Iowa State University

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Iowa State University
Image:IowaStateUniversitySeal.gif
Established	1856
Type:	Public
Endowment:	US $496 million [1]
President:	Gregory L. Geoffroy
Faculty:	1,709
Students:	25,462
Undergraduates:	20,440
Postgraduates:	5,022
Location	Ames, IA, USA
Campus:	Urban, 1,984 acres (8 km²)
Athletics:	Image:Iowa-State-University-sports-logo.pngCyclones
Website:	www.iastate.edu

Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa, USA. Until 1959 it was known as Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Athletics 4 Student life 4.1 Residential life 4.2 Student organizations 5 Landmarks 6 VEISHEA celebration 7 Notable people 8 Iowa State chronology 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] History

In 1856, the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to establish the State Agricultural College and Model Farm. Story County was chosen as the location on June 21, 1859, from proposals by Johnson, Kossuth, Marshall, Polk, and Story counties. When Iowa accepted the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862, Iowa State became the first institution designated as a land-grant college.

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] 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, and it is the operating agency for the Ames Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy national laboratory.

ISU consists of the following colleges:

• Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Business
• Design
• Engineering
• Human Sciences
• Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Veterinary Medicine

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

The university is one of 60 elected members of the Association of American Universities and is classified as a Carnegie RU/VH institution, i.e., a research university with very high research activity^[2].

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Iowa State Cyclones

The "Cyclones" name dates back to 1895. That year, Iowa suffered an unusually high number of devastating cyclones (as tornadoes were called at the time). In September, the Iowa State football team, then known as the Cardinals, traveled 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: It Comes from Iowa and Devastates Evanston Town."^[3] 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.

The school colors are cardinal red 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 Clone being chosen as the winner. The name was later changed to Cy, which is its present name. Cy was voted by fans on the CBS Sports website, cbs.sportsline.com, as the "Most Dominant College Mascot on Earth." Despite the fact that Cy did not qualify for mascot national championships in Orlando, FL last year [2]

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

[edit] Student life

[edit] Residential life

Iowa State operates 18 on-campus residence halls. The residence halls are divided into geographical areas. Richardson Court consists of 12 dormitories on the east side of campus. Union Drive consists of four dormitories located on the west side of campus, including Friley Hall, which has been declared one of the largest dormitories in the country. ^[4] The Towers Residence Halls were located to the south of campus and were reserved for second-year students and upperclassmen. They were imploded, however, within the past decade. ISU also operates two apartment complexes for upperclassmen, Frederiksen Court and SUV Apartments.

[edit] Student organizations

ISU has over 600 student organizations on campus that represent a variety of interests. Organizations are supported by Iowa State's Student Activities Center. Many student organization offices are housed in the Memorial Union.

ISU is home to an active Greek community. There are 51 chapters that involve 11% of undergraduate students. Collectively, fraternity and sorority members have raised over $82,000 for philanthropies and committed 31,416 hours to community service. In 2006, the ISU Greek community was named the best large Greek community in the Midwest. ^[5]

[edit] Landmarks

Main article: Buildings of Iowa State University

Iowa State's campus contains over 160 buildings. Several buildings, as well as the Marston Water Tower, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[6] Central campus is a 20-acre lawn and was listed as a "medallion site" by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1999.

[edit] VEISHEA celebration

Main article: VEISHEA

Iowa State is also known for VEISHEA, an education and entertainment festival held on campus every spring. The name VEISHEA is derived from the initials of ISU's original five colleges. Its organizers claim it to be among the largest student-organized events in the world. The 2007 VEISHEA festivities marked the start of Iowa State's year-long sesquicentennial celebration.

[edit] Notable people

Main article: List of Iowa State University people

As with any major public university, many Iowa State University alumni have achieved fame or notoriety after graduating. These people include athletes, film and television actors, and Electrical Engineers.

[edit] Iowa State chronology

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

Year	Event
1856	Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation for creation of the State Agricultural College and Model Farm
1859	Story County was the chosen county for the State Agricultural College and Model Farm
1860	Construction starts on the first building on campus, Farm House
1862	Morrill Act of 1862 was passed; college to be named Iowa State Agricultural College
1869	First graduating class enters Iowa State[7]
1875	The first national fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, opens at Iowa State
1877	The first national sorority, Pi Beta Phi, opens at Iowa State
1879	The School of Veterinary Science is formally organized. It's the first of its kind in the United States.
1890	Student newspaper Iowa Agricultural College Student is founded. Later to be named the Iowa State Daily
1895	Football team nicknamed Cyclones for their performance against Northwestern University
1898	The college is divided into "divisions": Agriculture, Engineering, Science and Philosophy, and Veterinary Medicine
1898	Renamed the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
1913	The college roads are paved
1922	VEISHEA was established
1922	Jack Trice is mortally injured during a football game against Minnesota
1939	The Atanasoff–Berry Computer is first demonstrated
1954	Cy becomes the Iowa State mascot
1959	Renamed the Iowa State University of Science and Technology
1959	Iowa State's divisions become colleges: the College of Agriculture, College of Engineering, College of Home Economics, College of Sciences and Humanities, and College of Veterinary Medicine
1962	Enrollment reaches 10,000 students
1966	Enrollment reaches 15,000 students
1968	The College of Education is established
1974	The Maintenance Shop opens in the Memorial Union
1979	The College of Design is established
1984	The College of Business is established
1999	Central Campus is listed as a "medallion site" by the American Society of Landscape Architects
2005	The College of Education and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences are combined to create the College of Human Sciences
2006	VEISHEA returns after being canceled for 2005; is deemed a huge success
2008	Sesquicentennial of Iowa State

[edit] See also

• Atanasoff–Berry Computer
• Buildings of Iowa State University
• Iowa State Cyclones (athletics)
• Land-grant university
• List of Iowa State University people
• Reiman Gardens
• VEISHEA
• Iowa State Daily

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• IAState.edu - official site
• University Admissions
• Cyclones.com - Athletics - official site
• Government of the Student Body site
• Iowa State University admissions video on CollegeFair.tv
• Iowa State Daily - student newspaper
• Iowa State University Costs
• Iowa State University Parents' Association
• Iowa State University - ISU Formula SAE
• Student-run wiki for Iowa State University (Unofficial)
• The History of VEISHEA
• US News Iowa State University Profile - Iowa State University at a glance

• Iowa State University is at coordinates 42°01′26″N 93°38′51″W / 42.023949, -93.647595Coordinates: 42°01′26″N 93°38′51″W / 42.023949, -93.647595

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