LAS News Archive • Iowa State University

LAS recipients among strategic projects awarded funding

LAS projects were part of nineteen teams that will share a $3.9 million investment this year in Iowa State’s 2022-2031 strategic plan. Collectively, they will expand student academic services and internship opportunities, support for interdisciplinary research, testing capacity, student mental health support, assistance to Iowa communities, improvements to the university child care facilities, and more. … Continue reading LAS recipients among strategic projects awarded funding

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Streamlyne Launch moved to August 1

The upcoming launch of the Streamlyne Proposal Development system has been moved from July 5, 2023, to August 1, 2023. This is a joint decision of OSPA, OIC-OIPTT and the ISU Foundation. The first step in the Streamlyne Proposal Development (PD) Implementation was a pilot program that began May 15, 2023. The pilot progressed more … Continue reading Streamlyne Launch moved to August 1

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Workday Student launches recruiting and admissions functions, employee benefits hub now available

Who is Impacted Now? ISU employees within the Office of Admissions and Office of Student Financial Aid are among the first to transition operations to Workday Student to support Fall 2024 application and admissions processes for prospective undergraduate students. Graduate admissions processing for Fall 2024 applicants will transition to Workday Student in September 2023. ISU … Continue reading Workday Student launches recruiting and admissions functions, employee benefits hub now available

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Do you know a college inventor?

If you know a graduate or undergraduate inventor who is looking for the best way to advance their work, please let them know the Collegiate Inventors Competition® (CIC) is the ultimate opportunity. CIC is their chance to not only get direct feedback from world-changing inventors but to celebrate with them in Washington, D.C.! This year, … Continue reading Do you know a college inventor?

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Celebrate our spring and summer LAS graduates!

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences needs your help to celebrate our spring and summer LAS graduates! If you’d like to complete this right now, it will only take 1 minute. We are collecting brief messages to be displayed on the Hilton video board at the LAS Convocation in Hilton Coliseum on Friday, May … Continue reading Celebrate our spring and summer LAS graduates!

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Tools, Tips, and Tricks for putting Science of Team Science Research into Practice workshop on April 20

The Office of the Vice President for Research is excited to offer the upcoming Tools, Tips, and Tricks for putting Science of Team Science Research into Practice workshop on April 20 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm in the MU. Dr. Ellen Fisher and Dr. Hannah Love from Divergent Science LLC will share their experience of … Continue reading Tools, Tips, and Tricks for putting Science of Team Science Research into Practice workshop on April 20

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2022 CYtation Award winners announced

Congratulations to LAS recipients of 2022 Professional and Scientific Council CYtation awards! Recipients were honored at the CYtation Award Ceremony held on March 23, 2023 at the ISU Alumni Center’s Reiman Ballroom. 2022 Professional and Scientific Council Woodin CYtation Award Recipient Amy Lewman: Administrative Assistant II, Department of EEOB Claire Kruesel, Student Services Specialist II, … Continue reading 2022 CYtation Award winners announced

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2023 Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference to be held at ISU – call for papers

From September 15-17, the ISU History Department and the Sustainable Peace Faculty Learning Community are hosting the 2023 Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference. They are currently accepting proposals for papers at: https://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/2023-submit-your-proposal/. Faculty, students, and staff are invited to propose papers that engage with questions of peace in the following ways: Conceptualizing positive … Continue reading 2023 Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference to be held at ISU – call for papers

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CELT media classrooms available to all instructors

Instructors can reserve classrooms equipped with robust technology during an April 1 – May 1 window. For more information visit the Media Production webpage.

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Dean Schmittmann announces retirement

Dear colleagues, It is almost 11 years to the day since I began my tenure as dean of our college, and as some of you have heard me say, academic leadership is a relay and a team sport. It is a relay because you take over the baton from your predecessor and hand it off … Continue reading Dean Schmittmann announces retirement