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Faculty Senate reviews tenures By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com
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Megan Kipperger was was one of the 19 ISU Army ROTC cadets to earn an excellence rating at the Leader Development and Assessment Course during the summer. She and Nicole Donato were stand-outs for the ROTC.
Leading Women Female cadets stand out in Army ROTC’s leadership course By Matthew.Rezab @iowastatedaily.com Megan Ripperger may have spent 29 days at Fort Knox, Ky., but she wasn’t protecting any gold. Instead, the senior in dietetics was one of the 19 ISU Army ROTC cadets to earn an excellence rating at the Leader Development and Assessment Course. The 61 percent excellence rating earned Iowa State the top marks in the brigade of 42 schools from the Midwest. Ripperger is just one of many women to shine for Army ROTC at 88 separate events all around the world this summer, according to Lt. Col. Richard Smith, chairman of military science and tactics. “This year was phenomenal,” Smith said. “It was the best performance we’ve ever had and these ladies were a huge part
of that. We couldn’t have done it without them.” Nicole Donato, senior in kinesiology and health, said the highlight of her summer was a trip to the Republic of Kosovo on an English teaching mission. The mission was sponsored by the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program through the ISU Army ROTC. “We taught English to their enlisted security force,” Donato said. “They’re not allowed to be an armed force yet, but that’s what they’re trying to work toward.” Donato said she worked with 70 to 80 Kosovar students who were chosen because their English proficiency was developed enough that the Army could foresee them in American military schools in the near future. The Republic of Kosovo declared its
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The ISU Faculty Senate will begin the academic year focusing on post-tenure review, standards for faculty performance and the academic portion of the Board of Regents efficiency review. The Senate will meet for the first time Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union from 3:30 to 5 p.m. K e v i n Schalinske, Faculty Senate president, said the Senate hopes to focus on revising the posttenure review policy and faculty memKevin bers’ position Schalinske responsibility statement. The position responsibility statement sets a framework for the faculty’s responsibilities, such as time spent on research, teaching or service. Each faculty member’s position responsibility statement is part of the review when faculty applies for tenure. For example, Schalinske’s appointment includes 55 percent research, 35 percent teaching and 10 percent of his time doing service. Each college or department has different guidelines on how faculty should describe their responsibilities, Schalinske said. Some departments don’t assign numbers, so it is not clear how much time faculty are to devote to each element. “We’re always looking for consistency,” Schalinske said. “A lot of times, there will be a situation that comes up. We’re always tweaking it to be effective for any situation that may occur.” Schalinske said consistency is important when it comes to tenure review. “If they don’t have numbers put to that [and] if you don’t know
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LGBT Q&A fosters relationship with ISU Police By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com The ISU Police Department outlined its plans to build a relationship with LGBTQA community at a question and answer session with LGBTQA members Sept. 8.
The Q&A session was a way for ISU Police to reach out and grow a better relationship with the LGBTQA community. A police liaison officer discussed why it is important to be involved with the community, resources available on campus and ways to be safe when in the Ames community. “It kind of can develop that
one-on-one interaction,” said Lt. Joshua Hale with ISU Police. “I’ve had many situations where students were more comfortable talking to me, having met me at some type of event and having someone familiar to interact with.” Hale stressed that all 37 ISU officers, dispatch and any depart-
ment employees are trained in the Safe Zone, a program to eliminate homophobia, transphobia and heterosexism at Iowa State. “We kind of tailored it towards law enforcement,” Hale said of the Safe Zone program. “Students that might identify as LGBTQA or something else, they may not be presenting as their
drivers license shows.” Hale said the department strives to be sensitive and understanding about a student’s appearance as well as understanding of how to make interaction comfortable for members of the LGBTQA community.
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Lt. Joshua Hale of the ISU Police Department answers questions for members of the LGBTQA community Sunday. ISU Police stressed the importance of feeling comfortable on campus and around Ames, and officers wants that safety to encompass all students.