A newsletter for faculty and staff in the College of Human Sciences.

EVENTS

June 10, EH&S Celebrates 50 Years: Environmental health and safety is hosting an open house at its facility from 1 to 3 p.m. The campus community is invited to enjoy games, prizes, a museum and ISU Creamery ice cream.
June 13, Summer Strolls: ISU WellBeing is launching Summer Strolls for Well-Being in the Memorial Union's Campanile Room beginning at 12:15 p.m.
June 13, Summer Session: Coursework for Summer Session II begins.
June 14, Last day to register for "Writing Your Retirement Paycheck": Barb Wollan, Human Sciences extension specialist is leading the workshop and it is free for ISU employees. Learn more and register.
June 15, Employee & Family Resources Webinar: To recognize and celebrate Pride Month, Employee & Family Resources is hosting a webinar on the relationship between sexual orientation, gender identity, and mental health. Learn more and register.

June 16, Open Scholar Cafe: Open Scholar Cafes are online monthly meetings for the ISU community to talk #OpenResearch. All experience levels are welcome, and each forum will cover a new topic of interest. Join us to learn, talk, and collaborate. Registration is free. Hosted by the University Library.
June 18, College Creek Clean Up: The annual College Creek Clean Up is being held on June 18. Find out more and register.
July 4, Offices Closed: Monday, July 4, is a university holiday and offices are closed.

AROUND THE COLLEGE

More greens, less sugar and fries: Abriendo Caminos study finds promising results

A study evaluating the effect of the Abriendo Caminos program on dietary behaviors of Hispanic children found youth participants consumed sugar-sweetened beverages, french fries and fast food less frequently and ate vegetables more often after the six-week, culturally-tailored workshop series for families. Kimberly Greder, professor of human development and family studies and Human Sciences State Extension Specialist co-authored the paper.

Francis recipient of 2023 Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development Award

Sarah Francis, associate professor and food and health Extension and Outreach state specialist, is the recipient of the 2023 Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development award. The award recognizes a tenured faculty member who has demonstrated an exceptional level of creativity and productivity in scholarship, teaching, and service and who shows great promise of continuing such achievement.

Learn how Francis plans to use the $10,000 award.

Interdisciplinary team awarded NSF Grant

A $1.5 million National Science Foundation Smart and Connected Communities - Integrative Research Grant (SCC-IRG) was awarded to an interdisciplinary team at Iowa State. The project is titled, "A data-driven approach to designing a community-focused indoor heat emergency alert system for vulnerable residents (CommHEAT)" and includes collaborators from design, engineering and human sciences.

Katherine Richardson Bruna is the founding director and professor in charge of ISU 4U Promise. Richardson Bruna will provide expertise in designing and facilitating professional development for teachers so they can create lessons around heating and cooling dynamics for students to help enhance community awareness and promote career exploration.

Richardson Bruna was approached to be part of the project because of her previous NIH-funded science translation work and the connections the ISU 4U Promise program builds between ISU faculty and Des Moines schools and communities.

The team is: Passe, U., Dorneich, M, & Ganapathysubramanain, B. (PIs) with Richardson Bruna, K., Thompson, J., & Zhou, Y. (Senior Personnel).

Stop in this summer!

ISU Creamery

Stop by the ISU Creamery for ice cream, ice cream sandwiches, Cyclone cheese and cheese curds.

You can also find them at this Friday's ISU Dairy Farm Open House. Follow

The Creamery on Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates.

Innovate 1858

Innovate 1858, located in the Student Innovation Center, is open select days in June and 24/7 online.

Explore ISU tartan products and the full line of student and alumni-created products.

The latest products, hours and updates about Innovate 1858 can be found on Facebook and Instagram.

Around Campus

OnCyte Orientation

Iowa State University invited the first group of incoming freshmen and transfer students to campus on June 2. Students in the College of Human Sciences and their guests toured facilities and signed up for Fall 2022 classes on Day 2 of orientation. Orientation will continue through the end of June.

New name: Military-Affiliated Student Center

The Veterans Center will be called the Military-Affiliated Student Center, effective July 1. The new name highlights the department's focus on serving all military-affiliated students on campus, and is more inclusive for the reservists, National Guard, active duty, ROTC and family members of service members the center serves. The center also has a new home, 5600 Memorial Union.

Share Your News!

Happenings will publish the first Tuesday of every month during the summer and the next edition is July 5. Submit ideas, events and other noteworthy items using the resources on this page. Contact Brittney Rutherford with questions.