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2005-06 Archives
Departmental
Archives
May
1-31, 2006
Writing in the woods
English faculty members Steve Pett and Debra Marquart
are coordinating the new MFA in creative writing and the environment.
Other Features
Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Team
Lee Anne Willson
Viviana Cortes
April
10-30, 2006
Union dig site coordinated by anthro department
Nine-day dig excavates bones from old College of Veterinary
Medicine site
Other Features
VEISHEA 2006
Victor Lin
High-Energy Physics
March
27 to April 9, 2006
Next generation Kennedy to deliver lecture
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is spring Mary Louise Smith
Chair in Women and Politics.
Other Features
Ruslan Prozorov
Hsain Ilahiane
Andy Miner
March
6-26, 2006
ISU sound Omaha bound
Third ISU President's Concert to feature world premiere
of alumnus' poem set to music.
Other Features
Criminal Justice
Arun Barua
Sarah Thompson
February
20 to March 5, 2006
One-stop shopping
LAS Major Fair to attract academic departments, students
from across campus.
Other Features
Grow Iowa Values Fund
Johnny Wong and Wallapak Tavanapong
Song Chen
Rebecca Burnett
Barron All-University Senior Award Winners
February
6-19, 2006
Evolution of a department
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
focuses initial resources on hiring evolutionary biologists.
Other Features
Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall Renovations
Michael Bugeja
Aili Mu
Nikki Bado-Fralick
January
23 to February 5, 2006
New name, new direction
Pending Board of Regents approval, the Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures will soon have a new name.
Other Features
Alex Tuckness
Brenda Daly
David Bulla
Kathy Leonard
January
9-22, 2006
State of Computer Science
Enrollment reduction opens up new possibilities in
computer science.
Other Features
Costas Soukoulis
John Monroe
Michael Bailey
Pre-Law Learning Community
December
5-16, 2005
Podcasting
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures tries
new approach to attract students to the languages.
Other Features
Greenlee School Donation
LAS Fundraising
Steve Kawaler
Derrick Parkhurst
November
14 to December 4, 2005
High tech
New Ph.D. program in linguistics and technology established.
Other Features
Edward Yeung
E-Server
Hector Avalos
October
31 to November 13, 2005
Surface patterning
Iowa State scientists, led by chemistry's Nicola Pohl,
develop new surface patterning method for the carbohydrate chip.
Other Features
Mary Swander
LAS Strategic Plan
ISU Theatre's "The Pavilion"
October
17-30, 2005
River clean-up
Now in its eighth year, the Skunk River navy keeps
cleaning up local streams.
Other Features
Anthropology Dig
Young Kihl
David Stuart
LAS Alumni Awards
October
3-16, 2005
At her best
Political science major Angela Groh named among Glamour
magazine's top 10 college women.
Other Features
LAS Master Teachers
Dan Douglas and Volker Hegelheimer
Eugenia Farrar
Chad Gasta
September
19 to October 2, 2005
Experiencing Spain
Students with varying Spanish language skills participate
in summer program in Alicante, Spain.
Other Features
State of the College
Jeffrey Prater
Malika Jeffries-EL
Dan Krier
September
5-18, 2005
Striking out on new "Frontiers"
LAS freshmen got a jump start on their academic careers
during "Frontiers of the Discipline" held the week before
classes started.
Other Features
Carver Hall Renovations
David Gradwohl
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Eli Rosenberg
August
22 to September 4, 2005
Brush up your Shakespeare
ISU Theatre students perform at Edinburgh Festival.
Other Features
Jacob Petrich
Michael Golemo
Douglas Bonett
Luiza Dreasher and Rob Lipsey
Diane Bassham
Yong Lee
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