Happenings is a bi-weekly e-newsletter for faculty and staff in the College of Human Sciences.

You're invited to connect with colleagues and celebrate the end of the semester! Stop by the College of Human Sciences Welcome Center tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec. 14), anytime between 3 and 4:30 p.m. Catch up with colleagues and enjoy refreshments, prizes and games.

Students to be honored at convocation

Six graduating students will be honored at Friday's convocation ceremony. Eden Montang will also be honored with a posthumous degree.

Gilligan featured in BBC article

Associate Professor, Megan Gilligan, was part of a BBC article featuring co-authored research about the relationship among sisters.

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I2D2 releases new data brief

Iowa's Integrated Data System for Decision-Making, I2D2, recently released a new data brief from the Early Childhood Iowa Longitudinal Study's Head Start addendum. The brief outlines how Iowa's Head Start and Statewide Voluntary Preschool programs are partnering.

Read brief

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Game2Work to host Game Jam 2023 in January

Game2Work was featured in a recent Inside Iowa State article sharing information about how the research community uses games to strengthen work and learning for the digital generation. School of Education Assistant Professor, Michael Brown, is a co-lead on the project. The article also shares information about the January Game Jam for ISU undergraduate students.

Read full article and Game Jam details

Startup Factory helps faculty entrepreneurs apply research, solve problems

Professor and Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing, Guowen Song, and Research Assistant Professor, Rui Li, were part of a recent article about ISU's Startup Factory and their work with NexGenPPE.

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Plan ahead for Winter Break

Many units throughout campus and within our college will have limited staffing as we approach University holidays (Dec. 23, 26, 27 and Jan. 2) and Winter Break. Be sure to plan ahead and connect with support units you may need service from to check their operational hours and staffing structure over the next few weeks.

Innovate 1858 gift bundles available until Dec. 16

Students in Innovate 1858 designed six curated bundles for this season's Gifting Guide. Bundles feature unique, student and alumni-made products as well as registered Tartan items. Customers who purchase a gift bundle will support student entrepreneurs and save about 25% off their total purchase.

View Innovate 1858 Gifting Guide and purchase items

Master's student in family financial planning featured in graduation story series

Brittany Whitehead had to balance her military career and family while completing her master’s degree in family financial planning. During the three-and-a-half years she spent studying for her degree, Whitehead worked on coursework during hurricanes, while on deployment in the Middle East and from a hospital bed. She plans to use her new degree to help service members make smarter financial decisions.

“This program at ISU has changed my life completely. I wanted to be a Cyclone. ISU has a nationally renowned reputation. This was a special program and the best choice I could have made for my education.” Brittany Whitehead, graduate student in family financial planning

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Dec. 16: CHS Convocation is at 1 p.m. in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium; CHS graduate-student reception begins at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Union (RSVPs requested); graduate commencement begins at 7 p.m.

Dec. 17: Undergraduate commencement begins at 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 20: Final grades due by 2:15 p.m.

Dec. 23, 26, 27 and Jan. 2: University holidays

AROUND CAMPUS

Iowa State wine available for purchase until noon on Dec. 15

Limited quantities of the inaugural vintage of wine produced and bottled by the Iowa State University Winery are now available for preorders. La Crescent, Marquette and Rosé varieties are available. Preorders will be taken Monday, Dec. 12, through Thursday, Dec. 15, at noon or until gone, whichever comes first. Preordered wine can be paid for and picked up Dec. 15 at noon through Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10 p.m. at Cyclone Liquors, 626 Lincoln Way, Ames. The wine is sold through Cyclone Liquors and will not be shipped to purchasers. Individuals must be 21 years of age or older to preorder and purchase the wine. Erin Norton, Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute, advises the wine will be best to drink now, rather than let it age.

Pre-order link

Vaccine clinic for employees is Dec.16 at State Gym

Iowa State is partnering with Hy-Vee to offer a vaccine clinic for employees on Friday, Dec. 16 (noon-4 p.m., State Gym). Hy-Vee will offer the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster as well as the flu vaccine.

Read full information and schedule your appointment

ISU's Health and Wellness Symposium to be held Feb. 3

Registration is open for Iowa State's Health and Wellness Symposium. The free event will be held in the Memorial Union from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an optional training opportunity from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The symposium is open to students, staff and faculty and will cover topics related to both employee and student wellbeing and engagement.

Learn more, register

Have a wonderful Winter Break!

Happenings will be back on Jan. 10.

Award nominations due Feb. 7

As we look ahead to the spring semester, consider uplifting one of your colleagues or sharing your own great work with the College of Human Sciences awards and honors committee! Award nominations are due Feb. 7 and all nomination packets for both University and CHS awards go through the department's honors and awards committee. Please reach out to your department's committee to nominate faculty, staff or yourself for these awards.

Submit all nomination packets to chsaward-submit@iastate.edu. Reach out to CHS Honors and Awards Committee Chair, Sarah Francis, with questions.

How to update your bio

Did you know that you have access to update your bio on the College of Human Sciences online directory?

Visit this page and type in your name
Click on the circle or photo above your name. That will navigate you to a page with your information on it that's pulled from the main ISU directory.
Click "Update your info" at the bottom of the page
That will take you to a screen where you can add professional information and upload documents related to your career and body of work.

If you have any questions, fill out this form and the communications' team can assist you.