, a DNA dress, a glow-in-the-dark jellyfish dress, and a science lab dress (above). The company even sells a “budding scientist” outfit for babies, and a new line of science jewelry.

SEE YOU AT THE GAMEWATCH Connect with Cyclones everywhere to watch the big game! A complete list of game schedules and TV coverage is available online at www.cyclones. com. Go to www.isualum.org/game watch to find gamewatch cytes in your area. Don’t see a gamewatch cyte in your area? Contact Brandon Maske (bmaske@ iastate.edu) to explore opportunities for hosting your own.

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The PBS series “City in the Sky” asked Americans to ponder an important phenomenon: How do you put one million people 30,000 feet in the air at any given moment and land them safely every day? Kim Pastega (A)(’91 aero engr), vice president of Boeing 787 Production, helped answer the question: a new generation of safer jets, manufactured using a material that’s brought the greatest change in airplane design since the 1920s – carbon composite. “There’s a massive difference in terms of how the airplane performs with fuel.” Find out exactly how carbon composite has revolutionized air travel by watching Pastega’s segment on “City in the Sky” online: www.isualum. org/cityinthesky

In a vote of the NBA Development League’s 22 coaches, Maine Red Claw Abdel Nader (’15 liberal studies) – a former Cyclone standout – was named D-League Rookie of the Year for 2016-2017 after leading his team to a 30-22 record while averaging 21.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.9 assists in 40 games. Nader also recorded a team-high 99 three-pointers. He becomes the first Iowa State alumnus, as well as the first internationally born player (Alexandria, Egypt), to earn the award. The Red Claws are affiliated with the Boston Celtics, who drafted Nader with the 58th overall pick a year ago. Nader told the Des Moines Register he hopes to make the squad in Boston next season. “The NBA’s obviously always been my dream,” he said. “I want to make it. Hopefully everything I’ve done has proven that I’m ready.” SUMMER 2017 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

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Alumni Bookshelf • Derek S. Oden (PhD ’06 ag history and rural studies) has published Harvest of Hazards: Family Farming, Accidents, and Expertise in the Corn Belt, 1940-1975 (University of Iowa Press).

Top Jobs • Christina Freese-Decker (L)(’00 finance) has been appointed to a newly created position as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Spectrum Health in western Michigan. She previously served as president of the Spectrum Health Hospital Group. In her new position, Freese-Decker will oversee strategy and operations for the entire system, including the hospital group,

medical group, human resources, and information services. • ISU grads Jared Cook (’15 computer engr) and Peter Carlson (’15 graphic design) were recently featured in the Des Moines Register for a project they began as seniors at Iowa State. “Metagalactic Blitz,” a multiplayer arena game that blends dodgeball with sci-fi weapons, was released May 19 on an online gaming platform that serves more than 125 million users. The two created a company, Pixelvex, but also work day jobs; Cook is a software developer for Principal Financial Group, and Carlson is a designer for ISU’s Virtual Reality Applications Center. • Shane Jacobson (L)(’03 comm studies, MEd ’08) has been named president and CEO of the University of Vermont Foundation in Burlington, Vt.

will retire Aug. 31, 2017 after 42 years as a business school professor at what is now the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. For 20 of those 42 years, Ford was the only African American professor in the school. • Actress Jami Simon (’81 phys ed & speech comm) plays the recurring role of Pinky in the hit HBO series “High Maintenance” and the recurring role of Sideways Jane in the TV miniseries “Riding the D with Dr. Seeds.” She also has a featured role in the forthcoming film “Accommodations.” • Timothy Van Pelt (’02 ag engr) has been named president of the trust division for National Exchange Bank & Trust in southeastern Wisconsin. Read more alumni news or submit your own at www.isualum.org/classnotes

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Calendar  Cyclones Everywhere:

Des Moines

July 27: Cyclone Night at the Garden, sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Aug. 6: ISU Day at the I-Cubs Aug. 10-20: Iowa State Fair

 Cyclones Everywhere July 22: ISU at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha July 29: ISU at the Zoo, Denver

 On campus &

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July 9: Reiman Gardens Art Fair Aug. 17-19: Destination Iowa State Aug. 21: Fall semester classes begin Sept. 2: College of Ag & Life Sciences Annual BBQ, Hansen Ag Center Sept. 15-17: Alumni Hall Reunion Sept. 15-17: Annual Garden Quilt Show, Reiman Gardens Oct. 7: Honoring Hoiberg: Celebrating a Distinguished Career, for Eric Hoiberg Oct. 21-22: Spirits in the Garden/ Jack-O-Lantern, Reiman Gardens Oct. 22: Homecoming Parade, downtown Ames Oct. 27: Homecoming ExCYtement in the Streets, Mass Campaniling & fireworks Oct. 27: Greek Alumni Reunion Oct. 27-28: Alumni Band Reunion Oct. 28: Dept. of Food Science & Human Nutrition Homecoming Tailgate

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Aug. 12: ISU at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago Sept. 9: Annual Iowa State /Iowa Army ROTC Gameball Run

Sept. 19: Fall Engineering Career Fair, Scheman/Hilton Sept. 20: Fall Business, Industry & Technology Career Fair, Hilton Oct. 17: College of Ag & Life Sciences Fall Career Day, Lied Rec Center

 At the ISU Alumni Center Aug. 18-19: ISU Board of Directors annual retreat and summer meeting Sept. 2: Cyclone Central Tailgate Sept. 2: Air Force ROTC Reunion and Tailgate Sept. 9: Cyclone Central Tailgate Sept. 28: Cyclone Central Tailgate Oct. 12-14: Young Alumni Council fall meeting and 10-year reunion Oct. 14: Cyclone Central Tailgate Oct. 26: ISU Board of Directors fall meeting

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 Arts and entertainment Now through July 30: Challenging Taste: Art Nouveau in the Decorative Arts, Parallels: The Architecture of Impermanence, Creative by Nature: The Bohan Collection of Inuit Art, and Decidedly Collectable: States Patterns in the Iowa Quester Glass Collection, Brunnier Now through Aug. 4: RED, Christian Petersen Art Museum Sept. 24: Artrageous, Stephens Oct. 1: Flip FabriQue, Stephens Oct. 4: A Night With Janis Joplin, Stephens Oct. 21: Dirty Dancing, Stephens Oct. 26: One Night in Memphis, Stephens Oct. 27: Homecoming pop-up exhibit, Parks Library Oct. 31: Black Jacket Symphony – Purple Rain, Stephens

 Awards Aug. 1: Distinguished Alumni Award and Honorary Alumni Award nomination deadline* Oct. 27: Homecoming Honors & Awards Luncheon & Ceremony *For criteria and to submit a nomination for ISUAA awards: www.isualum.org/awards

 Cyclone Athletics Aug. 20: Cyclone FanFest, Bergstrom Complex Sept. 2: Football vs. UNI Sept. 9: Football vs. Iowa Sept. 16: Football at Akron Sept. 28: Football vs. Texas Oct. 7: Football at Oklahoma Oct. 14: Football vs. Kansas Oct. 28: Football vs. TCU For all Cyclone sports schedules, go to www.cyclones.com

Oct. 27: Homecoming Pep Rally Oct. 27-28: Homecoming silent auction Oct. 27-28: ISU 50-year Class Reunion Oct. 28: Homecoming Cyclone Central Tailgate

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