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ISU names VP for Student Affairs Martino Harmon chosen as Tom Hill’s replacement By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com Martino Harmon has been named as the new senior vice president for Student Affairs at Iowa State, pending Board of Regents approval. Harmon, who will take on the role March 21, will replace Tom Hill. Harmon has served as associ-
ate vice president for Student Affairs since 2013. ISU President Steven Leath announced during the Board of Regents meeting Thursday that Harmon had been chosen from a pool of three candidates. “We’re thrilled to have [chosen] Martino Harmon, but we’re even more thrilled that he’s chosen to join us,” he said. Harmon said he felt “blessed to have this opportunity.” “It’s really amazing,” he said, brushing at his eyes. “I’m really excited, but now just overwhelmed with excitement.” He was thankful Leath had confidence in him and thankful to work with Hill and to follow
his footsteps is “amazing,” Harmon said. Student Government President Dan Breitbarth said he was excited to hear Harmon had received the job. “I’m ecstatic,” Breitbarth said. “The rest of Student Government is ecstatic; that’s who we [were] really pulling for.” Hill said he, too, is excited Harmon had been chosen to succeed him. “I think he’s well qualified, and I think he brings what I would consider a good balance,” Hill said. “He’s not been here so long that you would really consider him a part of the long-time establishment here, but he knows
enough about Iowa State, the student experience, those kind of things to understand it and appreciate it. But he’s new enough to bring some good ideas, some new ideas and so I think he brings an excellent balance and I think the student body university is going to be extremely delighted with his appointment.” Harmon received news of his appointment last week from Leath during a visit he made to the Knoll. “I asked him if he would come by the house one evening, and I think he was a little nervous because it’s going to be really good
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Martino Harmon, current associate vice president for Student Affairs, was selected to replace Tom Hill as the new senior vice president for Student Affairs, pending Board of Regents approval.
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Cy, bottom, shows off during an ISU gymnastics meet against Minnesota on Feb. 20, 2015, at Hilton Coliseum.
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Jenny Harestad, top, has a photo taken with signs made by ISU students in mock support of Cy for president.
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A great dane named Cy, below, sat with cheerleaders during games in the early 1930s.
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Mumps expands to Iowa ISU fair teaches about diversity
Multiple cases of uncommon virus reported in state
Resources event sparks discussion on race, ethnicity
By Sarah.Muller @iowastatedaily.com The mumps virus has found its way to Iowa State. The Thielen Student Health Center has seen nine lab-confirmed cases of the mumps since December. In a typical academic year, the Health Center assists in three to five cases of the mumps. “This is higher than we typically see, but it’s not completely out of line,” Erin Baldwin, director of Thielen Student Health Center, said. She said she believes the increase in cases is a result of the amount of people living in a small proximity. Symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, sore throat, jaw pain and swelling of the salivary glands. Rare complications can include inflamation of the testicals for men, fertility problems, inflamation of the brain, inflamation of the ovaries or breasts for women and hearing loss. Baldwin said the symptoms have remained mild on the ISU campus. The illness can be spread by infected saliva, or anything that has been in contact with the infected saliva. The Health Center suggests students cover their
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The map above demonstrate the number of mumps cases reported in each county of Iowa over approximately six months. The top graph reports the total number of mumps cases reported in all of Iowa combined, per week, over approximately six months.
mouths when coughing or sneezing, avoid sharing drinks or eating utensils, wash hands more frequently, be up to date on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and disinfecting
surfaces. The University of Iowa has also seen a major impact from the illness on its campus with a
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Students and student organizations gathered in the Memorial Union to learn more about diversity and to share resources and experiences with others. The Diversity Resources Fair took place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. “I’m here to become more informed about the diversity of organizations here on campus,” said Zackary Reece, junior in political science and senator for the United Residents Off Campus in Student Government. The fair featured 27 different organizations, a majority focusing on diversity. “We want to start a conversation on campus about different opinions on topics about race and ethnicity, and what it means to be American in this country,” said Alicia Huerta, sophomore in public relations and member of Define America. Many of the groups encouraged students of all types to join in the
discussion, but there were also groups for a specific audience. One of those groups was Womyn of Colour Network, which meets every other Thursday and discusses what it is like to be a woman of color at Iowa State. “I think it is important because it gives women of color a chance to talk about their experiences with each other,” said Carmen Ballagan, senior in speech communication and vice president of the organization. Another group in attendance was Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support. “The goal is to recruit volunteers and make people aware of domestic violence and sexual assault,” said Jocelyn Hernandez, ISU graduate and a domestic abuse diversity advocate for ACCESS. “We want to make people aware of our services on campus.” ACCESS serves the campus through the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center and the ISU Police Department. The center provides counseling, legal advocacy and housing for victims. The event was headed by Jane Kersch, senior in political science and a Student Government senator, as well as Jazmin Murguia, senior in journalism and communication and director of student diversity for Student Government.
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