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by Carole Gieseke
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Real housewives of Iowa State
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ast fall, in an issue of ISU News Flash, we asked alumni for their memories of living in Iowa State’s home management houses. I was looking in particular for reminisces about caring for infants in the homes for a feature article I was working on for this issue of VISIONS (“Campus baby,” starting on page 26). My inbox was immediately filled with the most wonderful stories. Many of the women’s memories about the home management houses had nothing to do with childcare. They remembered how early they had to get up to perform their household duties and how hard it was to balance housework with classwork. They told funny stories about unreliable cooking partners, stingy food budgets, and the perils of entertaining faculty. But the heartfelt stories about caring for babies in the home management houses were the most touching and memorable. Evelyn Sollitt Cook (A)(’56 home ec ed) wrote this: “During my senior year in home economics education, I spent six weeks during the spring of 1956 in one of the home management houses. Each of the young ladies in our group took their turn with responsibilities, including housekeeping, meal preparation, care for the infant, and other tasks. Childcare was a frightening experience for some of the girls. Since I had a brother at home 13 years younger than myself, I was much less intimidated by the assignment. However, one part of the experience truly amazed me. The head of my bed in my room was next to the wall that separated my room from the nursery. Until the days or nights of my assigned childcare duties, I never heard the baby cry. “It disturbed me greatly that I might not hear her during the night to care 2
Students with an infant in a home management house in 1948.
for her. However, during the time when I knew the responsibility for childcare was mine, I awakened whenever prompted by a sound in the nursery. When it was no longer my responsibility, I again ‘tuned out’ those sounds.” Others spoke fondly of “their baby.” “I had a picture of our little Marla Rae in my wallet for quite a while,” Julie Gray McCutchan (L)(’58 home ec ed) wrote. “I’ve wondered about what happened to Marla Rae and whether she or her adoptive parents knew about her days in home management.” “We loved our little one,” writes Doris Cook Follette (A)(’53 home ec ed). “Our baby’s name was Stanley, and I sometimes wonder what ever happened to him after he left home management,” wrote Judy Grant Stang (A)(’58 food science). A number of women expressed concern for the children’s wellbeing. “I’ve thought of that child so many times over the years with a real concern about how well his needs were met in his first few weeks of life,” Millicent Tuttle Coleman (A)(’52 home ec ed) wrote of her experience with Baby Richard, who had health issues. “Since the questioning of the effect on infants of multiple caregivers (with little previous experience in most cases), I have often wondered about the emotional health of the babies for whom we cared,” wrote Jeanne L. (Peterson) Martin (A)(’57 home ec ed). “At the time it seemed like a wonderful opportunity, but now I think what a terrible thing to do to a baby, to have nine different mothers in six weeks,” wrote Peggy Scott Rackelmann (L)(’55 dietetics). It does seem like so many caregivers might interfere with our current understanding of the parent/infant bond. However, I spoke with Kathryn Madera Miller (L)(’59 home ec ed), a
former member of ISU’s child development faculty. She said that a longitudinal study was conducted at Iowa State that showed no significant difference between babies cared for in the home management houses and babies who went to foster care. “[By the 1950s] there was concern about babies being in the home management houses,” Miller said. “People thought it was scandalous, that it would do terrible things to the babies.” But the research didn’t bear it out. Of all the alumnae who wrote or talked to me, not one expressed regret for spending half a quarter in a home management house. In fact, most said they learned so much from the experience that they continue to use those skills today. “I often tell people about our days in the home management house in 1958,” Stang wrote. “I learned a lot of practical skills that I use today: how to iron a shirt, miter the corners of a bed sheet, arrange a kitchen for efficient use, and operation and care of various pieces of household equipment.” This has been an interesting story to research, because home economics has changed so much. Today’s College of Human Sciences curriculum prepares both men and women for professional careers in culinary science; financial counseling and planning; hospitality management; child, adult, and family services; family and consumer sciences education; event management; nutritional science; apparel merchandising and design, and a number of other majors and programs. But in one way or another, they call all trace their roots to the home management houses.
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Chair: Thea “Ted” H. Oberlander**# ’77 Industrial Admin. Des Moines, Iowa Chair-elect: Alan E. Krysan** # ’87 Ag. Business Lakeville, Minn.
Vice Chair of Finance: Ryan J. Schon** ’95 Agronomy Ankeny, Iowa Vice Chair of Records: Ryan M. York** ’95 Marketing, MBA ’03 West Des Moines, Iowa University Treasurer: Warren R. Madden** # ’61 Industrial Engr. Ex-officio/voting Ames, Iowa ISU Alumni Association President: Jeffery W. Johnson** # PhD ’14 Ed. Leadership Ex-officio/non-voting Ames, Iowa ELECTED DIRECTORS
Mark D. Aljets** ’79 Indust. Admin. West Des Moines, Iowa Timothy C. Becker** # ’94 Const. Engr. Glenwood, Iowa Kenneth R. Bonus** ’85 Construct. Engr. West Des Moines, Iowa Joy Wiegman Boruff** # ’76 Home Ec. Journ. Moline, Ill. Eric Burrough** ’97 DVM, PhD ’11 Vet. Path. Ames, Iowa Lawrence Cunningham** ’02 Liberal Studies Urbandale, Iowa Craig K. Denny** # ’71 Civil Engr., MS ’73 Lenexa, Kan.
Ana M. Hays McCracken**# ’84 Fashion Merch. Menlo Park, Calif.
Melanie J. Reichenberger** ’00 Indust. Engr. Shorewood, Wis.
Jim Fancher*
Julie Rodgers Rosin* ’78 Home Ec. Ed., MS ’81 Ankeny, Iowa
’56 electrical engineering Naperville, Ill.
Darryl Vincent Samuels* ’88 Pol. Sci., MA ’90 Comm. & Reg. Plan. / Pol. Sci. Pearland, Texas Nicole M. (Bell) Schmidt**# ’09 Const. Engr., MS ’13 Overland Park, Kan. Rebecca Murphy Stadlman**# ’74 Journ. & Mass Comm. Ankeny, Iowa APPOINTED DIRECTORS
Miles Lackey* ISU Assistant to the President Office of the President Representative Ames, Iowa Kim McDonough** ’02 Jlsm. & Mass Comm., MS ’04 College Representative Ames, Iowa Lora L. Talbot** # Non-alumni Representative Belmond, Iowa Joe Kukulski*** Senior, Civil Engr. Student Alumni Leadership Council Representative Eagan, Minn. ISU Alumni Association Membership Key: * Annual member ** Life member # 2014 Sustaining Life donor *** Student member
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I loved your little walk down memory lane about Ames in the latest edition of VISIONS (“Happy 150th birthday, Ames,” Getting Started, fall 2014). We sure do miss the small-town living... not that Eugene is THAT huge, but it is compared to Ames. I can tell you a little more about spudnuts – potato donuts. Man, oh, man! Were they delicious and seemingly one-of-a-kind! The owner had a “secret” recipe for potatoes in his donuts. Some say he used potato flour... what the heck is potato flour? Fast forward a few decades: My brotherin-law John Eveland (’71 sociology) owns Gathering Together Farms out here in Philomath, Ore. He had a fond memory of spudnuts, too, and tinkered until he came up with a recipe that worked. While John doesn’t call them spudnuts (he calls them potato donuts), his storefront features them regularly. He uses real potatoes, not potato flour. Fast forward a little bit more: My brother Dave Sufka and his now-wife, Laura Byrd Sufka (’08 sociology), moved out here a few years ago after living in Ames for many, many years. Dave is the baker for Creswell Bakery just south of Eugene. He now has “borrowed” John's recipe and is frying potato donuts in Creswell. For all you Iowa people who have transplanted to Oregon, you can get potato donuts here! Susan M. Eveland**
’78 English, MA ’92 Eugene, Ore.
I worked as a part-time waiter at the Spudnut at various times between 1950 and 1954. The shop, located on the east end of Campustown on Lincoln Way, was small – five booths and a short counter. A middle-aged man, wife, and one permanent waiter were consistently working there. The rest of us came and went as class schedules and needs demanded. The menu was very limited – pork tenderloins, hamburgers and fries or chips, with coffee, and lots and lots of spudnuts. Spudnuts were made with a potato flour, and were lighter than most donuts. They were topped with chocolate, caramel, vanilla, glazed or sprinkled. The owner was always up early and had fresh spudnuts ready by 7 a.m., and he often would get a late order at 10 p.m. for some large sorority party. He seemed to meet all demands. I think the batter mix was a franchise secret. Dates over coffee and spudnuts were common, and I found it a fairly good place to meet girls. Dick Hardin*
’57 agriculture Grants Pass, Ore. I arrived at ISC as a freshman in the fall of 1955. The first place to sleep was one of the quonset huts by Clyde Williams Field. After a few weeks on WWII beds, I was moved to Friley Hall and sometime later that fall or winter, I pledged Beta Sigma Psi. The fraternity was across the street south of the Memorial Union and across the street east of the Lutheran Church that sponsored us. The fraternity house is now gone, and the chapter has moved a couple of times to new locations; I am not certain about the Lutheran Church. The Spudnut Shop was on Lincoln Way a block or less west of the church. I understand the reason for the name Spudnut was the fact the
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RE former restaurants in Campustown: 1) Blue and White Sandwich Shop – Bill Martin put more kids through school than any scholarship. His place had 11 stools but could serve an army; his specialty – a plate of beans and wieners for 49 cents – wasn’t fancy, but it kept body and soul together! 2) The Flying Saucer – next to the Spudnut Shop on Lincoln Way, opposite the Lake LaVerne Woods. The best dessert in town: “Pie with Goop” – a slice in a big bowl, buried in soft serve ice cream... Them were the days.
Trent L. Preszler** ’98 Interdisc. Studies Cutchogue, N.Y.
Immediate Past Chair: David A. VanHorn** # ’89 Aerospace Engr., MS ’90 Kingwood, Texas
Geoffrey C. Grimes** ’69 Architecture Waterloo, Iowa
Duane A. Halverson** # ’67 Ag. Business, MS ’69 New Brighton, Minn.
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dough for the donuts was made from potatoes, not wheat. If you have Scandinavian friends in Iowa and are familiar with lefse, you have some idea how the flavor was different. I loved them. On a side note, a few job transfers brought me to Richmond, Va. I haven’t been there in a few years, but there was also a Spudnut Shop in Charlottesville, the home of the University of Virginia. Maybe they specialized in campustowns. Norman C. Halvorson*
’59 industrial administration Mechanicsville, Va. My sister and I are the products of two Iowa State University professors, both with strong ties to Iowa State. My mother asked my father to build the family home across from her sorority, Alpha Delta Phi, at 2108 Greeley. As a boy, then high school student and college student, growing up across the street from Sorority Circle produced so many memories and good times … well, our home was the gathering place for my male friends, partly for my mother’s good cooking, and partly for the wonderful location, particularly during Sorority Rush Week. From second grade until college graduation we worked on lawn displays and VEISHEA floats and enjoyed the neighborhood again when our daughter was a Chi Omega at ISU. My parents are both buried in the Iowa State Cemetery, which I often visit. We were Ames kids through and through. Starting my work career as “Hot Buss” at the Memorial Union, I worked for Nelson Electric for many years, and worked at and then managed Carr’s swimming pool. My Ames Tribune paper route – 164 papers – was all of Knapp, Ash, Lynn, and Lincoln Way from Ash to Stanton. And by now, because of your request, you probably know where this is going. Yes, my paper route included the Lincoln Way location of the Spudnut Shop. The Spudnut’s building was very small, long and narrow, at 2316 Lincoln Way. It had a screen door that banged after every entry and exit, one very long counter with stools, and a few booths in the rear on the left-hand side. Some might have considered it a dive, but trust me, not the product produced. Coffee or other drink and a Spudnut were a nickel in the early 1950s. The owner, a huge man named Don, was one of the most jovial men I knew. He would stand at his always-hot deep-fat cooker and turn the crank on the hopper located above the fryer, and then with a wooden stick he would turn each Spudnut with loving care. Don knew
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his customers by name, and entering his shop was always fun. He was a walking book of sports trivia, and loved the Tribune for all things sports. Wonderfully, Don and I had this special arrangement, a secret pact with each other. Don got an Ames Tribune for free each day in exchange for a hot, dripping-with-chocolate Spudnut for his paperboy. I would stop in and see Don in his later years at the downtown shop, and he would admit to he always missed interacting with the college students. But your question was about Spudnuts. The answer is simple: Those delectable delights were made with potato flour. The mix came from the franchise in 50-pound brown paper bags and was mixed in a mixer in the back room, the size of which a small child could have hidden in the bowl. But for me, the real secret was all the probably 25 toppings that graced his works of perfection. For those who want to travel back in time, here is a recipe to follow (www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/ Spudnuts), but the real secret was Don, who brought the place to life, and without his goodwill and attention to cooking each delicacy to just that special golden brown, it would have been just another place. We just returned from Gay Mills, Wis., and the Sunrise Apple Orchard, which is a wonderful, huge, enterprise that sells all things apples. Hidden in the back is a very small bakery that daily makes hundreds of apple donuts each day. Oh, they are so good – better than anything around. But know what? They still can’t touch one of Don’s Spudnuts. Tom Arthur**
’66 industrial education Waterloo, Iowa Having just finished the article about the rebirth of Campustown (“Campustown reborn,” fall 2014), it caused me to think, to ponder what would be the purpose of a return to Iowa State and Campustown? There is still that over-arching attachment to Iowa State and Ames, as that is where I received my degree and called my home for four years. However, where now is that connection, the physical and emotional linkage to my past? As any entity must do if it expects to thrive and be relevant, it must grow and renew – and in doing so, shed the old and outdated. My last visit was in 1993, and even then, much had changed in just 10 years – both on campus and in the surrounding area. I began to see fewer ties to the 1979-1983 period of my life. I view photos, read articles online of the changes these last 20 years, and realize those things
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I embraced, I loved, and contributed greatly to my selection of Iowa State are now just distant and fading memories. But come back, they say, see the new Iowa State, the new Campustown! And while I would indeed be impressed with how much better everything is, I can’t help but think that for the most part, I could be standing on any campus or in the campustown of any Midwest university and have the same feeling: This is all nice and good, but it’s no longer the home I knew. Melvin E Coleman**
'83 mechanical engineering Visalia, Calif. “Campus at a Crossroads” was excellent. I read and enjoyed it cover to cover. Thanks. Anne Mallampalli**
'83 distributed studies Sewickley, Pa. I enjoyed the article about the changes being made in Campustown. Campustown was certainly a big part of my Iowa State experience. Due to lack of money, I commuted from our Boone County farm for three years. My wife and I married and rented an apartment on Duff Avenue. for my senior year. I got a job at the Iowa State library and worked year-round from 1958 to 1962. It paid for my tuition, my textbooks, and other costs, and I happily graduated free of any debt. Following WWII my uncle Archie Wierson owned and operated a shoe repair shop on Welch near Lincoln Way. I worked for him one summer to earn some extra money. I kept busy shining shoes, replacing heels and, as he loved to say, “saving soles.” I still remember the smell of leather and polish in his shop. He continued running Archie’s Goodyear Shoe Repair for many years. My cousin married Sam Pagliai. He opened a pizza restaurant near the corner tobacco shop on Lincoln Way. He eventually sold it and opened multiple Pagliai’s Pizza places in Iowa and Illinois. So his Lincoln Way business planted the seed necessary to expand his successful business. I can’t imagine what “Dogtown” looks like after all the changes being made. On occasion I have driven through and felt Campustown recently had a dreary, worn-out look to it. I look forward to seeing the improvements. My memories of what used to be will have to remain just that...memories. I have a suggestion: VISIONS should do an issue centered around old photos of the changes along Lincoln Way and Welch Avenue over the years of a special part of Iowa State history. Gary Knox**
’62 mathematics Iowa Falls, Iowa Continued on page 35
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FAB NEWS FROM THE BASEMENT OF SCIENCE I A four-year veteran of the oil and gas industry, Franek Hasiuk had a light-bulb moment one day when he was reading about the use of 3D printing technology in medicine. If medical professionals could print bone implants, he thought, why couldn’t he print rocks that would help him – and other professionals in the oil and gas industry – better understand porosity? So Hasiuk joined the faculty in ISU’s Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences and set up the Geological Fabrication Laboratory – “GeoFabLab,” if you will – in a narrow corner of the Science I basement with some relatively inexpensive 3D scanning and printing equipment (you will have a 3D printer in your home in the near future, he insists) and a whole bunch of cool ideas about using the technology to enhance research and teaching. In the
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GeoFabLab, Hasiuk and his team of graduate students print rocks, fossils, planets, and more. In a few hours and with just a few pennies’ worth of plastic, the lab can allow you to hold the world in your hands. (Yes, an accurate model of planet Earth and its topography is just one of the hundreds of samples Hasiuk displays in his office.) “They’re essentially lab rats,” Hasiuk says. “And now that 3D printers aren’t just plastic anymore, we can look at printing in minerals like gypsum and silica. That enables us to look at not only the physical structure of a rock, but also the surface chemistry. My hope is that, in five years, we will be printing in mineral materials perfect copies of rocks.” If that concept blows your mind, you’re not alone. Hasiuk’s work with geological 3D printing is the first of its kind, and the oil
and gas industry is paying serious attention. But beyond 3D printing’s practical research functions in geology, Hasiuk has become an evangelist for using it as an educational and communications tool. He has provided 130 models on his website that students and researchers can download and print themselves, and he hopes that 3D printing a model will soon be as simple as making a trip to the local print shop to request a sample. “Making small things bigger makes them easier to understand,” he says. “And making big things smaller does, too – everything from a planet to a sand grain or smaller. It’s a great way to learn –– being able to hold something in your hands and study it. We’re just really excited because this technology is very new and has a lot of potential.”
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An ExCYting fall in Ames
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PHOTOS: HEATHER BOTINE
Ames was converted into “CyclONE City” Aug. 29-Dec. 4, with 30 themed, life-sized Cy statues, painted by local artists and sponsored by area businesses, scattered around Ames for the enjoyment of the public throughout the Cyclone football season; nine of the sculptures were displayed on campus property. CyclONE City was a project of the Ames Chamber of Commerce’s 27th Leadership Ames class, which designed the initiative to coincide with the city’s sesquicentennial and support local nonprofits such as Emergency Residence Project, Mainstream Living, Youth and Shelter Services, and an ISU scholarship for an Ames resident.
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1: Iowa State is located in the top college town. Liveability.com recently ranked Ames the No. 1 college town in the nation, citing its affordable housing, restaurants, and cultural attractions not related to the university. Find out more at www.liveability.com. 2: Iowa State is helping build the next
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supercomputer. A team of ISU nuclear physicists are working on the development of Cori – the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center’s $70 million nextgeneration supercomputer, which is expected to go online in 2016. 3: Iowa State is a cross country power. The
Iowa State women’s cross country team became the first Cyclone team ever, regardless of sport, to “fourpeat” as conference champs when it dominated the Big 12 meet
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Nov. 1 in Lawrence, Kan. Cyclone runners finished first, second, and fourth; following the performance, head coach Andrea Grove-McDonough was named Big 12 women’s coach of the year for the second year in a row. 4: Iowa State is good for business.
CollegeAtlas.org recently rated ISU’s College of Business as a top 10 graduate business school for its successful balance of affordability, accessibility, and academic quality. Learn more about www.collegeatlas.org. 5: Iowa State is breaking new ground in pri-
mate research. Anthropology professor Jill Pruetz has co-authored a new study on the causes of deadly aggressive behavior among primates – and competition for reproduction may be a significant factor. Pruetz spent the fall semester at her research site in Senegal in hopes of learning more.
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Daniel Spikes: Let’s talk about race
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On Feb. 20, the ISU athletics department will unveil a new banner in Hilton Coliseum that pays tribute to one of the most successful coaches not just in ISU history, but in the history of his sport: Ed Gagnier, who started the Iowa State men’s gymnastics program from scratch in 1963 and built it into a national power that won three national championships. “Ed is simply one of the most decorated coaches in his sport’s history. He single-handedly built a program from scratch into one of the most nationally competitive programs in the country,” athletics director Jamie Pollard (L) said. A number of Gagnier’s former
student-athletes – a group that includes 16 national champions and 54 All-Americans – are expected to return to campus for the banner ceremony, which will take place during the Cyclone women’s gymnastics meet vs. Minnesota. Gagnier will be honored again Feb. 25 during the men’s basketball game vs. Baylor. Late in his career when he worked as an ISU athletics administrator, Gagnier became well known by men’s hoops fans for hosting the popular “Shoot Five-forFive” contest at halftime. Many still shout, “Hi, Ed!” when they see him today.
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an assistant professor in ISU’s School of Education. He taught two classes this fall – including one on multicultural foundations in schools and society. Spikes says he has gained an appreciation for the value of exposure to diversity – particularly in schools. Instead of focusing his dissertation research on why so many educators are resistant to participating in professional development on race issues, he focused on those people who embraced it. One thing the latter group had in common? Growing up in diverse neighborhoods or schools. “Schools may be one of the few places where people are together with people who are different from them,” Spikes says, “so schools may be the only place to talk to individuals about those differences.” And that’s why he’s working now to help create teachers who can start those conversations. “We can’t just pass it off as a societal problem or say ‘that’s too big for us to handle,’” Spikes says. “There’s a lot of work to be done.” But Spikes is willing to do it.
Honoring Ed
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fter working on the front lines as an American school teacher and administrator, east Texas native Daniel Spikes found his calling: preparing the next generation of teachers to be inclusive, aware, and socially just. It starts, he says, with a willingness to have open and honest conversations about race – something that is still rare in today’s society, where disingenuous concepts like “color blindness” are overused and overemphasized. “Because I didn’t want to talk about race or even consider race, I was just as guilty of perpetuating unequal outcomes as everyone else,” Spikes said. “If there’s just an overall lack of awareness of the barriers that are in place, sometimes it’s hard to see your role in it. But my perspective needed to change.” So Spikes went back to school to gain new perspectives – and to help prevent others from making similar mistakes that he believes lead to achievement and discipline gaps in schools. After completing his doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin, Spikes is now
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Energy department will support ISU study of concrete for taller wind turbine towers
BOB ELBERT
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded ISU engineers $1 million to study how high-strength concrete can be used to build taller wind turbine towers – a development that Sri Sritharan, the leader of the College of Engineering’s Wind Energy Initiative, describes as something that will revolutionize the industry. Wind turbines are currently built using 80-meter steel towers, but Sritharan says concrete towers can reach higher – providing energy companies with access to faster and steadier winds above 100 meters. They also, he says, increase the amount of time turbines are productive and can be produced and transported for less cost. Sritharan and former graduate student Grant Schmitz (’11 civil engr, MS ’13) tested full-size tower segments last year, with positive results. The tower technology, known as Hexcrete, uses precast and easily transportable components to build hexagon-shaped towers.
Leath named Penn State Alumni Fellow
On Oct. 8, ISU President Steven Leath (L) was honored in University Park, Pa., as an Alumni Fellow of Pennsylvania State University. The award is the highest honor presented by the Penn State Alumni Association; more than 700 Penn State alumni have received it since 1973. Leath earned his bachelor’s degree in plant science from the institution in 1979.
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INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE
WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF THE INSTITUTION
At his installation in fall 2012, Steven Leath announced a goal of hiring 200 faculty in his first three years as president, and he has already exceeded that goal: As of September 2014, the number of new hires totals 245, with 105 new tenure or tenure-track faculty joining the university ranks just this fall. Leath’s Presidential High-impact Faculty Hires Initiative ensures hiring in high-impact areas, such as big data and translational health.
“As far as I know, we’ll be the only university in the country that’s hired over 100 tenure-track faculty two years in a row.” – isu president steven leath
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Elizabeth “Birdie” Shirtcliff’s Stress Physiology Investigative Team –– an initiative she began when she was at the University of New Orleans – uses saliva to test the effects of environmental stress on kids. “We collected a lot of saliva. People don’t mind doing that as much as giving blood samples,” she explained. The research measures hormone levels and other biomarkers as a response to stress in vulnerable populations.
When Shirtcliff came to Iowa State as part of the Presidential High-impact Faculty Hires Initiative in the College of Human Sciences, she brought with her not one but FIVE ongoing grants, as well as a team of graduate students. She just started her work on campus this fall, but she’s already settled in. “I’ve had tremendous support from Iowa State,” she said. “That’s why I came.”
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Presidential graduate student initiative
Carolyn Lawrence, one of Iowa State’s “high-impact faculty” hires, joined the Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology faculty last January to continue her work in maize bioinformatics. Lawrence is working to create new data tools for plant breeders, an effort that could speed up the development of new stress-resistant crop varieties.
President Leath has launched a graduate student initiative to build the impact of Iowa State’s graduate and research programs. The three-year initiative includes: • A Presidential Scholars Program for new PhD students • Matching funds to the academic colleges for graduate student recruiting • Funding for PhD students and post-docs working with faculty on research projects
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ADDING INNOVATION AND EXPERTISE TO THE STATE OF IOWA
Ground was broken this fall for a new Economic Development Core Facility at the ISU Research Park. The new building will house all of Iowa State’s economic development service units and programs. ISU President Steven Leath calls it a one-stop shop for companies to access Iowa State’s workforce and capital.
Research Park: ‘A perfect storm’
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Though it has been growing steadily for 25 years, Steve Carter says that Iowa State University Research Park is experiencing an unprecedented expansion. “We’ve gotten large enough that companies are more interested in the environment that the Research Park is providing,” Carter said. “They see the growth, hear the publicity – it’s a perfect storm for Research Park.” Carter, the Park’s director, says that companies choose to locate here – for example, Workiva, NewLink Genetics Corp., Harrisvaccines, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Metabolic Technologies Inc., and Priority 5 – because of the relationship with Iowa State. He said firms are looking for a research infrastructure, connection and collaboration with university researchers, and – perhaps most importantly – Iowa State students. Research Park’s expansion includes a new $12 million, 40,000-square-foot ISU Economic Development Core Facility, expected to open in mid-2016, and the development of 200 additional acres to the Park, located in south Ames.
Current Research Park • 210 acres • 10 buildings with two more in process • 441,521 square feet • 60 tenants • 1,400 employees • Total annual salaries: $70 million
Cultivation Corridor
Reorganized
In the areas of ag bioscience, biorenewables, biotech, and advanced manufacturing, Iowa’s Cultivation Corridor group is leading the way in the production and security of food, feed, fiber, and fuel. The physical corridor exists along I-35 between Des Moines and Ames; ISU President Steven Leath is on the board of directors and co-chairs the group.
Last year, Iowa State established the Office of Economic Development and Industry Relations to make it easier for the university’s external partners to connect with Iowa State’s expertise and capabilities. Mike Crum, Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management, was named vice president for economic development and business engagement. “Research and economic development are key priorities for Iowa State,” said President Steven Leath. “We now have the organization and leaders in place to increase our impact in Iowa and beyond.”
After Phase II completion • 792,521 total square feet • 3,000 total employees Phase III • 200 additional acres • 1 million new square feet of space • Estimated 3,000 additional employees
Steve Carter, director of the ISU Research Park, stands in the atrium of one of the Park’s newest companies: Workiva. Formerly known as WebFilings, Workiva is a leading provider of complex business reporting solutions and is used by more than 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Starting in Ames in 2008 with about a dozen employees, the Workiva workforce has grown to nearly 400, and company officials announced last fall that the firm had filed its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Researchers at the NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals include (front) Jackie Shanks (A)(’83 chem engr), professor of chemical & biological engineering; (middle row) Raj Raman, professor of agricultural & biosystems engineering; Basil Nikolau, professor of biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology; Laura Jarboe, associate professor of chemical & biological engineering; (back) George Kraus, university professor of chemistry; and Brent Shanks (A)(’83 chem engr), Mike and Jean Steffenson professor of chemical & biological engineering.
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INTER DISCIPLINARY R ESEARCH
PUTTING ISU TALENT TO WORK ON BIG, COMPLEX GLOBAL PROBLEMS
Seven diverse, multi-disciplinary Iowa State research teams have been funded through a presidential research initiative. Collectively, the teams are tackling large-scale problems, such as food security, disease prevention and treatment, and crop acceleration.
Research centers spark collaboration Researchers at Iowa State are coming together from departments across campus for a common goal: creating an effective way to make chemicals from renewable biomass. Brent Shanks – the Mike and Jean Steffenson professor of chemical & biological engineering and director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (or CBiRC for short) – says that faculty in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, chemical engineering, agriculture and biosystems engineering, and electrical engineering are collaborating to discover ways in which these renewable chemicals can replace fossil-carbon-derived chemicals. Six start-up
companies have already spun off from their research. CBiRC is housed in the Biorenewables Research Laboratory (BRL), which opened in 2010. It’s part of Iowa State’s Biorenewables Complex, which now also includes the brand new Sukup and Elings Halls. The BRL, Shanks says, “is unique on the Iowa State campus. Labs are very open; multiple investigators and students are in the labs from multiple departments. It’s a very collaborative, very different approach from the one-faculty/one-lab model. It’s bringing together groups that haven’t worked together before.”
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A better way to pave, package, and paste
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Chris Williams, the ISU Gerald and Audrey Olson professor in civil, construction, and environmental engineering, and Eric Cochran (’98 chem engr & math), associate professor in chemical and biological engineering, are ready to roll out a new product: a biopolymer that could have applications in the asphalt paving, adhesive, and packing materials industry. The polymer from the Cochran and Williams research groups will be tested in an industrial-scale pilot plant located at the BioCentury Research Farm west of Ames. The biopolymers are derived from domestically sourced vegetable oils and have the potential to replace materials derived from crude petroleum. “This product has huge potential for reducing input costs for laying asphalt, and it’s bio-based, so it has environmental advantages as well,” said Mike Crum, ISU vice president for economic development and business engagement. Demonstration asphalt paving projects are planned for summer 2015.
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THE STUDENT EX PER IENCE
PROVIDING RICH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
Iowa State’s fall 2014 enrollment of 34,732 is the largest in school history. And it’s the university’s sixth consecutive year of record enrollment. How is ISU handling the rapid expansion in student population?
Managing student growth • HOUSING: A record 12,350 students are living on campus and in university-managed apartments; Department of Residence opened six new Frederiksen Court buildings last fall, and plans are underway for a new 700-bed residence hall. • CLASSROOMS: Three academic buildings are new to campus: The Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center and the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering’s Elings and Sukup Halls. Plus, Troxel Hall, with its 400-seat auditorium, opened last year. • OTHER SPACE ISSUES: To free approximately 100,000 square feet of central campus space for faculty and student needs, some administrative offices will be moved off campus.
• DINING: In addition to the proliferation of dining centers and cafes already on campus, the university has added five food trucks in high-student-traffic areas. • TRANSPORTATION: CyRide added five buses to its fleet in the fall and three more in January. Six more buses will arrive in May, ready for service next fall. • TECHNOLOGY: The university’s computer network has been increased 10-fold to accommodate the increase in student data needs. • FACULTY & SUPPORT SERVICES: 105 new tenured or tenure-track faculty joined the ranks this fall. Additional academic advisors have been hired, and student support services have also been expanded.
“This is an exciting time to be at Iowa State. We’re growing because students want to be here. They see the value of an Iowa State education.” – isu president steven leath
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Record diversity
Learning communities
Keeping costs down
Total U.S. multicultural and international enrollment is 8,045, or 23.16 percent of the student body – the most diverse in school history. President Leath has announced plans to hire a chief diversity officer to review and implement findings from a recent comprehensive diversity study.
Iowa State has joined 10 other public universities in a new national alliance to help close the student achievement gap and increase graduation rates for students from all backgrounds. The universities will share their expertise in relevant areas – Iowa State’s is learning communities. The highly successful ISU learning communities program began its 20th year this fall. About 70 percent of traditional-aged Iowa State students participate in a learning community.
Iowa State’s student tuition was frozen for the second year in a row. “We’re working hard here as a land-grant to make sure that family background and socio-economic status are no longer a predictor of success,” President Leath said.
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The CyRide transporation system expanded this fall.
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Diversions A GUIDE TO ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS
Homecoming brings ExCYtement Homecoming 2014 was a huge success, with thousands of alumni and friends joining forces with ISU students to celebrate the 102nd annual event on campus Oct. 5-12. Throughout the week, nearly 12,000 students enjoyed the traditional “Homecoming button” lunches on campus. A large crowd was on hand Friday afternoon to honor 46 Iowa Staters at the annual Honors & Awards ceremony, and more than 1,000 attended the Homecoming celebration and pep rally Friday night at the ISU Alumni Center – where Gamma Phi Beta, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and ACACIA delivered a winning Yell-Like-Hell performance and Carter Collins of Hampton, Iowa, and Morgan Bobb of Denmark, Iowa, were crowned Homecoming king and queen. Nearly 1,000 people signed a giant 60th birthday card for Cy – in seven different languages.
On Saturday, nearly 600 alumni and friends ate lunch at the ISU Alumni Center, plus many more stopped by for the fun at our Cyclone Central tailgate. The tailgate was followed by a football win at Jack Trice Stadium, as the Cyclones defeated Toledo 37-30 to cap off a great week of weather and a wonderful celebration of Iowa State University. We hope you will make plans to join us for Homecoming 2015: October 31. Check out a Homecoming 2014 photo gallery on our Facebook page at www. facebook.com/isualum.
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Central Iowans, mark your calendars for the fourth-annual Cardinal & Gold Gala: Friday, April 10, 2015 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des Moines. This year’s Gala will be a fun, black-tie-optional event in which ISU alumni and friends will be transported to the French Riviera, where they can try their luck at a gaming table and take a virtual journey to a charming sidewalk café under the night sky. All proceeds from the event support first-generation student scholarships and the newly created Cardinal & Gold Outreach Fund, which will create and enhance networking opportunities for alumni living in central Iowa and throughout the state. WINTER 2015 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS
New series in Des Moines: Bringing You ISU
Save the date! Get your Iowa State friends together for the inaugural
Intramural Alumni Weekend June 12-15, 2015 Details coming soon at www.isualum.org/intramural
Check out this new, FREE Alumni Association series that will bring a piece of Iowa State to Des Moines. Topics will range from happenings on campus to faculty members teaching a brief class in their area of expertise. You will learn everything from what new buildings are popping up on campus to how to have the best garden in your neighborhood. Check it out!
SPRING 2015 SCHEDULE April: Campustown Revitalization, presented by Kim Hanna May: What’s Going on at ISU Research Park, presented by Alison Doyle (’98)
HOOPS BIG 12
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS Women’s: March 6-9, American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas Men’s: March 11-14, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.
Cy’s Days of Service Cy’s Days of Service is designed to unite alumni worldwide in community service during the month of April. This month of service is a great opportunity to help spread the pride alumni have in Iowa State University, recognize the combined efforts of all alumni that have had a tremendous impact on local communities, and show how ISU alumni change the world. Each year, all ISU alumni, family, and friends have the entire month of April to complete a service opportunity of their choice. This can be a project that people are already pursuing, or a new one that someone would like to try. Be sure to dress in ISU apparel on the day of your service work to show your Cyclone pride, and share photos at www.isualum.org/cysdaysofservice
Each year the ISU Alumni Association is at the center of the action at the annual Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, with spirit rallies, get-togethers, and lots of Cardinal and Gold spirit! Go to www.isualum.org/big12 for more details as these events approach.
Basketball Gamewatch Cytes Can’t get to Ames to watch Cyclone basketball? No problem! To find Gamewatch Cytes in your area all season long, go to www.isualum.org/clubs
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June: Jack Trice Stadium South End Zone Expansion, presented by Ben Bruns (’01) Check out www.isualum.org/ desmoines for dates, times, locations, and additional topics
REPEAT CHAMPIONS Following their win at the 2014 Cy’s Birdie Classic in June, the Iowa State team of David Blum (A), Johnny Larson (L)(’08 communication studies), Tyler Brady (A)(’05 finance), and Patrick Hall (’07 management and marketing) won the bracket-division championship at the 5th annual Acura College Alumni Team Championship at Pinehurst this fall.
Nominate outstanding alumni and friends for the 2015 ISU Alumni Association awards to be presented at Homecoming 2015. The deadline for nominations for the Alumni Medal, Alumni Merit Award, Outstanding Young Alumni Award, James A. Hopson Volunteer Award, Impact Award, and Alumni Service Award is Feb. 1. For information and a list of past winners, go to www.isualum.org/awards.
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2013 -2014
ANNUAL REPORT Message from the Chair Your Alumni Association experienced another great year. After adding 1,335 new members, membership grew to 51,657, maintaining the ISU Alumni Association’s position as the second-largest dues-paying alumni association in the Big 12 Conference. The VISIONS Across America magazine and portrait exhibit brought all Iowa Staters closer together by highlighting fellow alumni doing extraordinary things across the country. The Association also celebrated the 5th anniversary of the beautiful ISU Alumni Center and the 40th anniversary of the Student Alumni Leadership Council, which continues to be one of the leading student-alumni organizations in the country. As the 92nd Iowa State graduate to serve as chair of the ISU Alumni Association’s Board of Directors, and on behalf of the rest of the Board, I am thrilled with how the Association continues to grow, and I thank the members of the Association team for their dedication and hard work. The Board chose to tackle several tough strategic questions this year to guide the Association to new heights in coming years, including working with ISUAA President Jeff Johnson to initiate a strategic shift toward a focus on deeper and broader alumni engagement. To aid us in this shift, a mid-point review of the Association’s 2012-2016 Strategic Plan was performed with input from a broad range of stakeholders, and a new long-term marketing
strategy was developed and approved. The Board also changed future Board members’ terms of service from five years to four years to provide more opportunities to engage a greater number of alumni volunteers and increase diversity opportunities. Under the leadership of President Steven Leath, Iowa State is continuing to make steady progress highlighted by its growth into the largest university in the state of Iowa, new research breakthroughs, and exciting athletic team performances. Indeed, the future looks very bright. The Board continues to provide firm support to President Leath’s vision and goals for the university. This support was showcased in one area specifically: The Board endowed a $25,000 Cardinal and Gold Leadership Scholarship, the first ISUAA Board-funded scholarship established at Iowa State. I was honored to serve as your chair of the Board of Directors and to have been able to provide a small part in helping guide and support the university and Association. Thank you again to my fellow Board members, the staff and leadership of the Association, President Leath and his leadership team, and my fellow alumni and friends of Iowa State for an incredible year. David VanHorn (L)(’89 aerospace engineering, MS ’90) 2013-2014 chair, ISUAA Board of Directors
›› WHO BELONGS TO THE ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION? JUNE 30, 2014
Non-alumni friends: 13%
1930s: .1% 2010s: 3.8% 2000s: 7.3%
International: 1% Iowa: 45%
1990s: 16.3%
Students: 1 2%
Total Alumni Association members: 51,657
Alumni: 75%
Out of state: 54%
1980s: 26%
1940s: 2.2% 1950s: 7.8%
1960s: 13.3% 1970s: 23.4%
Student Alumni Association members: 5,751 Total living alumni: 236,671
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YEAR IN REVIEW Membership Growth Membership in FY14 increased by 1,335 members, surpassing the Alumni Association’s goal of adding 1,000 net new members.
Alumni Center Celebration The ISU Alumni Association celebrated the fifth anniversary of the opening of the ISU Alumni Center during Homecoming 2013, Nov. 9. The Saturday morning ceremony included the dedication of the Talbot Hall of Alumni Association Leadership and History and the Guttau Hall of Student Leadership as well as the unveiling of the ISU Alumni Association Wall of Donors and Members.
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Russ and Lora Talbot (L) share a laugh during the ISU Alumni Center 5th anniversary celebration.
40 Years of Student Leadership
FRONT ROW: Carlie C. Tartakov (L)(PhD ’95 ed ldrshp & pol stds; Amherst, Mass.); Lora Talbot (L)(Belmond, Iowa), non-alumni rep.; Ken R. Bonus (L)(’85 const engr; West Des Moines, Iowa); Natasha Thomas (L)(’89 mkt; Scottdale, Ga.); Rebecca Stadlman (L)(’74 JLMC; Ankeny, Iowa). SECOND ROW: Scott M. Stanzel (L) (’95 JLMC; Seattle, Wash.), immediate past chair; Morgan Foldes (S)(senior, mkt/mgmt; Johnston, Iowa), SALC rep.; Nicole M. Bell Schmidt (L)(’09 const engr; Overland Park, Kan.) Thea “Ted” Oberlander (L)(’77 indust admin/acct; Des Moines, Iowa), chairelect; Joy Wiegman Boruff (L)(’76 home ec jlsm; Moline, Ill.); Mark D. Aljets (L)(’71 indust admin; Des Moines, Iowa); Jeffery W. Johnson (L)(PhD ’14)(ISUAA president & CEO; Ames, Iowa), ex-officio/non-voting; Richard Degner (L)(’72 ag ed, MS ’77; Ankeny, Iowa). THIRD ROW: Craig K. Denny (L)(’71 civil engr; MS ’73 soil engr; Lenexa, Kan.); Melea Reicks Licht (L)(’00 pub svc & admin in ag; MS ’05; Roland, Iowa), Alumni Relations Council rep.; Ryan York (L)(’95 mkt; MBA ’03; West Des Moines, Iowa); Ana Hays McCracken (L)(’84 fashion merch; Menlo Park, Calif.); Timothy C. Becker (L)(’94 const engr; Glenwood, Iowa); Melanie J. Reichenberger (L)(’00 indust engr; Shorewood, Wis.), vice chair of finance; Duane A. Halverson (L)(’67 ag business; MS ’69 ag econ; New Brighton, Minn.). BACK ROW: Trent Preszler (L)(’98 interdisc stds; Cutchogue, N.Y.); Alan E. Krysan (L)(’87 ag business; Lakeville, Minn.), vice chair of records; Geoffrey C. Grimes (L)(’69 arch; ’70 JLMC; Waterloo, Iowa); Warren R. Madden (L) (’61 indust engr; Ames, Iowa), treasurer, ex-officio/voting; David Alan VanHorn (L)(’89 aero engr; MS ’90; Kingwood, Texas), chair. NOT PICTURED: Ryan J. Schon (L)(’95 agronomy; Ankeny, Iowa); Miles Lackey (A)(Ames, Iowa), ISU president’s designee.
Also during Homecoming 2013, the Association celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Student Alumni Association/ Student Alumni Leadership Council. Alumni traveled from as far away as Washington to attend. The Student Alumni Association was started in 1973 by the ISU Alumni Association; the name was changed to Student Alumni Leadership Council in 2000. In 40 years, more than 3,000 Iowa State students have been a part of the organization.
VISIONS Across America Spring 2014 saw the culmination of the multi-year VISIONS Across America project. In March, a special 128-page issue of VISIONS magazine featuring profiles and photographs of alumni in every state was published for members of the ISU Alumni Association. And the VISIONS Across America: Portraits of Iowa State Alumni by Jim Heemstra portrait exhibition featuring 116 photographs from the project opened in Iowa State’s Brunnier Art Museum on April 3.
To view the Association’s financial information, go to www.isualum.org/financial Veterinary Medicine: 3.1%
Interdisciplinary: .5% Agriculture & Life Sciences: 18.3%
Male: 60.3%
Unknown: 32%
Business: 9.9% Caucasian: 65.2%
Other ethnic group: .2% Asian: 1.3% Hispanic: .5% African American: .8%
Liberal Arts & Sciences: 26.6%
Design: 2.9%
Female: 39.7%
Human Sciences: 19.2% Engineering: 19.5% BY ETHNICITY
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Photos of “Baby Ned” and his caregivers from the scrapbook created during his first year, spent on the Iowa State campus, in 1938-39.
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“Baby Ned” with one of his student caregivers on campus in spring 1939 (left) and John Reichard today (below).
The home management course F or more than half of the 20th century, female home economics students at Iowa State were required to take a course in home management and live in “practice houses” – later called home management houses. Home management houses grew out of a 1916 proposal by Catherine J. MacKay, then home economics dean, that stressed that students needed to experience the “real problems of a homemaker.” Her proposal was backed up by the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917 that promoted hands-on training. In the first practice house – the Hiestand House at 1208 Kellogg Ave. – six students lived with a home director. Students remained in residence for approximately two weeks, for which the girls paid a living fee of $8. College authorities of that time required the house to be financially self-sustaining. Locations of the houses changed over the years, and as the program expanded the number of home management houses grew to as many as six during peak enrollments. Houses were named for pioneers in home economics with special significance to Iowa State College – such as Mary B. Welch and Helen H. Richards.
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The academic program in home management included child development, household equipment, personal and family health, textiles, economics, food science, and organization of household work. In the houses, labor was divided into areas such as housekeeping, meal preparation, and – starting in 1924 – caring for an infant. According to The History of Home Management at Iowa State College located in University Archives: “The desire to provide an opportunity for seniors in home economics to have direct contact with a young child under conditions approaching that of a home and to apply principles in child care and training led to the request in 1923-24 that the division be permitted to secure physically fit children of preschool age from child welfare agencies of the state and that one becomes a resident of each of the houses for such a period of time as might be considered feasible.” However, the history document goes on to report that then-president Raymond Pearson and the board of education “needed to be convinced that this innovation in a course in home management was more than a fad and not one that would play havoc with the well-being of the children or be unfair to college seniors.”
The “fad” lasted more than 50 years, and it became a benefit both to the home management program and to the state of Iowa, which needed homes for wards of the state. Soon students were living in home management houses with six or seven other girls, an adviser, and a baby for half of one quarter, or about six weeks. “I lived in Sloss House [in 1947-48]. It was a wonderful experience for a girl who had little contact with a baby or running a household,” Ruth Hartwell Rossow (L) (’49 dietetics) wrote in an email. As a student in 1951, Mary Kay Pitzer Bidlack (A)(’52 home ec journ) was editor of the Iowa Homemaker, the only home economics magazine in the country published at that time by college home economics students. “Housekeeping and laundering didn’t worry me,” she wrote in the November 1951 issue. “I thought I could handle that, and I even looked forward to caring for the baby. But the cooking! How could I ever satisfy nine hungry people who depended on me for three meals a day?” Indeed, many of the women who lived in the home management houses remember exactly how much they had to spend for meal preparation. “It was budget, budget, budget!”
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“I’ve known for as long as I can remember,” he said recently. “My mom always used to show me the [“Baby Ned”] book. I knew right up front that I was adopted.” As a youngster, John lived in Des Moines. His dad was a newspaper man, and his mother stayed home to raise John and his sister, Mary Ann. When he was 6 years old, his family moved to Long Beach, Calif. John grew up in California. He joined the Naval Air in 1957. He got married. He lived in Utah, California,
said Gwen Mayer Wells (’52 home ec ed). “We had 67 cents per person per day for meals.” “Each house had a six-week total food budget that rotated weekly among three USDA food cost plans: low-cost, moderate-cost, and liberal,” said Beverly Schlacks Madden (L)(’60 home ec ed, MS ’70). “These plans, based on the current dietary standards for nutrient content and costs for food purchased and prepared at home, are still available.” Iowa State’s home economics core curriculum provided students skills in a variety of key areas; the half-quarter spent in the home management house served as a senior capstone course – a valued part of the student learning experience. “Economics is the use of resources; thus, home economics is the use of family resources in household production of food and clothing, child development, family relations, family finance, household equipment, etc. in the home,” said Madden, who spent a year as a graduate resident instructor for one of the home management houses. “The economic unit in this case was the family. Successful family units or households effectively managed those resources.” Etha Schipull Hutchcroft (L)(’47
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Arizona, and Colorado. He worked in the newspaper business for 53 years. He and his wife, Jan, had three children: Michael, Gregory, and Laurel. In 1991, John returned to the Iowa State campus where he had spent his first year of life in very special circumstances. He was a baby boy who was well loved by 24 college women. “I thought it was pretty cool that I wasn’t in your normal orphanage,” John said. After his campus visit, John said he began thinking about donating his
“Baby Ned” scrapbook to Iowa State. “I felt it was important that the college had it,” he said. “I copied it into my computer and made a scan for each of the kids.” One day last summer he dropped the book off at the ISU Alumni Center. Today it resides in University Archives at Parks Library with a dozen or so similar scrapbooks. John celebrated his 76th birthday in August. He is retired and lives in Avondale, Ariz.
Martha Jo Pray (Woodard) and Marilyn Glasener (Smith) were both home management seniors when this photo was taken in 1949. They’re checking records and household bills as part of their home management training at Curtiss Home Management House. Both graduated from Iowa State in 1949.
dietetics, MS ’70) was a student at Iowa State in 1947. “Gender roles were pretty well defined” back then, she said. But Helen LeBaron Hilton, dean of the College of Home Economics from 1952 to 1975, had strong ideas about women’s roles. “[She said that] women needed to have a credit card,” Hutchcroft remembers. “Her emphasis was on women becoming professionals. They were expected to be leaders in the community.” In 1952, three new campus duplexes were designed specifically to serve the
teaching needs of the course. By fall of 1958, babies were no longer included in the home management house experience, primarily because laws and attitudes concerning child care and adoption had changed. But home economics students would continue to experience life in the home management houses for several more years.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Paige Yoder, Mike Pruszinske, David Nguyen, Alex Andrade, Sue Firlar.
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here’s no business like helping businesses succeed: This could be the motto for the new CyBIZ Lab at Iowa State University. Established in the College of Business in fall 2013, the lab makes it easy for Iowa companies to launch partnerships that make use of students’ business savvy. CyBIZ Lab fits well with President Steven Leath’s commitment to enhance the university’s key role in economic development within the Cultivation Corridor from Ames to
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Des Moines, around the state, and beyond. “Our dedicated team provides manpower and resources for small businesses and established international corporations,” said MBA student Alexander Andrade, a student co-director of CyBIZ Lab. “Students learn about a wide variety of businesses, gain real-world experience, and show the capabilities and skills of Iowa State students to potential employers.” This fall the team engaged in diverse projects such as assisting software and solutions company Kingland Systems in Ames with recruitment strategies; helping the Midwest transportation company Calhoun Truck Lines streamline dispatching procedures; and
FROM LEFT: Naveen Dhanpal, Mohit Sharma, Tyler Leo.
exploring new market opportunities for door and window manufacturer Lansing Housing Products in Lansing, Iowa. Hannah Sinclair, a senior in marketing and management, said, “To get a job these days, you need real-world experience and internships. Taking part in CyBIZ Lab, we don’t think about a grade – we are hired as consultants. For the companies, we provide a student perspective and help represent a younger demographic.” The team includes eight MBA students who serve as team leaders, and 10 undergraduates studying marketing, supply chain management, and finance – as well as majors WINTER 2015 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS
HANDS-ON LEARNING FOR IOWA
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Carrie Belanger, Hannah Sinclair, Elliott Frey, Matt Gunkelman.
in other areas such as engineering and communications. Teams take a multi-phase approach that involves research, brainstorming, writing reports, and presenting findings – sometimes in front of high-level administrators in corporate meeting rooms. The lab’s four founding sponsors – C.H. Robinson, Kingland Systems, Vermeer Corporation, and Principal Financial Group – are all enthusiastic about the potential for collaboration. “We see CyBIZ as a great example of ‘active partnership’ between ISU, students, alumni, and companies in the area,” said Tony Brownlee (’05 MBA), a partner at Kingland Systems. “For our first CyBIZ VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG WINTER 2015
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Sam Kammermeier, Megan Sweere, Avantika Ram, Zach Lenhart.
project, a team of students came up with new ideas to redesign a product, which they did very professionally in about eight weeks. The students help companies with real-world business problems, and the companies benefit from ready access to CyBIZ’s organized approach.” “CyBIZ Lab has been the best experience I have had here at Iowa State,” said Megan Sweere, an undergraduate in supply chain management. “It offers hands-on learning that couldn’t be mimicked in the classroom, and it has helped me better understand the class material.” Sweere’s participation was supported by a gift from Iowa State alumnus
Mark Walker (L)(’79 accounting/industrial administration) and his wife, Terri, to help get CyBIZ off the ground. She said, “The gift from the Walkers made it possible to have this amazing experience. I greatly appreciate their generosity.” Judi Eyles (L)(’93 marketing), interim director for CyBIZ, said, “Our students have a lot to offer. They understand technology, know how to use social media for research, and have many other special skills. I tell companies, ‘Give Iowa State students the opportunity to shine, and they will. You will be amazed at the results.’” (L) = ISU Alumni Association life member 31
2015 Distinguished Awards Celebration Congratulations to the following recipients of Iowa State University’s highest awards administered by the ISU Alumni Association and the ISU Foundation:
Awards administered by the Iowa State University Alumni Association
Awards administered by the Iowa State University Foundation
Distinguished Alumni Award
Campanile Award
Theodore Crosbie**
Deloris R. Wright**
’73 agriculture education, MS ’76 plant breeding and cytogenetics, PhD ’78 Retired VP, integrated farming systems, Monsanto Earlham, Iowa
PhD ’73 economics President, Wright Economics Golden, Colo.
Tom A. Smith**
Cardinal and Gold Award
’68 geology, MS ’71 President/owner, Geophysical Insights
Evonne Smith** ’68 textiles & clothing Retired CFO, Seismic Micro Technology Austin, Texas
Ric Jurgens** ’71 industrial administration Retired president/CEO/chairman, Hy-Vee West Des Moines, Iowa
Ellen Molleston Walvoord** ’61 home economics journalism Retired senior vice president, Abbott Laboratories Lake Forest, Ill.
Corporate and Foundation Award The Boeing Company Chicago, Ill.
Honorary Alumni Award
Faculty and Staff Award
J. Elaine Hieber*
Maynard G. Hogberg**
Retired ISU senior associate athletics director Ames, Iowa
Martha Robes** Philanthropist and volunteer Round Pond, Maine
’66 agriculture & life sciences education, MS ’72 animal science, PhD ’76 animal science Professor & chair, ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ames, Iowa
Thomas D. McGee**
* ISU Alumni Association annual member ** ISU Alumni Association life member Note: Only ISU degrees are listed
’48 mechanical engineering / materials science & engineering, MS ’58 industrial & manufacturing systems, PhD ’61 materials science & engineering Professor emeritus, Iowa State University Ames, Iowa
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VEISHEA CANCELLATION
It is with sadness to read about the cancellation of VEISHEA. As a high school student in nearby Nevada, I would visit VEISHEA every spring and visit the open houses in addition to watching the parade. VEISHEA was partly why I decided to attend ISU and the College of Veterinary Medicine. It is a shame that vandalism has to spoil such a fine event. The new stadium addition brings back memories of Clyde Williams Field with a stadium that seated about 21,000 fans. It was seldom filled to capacity. I was housed in dormitory under the west stadium with 13 other freshman athletes. The following year, I lived in one of six converted handball courts under the east stadium with upper classmen athletes. We had 10 student athletes to each court. It was a Spartan existence, but I think all of us appreciated what we had. It is with great pride that I watch ISU improve and excel in every direction. Robert D. Boyce*
DVM ’53 Seattle, Wash. I’m disappointed in VEISHEA being cancelled. It was a typical bureaucratic response: punish everyone rather than crack down on the few and try to save the tradition. It was the easy way out. And the injured student was participating in a riot. Too bad,
but he should not have been there. Finally, there is nothing in the recommendations to replace VEISHEA with an event worthy of a family traveling a distance to campus. Palmer Holden**
MS ’67 animal science, PhD '70 Iowa City, Iowa VISIONS ACROSS AMERICA
I finally got around to reading VISIONS Across America. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. That is the best evidence of how excellent it was. Thank you for your hard work and effort in creating such a masterpiece. I take pride in being an ISU grad, just like all the graduates you featured and all the other graduates. Thank you and Jim Heemstra very much. Bruce Johansen*
’68 industrial administration Coralville, Iowa I read the spring issue through when it arrived, and just this past weekend I finished re-reading it for the second time because it was such a great issue. You and Jim [Heemstra] plus your staff deserve a lot of credit and thanks for the project and the efforts you made traveling to all 50 states and 30,000 miles to meet, interview, and photograph so many, many interesting ISU graduates. In fact, I believe this was such a special project I suspect other
university alumni publication groups might copy your idea and do a similar one if they haven’t thought of doing so already. As an additional thought: It might be interesting to determine how many ISU alumni live and work overseas (either in- or excluding armed service personnel). In my own case, I moved overseas and have lived and worked abroad for some 34 years after graduating from ISU. I am sure there are many similar graduates with interesting experiences to relate. Russ Hopley*
’53 civil engineering Balikpapan, Indonesia *Annual member, **Life member 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 univer-sities 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.
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Newsmakers I O WA S TAT E A L U M N I I N T H E N E W S
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. In this role, she will link scientific research to the nutritional needs of consumers and oversee the committee that recommends dietary guidelines by Congress.
Iowa State alumnus tapped
to lead Ebola response
Steve VanRoekel (’94 management) has left his post as the chief information officer at the White House to help coordinate the administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa. VanRoekel’s new job duties at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are advising and supporting with technology and data the U.S. government’s efforts to fight the virus. VanRoekel’s background is in emerging technologies. their scripts and employ them. Arends says Trice has been trending on The Black List website for more than a year. www.blcklst. com Alumni featured on popular
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“Technology is not the solution to this extremely difficult task, but it will be a part of the solution,” VanRoekel said. The CDC has distributed a mobile app with diagrams to help field workers understand the outbreak and its spread. The organization also offers automated tools that help health workers speed up data analysis and track contacts of people who have contracted Ebola. Trice is one step closer to becoming a reality
John Arends (L)(’77 journalism) has devoted much of his life to telling the Jack Trice story. And now it’s one step closer to getting the national attention it deserves. Arends was chosen in September as one of six screenwriters to travel to Las Vegas for the second-annual Black List Screenwriters Lab. Hosted by Tony Hsieh’s Las Vegas Downtown Project, the lab consisted of a week-long intensive workshop with professional mentors focused on elevating the writers’ work and preparing them for the “realities of life” in the profession. The Black List is an online community where moviemakers find scripts to make and writers to write them and where screenwriters find moviemakers to make 36
Kari Calhoun (A)(’12 apparel merchandising, design & production) recently competed on the television show “America’s Next Top Model” after studying abroad at London College of Fashion and traveling the globe. And Chris Soules (’04 agronomy) was featured on ABC’s “The Bachelorette” last season and will star in “The Bachelor” starting in January. TOP JOBS
• The Labor Department has chosen Heidi Shierholz (MS ’96 statistics), an advocate for worker-friendly labor policies, as its new chief economist. Shierholz was an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank where she conducted research on wealth inequality, among other topics. • Larry Dietz (L)(MS ’74 education, PhD ’85) has been named president of Illinois State University. He has served as the university’s vice president for student affairs since 2011. Before arriving at Illinois State, Dietz was vice chancellor for student affairs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for 10 years. • Angela Tagtow (MS ’97 family & consumer sciences & education studies) has been named executive director of the
William Crawley (’93 family resource management & consumer science) has been named dean of the newly formed College of Education and Professional Studies at the University of West Florida. • Alexis Taylor (’05 political science) is deputy under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) at the USDA. In this role, she oversees the department’s international activities; she has responsibilities in trade policy and export assistance programs, and she coordinates the USDA’s role in international food aid. She is the former chief of staff for the FFAS. ALUMNI HONORS
The Sierra Club has created a new national award that bears the name of ISU alumnus Robert Bullard (PhD ’76 sociology). Bullard currently serves as dean of the Barbara JordanMickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University in Houston. In 2008, Newsweek named Bullard one of 13 environmental leaders of the century, and in 2013 he received the Sierra Club’s top award, the John Muir Award. • Ken Sufka (L)(’86 psychology, MS ’88, PhD ’90) has been named the 2014 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – CASE Mississippi Professor of the Year. He is a psychology professor and researcher at the University of Mississippi. • Dylan Clark (’14 global resource systems WINTER 2015 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS
& environmental studies) has been selected by Rotary International District 6000 for a Global Grant Scholarship. Clark will study at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. • Kim Coder (’79 forestry, MS ’81, PhD ’85) has received the Award of Merit, the highest honor given to members by the International Society of Arboriculture. • Jerome Thompson (A)(’74 anthropology), state curator for the State Historical Society of Iowa, has received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History. The award recognizes achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. • Leslie Buttorff (A)(MS ’80 industrial administration), CEO and president of Quintel Management Consultants, received the College of Natural Sciences Honor Alumni Award from Colorado State University. • Clinton Pilcher (L)(MS ’96 entomology, PhD ’99 entomology, crop production and physiology), DuPont Pioneer’s global director for insect resistance management, received the College of Agricultural Sciences Honor Alumnus Award from Colorado State University. • Des Moines KCCI-TV news anchors Kevin (’74 journalism) and Mollie (’75 journalism) Cooney (L) have been honored as members of the Silver Circle society by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Upper Midwest Chapter. The Silver Circle award recognizes those who have worked in television more than 25 years and have made significant contributions to the industry. Sandra Davis (L) (’68 psychology & modern language), co-founder and immediate past CEO of MDA Leadership Consulting, was honored by the George Family Foundation with an Exceptional Women Leaders in the Twin Cities award. VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG WINTER 2015
• Joe Cossette (’11 mechanical engineering), is one of 32 STEM teachers to be awarded a 2014 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation teaching fellowship. He teaches at Minnetonka (Minn.) High School. • The Gerald Hartmann (L)(’59 animal science) family of Maple Park, Ill., has been recognized as the Illinois Pork Producers Association family of the year for 2014. He and his wife, Nancy, and their three children market a total of about 20,000 hogs a year and farm 5,800 acres of corn, soybeans, and wheat. • The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has named Mark Hanna (’73 ag engineering, MS ’75, PhD ’91) an ASABE Fellow. Hanna is an extension agricultural engineer in ISU’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. • Jessica Reinert (A)(’00 liberal studies) was awarded the Emerging Executive Award from the American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter. She is the first ever recipient of this prestigious award. • Two Iowa State alumnae, Janet Depuydt Metcalf (L)(’58 zoology), community volunteer, and Michelle Book Gowdy (’83 accounting), director of community and academic relations for DuPont Pioneer, were named 2014 Women of Influence by the Des Moines Business Record. • Elizabeth Keller Bierman (A)(’99 aerospace engineering, MS ’05) is the national president of the Society of Women Engineers. She is a systems engineer with Honeywell Aerospace in Minneapolis. Morgan Foldes (A) (’14 management) has received Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women’s Jean Wirths Scott Leadership Award for outstanding change leadership. Foldes served as president of the ISU Student Alumni Leadership Council during her senior year on campus.
Crystal Torres (’05 Spanish) was the winner of the 2014 Best New Artist – Female award at the Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio, Texas, in September. Torres was recently profiled by Hector Saldana for the San Antonio Express-News. ALUMNI BOOKSHELF
Charlie Notis (L) (MS ’72 meteorology), the recently retired co-owner of Freese-Notis Weather, a private weather consulting company in Des Moines, has published a memoir. From Hell to Iowa chronicles his experiences of escaping from communist Albania as a child, coming to America, and becoming a meteorologist. • Marilyn Call Gould (A)(’55 food science) has authored an e-book on grandparenting. In America’s Greatest Asset: Grandparents, We Are Not Yet Finished!, Gould shares valuable advice on grandparenting and how to live a useful life. • Nancy Geiger (’77 textiles & clothing) has published a book titled In These Days of Cell Phones, Texting and Social Media…Can the Nest Ever Truly be Empty? The book is based on newspaper columns she wrote from the time her daughter went away to college until her wedding day. • Brenda Hagen McGuire (’93 psychology) has a chapter in a new book, Answering the Call: Entrepreneurs and Professionals Reveal How They Said Yes to Success and You Can, Too! Her chapter, “Big Dreams – Small World,” showcases how a passion for travel has turned into a successful global career. (A) = ISU Alumni Association annual member (L) = ISU Alumni Association life member
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An amazing vision...continuing to unfold Dear Iowa Staters:
Every day when I am in my office, I get to look out my window and view the realization of the Iowa State Center vision. This was the dream of Iowa State’s 10th president, Dr. James H. Hilton, and it was financed entirely without state tax dollars. When I visit other university campuses, especially on game days, I’m reminded how blessed we are as a university and a community to have this asset for our students, alumni, friends, and guests. Wow! I also am amazed when I ponder the wise decision of university and alumni leaders to develop University Boulevard (formerly Elwood Drive) and connect it to Highway 30 by on- and off-ramps. We have an amazing area running from the north intersection of Lincoln Way and University out past the south intersection of Airport Road and University. There is something for everyone along this strip, and facilities and parking are accessible and functional. This area showcases the entrance to our cam-
pus and community nicely, and it sends a strong message of welcome, hospitality, and vitality. Just think about it: Along this strip, north to south, you can take in Hilton Coliseum, the Scheman Building (containing Brunnier Art Museum), Fisher Theater, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, ISU Alumni Center, Ann Campbell Transit Station, Bergstrom Football Complex, Olsen Building, Jacobson Athletics Building, Jack Trice Stadium, intramural fields, Reiman Gardens with the Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing, and the Sesquicentennial Gates, with all of these facilities surrounded by wonderful grassy and treed vistas, and open, accessible parking. Farther south, you encounter the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center (a must-see-and-stay location!), ISU Foundation, Green Hills Retirement Community, and the Iowa State Research Park. Visitors to this area, especially those from other universities, stand in utter surprise at the availability of parking, access to multi-use facilities, and ease of access to campus. Additional amenities along this strip are being envisioned, as a master plan for University Boulevard’s future is taking shape. Beyond bowling in Jack
Trice Stadium and expanding Reiman Gardens, conversations are taking place around how to make the entire visual experience along University Boulevard even more spectacular and supportive of Iowa State’s rise to greater excellence. Finally, whether you’re an Iowa State employee, student, alum, friend, fan, or campus visitor, you’ve experienced the Iowa State Center or can recall a University Boulevard experience. So let’s take a moment and tip our hats to the Iowa State presidents and countless alumni and friends who gave of their time, talent, and treasures to help make this vision a reality. Now, take a deep breath and get ready to work with President Leath, campus leadership, and ISU alumni and friends as, together, we prepare ourselves to expand on this amazing vision. From my office, I’ve got a great view to watch it continue unfolding! Yours for Iowa State,
Jeff Johnson, President and CEO PhD ’14 Education
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New 2014-2015 Board of Directors members Seven individuals have joined the ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Newly elected directors serving four-year terms are Lawrence Cunningham (L)(’02 liberal studies), VP and general manager, Iowa State Daily Media Group, Ames, Iowa; Julie Rosin (A)(’78 home ec ed, MS ’81), Central Campus assistant director, Des Moines Public Schools, Ankeny, Iowa; Katherine Hallenbeck (L)(’02 finance & MIS), senior financial analyst, Renewable Energy Group, Ankeny, Iowa; Darryl Samuels (A)(’88 pol sci, MPA/MCP ’90), managing partner, D. Samuels & Associates, Pearland, Texas; and Eric R. Burrough (L)(’97 DVM, PhD ’11), assistant professor and diagnostic pathologist, ISU College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, Iowa. Joe Kukulski (S), a senior in civil engineering from Eagen, Minn., is the 2014-15 SALC president and board appointee, and Kim McDonough (’02 JLMC, MS ’04) is the Alumni Relations Council representative to the board.
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Three professionals join Association staff Brooke Lents (L)(’08 marketing) joined the staff as a new Alumni Center program assistant in May. Lents was most recently the director of catering at the Holiday Inn & Suites Des Moines Northwest, and prior to that she was the assistant catering manager for Hickory Park Restaurant, Co. In her current role as program assistant, she assists the ISU Alumni Center events manager with the scheduling of events, customer service, event set-up and management, and marketing.
Anthony Boyd (A) joined the Association staff in August as the Alumni Center building manager. He is the former facilities supervisor for the Beloit Campus of Lutheran Services in Iowa. In his current position, he oversees all functions of the ISU Alumni Center, including building and grounds maintenance, security, and construction. Boyd received a BA in psychology from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and a master of public administration from Drake University in Des Moines.
Liz Dohrmann (A)(’12 graphic design) is a new Association graphic designer. Dohrmann is the former graphic designer for Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. In her current position, she is responsible for print design for many of the programs of the ISU Alumni Association, including student programs, OLLI at ISU, events promotion, awards programs, and the ISUAA Board of Directors. She also assists with web design and video production and helps maintain the ISUAA brand.
Ash trees recycled into heirlooms Lumber from Iowa State’s ash tree project – a 10-year initiative to prepare the campus for the invasive emerald ash borer – is seeing new life through the university’s “TreeCYcle” program. In just over four years, crews have removed 296 ash trees and planted 417 replacement trees. The largest trees have been used for lumber, furniture, and woodworking projects. Smaller branches are being chipped into mulch. Through Iowa State’s “TreeCYcle” program, the ISUAA partnered with Iowa Prison Industries and the ISU College of Design to have a limited supply of mantle clocks and keepsake boxes crafted from ash trees removed from campus. “This collaboration – hopefully the first of many – helped produce these heirloom-quality works of art,” said Scott Dahl (L) (’90 marketing), ISUAA director of membership and marketing. “Both pieces are a must-have for any Iowa State collection.” Only 50 of each of these numbered items will be produced. You can order yours at www.isualum.org/store or by calling toll-free (877) 478-2586. The mantle clock is $340, and the keepsake box – designed by an ISU student – is $250, plus shipping.
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Cyclone forward Dustin Hogue enters his senior year with more to prove
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step up after the team’s loss of Georges Niang to a broken foot. He shaved his name into his hair. He made 15 of his 19 shot attempts. He scored a career-high 36 points. He was named to the NCAA Tournament All-East Region team. It was a devastating loss, but it was also a moment he’ll never forget – a moment that carries him confidently into his senior year. That game capped an incredible season that officially put Hogue on the national college basketball radar. The bar has been set high for the Cyclones in 2014-2015, and Hogue includes himself on the list of folks with great expectations. “I will lead the Big 12 in rebounding this year,” he said. “I’m the type of player who will beast anybody I play against. I’m always going to give that extra effort.” As for scoring, Hogue says he has flourished under head coach Fred Hoiberg (L)(’95 finance) and found his comfort zone. “There was a point in my career where I hated shooting,” Hogue admitted. “Working with Fred, it was a process. I’ve always been a defender and a rebounder, but playing on this team I knew I was going to have to score more.” And score he did. Hogue averaged 11.6 points per game last season and shot 57.3 percent from the field – including 34.4 percent from beyond the arc. His ability to play inside at the “4” position or outside at the “3” spot made him tough to defend – and he’s only sought to get tougher, on both ends of the court. “I would put Dustin’s offseason maybe at the top of anybody we’ve had,” Hoiberg told reporters this fall. “His body is in great shape. He’s in a really
good spot. He’s shooting the ball well; he’s defending really well. And he can play multiple positions. We’ll run a lot of plays for Dustin this year.” “I think I have to take on the same role this year as I did last year,” Hogue said. “We could be an even deadlier team, and we’ve got our eyes on the Final Four. “Nothing short of that is going to be acceptable.”
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hen New Yorker Dustin Hogue first considered the idea of coming to Indian Hills (Iowa) Community College to play college basketball, he thought the school was in Idaho. “I really had no idea what I was getting into,” he said. “The coach who recruited me told me [Ottumwa, Iowa] was just like New York City. I found out he lied to me. But Iowa grows on you quickly – the fan love and support in this state is unbelievable.” But that wasn’t the only surprise that awaited the 6-foot, 6-inch power forward from Yonkers, N.Y. (Besides deer running across the roads, which he says has been the biggest cultural adjustment he’s had to make moving to Iowa.) Hogue says he was elated to receive a scholarship to transfer to Iowa State in 2013. Grateful for the opportunity to be on a Big 12 roster, he figured he’d work hard and maybe earn the chance to come off the bench and contribute for the Cyclones. In reality, what Hogue did last season was start all 36 games, finish second in the Big 12 Conference in rebounding, and earn recognition as the Big 12 Player of the Week and USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. And on March 28, 2014 in New York City, the lifelong Knicks fan and Rucker Park alum fulfilled a lifelong dream. As a child, Hogue had passed Madison Square Garden many times. And although he’d wanted to more than almost anything, he’d never gone inside. Looking back now, Hogue says he’s glad his first time inside the storied arena was what it was: ISU’s Sweet 16 showdown with eventual national champion Connecticut. Hogue was home, faced with the opportunity to play in front of more than 100 friends and family members. He knew he needed to
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“I will lead the Big 12 in rebounding this year. I’m the type of player who will beast anybody I play against. I’m always going to give that extra effort.” – DUSTIN HOGUE
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Calendar Alumni events
On campus
Jan. 22: ISUAA reception with ISU President Steven Leath in Naples, Fla. Jan. 29: ISUAA reception with ISU President Steven Leath in Washington, D.C. Feb. 20: ISUAA lunch with ISU President Steven Leath in Phoenix, Ariz. March 6-9: ISU Alumni Association Spirit Rallies at Women’s Big 12 Basketball Tournament, Dallas March 10: VISIONS Across America Tour, ISUAA Club of Kansas City March 11-14: ISU Alumni Association Spirit Rallies at Men’s Big 12 Basketball Tournament, Kansas City
Jan. 12: Spring semester classes begin Jan. 17: 50th annual Madrigal Dinner March 16-20: Spring break April 11: ISU Fashion Show April 25-26: Opening weekend for treehouse exhibit at Reiman Gardens
Cyclone Athletics
Cy’S DAYs OF sERVICE April: Cy’s Days of Service (all month) April 10: Cardinal & Gold Gala, Des Moines
March 6-9: Women’s Big 12 Basketball Tournament, Dallas March 11-14: Men’s Big 12 Basketball Tournament, Kansas City For all Cyclone sports schedules, go to www.cyclones.com
ISU Alumni Center
Feb. 1: Homecoming 2015 awards nomination deadline* Feb. 27: Wallace E. Barron Award recipients honored at ISUAA Board of Directors luncheon April 17: ISU Distinguished Awards Celebration
Feb. 27-28: ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors winter meeting
Career resources
*ISUAA career webinars are free and are held 7-8 p.m. central time. Go to www.isualum. org/webinars for more information.
Jan. 22: Anything Goes, Stephens Feb. 12: The Great Gatsby, by Montana Repertory Theatre, Stephens Feb. 20: The Australian Bee Gees, Stephens March 3: State Symphony of Mexico, Stephens March 4-5: STOMP, Stephens March 13: The Chieftains, Stephens March 27: Brunnier in Bloom, Brunnier Art Museum March 28: Mummenschanz, Stephens April 12: Million Dollar Quartet, Stephens
Awards
Events in the
Jan. 7: Career Webinar: Grab Your Keys and Drive Your Career* Feb. 4: Career Webinar: Proven Strategies to Build a Network That Works For You* Feb. 4: College of Ag & Life Sciences Spring Career Day Feb. 10: Engineering Career Fair Feb. 11: Business, Industry & Technology Career Fair Feb. 11: Spring People to People Career Fair March 4: Career Webinar: Stuff Your Resume with Keywords to Highlight Your Experience* April 1: Career Webinar: Use Your Strengths to Create a Rewarding and Satisfying Career*
(plus Murrill sculptures in Anderson Sculpture Garden all year) Through July: Beauty Through Experiment: The Ceramics of Wedgwood, Brunnier Art Museum
*For criteria and to submit a nomination for ISUAA awards: www.isualum.org/awards
Alumni travel If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to see the world, check out the ISU Alumni Association’s Traveling Cyclones program. For a complete list of 2015 tours, go to www.isualum.org/travel
Lifelong learning Jan. 13: OLLI at ISU winter classes begin Feb. 12: OLLI at ISU spring open house March 16: OLLI at ISU spring classes begin
Find more events online Campus Calendar: http://event.iastate.edu/ ISU Alumni Association: www.isualum.org/calendar Cyclone Athletics: www.cyclones.com Department of Music and ISU Theatre: www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/arts/isuarts. shtml Reiman Gardens: www.reimangardens.com Iowa State Center: www.center.iastate.edu University Museums: www.museums.iastate.edu Lectures: www.lectures.iastate.edu/
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