DeAnne (McCulloh) Bloomberg, director of issue management for the Illinois Farm Bureau, develops and coordinates messaging for the organization, oversees media relations and social media and conducts media training for Farm Bureau leaders and staf
By Michelle Hiscocks
The Governor’s Feeding Iowans Task Force led by Lt. Governor Adam Gregg launched several initiatives to help direct locally grown products to food insecure Iowans following the outbreak of COVID-19.
Almost as quickly as the pandemic descended upon Iowa State University this March, donors reached out to step up their support for students in need.
CALS ALUMNI, FRIENDS HONORED BY COLLEGES, ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
A CALS WEEK LIKE NO OTHER
Dear alumni and friends,
This has been an incredible year — one of tremendous achievement in teaching, research and extension amid a global pandemic, civic stress, drought and wind here in Iowa and the recent election.
UNPRECEDENTED. UNCERTAIN. UNPREDICTABLE.
By Carmen Bain, associate dean of academic innovation
CALS RANKS HIGH WORLDWIDE The 2020 QS World University Rankings of agricultural and forestry programs ranked Iowa State University in the top 4% worldwide — 16 out of 401 institutions in 2020.
With just 10 days advance notice, Iowa State faculty members last spring had to quickly convert their in-person classes to online formats due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hometown: Mondamin, Iowa
Cultural identity: Native American
Name: Antonio Rodriguez (junior, global resource systems, animal science)
Hometown: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Cultural identity: Puerto Rican
Role and Organization: Next Generation Coordinator at Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI)
Name: Paulina Padrón Saráchaga ('19 animal science)
Role and Organization: DVM Candidate, 2023; veterinary student, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts
Name: Jacob Button
Hometown: Conrad, Iowa
Job Title: Golf Course Superintendent
Name: Sarah Kendell
Hometown: Bellevue, Iowa
Degree: (’18 forestry)
Title and Company: Forester, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The first steer of the Beef Up Iowa program arrived at the Iowa State University Meats Laboratory on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The program, part of Gov.
Harold Crawford, 95, retired Iowa State University agricultural education and studies professor, died May 27, 2020.
Katherine Johnson
Hometown: Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Job title and company: Research Technologist at Mayo Clinic
May is Beef Month. We asked Stephanie Hansen, animal science, who conducts beef nutrition research, to share one of her favorite beef recipes.
Stephanie Hansen’s Spicy Beefy Enchiladas
