Hello, CALS,
I hope you had a good weekend and kept sufficiently warm! Thank you for the effort to adjust your Friday classes late in the day Thursday and to those of you who braved the cold to keep our livestock, plants and facilities all well through this (ongoing) cold snap. Actually, with weather forecasting, it’s not really a cold “snap,” as we had ample warning. But in times past, before forecasting, people did get caught in sudden weather changes unprepared and to calamitous results. There is such a story about a very young Norman Borlaug walking home from school in northeast Iowa and nearly freezing to death in a snowbank given a true sudden cold snap, save for the urgent help of his sister to pull him free and get him home.
This week, while you endure the remnants of the cold, I’ll be in Florida visiting with alums and donors to continue building college relationships and support. This is an annual trip, coincident with an ISU Foundation main event. This year it will be hosted by our wonderful college partners, Jim and Marcia Borel, recent recipients of the CALS Knapp-Wilson Award. There will also be an introduction for the presidential leadership team of Dr. David and Dr. Katie Cook!
Coming up next week:
- George Washington Carver Day - Feb. 2, 5-7:30 p.m., Durham Great Hall, Memorial Union
- George Washington Carver Day at the Hall of Laureates - Feb. 3, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., World Food Prize Hall of Laureates
- CALS Research Day - Feb. 3, 1-5 p.m., Student Innovation Center
Have a great week. - Dan
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