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After a national search that brought to campus last month a parade of finalists from across the country, Iowa State University this week announced Mississippi State University College of Engineering Dean Jason Keith will serve as its new provost.

David Wrobel, dean of the OU Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences, is a finalist for Iowa State University’s open provost position:

Recently approved education appropriations from the Iowa Legislature include a 2.5% increase in funding for the state’s university system and prohibitions on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices at regent universities. The Senate passed an amendment to SF 2435, Iowa’s education budget bill for the upcoming year April 18. The bill allocates nearly $1 billion...

Iowa State hosted four candidates over the past month, one of whom will take over the role of provost when Provost Jonathan Wickert steps down this summer. Wickert, who will continue to teach at the university after his duties as provost, began at Iowa State as a professor in June 2012. Wickert is Iowa State’s...

David Wrobel, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, was named the fourth finalist to fill the role of provost, a position to be filled in the summer. Wrobel will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, participating in a campus forum at 3 p.m. Monday in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu...

Jason Keith, dean of the Mississippi State College of Engineering, was named the third of four finalists to serve as provost, starting in the summer. Keith will visit campus Monday and Tuesday, participating in a campus forum at 3 p.m. Monday in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Keith earned a bachelor’s degree from the University...

Four finalists will visit campus next week to interview for the position of Senior Vice President and Provost.  The office is currently headed by Jonathan Wickert, who will officially step down from the role June 30. Wickert will remain at Iowa State and return to teaching as a professor of mechanical engineering.  According to the...

The search has begun for the next senior vice president and provost, a role left open after Jonathan Wickert stepped down after 12 years, the longest in school history.  A candidate nomination form is available, with a review of materials happening immediately. The form asks members of the Iowa State community to submit a recommendation...

The League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County hosted the annual State of the Ames Community Friday, where community leaders were given two minutes each to answer questions from moderators and the audience ranging from DEI to the Sixty Forward center. The panel consisted of: Iowa State Senior Vice President and Provost Jonathan...

Initial steps will be taken surrounding the Iowa Board of Regents’ recommendation on pronoun disclosure, Inside Iowa State announced Jan. 11. The announcement stated that while the full implementation plan is not due to the regents until the next board meeting, the university is taking initial steps regarding recommendation 4b, “which states that no employee,...