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Iowa State University
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Established 1858
Type Public
Endowment $456 million<ref name="NACUBO">"2005 NACUBO Endowment Study". National Association of College and University Business Officers.</ref>
President Gregory L. Geoffroy
Faculty 1,750
Students 26,700
Undergraduates 22,000
Location Ames, IA, USA
Campus Urban, 1,984 acres (8 km²)
Athletics Image:Iowa-State-University-sports-logo.pngCyclones
Website www.iastate.edu
Fountain of Four Seasons by Christian Petersen with the Campanile in the background

Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. Official name: Iowa State University of Science and Technology. It was previously the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The state of Iowa's acceptance of the terms of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act made Iowa State the first land-grant university in the nation.

The Iowa General Assembly in 1858, prior to the passage of the Morrill Act of 1862, enacted legislation to establish an agriculture college and model farm. This college was named the State Agricultural College & Model Farm. The location of Story County was chosen on June 21, 1859 after the state selection board received proposals from Johnson, Kossuth, Marshall, Polk, and Story counties. The University is one of 60 elected members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.

Iowa State University is the operating agency for the United States Department of Energy National Lab, Ames Laboratory

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[edit] History

The institution was coeducational from the earliest year (1858). The Iowa Experiment Station was one of its prominent features. Practical courses of instruction were taught, including one designed to give a general training for the career of a farmer. Courses in mechanical, civil, electrical, and mining engineering were taught.

The domain occupied about 1175 acres (476 hectares), of which 120 acres (49 hectares) formed the campus. In 1914, tuition was free to residents of Iowa. Students from other States paid an annual fee of $50. There were 217 members on the faculty in 1914 when 3,458 students attended the school. In 1923, 7,766 students were taught by a faculty which numbered 567 members. In the period from 1914 to 1923, the following buildings were erected: four women's dormitories, plant propagation building and greenhouse, science building, hospital, armory, animal husbandry laboratory, agricultural engineering building, poultry laboratory, dairy judging pavilion, and sheep, horse, hog, and dairy barns. A library of 250,000 volumes' capacity, a home economics building, and a dormitory for women were under construction in 1924. The president was Raymond Allen Pearson.

[edit] Landmarks

Nearing its sesquicentennial in 2008, ISU now has a number of landmarks on campus. Please visit the ISU notables page for many of the beautiful landmarks.

[edit] Academics

ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer.

It consists of the following colleges:

  1. Agriculture
  2. Business
  3. Design
  4. Engineering
  5. Human Sciences
  6. Liberal Arts and Sciences
  7. Veterinary Medicine

In addition to these seven colleges, the Graduate College oversees graduate study in all fields.

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Iowa State Cyclones
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The sports teams are nicknamed the Cyclones, a name which dates back to 1895. All through that summer and fall, Iowa suffered an unusually high number of devastating cyclones (as tornadoes were called at the time). That year, the Iowa State football team, then known as the Cardinals, went to Northwestern University and defeated its highly-regarded team by a score of 36-0. The next day, the Chicago Tribune's headline read "Struck By A Cyclone- Iowa Cyclone Devastates Evanstontown." The article reported that "Northwestern might as well have tried to play football with an Iowa cyclone as with the Iowa team it met yesterday." The nickname stuck and the Iowa State team had made a name for itself, literally.

The school colors are cardinal and gold. The mascot is Cy, a cardinal, introduced in 1954. Since a cyclone was determined to be difficult to depict in costume, the cardinal was chosen in reference to the school's previous athletic nickname as well as the school colors. A contest was held to select a name for the mascot, with the name Cy being chosen as the winner.

The Iowa State Cyclones play in the NCAA's Division I-A as part of the Big 12 Conference.

[edit] VEISHEA celebration

CyRide buses Iowa State is also noted for VEISHEA, an education and entertainment festival held on campus every spring. The name is an acronym of the original colleges of the institution when VEISHEA was established in 1922: Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, Industrial Science, Home Economics, and Agriculture. Its organizers claim it to be among the largest student-organized cultural festivals in the world.

In recent years the festival has been marred by problems. Unruly students created a disturbance ("rioted") on Welch Avenue in 1988 and 1992, prompting school officials to take away the traditional Thursday afternoon and Friday holidays before the celebration. Problems continued. In 1997, an underage non-student was fatally stabbed by another non-student outside a fraternity. In response, alcohol was banned during VEISHEA.

In 2004, a riot took place during VEISHEA when police confronted people during an off-campus party. Because of the riot, officials announced that there would be no VEISHEA festival during 2005 and a task force would consider the future of the celebration. But in 2005 President Geoffroy announced that the event would return in 2006, with events being moved from riot-prone Welch Avenue to central campus and the alcohol ban repealed. In April 2005, the student group Leaders INspiring Connections (LINC) organized several events on what would have been VEISHEA weekend, including Operation Playground, a community service project involving 700 students building three playgrounds in the community. "This Is Your April," was another opportunity for students to enjoy their campus atmosphere sponsored by the student government and numerous student groups.

The 2006 VEISHEA celebration was held from April 17th though the 23rd. Because of the changes made in the aftermath of the 2004 riots, VEISHEA 2006 passed without incident. It was deemed a huge success by ISU President Gregory Geoffroy and the student body alike. The 2007 VEISHEA celebration will begin Iowa State's year-long sesquicentennial celebration, ending with VEISHEA 2008.

[edit] Iowa State University presidents

# President Start of term End of term
1 Adonijah Welch 1868 1883
2 Seaman A. Knapp 1883 1884
3 Leigh S.J. Hunt 1885 1886
4 William I. Chamberlain 1886 1890
5 William M. Beardshear 1891 1902
6 Albert B. Storms 1903 1910
7 Raymond A. Pearson 1912 1926
8 Raymond M. Hughes 1927 1936
9 Charles E. Friley 1936 1953
10 James H. Hilton 1953 1965
11 W. Robert Parks 1965 1986
12 Gordon P. Eaton 1986 1990
13 Martin C. Jischke June 1, 1991 August 14, 2000
14 Gregory L. Geoffroy July 1, 2001 present

[edit] Alumni or faculty members

George Washington Carver See ISU notables for a complete list.


[edit] Athletics

[edit] Iowa State chronology

Events occurring in the same year did not necessarily happen in the order presented here.

Year Event
1858 Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation for creation of the State Agricultural College & Model Farm
1859 Story County was the chosen county for the State Agricultural College & Model Farm
1860 Construction starts on Farm House
1862 Morrill Act of 1862 was passed; college to be named Iowa State Agricultural College
1884 Construction of English Office Building finished
1891 Construction of Morrill Hall finished
1891 First run of Dinkey on July 4
1892 Addition made to the English Office Building
1892 Construction of The Hub
1895 Football team nicknamed Cyclones for their performance against Northwestern University
1895 Severe water shortage; classes cancelled; spurred construction of the Marston Water Tower
1897 Construction for the Campanile was started on Central Campus
1897 Construction of the Marston Water Tower
1898 Renamed the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
1903 Construction of Marston Hall finished
1904 Construction first started on what would be the Alumni Hall
1897 End of operation of Dinkey; start of operation of an electric streetcar
1908 Construction of Central Building finished
1908 President's, Vice-president's, & Treasurer's offices moved from Office Building to Beardshear Hall
1920 Edgar W. Stanton dies and 26 bells are added to the carillon in the Campanile (36 bells total)
1922 VEISHEA was established
1928 The marching band competes in a band contest held in conjunction with the Drake Relays in Des Moines
1929 Construction of the Memorial Union finished
1938 Central Building renamed to Beardshear Hall
1939 The Atanasoff-Berry Computer is first demonstrated
1940 English department moves into Office Building and is renamed to English Office Building
1941 The Fountain of Four Seasons is sculpted by Christian Petersen.
1954 13 more bells were added to the carillon in the Campanile (49 bells total)
1959 Renamed the Iowa State University of Science and Technology
1967 Bessey Hall opens for use
1967 1 more bell was added to the carillon in the Campanile (50 bells total)
1969 Construction of Stephens Auditorium finished
1973 English and speech departments relocate from English Office Building to Ross Hall & Pearson Hall, respectively.
1978 Alumni Hall placed on the National Register of Historic Places
1978 The Marston Water Tower is disconnected from use.
1982 The Marston Water Tower is added to the National Register of Historic Places
1983 Marston Hall placed on the National Register of Historic Places
1984 Library named the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library
1988 First VEISHEA riot
1992 Second VEISHEA riot
1996 Morrill Hall determined unsafe for occupancy
1997 Restoration of the Marston Water Tower
1999 Central Campus is listed as a "medallion site" by the American Society of Landscape Architects
2003 Control of the Memorial Union was transferred to ISU
2004 VEISHEA riot; resulted in VEISHEA for 2005 being cancelled for the first time in ISU's history
2004 English Office Building demolished. The Gerdin Business Building, a new high-tech 111,000 square foot (10,000 m²) building equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology, opens to replace the old business building in Carver Hall.
2005 Two of the Towers residence halls, Knapp and Storms, demolished by implosion
2006 VEISHEA returns after being cancelled for 2005; is deemed a huge success
2008 Sesquicentennial of Iowa State

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