College Big Part of VEISHEA

Friday Barbecue and Showcase on Central Campus

The College will join the College of Engineering in hosting a Veishea barbecue and showcase from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday on central campus. Domino's pizza and Cold Stone ice cream are on the menu. At noon Friday, Veishea co-chair B.J. Brugman, a senior in agricultural business, will participate in the opening ceremony on central campus.

College Alumni to be Honored April 15 as Part of VEISHEA

Two College alumni will be honored by the Alumni Association and ISU Foundation during VEISHEA when the university presents its highest awards at the annual Distinguished Awards Celebration. Rodney Ganey will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. He is co-founder of Press Ganey Associates, a firm that uses customer satisfaction measurement tools to help health care organizations evaluate and improve health care. Ganey earned master's and doctorate degrees in sociology in 1978 and 1981. Roger Underwood will be presented the Order of the Knoll Cardinal and Gold Award for his service to Iowa State. He serves as chairman of Campaign Iowa State: With Pride and Purpose, leading the effort that has resulted in the university exceeding its $800 million fundraising goal. Underwood co-founded Becker Underwood, the world's leading supplier of non-pesticide specialty chemical and biological products, and is currently a partner in Riverwood Management LLC., a private equity fund buying and operating ag companies in North America. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural business in 1980. The public ceremony will begin Friday, April 15, at 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun Room.

Visit Departments, Clubs at VEISHEA Village, Around Campus

Several student groups in the College are planning activities around campus Friday and Saturday April 15 and 16. and in the Veishea Village on Saturday, April 16.

• Agricultural Systems Technology Club - View a display of modern agricultural equipment, front lawn, Davidson Hall.
• Alpha Zeta Fraternity - Meet this honor fraternity and group of student leaders.
• Animal Science Department - Power Up with Protein! Learn about the benefits of animal protein in the human diet and chat with faculty and students.
• Block and Bridle - A live animal display with activities for kids and students, Iowa Farm Bureau Pavilion, Kildee Hall.
• Student Council - Meet representatives from the majority of the college's clubs.
• Culinary Science Club - Purchase popcorn in flavors such as cinnamon, caramel and Cyclone (raspberry and lemon), and uniquely flavored soda made with the help of Olde Main Brewery, 200 MacKay.
• Dairy Products Evaluation Club - Selling locally produced cheese and chocolate milk to promote dairy foods and the club, 209 MacKay.
• Dairy Science Club - Choose from six flavors of homemade ice cream and an opportunity to milk a cow.
• Department of Agronomy - Get your Sweet Soil Treat, play with plants, discover where your food comes from, pick up some popcorn, dig in the dirt, find out how Kool Aid is linked to clean drinking water and watch water underground.
• Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management - Watch live timber sports, paint a birdhouse, perfect your fishing skills, celebrate the "Year of the Turtle," learn about conservation of our natural resources and take a walk on the wild side to learn how to identify trees on campus.
• Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Graduate Student Organization - Offering a diversity of started native prairie plants for sale, field guides for Iowa native plants also available, 208 Bessey.
• Food Science Club - Fudge sale, flavors include chocolate, cyclone, peanut butter, chocolate mint and white chocolate raspberry. T-shirts also available for purchase, 208 MacKay.
• Forestry Club - Celebrating 100th year by presenting a timber sports demonstration, an international display and an activity for kids.
• Horticulture Club Spring Plant Sale - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 15 and 16, new Horticulture Greenhouse.
• Pre-Veterinary Club - Educational and fun family experience at petting zoo, Iowa Farm Bureau Pavilion, Kildee Hall.
• Seed Science Center - Little "farmers" learn about planting, testing and harvesting seeds as well as the important role that seeds play in today's agriculture, free popcorn, Seed Science Building Lobby.
• Society of American Foresters - Meet Smokey Bear, learn about watersheds and learn to identify the trees of Iowa.

Alums to Help Celebrate A Century of ISU Agricultural Education

An open house and reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in 127 Curtiss Hall to celebrate 100 years of agricultural education at Iowa State. A program begins at 3 p.m. and will include Neil Harl, agricultural education and studies alum who earned a bachelor's degree in 1955, and Harold Crawford, professor emeritus of agricultural education and studies, who earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in agricultural and life sciences education in 1950, 1955 and 1969.

[Back to Archived Features]