College of Liberal Arts

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College of Liberal Arts Sciences

• The Center of It All
• Report to the Presidents CouncilMay 20, 2005

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College of Liberal Arts Sciences

• Collaborating Across Iowa State University

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LAS Teaching

• Every undergraduate at Iowa State University
  takes at least 30 of their courses in LAS

Donna Niday, English
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LAS Teaching

• LAS teaches 60 of all student credit hours
  -385,309Nearestcollege - 83,488

Patricia Hamm, Political Science
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LAS Teaching

• General education courses in humanities,
  communications, mathematical sciences, natural
  sciences and social sciences

Kim Conger, Political Science
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Requirements for Majors

• LAS departments teach required courses for all
  Colleges on campus

Heather Thompson, Mathematics
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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Biological Sciences
• Biology
• Biophysics
• Biochemistry
• Genetics

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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Economics
• Environmental Science
• Meteorology
• Sociology

William Gallus, Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Biological / Pre-Medical Illustration

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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Secondary Education - Teacher Licensure
• Chemistry
• English
• Foreign Languages
• Geology
• History
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physics
• Social Sciences

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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Languages Cultures for Professions

Mark Rectanus and Dawn Bratsch-PrinceForeign
Languages and Literatures
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LAS Collaborative Programs

• History of Science
• and Technology

David Wilson, History
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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Technology and Social Change

Eric Abbott, Greenlee School
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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Agricultural History
• Rural Studies

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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Pre-Vet Studies

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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Forensic Science

Gary Wells, Psychology
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LAS Collaborative Programs

• Center for American Intercultural
• Studies

Eugenio Matibag, Foreign Languages and Literatures
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LAS Learning Communities

• English, math and physical
• sciences linked courses
• Agriculture
• Business
• Design
• Engineering
• Family Consumer Sciences

Irene Faass, English
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LAS Learning Communities

• Dance Performing Arts
• Learning Community

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LAS Programs

• Department of Music
• 59 of ISU Marching Band members have non-LAS
  majors
• 70 of members of other ISU bands are non-music
  majors

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LAS Programs

• Department of Music
• 47 of ISU choir members are non-LAS majors

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LAS Programs

• First Year
• Experience
• Frontiers of the Discipline
• Freshman Interest Groups

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LAS Study Abroad

• Alicante, Spain
• Largest Iowa State Study Abroad program with
  over 80 students this summer

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LAS Study Abroad

• International Biology Field Trips

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LAS Study Abroad

• Semester in Florence

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Institutes Centers

• Ames Laboratory
• LAS
• Engineering

Edward Yeung, Chemistry
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Institutes Centers

• Institute of Science
• Society
• LAS
• Agriculture
• Engineering
• Family Consumer Sciences

Peter Orazem, Economics Yong Lee, Political
Science
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Institutes Centers

• Institute for Social and Behavioral
• Research
• LAS
• Agriculture
• Family Consumer Sciences

Carolyn Cutrona, Psychology
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Institutes Centers

• Center for Excellence in the Arts
• Humanities
• LAS
• Design
• Education
• Family Consumer Sciences

Mary Swander, English Author Annie Proulx
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Institutes Centers

• Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
• LAS
• Agriculture

Robert Mazur, Sociology
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Institutes Centers

• Plant Sciences Institute
• LAS
• Agriculture
• Engineering
• Family Consumer Sciences

Nikki Pohl, Chemistry
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Institutes Centers

• National K-12 Foreign Language
• Resource Center
• LAS
• Education

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LAS Collaborative Research

• Statistics Faculty

Max Morris, Statistics
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LAS Collaborative Research

• High Performance Computing Group

Glenn Luecke, Mathematics
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LAS Collaborative Research

• Credibility of Women Studying Female
  Reproduction

Carolyn Komar, Animal Science Carla Fehr,
Philosophy
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LAS Collaborative Research

• Vitamin A Deficiency

Steve Rodermel, GDCB
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LAS Collaborative Research

• Wind Tunnel Tornado Simulator

William GallusGeological Atmospheric Sciences
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LAS Collaborative Research

• Savanna Chimpanzees

Jill Pruetz, Anthropology
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Teaching, Research Service

• LAS - Ahead of the Curve

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Distinguished Professors

• LAS faculty have
• been named
• Distinguished
• Professors 31 out of
• the past 35 years

Craig Anderson, Psychology
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University Professors

• LAS recipient every year since 1993

Brenda Daly, English
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LAS Teaching

• LAS Master
• Teachers

Front Michael Mendelson, English Clifford
Bergman, Mathematics Back Mark Rectanus, Foreign
Languages Literatures William Gallus,
Geological Atmospheric Sciences Jill Pruetz,
Anthropology
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LAS Teaching

• LAS has received a University Teaching
• Award 14 out of last 15 years

Amy Froelich, Statistics
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LAS Engagement

• Expert Advice

Steffen Schmidt, Political Science
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LAS Engagement

• Changing Lives

Gary Wells, Psychology
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LAS Engagement

• Changing Lives

Alicia Carriquiry, Statistics
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LAS Engagement

• Changing Lives

George Kraus, Chemistry
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LAS Engagement

• Changing Minds

Doug Gentile, Psychology
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LAS Engagement

• Changing Minds

Matt DeLisi, Sociology
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LAS Engagement

• Changing Practices

Paul Spry, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
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LAS Research

• LAS has received a University Research
• Award 9 of the last 10 years

Anne Cleary, Psychology
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LAS Research

• LAS faculty received 67,782,863 in
• research awards in FY04

David Oliver, Associate Dean
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College of Liberal Arts Sciences

• The Center of It All
• Report to the Presidents CouncilMay 20, 2005