“I’ll bet you learn a lot in your job!” Professor Curt Youngs wrote this to…
On consecutive weeks this spring, we hosted the 88th annual Iowa FFA Leadership Conference and…
For leadership to succeed someone must follow. Many words are used to describe leaders and…
This fall I was reappointed to my third term as dean of the College of…
I needed to learn a few things. As I prepared for this issue on the…
Can you guess what the largest piece of public artwork is on Iowa State’s campus? It’s the Farm House Museum. The museum recently completed a significant restoration and the result is simply beautiful. It was fitting that…
I work in the middle of an art museum. It’s the best kind of art museum—public. Its pieces belong to all of us. My office overlooks the centerpiece of Iowa State’s Art on Campus collection. Two farmers designed the …
This fall you don’t need to look far to see difference makers among our students, faculty and staff for our community, state and planet. Students in the Sustainable Agriculture Student Organization have been…
I should probably get a new pair of boots.
Mine are over 30 years old. They belonged to my sister who died when I was four. She was fourteen when she last wore them. I grew to have the exact same …
