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2001-02 Archives
Departmental
Archives
April
29 to May 11, 2002

Undergraduate research
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences sponsors third
annual undergraduate research competition.
Other Features
Jay Taylor and Paul Griffiths
Boundary Waters Trip
Dean Isaacson
Dan Ashlock
VEISHEA
Ed Yeung
Department of Chemistry Ranking
April
15-28, 2002

Honors and awards
LAS faculty honored for teaching, research, service
and international activities.
Other Features
Distinguished & University Professors
LAS Awards
University Awards
LAS Miid-Career Awards
Cindy Happel
Tom Greenbowe
Craig Anderson & Brad Bushman
Neal Iverson
April
1-14, 2002
Ashes to ashes
Music's Anne Deane is involved in a multidisciplinary
effort to commemorate September 11.
Other Features
Alan Myers and Martha James
Institute of Science and Society
Theatrical Design II
International Programs
Ames Piano Quartet
Scholarship Musicales
Valerie Sheares
March
11-31, 2002

Research masters
Four LAS faculty have been recognized as Master Teachers
for their success with involving undergraduates in the research process.
Other Features
Yan-Bin Jia
Plaza of Heroines
Prairie Class
David Hunter
Mei Hong
Center for On-Line Learning
President's Concert
February
25 to March 10, 2002

Hail to the chief
Iowa State's top music ensembles and Simon Estes will
perform in a special concert at Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall welcoming
President Gregory Geoffroy to campus.
Other Features
Marcia Harmon Rosenbusch
Dan Mundt
Richard Larock
Hamilton Cravens
James Dow
Shirley Basfield-Dunlap
Amy Andreotti
February
11-24, 2002

World class
The willingness to adapt to change has enabled the
Department of Chemistry to remain world class.
Other Features
Peter Orazem
Department of Chemistry Gifts
Balmurli Natrajan
Kelly Bartlett
Bill Simpkins
Debra Marquart
Steve Coon
February
4-10, 2002

Getting involved
Now in its second year, a program to involve more students
in environmental biology is taking shape.
Other Features
Robert Lowry
Robert Mazur
Mack Shelley
Basically Baroque
January
28 to February 3, 2002

Technology grants
LAS projects awarded ID grants for improving teaching
and learning activities.
Other Features
Johnny Wong
Ardith Maney
Marzia Rosati
January
21-27, 2002

Coming this spring
Simon Estes, heroes and villains, student soloists
and a special President's Concert highlight the spring Department of
Music events.
Other Features
George Kraus
Jerry Garcia
Kathy Leonard
ISU Theatre Spring Season
January
14-20, 2002

Trial run
Popular book and movie are incorporated into an unusual
geology classroom activity.
Other Features
Alicia Carriquiry
Dennis Johnson
Graduation
December
10-31, 2001

Graduation
It's the end of the beginning for LAS December graduates.
Other Features
Tin-Shi Tam
Randall Huff
Stem Cell Ethics
December
3-9, 2001

Heroes Among Us
Twelve World War II veterans' stories will be told
in an original play by ISU Theatre's Jane Cox and Patrick Gouran.
Other Features
Tracey Owens Patton
Math 165
M. Evelina Galang
November
26 to December 2, 2001

Social research
From a single project, the Institute for Social and
Behavioral Research has grown by leaps and bounds.
Other Features
Mike Chen and Gene Takle
Rick Gibbons and Meg Gerrard
November
12-25, 2001

Stepping out
The public administration program has become a semi-autonomous
unit within the Department of Political Science with Yong Lee as its
interim director.
Other Features
Kevin de Laplante & Carla Fehr
Donna Kienzler
Nenad Kostic
November
5-11

Planting ideas
The Ada Hayden Herbarium is celebrating 130 years of
existence this year.
Other Features
Mark Hargrove
Agricultural History and Rural Studies
Kristen Hessler
October
29 to November 4, 2001
Fundamental change
The Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
is heading in a new direction.
Other Features
Todd Hare & Don Sakaguchi
Jill Pruetz
Carl Jacobson
October
22-28, 2001
Investigators
Several LAS faculty members gave up their Saturday
morning recently to help inform outstanding junior high and high school
students about the College's academic offerings.
Other Features
Sarah Nuser & Les Miller
Greenlee School Resident Journalists
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Fulbrights
October
15-21, 2001
Honored
LAS alumni, faculty and staff will be honored this
weekend by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the ISU Alumni
Association.
Other Features
Mark Gordon
Jim Colbert
International Studies Quarterly
October
8-14, 2001
Eyewitness traveler
Name the time and place and Gary Wells will be there
to speak on the flaws of eyewitness identification.
Other Features
David Lynch
Center for On-Line Learning
Andy Norris
October
1-7, 2001
Research masters
Four LAS faculty have been recognized as LAS Master
Teachers for their success with involving undergraduates in the research
process.
Other Features
Marc Porter
Jonathan Saggau
Alicia Carriquiry & Ames Piano Quartet
September
24-30, 2001
Administrative changes
New DEOs, changes in the Dean's Office - here's your
complete guide to the changes.
Other Features
Mike Whiteford
Jim Brehm & Jenni Cushman
Paul Ladd & Marvin Meek
September
17-23, 2001
Training camp
The Cyclone Marching Band gets in a little extra practice
before trekking back to class.
Other Features
William David
Stephen Vardeman
State of the College
September
10-16, 2001
Learning at the lake
The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory offers an experience students
can't get on the Iowa State campus.
Other Features
Alfred Ho & Paul Coates
Arnold van der Valk
Edward Yeung
Spanish Teacher Orientation
September
3-9, 2001
Musical offerings
Instrumental and choral concerts are plentiful this
semester as the Department of Music showcases its student and faculty
talents.
Other Features
James Dow
David Oliver & Eve Wurtele
Anthropology Dig
BPMI Children's Book
August
27 to September 2, 2001
Summer camp
For the past 40 years, geology majors have been traveling
to northwestern Wyoming for a summer stay at the Department of Geological
and Atmospheric Sciences' permanent field station.
Other Features
Scott Chadwick
Amy Andreotti
Carl Vondra
ISU Theatre's Fall Season