Sesquicentennial celebration

More sites to see

Glorious past ... and present

College of Engineering

Its past includes the nation's first master's in engineering and world's first agricultural engineering degree, and a grad student who helped invent the digital electronic computer. Its present includes a one-of-a-kind tornado simulator, virtual reality room with twice the resolution of any in existence and one of the world's fastest supercomputers.

Their stories

College of Human Sciences

Former deans and students in education and home economics remember ice skating on Lake LaVerne in the moonlight, taking sculpture class with Christian Petersen, team teaching dance with a Cyclone football player, and much more.

Facinating people of LAS

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

A Broadway costume coordinator, Disneyland trombone player, Metropolitan opera intern, chimp-studying anthropologist, rock-'n-roller turned author, environmentalist, and student who'll spend next year studying in Ghana are just a few of the 150 fascinating people of LAS (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences).

Community projects, all over the state

ISU Extension

Extension groups throughout Iowa will celebrate the university's 150th by improving and beautifying their local surroundings. Dozens of projects are planned including food pantry drives, tree plantings, buildings rehabilitation and community clean-ups.

It's Agriculture's 150th, too

College of Agriculture

The College of Agriculture is celebrating its 150th birthday along with the university. Take a look at the past through a web site dedicated to the college's history. It includes memories of alumni, former faculty and administrators with more to be added throughout the sesquicentennial year celebration.

Historical tidbits

Division of Student Affairs

Historical facts trace the history of the Division of Student Affairs.