What do you still have from your Iowa State days?

Stories of Connections (Fall 2025)
May 21, 2025

A shirt? A photo with friends? Notebook doodles from class? Whether it’s stashed away in a box or proudly displayed on the mantel, we want to know what keepsakes you still have from your time as an Iowa State University student! Snap a photo and share it with us. Your keepsake(s) may be featured in the next edition of STORIES magazine.

Sharing is simple:

  1. Take a photo of your keepsake
  2. Email that photo to stories@iastate.edu or post it on social media with #CALSstories (make sure the post is set to “public” so we can see it! You can also send it via direct message to the CALS Facebook or Instagram accounts.)
  3. Share some background information on the keepsake – what memories it brings up for you, why you kept it, etc.
Postcard showing aerial view of Iowa State College campus, Ames, Iowa.
Old postcard of the Iowa State College campus, courtesy of CALS Dean Daniel J. Robison.
Hat and various circular pins.
VEISHEA hat from 2002 and various VEISHEA buttons from other years, courtesy of Ben Chamberlain ('99 agricultural studies).
Front and back view of a white plastic Ag 450 Farm cup with "More than plow, cows and sows" on it.
Ag 450 Farm plastic cup, courtesy of Ben Ostendorf ('20 agricultural studies).
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