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    • Class of 1979
    • Political Science
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Cindy Rollins (Brack)

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Careers

    Cindy Brack Rollins (L)('79 pol sci) is retiring from her position as budget manager for the city of Bloomington, Minnesota. She has worked in the position for 18 years, but has dedicated her career to public service -- including stints with the State of Iowa, Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, and Patton Township, Pennsylvania. Rollins says her junior-year ISU internship with the Iowa House of Representatives inspired her to launch a career in government.
  • Craig Morris

    Craig Morris

    • Class of 1992
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Craig Morris

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Careers

    Craig Morris (L)('92 an sci), who most recently served as vice president of the National Pork Board, has been named chief executive officer of the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers Association in Seattle, Wash.
  • Dan Houston

    Dan Houston

    • Class of 1984
    • Marketing
    • Business

    Dan Houston

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Honors and Awards

    Dan Houston (A)('84 marketing), CEO of Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, has been voted Greater Des Moines' "Most Influential Business Leader" as recognized in the 2019 Des Moines Business Record Book of Lists.
  • Andrea Binnebose

    Andrea Binnebose

    • Class of 2018
    • Microbiology
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Andrea Binnebose

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Careers

    Andrea Binnebose (PhD ’18 microbiology) has accepted a position at Diamond V as a senior research scientist, microbiology.
  • Jim O'Brien

    Jim O'Brien

    • Class of 1997
    • Agronomy
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    James O'Brien

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Careers

    James O’Brien (L)(’97 agronomy) co-founded Agrograph, Inc., a software company combining satellite imagery and field data with machine learning algorithms to predict crop yields. Agrograph recently completed a seed funding agreement with the Idea Fund of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
    • Class of 2010
    • Agricultural Systems Technology
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Ryan Jardon

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Careers

    Ryan Jardon (’10 ag systems technology) has been promoted to territory sales manager for John Deere based out of Kennewick, Washington.
  • Nicole Yoder

    Nicole Yoder

    • Class of 2014
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Nicole Yoder (Patterson)

    Posted on January 10, 2019 in Careers

    Nicole Yoder (’14 ag and life sciences education) has accepted a position as the director of marketing at Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri.
    • Class of 1992
    • Family Services
    • Family & Consumer Sciences

    Michele Adkins (Lambing)

    Posted on January 4, 2019 in Education

    Michele (Lambing) Adkins (BS ’92 Family & Consumer Sciences) recently graduated from the College of Saint Mary with a Master’s of Science degree in Organizational Leadership.
  • Grant Bargfrede

    Grant Bargfrede

    • Class of 2014
    • Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Grant Bargfrede

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Grant Bargfrede (A)(’14 public svc & admin in ag) has been named senior director of operations for Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity.
  • John Pollak

    John Pollak

    • Class of 1973
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Emil Pollak

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    John Pollak (’73 MS animal science, ’75 PhD) was named coordination lead for the Nebraska Integrated Beef Systems Initiative at the University of Nebraska.
    • Class of 2017
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Cameron Jodlowski

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Cameron Jodlowski (L)('17 ag and life sci ed) accepted a role as a precision ag specialist for Diversified Crop Insurance Services in Jacksonville, Ill.
    • Class of 2011
    • Management
    • Business

    Amanda McWherter

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Mandy McWherter ('11 management) has been promoted to director of membership at the Technology Association of Iowa.
    • Class of 2017
    • Journalism and Mass Communication
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Alexander Hanson

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Alexander Hanson (A)('17 journalism) has been promoted to technical manager for on-air operations at NBCUniversal's Network Operations Center in Centennial, Colo.
  • Adrienne Nelson

    Adrienne Nelson

    • Class of 2009
    • Interior Design
    • Design

    Adrienne Nelson

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Adrienne Nelson ('09 interior design, MA '13 arch), AIA, LEED GA has been promoted to associate at Pickard Chilton -- an award-winning architecture firm based in New Haven, Conn.
  • Roosevelt, Muir, Clio and Me: A Novel of Loss and Discovery

    Roosevelt, Muir, Clio and Me: A Novel of Loss and Discovery

    • Class of 1970
    • Distributed Studies
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    David Wilcox

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Alumni Bookshelf

    David M. Wilcox (L)('70 dist studies, MA '73 history), who recently retired to Ames after a 43-year career teaching history in Houston, Texas, published a historical novel entitled Roosevelt, Muir, Clio and Me: A Novel of Loss and Discovery. It is available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Powells Books, as well as at www.davidwilcoxbooks.com.
  • Lloyd Bettis

    Lloyd Bettis

    • Class of 1970
    • Agricultural Journalism
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Lloyd Bettis

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Honors and Awards

    Lloyd Bettis (L)(’70 ag journalism) was inducted in to the Albia, Iowa Wall of Fame.
    • Class of 2017
    • Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
    • Engineering

    Maurice Washington

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Maurice Washington (PhD ’17 ag and biosystems engr) accepted a job as the water resource control engineer in the Cannabis Cultivation Regulatory Unit for the California State Water Resources Control Board.
  • Trudy Huskamp Peterson receives the Emmett Leahy Award

    Trudy Huskamp Peterson receives the Emmett Leahy Award

    • Class of 1967
    • English
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Trudy Peterson (Huskamp)

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Honors and Awards

    Trudy Huskamp Peterson (L)(’67 history/speech/English) received the 2018 Emmett Leahy Award for excellence in records and information management in a ceremony at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Peterson is an archival consultant and certified archivist. She spent 24 years with the U.S. National Archives, including two years as acting archivist of the United States. After retiring from the U.S. government, she was the founding executive director of the Open Society Archives in Budapest, Hungary, and then the director of Archives and Records Management for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
  • Sarah Low

    Sarah Low

    • Class of 2002
    • Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Sarah Low

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Sarah Low (L)('02 public service & admin in ag) has joined the University of Missouri's agricultural and applied economics faculty as an associate professor and Fred V. Heinkel Chair in Agriculture.
  • Hank Zimmerman '18

    Hank Zimmerman '18

    • Class of 2018
    • Journalism and Mass Communication
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Henry Zimmerman

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Honors and Awards

    Henry “Hank” Zimmerman (’18 journalism) has been named a 2018-2019 Kroc Fellow by National Public Radio. The Kroc Fellowship is a yearlong program designed to identify and develop the next generation of extraordinary public media journalists. Zimmerman previously spent three years as a weekend announcer at Siouxland (Iowa) Public Media and was the news and talk director for ISU’s KURE Radio.
  • Nate Hibben

    Nate Hibben

    • Class of 2004
    • History
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Nathaniel Hibben

    Posted on January 3, 2019 in Careers

    Nate Hibben (L)(’04 history) has been elected to serve as president-elect for the Wyoming State Bar Association. Hibben works in private practice, as well as assistant prosecuting attorney for the Goshen County (Wyoming) Attorney’s office.
    • Class of 2018
    • Agronomy
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Daniel Feucht

    Posted on December 4, 2018 in Careers

    Daniel Feucht (’18 agron) has been hired as an agronomist at Maurer-Stutz.
  • Rich Wrage is inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame

    Rich Wrage is inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame

    • Class of 1984
    • Agricultural & Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Richard Wrage

    Posted on December 4, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Rich Wrage (A)(’84 ag and life sci ed, MS ’98), ISU Extension and Outreach regional extension education director, was inducted in to the 2018 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame, representing Boone County.
  • Rich Wrage is inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame

    Rich Wrage is inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame

    • Class of 1984
    • Agricultural & Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Richard Wrage

    Posted on December 4, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Rich Wrage (A)(’84 ag and life sci ed, MS ’98), ISU Extension and Outreach regional extension education director, was inducted in to the 2018 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame, representing Boone County.
  • Michael Determan receives the Industrial Progress Award

    Michael Determan receives the Industrial Progress Award

    • Class of 2001
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Engineering

    Michael Determan

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Michael D. Determan ('01 chem engr & econ, PhD '06 chem engr) of St. Paul, Minn., was honored with the Industrial Progress Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at the organization’s Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. The AIChE Industrial Progress Award recognizes significant contributions to industrial practice by an individual working in industries served by chemical engineers. The selection of this early-career award is based on the impact of the contributions, the magnitude of the challenges involved, and innovation and creativity. Determan is a senior technical manager with 3M Company’s Corporate Research Materials Laboratory. He leads a team of 3M researchers responsible for developing the company’s portfolio of sustainable, bio-based materials; high performance coatings; and new adhesive materials for a variety of industrial, electronic, and health care applications.
  • Jack Wambach, CFP

    Jack Wambach, CFP

    • Class of 1994
    • Liberal Studies
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Jack Wambach

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Careers

    Jack R. Wambach (L)('94 liberal studies), a financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual – Chicago, has been authorized by the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Board of Standards Inc.
  • W. Mark Saltzman

    W. Mark Saltzman

    • Class of 1981
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Engineering

    William Saltzman (Stalzman)

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    W. Mark Saltzman (L)('81 chem engr) has been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Saltzman, who is the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Yale University, is recognized by the Academy for his contributions in drug delivery, biomaterials and tissue engineering that have led to improved patient treatments.
  • Joanne Tokle

    Joanne Tokle

    • Class of 1988
    • Economics (LAS)
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Joanne Tokle (Geigel)

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Careers

    Idaho State University has named Joanne Tokle (A)(PhD '88 econ) as its acting dean of the College of Business. Tokle will assume the role after Tom Ottaway decided to step down as dean and return to a faculty position within the college. Tokle was first hired at Idaho State in 1988 as a faculty member in the College of Business, teaching statistics and economics. She later served as MBA academic director and associate dean. In 2016, she became associate vice president of undergraduate affairs.
  • Bill Tubbs

    Bill Tubbs

    • Class of 1971
    • Agricultural Journalism
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    William Tubbs

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    William F. “Bill” Tubbs (A)('71 ag journalism) received the Iowa State University Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication's 2018 James W. Schwartz Award. The annual award recognizes distinguished service to journalism and communication. Tubbs and his wife, Linda, are co-owners and co-publishers of the Eldridge North Scott Press and Wilton-Durant Advocate News.
  • Dr. Douglas Armstrong

    Dr. Douglas Armstrong

    • Class of 1980
    • Veterinary Medicine
    • Veterinary Medicine

    Douglas Armstrong

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Douglas Armstrong (DVM '80), Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s Director of Animal Health, was recently awarded one of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians’ (AAZV) highest honors, the Emil Dolensek Award.
  • Vincent Pollmeier

    Vincent Pollmeier

    • Class of 1986
    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Engineering

    Vincent Pollmeier

    Posted on December 3, 2018 in Careers

    Vincent Pollmeier (L)('86 aero engr) has joined litigation boutique LTL Attorneys LLP as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
  • Nick Lindsley receives the 2018 AIA Iowa Young Architect Award

    Nick Lindsley receives the 2018 AIA Iowa Young Architect Award

    • Class of 2009
    • Architecture-Professional Degree
    • Design

    Nicholas Lindsley

    Posted on November 27, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Nick Lindsley (’09 arch & env studies), an architect with Neumann Monson Architects, has been awarded the 2018 American Institute of Architects (AIA), Iowa Chapter’s Young Architect Award. The award recognizes an AIA Iowa member who has shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession in the areas of design, education, and/or service in an early stage of their architectural career.
  • Kevin Monson receives the AIA Iowa Medal of Honor

    Kevin Monson receives the AIA Iowa Medal of Honor

    • Class of 1973
    • Architecture
    • Design

    Kevin Monson

    Posted on November 27, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Kevin Monson (L)(’73 arch), Principal and Chairman of the Board of Neumann Monson Architects, received the 2018 American Institute of Architects (AIA), Iowa Chapter Medal of Honor Award in recognition of his distinguished service to the profession of architecture. The award is the highest recognition bestowed on a member of AIA Iowa. Monson’s body of work has had an profound impact upon several Iowa urban centers. His projects challenged the status quo and reshape the urban fabric of Iowa City and Coralville’s Iowa River Landing District and extend to the many new additions to Des Moines’ East Village.
  • Aaron Todd

    Aaron Todd

    • Class of 2005
    • Community and Regional Planning
    • Design

    Aaron Todd

    Posted on November 27, 2018 in Careers

    Aaron L. Todd (L)(’05 comm & regional planning), chief strategy officer of the Iowa Primary Care Association, will become the chief executive officer effective June 30, 2019. He leads business, communications, and advocacy strategy with a focus on positioning Iowa’s health centers as safety net providers of choice and recognized innovators in community health. Previously, Todd worked for the Iowa Legislature, leading research and negotiations on health and human services policy and budget decisions on behalf of the Senate Majority, including Medicaid expansion and the redesign of Iowa’s county-based mental health and disability services system.
  • Michael Dolch

    Michael Dolch

    • Class of 2013
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Michael Dolch

    Posted on November 27, 2018 in Careers

    Michael Dolch (’13 ag and life sci ed) has been named public affairs director for the Iowa Soybean Association.
  • Lexi Marek

    Lexi Marek

    • Class of 2017
    • Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Alexandra Beeler (Marek)

    Posted on November 27, 2018 in Careers

    Lexi Marek (’17 public service and administration in ag) has accepted a position as executive assistant for the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
  • George and Trish Patrick

    George and Trish Patrick

    • Class of 1971
    • Agricultural Business
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    George Patrick

    Posted on November 6, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    George Patrick (’71 ag business) and his wife, Trish Patrick (’89 liberal studies), were honored by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation with the 2018 Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award. The award recognizes "Iowans who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to conservation and improvement of the natural environment." The Patricks, who reside in Ames, are retired ISU Department of Agronomy research associates and have been active in prairie restoration and conservation efforts at a local and state level.
  • Jaime Sandoval

    Jaime Sandoval

    • Class of 2013
    • Animal Ecology
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Jaime Sandoval

    Posted on November 6, 2018 in Careers

    Jaime Sandoval Jr. ('13 animal ecol), has been named district conservationist at the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service Dover-Foxcroft field office in Piscataquis County, Maine. Sandoval will lead the USDA’s efforts in carrying out Farm Bill programs such as the Environmental Incentives Program (EQIP) for farmers and woodlot owners in Piscataquis County.
  • Susie Meade

    Susie Meade

    • Class of 2001
    • Education
    • Education

    Susan Meade

    Posted on November 6, 2018 in Careers

    Susie Meade (MS '92 education, PhD '01), superintendent of the Winterset Community School District, has been named the 2018-2019 Iowa Superintendent of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa (SAI). SAI executive director Roark Horn said, “It is an honor to celebrate Dr. Susie Meade as Iowa’s Superintendent of the Year. Her innovative leadership, wide array of accomplishments, humility and perhaps most of all her caring and compassion for others, exemplify what we all look for in our leaders.”
  • Lt. Col. Corinn Dianne Hardy

    Lt. Col. Corinn Dianne Hardy

    • Class of 2003
    • Microbiology
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Corinn Hardy (Brockman)

    Posted on November 6, 2018 in Careers

    Corinn Dianne Hardy (L)('03 microbiology, DVM '06) was recently promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. She also served eight years on active duty. Hardy is currently a health system specialist and veterinary preventive medicine officer at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill.
  • Bruce Thatcher's "What We Learn From Joseph Stalin," one of five books in his series on adamant aggressors

    Bruce Thatcher's "What We Learn From Joseph Stalin," one of five books in his series on adamant aggressors

    • Class of 1959
    • General Science
    • Business

    Bruce Thatcher

    Posted on November 6, 2018 in Alumni Bookshelf

    “Adamant Aggressors exist today.” So says Bruce Thatcher (L)('59 gen sci), who has released digests about five of history’s adamant aggressors to illustrate historical lessons about how to identify and deal with them. In fewer than 70 pages, each book examines one adamant aggressor – Mehmed II, James K. Polk, Adolph Hitler, Chaim Weizmann/David Ben-Gurion, Joseph Stalin – and the moves their targets made in dealing with them. Consequences of bad choices are pointed out in four of the books, and of the effective choices in one case. Each book shows what we as a nation should be doing NOW to identify and counter adamant aggressors who threaten us. Thatcher feels strongly that even though understanding these lessons may not ensure that the best choices will be made today, understanding them will help to reject demonstrated bad choices and, thus, more likely arrive at better choices. The e-format versions are available now at Amazon.com and through Thatcher’s website, www.historyspeakstoday.com.
    • Class of 1985
    • Physical Chemistry
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Stephen Schmidt

    Posted on November 6, 2018 in Alumni Bookshelf

    Stephen R. Schmidt (PhD '85 physical chemistry) has authored a chapter entitled The Raney Catalyst Legacy in Hydrogenation for S. David Jackson’s Hydogenation: Catalysts and Processes, 2018. Schmidt is a Research Fellow at W.R. Grace Co. in Columbia, Md.
  • Dale Gruis

    Dale Gruis

    • Class of 1986
    • Agricultural & Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Dale Gruis

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Dale Gruis (’86 ag and life sci ed, MS ’00) has been named the new agri-science and technology instructor at Maquoketa Community Schools in Maquoketa, Iowa.
  • Alyssa Hoke

    Alyssa Hoke

    • Class of 2014
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Alyssa Hoke (Swan)

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Alyssa (Swan) Hoke (L)(’14 an sci) has accepted a position as a tissue bank technician at Veterinary Transplant Services in Kent, Wash.
    • Class of 2015
    • Agronomy
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Morgan Romoser (Shrader)

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Morgan Shrader (’15 ag bus & agron) has been hired as a seed manager for the Midwest division at Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC.
    • Class of 2016
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Jennifer Mahr (Elliott)

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Jennifer Elliott (’16 ag and life sci ed) has accepted as position as a marketing activation specialist with Smithfield Foods in Naperville, Ill.
  • Amy Eaton

    Amy Eaton

    • Class of 2002
    • Journalism and Mass Communication
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Amy Eaton

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Amy Eaton ('02 journalism) has been named director of marketing and strategic development for Iowa Women Lead Change, the state's premier source of comprehensive leadership resources for women.
  • Chet Boruff

    Chet Boruff

    • Class of 1976
    • Farm Operation
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Chester Boruff

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Chet Boruff (L)('76 farm op) of Moline, Ill., was one of four distinguished agricultural professionals who received the prestigious “Torch of Leadership” award from the Alumni Association of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation Aug. 25.
  • Raymond Delgado

    Raymond Delgado

    • Class of 1991
    • Meteorology
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Raymond Delgado

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Capt. Raymond R. “Rich” Delgado III ('91 meteorology) retired in a traditional ceremony Sept. 21 at Stennis Space Center, Miss., after 32 years of service in the U.S. Navy, the first two as an enlisted Sailor.
  • Proclamation being signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds

    Proclamation being signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds

    • Class of 1975
    • Child Development
    • Family & Consumer Sciences

    Patricia Tice

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Dr. Patricia Tice (L)('75 child dev, MS '83 education) was awarded an Official Proclamation from the Honorable Kim Reynolds, Governor of Iowa, proclaiming August 20-24, 2018 as “Civility and Good Manners Week”. The proclamation stated “civility and respect of all people is fundamental to the functionality, purpose, and safety of our civilized life.” Tice is the owner of Etiquette Iowa/AgriManners and is the author of AgriManners: Essential Etiquette for Professional Success.
  • Jennifer Zumbach and family

    Jennifer Zumbach and family

    • Class of 2001
    • Dairy Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Jennifer Zumbach (Kunde)

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Jennifer Zumbach (’01 animal science) is one of six national recipients of the American Jersey Cattle Association’s Young Jersey Breeder Award. The award, presented June 30 during the Young Jersey Breeders Luncheon, honors expertise in dairy farming, Jersey cattle breeding, participation in association programs and leadership in agricultural organizations. Zumbach’s farm, Kunde Jersey Farm, currently milks 240 Jerseys, 30 of which make up her herd, in addition to 35 heifers. Jennifer is involved in numerous dairy organizations, and helps her husband, Dave, on the farm he owns with his family.
  • Bradley Miller

    Bradley Miller

    • Class of 2000
    • Environmental Science (AGLS)
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Bradley Miller

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Bradley Miller (L)(’00 environmental science, ’06 MS water resources and soil science) was presented with the Dan Yaalon Young Scientist Medal by the International Union of Soil Sciences at the World Congress of Soil Science in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, August 12-17. Miller researches quantitative evaluation of spatial variations in environmental processes that affect the distribution of soil properties and how it impacts environmental quality and sustainable crop production
  • Bruce Erickson

    Bruce Erickson

    • Class of 1983
    • Agronomy
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Bruce Erickson

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Bruce Erickson (L)(’83 agronomy, MS ’96 crop production and physiology), agronomist for Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, received the 2018 Educator/Researcher Award of Excellence from the PrecisionAg institute.
    • Class of 2010
    • Genetics (AGLS)
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Jill Madden

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Careers

    Jill Madden (’10 genetics, PhD ’14) has accepted a position with Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University as a research genetic counselor.
    • Class of 2018
    • Agriculture and Society
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Lakeisha Perkins

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Lakeisha Perkins (’18 ag and society) has been selected as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow. Her service will take place in Welch, West Virginia.
  • Grant Uhlir

    Grant Uhlir

    • Class of 1985
    • Architecture
    • Design

    Grant Uhlir

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Grant Uhlir (A)(’85 architecture), managing director and principal at Gensler, has been named a fellow by the American Institute of Architects. Uhlir brings more than three decades of design experience in mixed-use developments, corporate headquarters, adaptive reuse, and repositioning projects across the globe – including the world-renowned Shanghai Tower, for which he served as senior project director. Most recently, he is leading the repositioning of the 2.8-million-square-foot redevelopment of Chicago’s Post Office.
  • Arlan Kay

    Arlan Kay

    • Class of 1966
    • Architecture
    • Engineering

    Arlan Kay

    Posted on October 19, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Arlan Kay (L)(’66 architecture) has been named a fellow by the American Institute of Architects. As a young professional, Kay was inspired to volunteer his architectural service in disadvantaged neighborhoods. He created the Design Coalition, a non-profit corporation that advocates for individuals and neighborhoods in need. His ongoing pro-bono activism has helped reverse the trend of abandoning older neighborhoods and downtowns. Since 1972, Kay has dedicated 250-500 hours of unpaid community service and pro-bono work annually.
    • Class of 2018
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Emma Wilson

    Posted on October 10, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Emma Wilson (’18 ag and life sci ed), publications manager for the Iowa Corn Growers Association, received the 2018 American Agricultural Editors Association Alltech Cultivating Young Ag Journalists Award.
    • Class of 1978
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Engineering

    Sadanand Joshi

    Posted on October 10, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Sadanand D. Joshi (L)(PhD '78 mech engr) received the John Franklin Carll Award from the Society of Petroleum Engineering. The award was presented September 25 during the SPE’s Annual Awards Banquet.
  • Robbyn Wacker

    Robbyn Wacker

    • Class of 1990
    • Sociology
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Robbyn Wacker

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Careers

    Robbyn Wacker (PhD ’90 sociology) has been named president of St. Cloud State University. She is an experienced administrator and a tenured professor with a reputation for leadership of strategic initiatives, encouraging innovation, and advancing student enrollment, retention, and success. She previously served the University of Northern Colorado as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and as senior campaign adviser in the UNC Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
  • Libby Crimmings

    Libby Crimmings

    • Class of 2004
    • Art and Design (Bachelor of Arts)
    • Design

    Elizabeth Crimmings (Pederson)

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Careers

    Libby Crimmings (A)('04 art and design) has joined McClure, a Midwest-based engineering, surveying, and planning firm as vice principal community placemaker and community placemaker in the Clive, IowaPreviously, she served as Director of Global Programs and Partnerships at The World Food Prize Foundation, an international organization known as the “Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture,” leading efforts in 23 states in the U.S. as well as Europe, Africa and Central America. and St. Louis offices. Crimmings' role at McClure will include assisting in long-term strategic planning, visionary goals, and in maintaining the tracking of projects and placemaking staff.
  • Greg Nickerson

    Greg Nickerson

    • Class of 1981
    • Agricultural Journalism
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Gregory Nickerson

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Careers

    Greg Nickerson (L)('81 ag journalism), the 2017 recipient of the National Agri-Marketing Association’s Marketer of the Year award, was named chairman at Bader Rutter, the country’s largest agricultural marketing agency, with offices in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Lincoln. He previously served as CEO for nearly a decade. He was also nominated to the Alpha Gamma Rho board of directors in August.
  • Judy Zimmerman

    Judy Zimmerman

    • Class of 1986
    • Interior Design
    • Design

    Judith Zimmerman (Linder)

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Careers

    Judith K. Zimmerman (A)('86 interior design), RID, LEED AP, has been named President of RVK Architects in San Antonio, Texas. She has managed the firm's business operations for the past 13 years.
  • The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Volume 1: Correcting the Errors and Oversights of the Nobel Prize Committee

    The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Volume 1: Correcting the Errors and Oversights of the Nobel Prize Committee

    • Class of 1964
    • Chemistry
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    E. Thomas Strom

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Alumni Bookshelf

    E. Thomas Strom (L) (Ph.D., 64) recently published his fourth co-edited book on the history of chemistry. It was published online last October, and the hard copy from Oxford University Press was published in summer 2018. The book is titled The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Volume 1: Correcting the Errors and Oversights of the Nobel Prize Committee.
  • Creating Guests for Life: Lessons Learned and Rules to Follow for Improved Service by Paul Ruby

    Creating Guests for Life: Lessons Learned and Rules to Follow for Improved Service by Paul Ruby

    • Class of 1985
    • Hotel & Restaurant Management
    • Family & Consumer Sciences

    Paul Ruby

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Alumni Bookshelf

    Paul Ruby (L)(’85 hotel & rest mgmt) has published a book titled Creating Guests for Life: Lessons Learned and Rules to Follow for Improved Service, a must-read for anyone in the service industry. Written in a light, conversational style, Ruby offers lessons from his many years in the hospitality industry, such as “Attentive service is appreciated, and sometimes throwing in a pool table doesn’t hurt” and “If guests are coming in for a special reason, find out what the occasion is. And if it is for a ‘last supper,’ put them in the back room.”
  • Chris Duree receives the IACCT 2018 Outstanding Diversity/Equity Award

    Chris Duree receives the IACCT 2018 Outstanding Diversity/Equity Award

    • Class of 2007
    • Education
    • Education

    Christopher Duree

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Chancellor Dr. Chris Duree (L)(PhD '07 education) received the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees (IACCT) 2018 Iowa Outstanding Diversity/Equity Award at the annual IACCT conference held in Mason City.
  • Melissa Jacobson James

    Melissa Jacobson James

    • Class of 1991
    • Biology
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Melissa James (Jacobson)

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Careers

    Melissa Jacobson James (L)('91 biology) has been elected to a third term on the International Council for Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity.
  • Seth Shannon

    Seth Shannon

    • Class of 2002
    • Architecture-Professional Degree
    • Design

    Seth Shannon

    Posted on October 2, 2018 in Careers

    The Schemmer Associates Inc., a local full-service architecture, engineering, and construction field services consultant, is pleased to welcome Seth Shannon ('02 arch), AIA, GGP, LEED AP BD+C, as an architect based in the Des Moines, Iowa, office. Shannon has 15 years of experience with projects that range from community centers to downtown condominiums and office buildings to historical restoration. At Schemmer, Shannon will be responsible for architecture services on multiple project types.
  • Mark Cruz at a guayule field in Arizona

    Mark Cruz at a guayule field in Arizona

    • Class of 2006
    • Plant Breeding
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Von Mark Cruz

    Posted on September 28, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Von Mark Cruz (PhD '06), plant breeder and geneticist at Bridgestone Americas, Inc., Eloy, AZ, received the 2018 Outstanding Researcher Award during the 30th international conference of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops on Sept. 26 in Canada.
  • Kari Mattison

    Kari Mattison

    • Class of 2016
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Kari Mattison

    Posted on September 14, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Kari Mattison (L)('16 Animal Science) was selected as an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholar. She is a currently a 3rd year PhD Candidate in the Genetics and Molecular Biology program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Genna Tesdall

    Genna Tesdall

    • Class of 2015
    • Biology (AGLS)
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Genna Tesdall

    Posted on September 14, 2018 in Education

    Genna Tesdall ('15 biology & global resource sys) has been selected by the U.S. Department of State as 2018-2019 Fulbright student program award recipient. She will conduct research at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany as part of a project to investigate the influences on decision making of farmers and policy makers in management of the invasive species spotted wing Drosophila, which is invasive to Germany and the U.S. Tesdall is currently pursuing her master's degree at Penn State University.
  • The happy couple, Patricia Ades-Hanson & Jeffrey Hanson

    The happy couple, Patricia Ades-Hanson & Jeffrey Hanson

    • Class of 1991
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Engineering

    Patricia Ades-Hanson (Ades)

    Posted on September 12, 2018 in Engagements and marriages

    Patricia Ades (L)('91 Chemical Engineering) and Jeffrey Hanson ('86 Industrial Education & Technology) of Atlanta, GA were married July 28, 2018 on Hilton Head Island, SC.
  • Kody Olson

    Kody Olson

    • Class of 2018
    • Global Resource Systems
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Dakota Olson

    Posted on September 6, 2018 in Careers

    Dakota Olson (’18 global resource systems, ag and society) has accepted a position as a public policy director for the Minnesota Council on Disabilities.
  • Emma Wilson

    Emma Wilson

    • Class of 2018
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Emma Wilson

    Posted on September 6, 2018 in Careers

    Emma Wilson (’18 ag and life sci ed) has accepted a position as a publications manager for the Iowa Corn Growers Association.
  • Josie McQuillen

    Josie McQuillen

    • Class of 2016
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Josie Manternach

    Posted on September 6, 2018 in Careers

    Josie McQuillen (’16 ag and life sci ed) has accepted a position as an ag educator and FFA adviser at Cascade Junior/Senior High School.
  • Courtney Harder

    Courtney Harder

    • Class of 2015
    • International Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Courtney Harder

    Posted on September 6, 2018 in Careers

    Courtney Harder (’15 ag business) has been promoted to crop productions specialist with Case IH.
    • Class of 1978
    • Speech Communication
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Peggy McClure (McClure)

    Posted on August 30, 2018 in Miscellaneous

    New website ... same old URL: https://www.pegsportfolio.com/ Tech support from Todd Moudy, Nimbusnet IT services.
  • Hayley Williams

    Hayley Williams

    • Class of 2017
    • Food Science (AGLS)
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Hayley Williams

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Hayley Williams (’17 food sci) has been promoted to quality assurance supervisor for Cargill Protein.
  • Brian Odino

    Brian Odino

    • Class of 2017
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Brian Odino

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Brian Odino (’17 an sci) has been promoted to operations supervisor for Cargill Protein.
  • Joni Erwin

    Joni Erwin

    • Class of 2017
    • International Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Joni Erwin

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Joni Erwin (A)(’17 ag business & international ag) has joined the staff of the Iowa Corn Growers Association as a district field manager in North Central Iowa.
  • Shemaa Albayati

    Shemaa Albayati

    • Class of 2018
    • Genetics (AGLS)
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Shemaa Albyati

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Shemaa Albayati ('18 genetics) has accepted a position with Syngenta working with DNA extraction.
  • OP McCubbins

    OP McCubbins

    • Class of 2016
    • Agricultural & Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    OP McCubbins (McCubbins)

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    OP McCubbins (PhD '16 ag and life sci ed) has accepted a position as assistant professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications.
  • Sara Hamlett

    Sara Hamlett

    • Class of 2012
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Sara Hamlett

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Sara Hamlett (’12 animal science, MS '14, DVM '18), associate veterinarian at Summit Veterinary Services in Winterset, Iowa, was awarded the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association’s Future Service Scholarship.
  • Justin Saenz

    Justin Saenz

    • Class of 2011
    • Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Justin Saenz

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Justin Saenz (’11 public service and administration in ag) has accepted a position as Montgomery County Urban Youth Development County Extension Agent for Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
  • Dennis Calvin

    Dennis Calvin

    • Class of 1978
    • Pest Management
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Dennis Calvin

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Dennis Calvin (’78 agronomy & pest management), director of Pennsylvania Extension and associate dean of the Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Sciences, has been promoted to associate dean and director of special programs.
  • Scott Hutchins

    Scott Hutchins

    • Class of 1987
    • Entomology
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Scott Hutchins

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    President Donald Trump announced his plans to nominate Scott Hutchins (’87 PhD entomology) to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics at the Department of Agriculture on July 16. Hutchins is the global head of integrated field sciences for Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska. Hutchins was global director for crop protection research and development at Dow AgroSciences before the merger with DuPont. He is a past president of the Entomological Society of America.
  • Jami Simon

    Jami Simon

    • Class of 1981
    • Physical Education
    • Education

    Jami Simon

    Posted on August 27, 2018 in Careers

    Actress Jami Simon (’81 speech comm) recently performed in staged readings for the Write Now Workshop & as Jessica in a reading of "The Morning Girls." She had a principal role in the Leon Bridges music video "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand" released in April & played Sideways Jane in "Riding the D," which screened at the L.A. Intl. Women's Film Festival in March. Her episodes as Pinky on HBO's "High Maintenance" can be viewed on HBO on Demand & HBO Now. Her episode on "The Blacklist" ("Ruin") can be viewed on NBC.com.
  • David Sanders

    David Sanders

    • Class of 1984
    • Civil Engineering
    • Engineering

    David Sanders

    Posted on August 23, 2018 in Careers

    David Sanders (L)('84 civil engr) recently returned to Iowa State University as the Greenwood Department Chair in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. Sanders previously held a university foundation professorship at the University of Nevada Reno, and his research has centered on the behavior and design of structural concrete.
  • Maggie McQuown

    Maggie McQuown

    • Class of 1974
    • Textiles and Clothing
    • Family & Consumer Sciences

    Margaret McQuown

    Posted on August 23, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Maggie McQuown (L)('74 textiles & clothing) and her spouse, Steve Turman, of Red Oak, Iowa, received the 2018 Practical Farmers of Iowa Farmland Owner Legacy Award. In 2012, Maggie and Steve retired to the 170-acre farm Maggie grew up on, which has been in her family since 1899. They renamed it Resilient Farms to reflect their goal of sustainability.
  • Petrina Jackson

    Petrina Jackson

    • Class of 1994
    • English
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Petrina Jackson

    Posted on August 23, 2018 in Careers

    Petrina Jackson (A)(MA '94 English), head of Special Collections and University Archives for the Iowa State University Library, has been elected to the Society of American Archivists Council.
  • Jen Lyons

    Jen Lyons

    • Class of 1989
    • Journalism and Mass Communication
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Jennifer Lyons (VanDerBosch)

    Posted on August 23, 2018 in Careers

    In August 2018, Jennifer Lyons ('89 journalism) announced she was stepping down from her post as news director for WGN television in Chicago to become vice president of communications and external relations for Catholic Extension, a Chicago-based fundraising organization that supports and strengthens poor mission dioceses nationwide. Lyons is a 25-year veteran of WGN who has served as news director for the city's largest television news operation since 2014, when she was tabbed to succeed Greg Caputo. In 2017, she was named News Director of the Year by Broadcasting & Cable magazine and she has earned such distinctions as "The Most Powerful Woman in Chicago Journalism" during her career with WGN.
  • Alex Sandvig

    Alex Sandvig

    • Class of 2011
    • Accounting
    • Business

    Alexander Sandvig

    Posted on August 20, 2018 in Careers

    Alex Sandvig ('11 accounting) has joined Holmes Murphy's shareholder group in the employee benefits division. Sandvig is based out of Waukee, Iowa.
  • Joe Tiernan

    Joe Tiernan

    • Class of 2010
    • Finance
    • Business

    Joseph Tiernan

    Posted on August 20, 2018 in Careers

    Joe Tiernan (A)('10 finance) has joined Holmes Murphy's shareholder group in the property casualty division. Tiernan is based out of Kansas City, Mo.
  • Brian Meyer (right) is presented the 2018 ACE Professional Award by Suzanne Steel, ACE president

    Brian Meyer (right) is presented the 2018 ACE Professional Award by Suzanne Steel, ACE president

    • Class of 1983
    • Journalism and Mass Communication
    • Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Brian Meyer

    Posted on August 20, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Brian Meyer (L)('83 journalism), director of college relations for the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the Association of Communications Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) Professional Award Aug. 7 during the association's annual conference in Phoenix, Ariz. It is the highest honor presented by ACE.
  • Lynn Henderson

    Lynn Henderson

    • Class of 1974
    • Agricultural Journalism
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Lynn Henderson

    Posted on August 20, 2018 in Honors and Awards

    Lynn Henderson (L)('74 ag journalism), owner and publisher of AgriMarketing magazine, received the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th annual Agricultural Media Summit in Scottsdale, Ariz., Aug. 7.
  • Christina Freese Decker

    Christina Freese Decker

    • Class of 2000
    • Finance
    • Business

    Tina Freese Decker (Freese)

    Posted on July 25, 2018 in Careers

    Christina Freese Decker (L)('00 finance) has been appointed by the System Board of Directors for Spectrum Health, a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan, as the system's next president and chief executive officer. The appointment will be effective Sept. 1, 2018. Freese Decker has been with Spectrum Health since 2002 and was most recently the organization's executive vice president and chief operating officer.
  • Ellen Franzenburg

    Ellen Franzenburg

    • Class of 2013
    • Global Resource Systems
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Ellen Franzenburg

    Posted on July 13, 2018 in Careers

    Ellen Franzenburg (’13 global resource systems & ag engineering) has accepted the position of director of secretariat operations at the World Food Prize Foundation.
  • Wesley Schweer

    Wesley Schweer

    • Class of 2013
    • Animal Science
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Wesley Schweer

    Posted on July 13, 2018 in Careers

    Wesley Schweer (’13 an sci, MS ’15, PhD ’18) has joined Zinpro Corporation as a swine research nutritionist.
    • Class of 2010
    • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Brandi Merrick

    Posted on July 13, 2018 in Careers

    Brandi Merrick (’10 ag and life sciences education) has been hired as an assistant superintendent of golf course management at the Omni Grove Park Inn Golf Course in Asheville, N.C.
  • Tricia Stouder

    Tricia Stouder

    • Class of 2009
    • Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
    • Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Patricia Stouder

    Posted on July 13, 2018 in Careers

    Tricia Stouder (’09 public service & admin in ag) has accepted a position as enrollment services adviser with ISU Student Financial Aid. She will be working with the America Reads/America Counts program.