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	<title>STORIES in Agriculture and Life Sciences &#187; Investing in Excellence</title>
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		<title>HELPING LIVESTOCK JUDGING AND ANIMAL RESEARCH REACH NEW HEIGHTS</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/11/helping-livestock-judging-and-animal-research-reach-new-heights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol. 6 No. 2 It's All About Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Veterinary Medicine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Melea Reicks Licht
Dr. Tyrone Artz, a retired orthopedic surgeon in Valley Center, Kan., never forgot the lessons he learned showing livestock in 4-H and as an undergraduate at Iowa State University.
“Showing livestock teaches responsibility and that animals deserve a high quality of life,” he says. “They should be respected and treated decently, and not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ENRICHING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, PAYING IT FORWARD</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/06/enriching-the-student-experience-paying-it-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vol. 6 No. 1 Student Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyssa Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scholarship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For many students, receiving a scholarship not only supports them financially, it gives them that extra boost of confidence needed to take advantage of all the opportunities college presents.
Alyssa Swan is such a student. As a Dean’s Leadership Scholar she receives financial support for working at east 10 hours per week in an area related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTEREST IN CULINARY SCIENCE HEATS UP</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/interest-in-culinary-science-heats-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/interest-in-culinary-science-heats-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culinary science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philip canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipe for success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cooking is chemistry. Every time you heat, stir, cool or mix ingredients you are experimenting. Studying and understand-ing the chemical interactions behind the recipe is what students majoring in culi-nary science are doing.  “The curriculum is based strongly in food sciences and students develop basic culinary skills and knowledge,” says Erica Beirman, Iowa State University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE FUTURE IS CLEAR: New Greenhouses Provide First-rate Experiences</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/2020/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Hughes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoffroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horticulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Ilses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipe for success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy Wintersteen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New horticulture greenhouses at Iowa State University built through public, private partnerships provide a rst-class venue for education and research.
The 12,000 square-foot, state-of- the-art facility, dedicated in September, replaces 98-year-old greenhouses that were demolished in 2010.
The green-houses extend along the south side of Horticulture Hall, home of the Depart-ment of Horticulture.  The complex is partitioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CURTISS RENOVATION TO GIVE AMBASSADORS ROOM TO GROW</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/curtiss-renovation-to-give-ambassadors-room-to-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambassadors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Student Ag Ambassadors are making do in their current office space—a former closet in Curtiss Hall. Thankfully, a new workspace is in store as part of the renovation of Curtiss Hall. It’s one of many ways the renovation will benefit students.  Plans include a student commons, meeting rooms for group work and interviews and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTO THE FIELD</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/into-the-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asmus Farm Supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Into the Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kendall Lamkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Asmus Farm Supply and the Department of Agronomy have teamed up to take students “Into the Field” to prepare them for thedemands of today’s agriculture industry.
The Into the Field program will help faculty and students develop relationships with practicing agronomists and provide field experience for agronomy students to enhance their value and viability in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ENTREPRENEURIAL SCHOLARSHIPS: A SURE RETURN ON INVESTMENT</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/entrepreneurial-scholarships-a-sure-return-on-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/entrepreneurial-scholarships-a-sure-return-on-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scholarship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The college awards nearly $12,000 annually in entrepreneurial scholarships funded by private donors. The family of Leonard Hermanson (’25 dairy science) recently set up a scholarship program to support the top three student teams in the Entrepreneurship in Agriculture course. One of the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative’s prestigious scholarships honors emeritus professor Robert Jolly who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOHN SCHOLARSHIP</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/urship-runs-in-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/urship-runs-in-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Peyton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Peyton is the first recipient of the Jim and Connie Mohn Scholarship. Peyton is a senior in agricultural business, economics and public service and administration in agriculture from Sac City. She will use the gift to fund her study abroad experience to Rome on the Dean’s Global Agriculture and Food Leadership program where she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXPERIENCING NEW TERRAIN, SERVING OTHERS IN THE TROPICS</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/experiencing-new-terrain-serving-others-in-the-tropics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/experiencing-new-terrain-serving-others-in-the-tropics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horticulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ashlee Hespen
The hilly land, lush forests, large gullies and rocky soil on the island of St. John are much different from the Midwest terrain that two Iowa State University horticulture students are accustomed.
Morgan Wright and Winston Beck spent six weeks this summer on St. John as a part of a service learning project titled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALUMS, FORMER CARETAKER DONATE TO REPLACE AGING GREENHOUSE</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/05/alums-former-caretaker-donate-to-replace-aging-greenhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/05/alums-former-caretaker-donate-to-replace-aging-greenhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing in Excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horticulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For 31 years Arlen Patrick used bailing wire, duct tape — anything he could get his hands on — to keep the Iowa State University Department of Horticulture greenhouses on central campus operational.]]></description>
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