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STORIES Online July 2012College NewsCALS RECORD ENROLLMENT HELPS PUSH ISU TO SURPASS U of IIowa State University's enrollment is expected to surpass the University of Iowa's this fall, due in part to the strength of Iowa's ag sector. In a front-page article in the Des Moines Register last week, it was reported this fall could mark the first time since 1979 that more undergraduate and graduate students attend Iowa State than Iowa. ISU officials predict 31,000 students will enroll for fall 2012. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences enrollment has increased 46 percent the past six years. This fall, the college expects to surpass 3,623 students, an enrollment record set in fall 1977. More...BREAKTHROUGH: ISU SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HOW NEMATODES ATTACK PLANTSIowa State University plant pathologists are deciphering how plant-parasitic microscopic roundworms called cyst nematodes infect plants, like soybeans. Thomas Baum, chair of Iowa State’s plant pathology and microbiology department and associate scientist Tarek Hewezi have discovered how the nematode changes the plant’s gene activities for the purpose of turning it into a food source. The researchers’ new approach was studying microRNAs, which are powerful regulators of gene activity. More...
LESS BUZZ THIS SUMMER? ISU RESEARCHERS SEEK TO SOLVE HONEYBEE DISAPPEARANCEAmy Toth, in ecology, evolution and organismal biology, and her colleagues are studying what is behind the disappearance of honeybees known as “Colony Collapse Disorder.” The research team is taking a novel approach, studying the interaction among many factors and evaluating how they lead to colony collapse. In recent years, beekeepers have experienced losses of 30 to 40 percent, and up to 70 percent in Iowa, forcing the beekeeping industry to take notice. More...Alumni NewsYoung Alum of the MonthCatherine Swoboda STORIES: THE STUDENT EXPERIENCEThe latest issue of the college’s alumni magazine, STORIES in Agriculture and Life Sciences, focuses on the student experience and features one of two special edition covers, each featuring a different student. Both active in college activities and CALS Ambassadors, Adam Bierbaum (‘12 agronomy) and Kayla Reiter, senior in agricultural business, help illustrate the different aspects of today’s student experience. If you have not yet received your copy of STORIES please e-mail stories@iastate.edu with your current mailing address. Articles from the magazine can also be accessed online. More...EDDY HONORED FOR SECONDARY AG EDUCATION EXCELLENCEMatthew Eddy (’99 agricultural and life sciences education, MS ’09), an agriculture education teacher at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, earned the 2012 Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Ag Ed Program designation from the Iowa Association of Agricultural Educators in June. Eddy also recently received the $5,000 Agriscience Educator Award jointly presented by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation. Eddy has taught agriculture education for 13 years. In 2009, he participated in the first Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) program and was designated a master teacher in 2012. Eddy’s agriculture education curriculum emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts. ELLIBEE SELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF PULASKI TECHThe Pulaski Tech Board of Trustees has selected Margaret Ellibee (’83 agriculture and life sciences education), a vice president of Waukesha Technical College in Wisonsin, as Pulaski Tech's new president. Her background includes a master's in general agriculture from the University of Arkansas and experience as an agriculture teacher at Stuttgart High School. Ellibee has served as vice president for strategic effectiveness and advancement at Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin since 2007. Ellibee will be the fourth president in Pulaski Tech, located in central Arkansas. LONERGAN RECEIVES AMSA DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH AWARDSteve Lonergan (‘88 animal science, M.S. ‘91), professor of animal science, received the 2012 Distinguished Research Award from the American Meat Science Association at its 65th Reciprocal Meat Conference on June 19. The award recognizes members with outstanding research contributions to the meat industry. KENEALY: I WAS MEANT TO ADVISE AND TEACH STUDENTS“I’ve enjoyed all the things I’ve done with the dairy industry, but advising and teaching students was really what I was meant to do. To all my students in the audience and those in other places, you’re what made me who I am,” said Douglas Kenealy (‘69 dairy science, PhD ‘74 animal science), on receiving the 2012 Ralph Keeling Leadership Award from the Iowa State Dairy Association at the Dairy Iowa meeting in Independence. Kenealy recently retired from the animal science department at ISU. CALS ALUMNI SERVE ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONRyan Schon (’95 agronomy) has been elected to the ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Schon is a senior agronomy manager with DuPont Pioneer. CALS alumni continuing their service on the board are Duane Halverson (’67 ag business, MS ‘69), retired chief operating officer of Land O’Lakes, Inc; Alan Krysan (’87 ag business), president of the Finney Company; Rich Degner (’72 ag and life sciences education; MS ’77), executive director of the Iowa Pork Producers Association; and Melea Reicks Licht (’00 public service and administration in ag, MS ’05 ag and life sciences education), CALS director of alumni relations. Matt Hobart (’04 ag studies), director of philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack, New York Chapter and the Adirondack Land Trust, has been selected as a member of the ISU Alumni Association Young Alumni Council. Kyle Staley ('06 agricultural business), market research consultant with MarketSense, continues his service on the Young Alumni Council. More...Class Notes2000s |
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