Iowa State University Alumni Association| online edition | fall 2007

Amazing grapes

 







FALL 2007

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VISIONS
Editor: Carole Gieseke
Associate Editor: Kate Bruns

Photography: Jim Heemstra
Print Design: Designgrid, LLC
Web Design: Kate Bruns
Editorial Assistant: AshLea Anderson

VISIONS is published in January, April, July, and September for members of the Iowa State University Alumni Association, Fisher-Nickell Hall, 214 Richardson Court, Ames, Iowa 50011-1370 or e-mail alumni@iastate.edu. Copyright 2005 by the ISU Alumni Association, Jeffery W. Johnson, president and publisher.

 


IN THIS ISSUE

Cover Story | By Carole Gieseke
Romancing the grape: Iowa farmers are discovering grape and wine production as an alternative to corn and soybeans...and Iowans all across the state are drawn to the romance of the vineyards

Preserving your memories | By Samantha Beres
Have you been waiting to copy your wedding video to DVD, or print all your digital photos, or create the perfect scrapbook? As Iowa State celebrates its 150th anniversary, VISIONS offers inspiration to help you preserve and document your own family history.

Departments:
Getting Started | By Carole Gieseke

Notes from the field

Letters
Letters to the Editor

Around Campus
Cultivating a taste for wine...A hands-on, minds-on, discovery program...What's in a name?...Working together...Sesquicentennial trivia...News of note...SesquicenTENnial

Association News
76th Annual Honors & Awards Ceremony...Loyalty and membership go hand-in-hand...Alumni Center update and donor profile...Alumni Association announces three new programs...connect with ISU alumni

Giving | By Gregory L. Geoffroy
Imagine THIS Iowa State

Sports | By Kate Bruns
Ground control: New head football coach Gene Chizik hits the ground running with a corporate coaching philosophy