Faculty And Staff Stories

Kevin Kimle knew he was taking a leap of faith.

Students taking a study abroad program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences earn a passport stamped with experience. That’s key to graduating global citizens, says Shelley Taylor, director of the college’s study abroad program.

In the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, Sophia drafts a letter to a friend. She thinks about translating each word from her native Swahili as she carefully prints in English.

Richard Schultz's international connections are always with him - all he needs to do is look up.

Brian Steward calls his personal international experiences "incredibly life-changing. He wants his students to have the same life-changing experiences.

Landing in Greece with 10 Greek words in his vocabulary, David Acker felt like a Boy Scout dropped off in the woods during a survival exercise. In a way, he was.

The word lentivirus has its root in the Latin “lentus,” which means slow or lingering — an apt description for the chronic, persistent infections the virus causes in animals and people.

Farm accident fatalities have significantly decreased in the 20 years Charles Schwab has been Iowa State’s extension farm safety specialist.

For such a long-lived animal, turtles in the wild face many challenges — so many that most species are considered endangered.

“Wow, this is so simple, it's ridiculous.”