Hello, CALS colleagues,
There is so much news to report, so many good things happening among us this summer, and so much promise in all that we do here. Thank you.
But the only news that really seems fit to mention in my short note today is the utterly senseless tragedy and loss of our two Iowa State students, Vivian Flores and Eden Montang. Vivian was a member of our CALS family in the animal science department. These students had their lives stolen from them, and everyone everywhere is now deprived of their goodness and wonderful futures. They were taken from us so horribly as they sought out their personal spiritual commitments. We are forever changed – the sad side of the Butterfly Effect in action. There should be no numbness and turning-away from all the similar senseless killing that is happening, only the numbness of loss and resolve to heal the world.
Be well - Dan
Nature in Focus
Spring flowers, such as these seen at Ada Hayden Heritage Park, will soon give way to summer blooms.
