Hello, CALS colleagues,
Another beautiful autumn day with brilliant colors everywhere, and a pretty good cold wind, too! Of course, by March this’ll feel like a gentle breeze and a heat wave!
This week is dominated for some of us by the World Food Prize meetings, and I hope many of you might tune in to those, as well (see the listing of events in today's CALS Online newsletter). We are thrilled to have two significant events at those meetings this week. On Tuesday, on one of their main stages, we will highlight for others the sustainable development approach we have in Uganda with our Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL). The other event will take place Tuesday evening as a side event with reception afterwards that will highlight three of our youth-focused programs in the college related to global issues: the service learning projects we have through CSRL, the work of the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, and the leadership we provide to the World Food Prize – Iowa Youth Institute. These and so many other things you do to make us truly a global college are all so important. Thanks!
Over this past weekend, there was the ISU Family Weekend. This is the annual weekend during which families of new freshmen come to campus about mid-way through the first semester to see how it's going, in some cases to receive reassurances, and in every case to help families and their students know of the care, attention and excellence we have for them here as part of the CALS Advantage. Great thanks to everyone who helped with that. We had more than 40 CALS faculty, staff and leadership there to greet and encourage our newest students and families.
Total congrats to Mike Gaul, Lois Benning and company for the incredible CALS Career Day Tuesday of last week. A total of 289 companies and organizations were there - the most ever - and approximately 1,700 students attended in search of jobs and internships. Terrific! Many of these companies and organizations remained on campus to conduct interviews with students on Wednesday.
And last week, on Monday, I held our fall semester College Town Hall. It was great to share with you the opportunities, challenges and successes of your college, given the work that you do.
My best for a great week. - Dan
Scenes from CALS
The colors of fall! Did you know there are many species of maple trees? The red maple is named for the color of its buds and other tissues, and less so for the fall color of its leaves. Also, the brightest red leaves in autumn from the maples mostly come from the sugar maple tree, such as the one in this picture! Same species the highest concentration of sugary sap comes from to make maple syrup (in the spring)!
