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Students recognized for achievements
In Brief

Alumni Center Update (Return to top)
More than two years of planning and fundraising are becoming visible as the Iowa State University Alumni Center comes out of the hill and Phase I fundraising draws to a close. Development on the project is progressing smoothly, and April 2008 is our scheduled completion date for construction. In terms of fundraising, we are extremely close to completing the $13 million in funding for construction, furnishings, and the building’s endowment. A Phase II fundraising effort (roughly $1 million) will begin soon, to cover landscaping, technology needs, art, and various miscellaneous items. The Alumni Center’s Art in State Buildings Committee is working to secure the public art for the center. Watch the construction progress online at www.fpm.iastate.edu/webcam/alumni/

Yours for Iowa State,

Jeff Johnson
President, ISU Alumni Association

Donor Profile: Jon Fleming
VISIONS asked Fleming about his decision to make a gift to the ISU Alumni Center.

“I think it’s a very important project. I think there will be a tremendous amount of visibility. It will be a place that alumni can call home.

“[I am financially supporting] Cy’s Pub and Parlor because I have a passion for Cyclone athletics. I’ve been a fan since my youth. The entire building project is very meaningful to me, but probably the one area that is at the top is athletics.

“I think on special occasion weekends – VEISHEA, Homecoming, game-day weekends – actually
having a physical structure where our alumni can gather will just strengthen the relationship between our alumni and the university.

“It’s a fabulous project. It’s going to be a tremendous addition to the Iowa State Center portion of campus.
I love the idea that it will be one of the first structures that friends and alumni of the university will see when they drive into campus.

“It’s going to be wonderful.”

Dr. Jon Fleming Ames, Iowa
’75 meteorology
Gastroenterologist, McFarland Clinic
Ames, Iowa

ISUAA involvement:
ISUAA life member, member of the ISUAA Board of Directors since 2003, current chair-elect of the board, will serve as board chair in 2007-08

About Jon Fleming’s Alumni Center gift
Named space: Cy’s Pub and Parlor, a comfortable gathering space dedicated to celebrating Cyclone athletics

Gift-Giving and Naming Opportunities
The following giving levels have been recently revised, and a number of the named spaces have been confirmed.

Iowa State University Alumni Center Giving Levels

Bells of Iowa State $5 million and above
True and Valiant $1 million - $4.9 million
Spirits Great $500,000-$999,999
Dear Alma Mater $250,000-$499,999
Love and Loyalty $100,000-$249,999
Ringing in the Hearts $50,000-$99,999
Crown a Golden Melody $25,000-$49,999
For Thy Throne $10,000-$24,999
Green Hills $5,000 - $9,999
Fight for Iowa State Under $5,000

Alumni Center Naming Opportunities

THIRD FLOOR
Executive Board Room Roy & Sandy Uelner
Executive Lobby James & Gayle Boyd
Alumni Library/Memorabilia Room Glen & Maryjo Mente
President’s Suite Bill & Judy Hoefle
East Lounge ISU Family of the Year Society
Executive Reception Area Dave & Sharon Juon
Alumni Library/Memorabilia Room Fireplace Norm & Erma Skadburg
Travel & Alumni Services Office Martha Anderson
Executive Conference Room Pending
Hall of Alumni Leadership $125,000
College for Seniors Office Pending
Vice President’s Office Dick & Marilyn Pecaut
(in memory of Dorothy Kent Pecaut)
Business Manager’s Office $25,000

SECOND FLOOR
Alumni Ballroom Roy & Bobbi Reiman Family
Hall of Inspiration Al & Ann Jennings
Cy’s Pub & Parlor Jon Fleming
Grand Staircase (int.)/Historic MU Doors Jim & Judy Hopson
Hall of ISU Patents and Inventions Richard & Marijo Marshall
(in honor of Janet L. Marshall)
Alumni Living Room George & Agatha Burnet
Staff Break Room Gerald & Carol Hunter
Alumni Living Room Fireplace Craig & Michelle Mahoney
Alumni Ballroom Fireplace Scott & Mary Braucht
East Terrace Anonymous
Communication Production Room $50,000
Executive Reception Area Norm & Joyce Farrington
Marketing Director’s Office $25,000
Communications Director’s Office $25,000
Catering Kitchen $25,000

FIRST FLOOR
Student Alumni Leadership Council Suite $150,000
Multi-purpose Conference Room $100,000
General Production Room $75,000
East Foyer Children and families of
Robert O. and Barbara Eddy
Hall of Student Organizations $50,000
Outreach & Events Director’s Office $25,000
Student Program Director’s Office Todd Swanson
West Plaza & Alumni Gardens $500,000
East Plaza & Grand Staircase (ext.) $350,000

For more information on making a gift to the ISU Alumni Center, or to name one of the remaining spaces, please contact: Jeff Johnson, president, ISU Alumni Association, 877-ISU-ALUM, jjohnson@alumni.iastate.edu; Dan Saftig, president, ISU Foundation, 515-294-6511, dsaftig@iastate.edu. Gifts to this project are tax-deductible, count toward one’s total lifetime giving to the university and in the university’s current comprehensive campaign, and qualify or support one’s membership in the Order of the Knoll.

Hanson to lead alumni clubs program (Return to top)
Cory Hanson (’06 marketing/management) joined the Alumni Association staff in January as assistant director for outreach and events. In this role, he will oversee the ISU alumni clubs program. As an Iowa State student, Hanson was executive co-director for Dance Marathon and was a member of the Student Foundation Committee, Business Council, Student Alumni Leadership Council / Homecoming Central, VEISHEA, and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He held an internship with the ISUAA during his senior year, helping plan the fall 2006 club leadership conference. Following graduation he was a community relations coordinator for the American Cancer Society in Mendota Heights, Minn.

Students recognized for achivements (Return to top)
The following students recently received awards or scholarships from the ISU Alumni Association or through the Association’s alumni clubs program:

ISUAA Wallace E. Barron
All-University Senior Award
- Brad Bishop, Sr., Indust. Engr., Fairfield, Iowa
- Chris Deal, Sr., Mech. Engr., Jefferson, Iowa
- Andrew Nelson, Sr., Materials Engr., LeClaire, Iowa
- Rohini Ramnath, Sr., Pol. Sci., Clinton, Iowa
- Dawniece Trumbo, Sr., Marketing, Des Moines, Iowa

ISU Homecoming Cardinal Court 2006
- Chris Deal, Sr., Mech. Engr., Jefferson, Iowa
- Charles Fisher, Sr., Materials Engr., Mt. Auburn, Iowa

- Nathan Katzer, Sr., Pub. Svc. & Admin. in Ag., Creston, Iowa
- Andrew Nelson, Sr., Materials Engr., LeClaire, Iowa
- Eric Peterson, Sr., Ag. Bus., Harwood, N.D.

ISUAA Club of Hamilton County Scholarship
- Grant Ewing, Fr., Civil Engr., Webster City, Iowa
- Charlie Hild, Fr., An. Sci., Webster City, Iowa
- Alex Hill, Fr., Health & Human Perf., Stanhope, Iowa
- Elliot Hoff, Fr., Engineering, Jewell, Iowa
- Hayley Hupp, So., Architecture, Webster City, Iowa
- Sara Wonderlich, Sr., Journ. & Mass Comm., Webster City, Iowa

ISUAA Club of St. Louis Scholarship
- Katie Glass, Sr., Chem. Engr., Arnold, Mo.

ISUAA Club of Kansas City
Sandra Chandler Memorial Scholarship
- John Gill, Fr., Agronomy, Richmond, Mo.
- Melissa Hefta, Jr., Apparel Merch., Des. & Prod., Blue Springs, Mo.

Kim Bailey Memorial Scholarship
- Angela Morel, Sr., Pre-Journ. & Mass Comm., Kansas City, Mo.
- Trevor Muchow, Jr., Indust. Engr., Gladstone, Mo.
- Rebecca Schumacher, So., An. Sci., Kansas City, Mo.
- Samuel Strickler, ’06, Indust. Engr., Ames, Iowa

In Brief (Return to top)
Save a tree; pay online
Beginning this year, the ISU Alumni Association is issuing membership renewal notices by e-mail for those annual members with valid e-mail addresses on file. We are implementing this new, environmentally friendly payment option after hearing from many of you that this is your preferred way of making payments. If you still wish to renew your membership by mail, your regular notice will be sent at its usual time. Thanks for being a member of your Alumni Association!

Attention, Dance Marathon committee members
Are you interested in keeping connected with other Dance Marathon committee members (alumni and students) through newsletters, reunions, and events? If so, now is your opportunity to join (at no cost) the Society of Dance Marathon Alumni and Friends. If you are interested, go to www.isualum.org/societies, click on Dance Marathon, and register to join the society. For more information, e-mail dancemarathon@iastate.edu

Are you an entrepreneur?
The ISU Society of Alumni Entrepreneurs and Friends is being organized to increase the alumni entrepreneurial spirit and keep members connected with fellow ISU alumni entrepreneurs and with ISU. If you are interested in being a member of this society (at no cost), go to www.isualum.org/societies and click on Entrepreneurial Society, or contact Mike Dirnberger at mikedirnberger@iglide.net