IOWA STATE DAILY 03.30.2018 No. 128 Vol 217
MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Assistant Professor of Management Ishva Minefee Jr. practices his boxing at Ames Racquet and Fitness. Minefee has been boxing for six years and typically boxes three to four times a week as a form of exercise. “Being hit in the face is not fun, but it teaches you about your weaknesses and strengths. That gives you something to work on, day in and day out.” Minefee said.
Faculty take campus by day, hobbies by night BY MIKINNA.KERNS @iowastatedaily.com
In kindergarten it was assumed that our teachers did not have lives outside of their classroom — they ate dinner in the cafeteria, slept in a murphy bed hidden behind one of their locked wall cabinets and waited for their students to return. However, as we grew up and saw them shopping at Walmart we
learned that this was not the case. Teachers and professors do in fact have lives outside of teaching which includes family and hobbies. Earlier this year, The Iowa State Daily asked on Twitter for students to submit names of professors who they thought had an interesting hobby to be featured. This is the result.
MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Associate Provost for Academic Programs Ann Marie VanDerZanden (left) and Associate Professor of Horticulture Cindy Haynes (right) quilt together in VanDerZanden’s basement quilting room March 7.
MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Michael Martin plays with Iowa State students in the College of Design atrium. Martin started playing guitar in 2008 with a student named Mike McCullough, who graduated with a BLA in 2011. The two started playing together at their respective homes until they decided to make the move to playing in the atrium Friday during the lunch hour and the tradition stuck. Since then, many students have joined Martin playing in the atrium and it has led to the creation of five different bands.
MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Reginald Stewart plays on his limited edition New York Series tenor saxophone in his office Feb. 5. Stewart’s family is from New Orleans where his dad played drums and uncle pLayed saxophone so it was only natural when Stewart became interested in music and started playing the saxophone. As an undergraduate Stewart was active on the jazz/funk/hip hop fusion scene and got to perform with quite a few artists, his favorite being Dizzy Gillespie.