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,.
Iowa State University is immediately launching a search for a new provost after its record-setting Senior Vice President Jonathan Wickert announced plans to step down this summer following a dozen years in the role.
Iowa State’s longest-serving provost has announced he will step down from the position, effective June 30. Senior Vice President and Provost Jonathan Wickert will remain at Iowa State, serving as the president’s chairman in engineering and remaining a professor of mechanical engineering. “Being provost is a profound responsibility and an amazing experience, and I’ve enjoyed.
The Faculty Senate held its final meeting of the year in the Memorial Union Tuesday and discussed the flat fee for immediate access items, President Wendy Wintersteen’s DEI focus group and new degree programs. Faculty Senate President Sarah Bennett-George announced that Wintersteen asked her to be a part of Iowa State’s focus group set to.