The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost recognizes in the spring faculty members who have demonstrated exemplary mentoring of junior faculty. David Russell, Matthew Sivils, and Susan Yager were nominated by their mentees and will be recognized at a recognition ceremony in early May.
Two LAS students demonstrated their superior debating skills at the first ever Mediacom Collegiate Invitational Debate over the weekend. Speech majors Kelly Erbes and Tim Overton went up against some of the states best collegiate debaters from five other Iowa schools. Erbes and Overton came home with convincing wins over teams from Drake University and … Continue reading Speech Majors Argue Immigration at First-Ever Mediacom Invitational Debate, Win Scholarships
Prof. Michèle A. Schaal presided a panel with four English Literature graduate students. The conference was the 2015 Biennial Women and Gender Research Conference at the University of South Dakota (April 9-10) and its theme was “Gender and Work: Exploring Intersectionality, Resistance and Identity.” The panel was titled “Bonding to Escape Bondage: Female Identity through … Continue reading English Literature majors Sarah Chase (WGS graduate minor) and Caroline Martin granted “First Place for Best Student Paper” award at the 2015 Biennial Women and Gender Research Conference at the University of South Dakota
Black Balloon Publishing, an imprint of the newly established Catapult, has announced Tegan Nia Swanson as the winner of the 2014 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Things We Found When the Water Went Down. The annual award includes a prize of $5,000 and publication for a novel or short story collection. The editors selected Swanson’s book … Continue reading Recent MFA graduate, Tegan Swanson, Announced as Winner of the 2014 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize
One of our alumni, Ty Stafford, graduated with a degree in speech in 2011 has recently made Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the area of marketing and advertising. Read the article here
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Angie Mallory, PhD graduate student in Rhetoric and Professional Communication (RPC), will be representing ISU at the University Innovation Alliance meeting in Washington DC later this month. This group is an 11-member collaborative of universities. Their meeting will be highlighting the unique things each institution does to retain students and to help them succeed. Iowa … Continue reading Angie Mallory Representing ISU at the University Innovation Alliance meeting in Washington DC