Teaching Excellence (Spring 2018)

Building Character and Careers

By Howard Tyler, assistant dean for student services

Image by Christopher Gannon

Professor Lee Burras stands in from on a class and lectures

Creating the Future, Teaching to Serve

Matthew Nelson and his wife meet up with CALS professor Andrew Manu on central campus with the campanile in the background

#CALSstories My Favorite CALS Professor

Genetics student Shemaa Albayati discusses material with fellow peers

Interruption of War

Professor Dick Schultz uses a hoe to create a garden in Uganda. Three students can be seen doing the same in the background.

Linking Cultures and Students Worldwide

A senior in ag studies, Dylan Lyman, leans inside a bin filled with corn and runs some of the kernels through his hands

Ag 450 Farm - Student-Powered for 75 Years

Four students share their landscape designs with professor Ann Marie

Enhancing Teaching & Learning

Students use lab equipment and spaces in the new Bessey Hall addition.

Expanding Exploration, Innovation in the Biosciences

Encompassing biology and life science, the biosciences include the study of all living things, from microorganisms to maize to mammals. Iowa State expertise in the biosciences has bettered lives for centuries. Today, new discoveries will be needed to address the challenges of a growing population—from feeding the world to preventing human, animal and plant diseases.

A horse farm manager and student hold onto horses at the horse barn

Taking the Reins

A 4-H leader leans over two girls sitting at a table working on a project

Bringing Science to the Show Ring

Martha Smith sits behind table and speaks into a microphone gesturing to her side

Talking Tough - 4 Tips for Advocating for Agriculture

High school FFA advisor, Jacob Hunter talks to talks to three students at a lab station. One student is filling a tube

Emerging Leader Extreme Fan

Four Iowa State Alums stand in the middle of US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII.

Super Turf

Horticulture student Paige Van Mersbergen (left) looks over landscape designs with clients inside a landscape design studio in Horticulture Hall.

Learning From the Ground Up

A professor and students sit and talk in Bessey Hall atrium

Small Groups Large Learning

A group of four students pose wearing safety glasses with a grain sifter in the background

Team Teaching, Targeted Results

Ben Chamberlain advises a student in his office

Changing View of Success

Retired affiliate instructor, Eldon Weber, holds out a pizza by a Pizz-A-Thon sign

AGvocacy Through Pizz-A-Thon

Sisters Ashley and Kenzie are pictured in a lab wearing lab coats

Microbiology: A Family Tradition

Q&A A ‘Magical’ Internship

Colletti

From the Dean - Spring 2018

Ann Marie VanDerZanden

Celebrating Award-Winning Educators

Melea Reicks Licht

Foreword - Spring 2018

fungus on leaves

News From Campus - Spring 2018

Mingan Shao

Alumni News - Spring 2018

Faculty Excellence - Spring 2018