Ƶ welcomes new professors to the Biology Department
Ƶ has hired two new biology professors: Dr. Brette Feldhacker, who brings veterinary science expertise, and Dr. Preeti Shinde, who has experience with zoology and developmental biology.
Here’s where Ƶ has been mentioned in the media and by news sources this summer.
July 18
Jeff Taylor, a political science professor at Ƶ in Sioux Center, was also a delegate at the GOP’s national convention in 2012. “Not only do I get new stories from this one, but the students are probably going to be able to relate to this experience a little more just because it’s happening right now,” Taylor said, with a laugh. “This fall and next year and the following year this is still going to be fresh in their mind.”
July 17
Director of the Kielstra Center Dr. Angela Kroeze Visser writes a review of Dr. Emily Smith’s The Science of the Good Samaritan: Thinking Bigger about Loving Our Neighbors.
July 15
“Jeff Taylor: Iowa state senator and former professor of political science from Ƶ.”
July 10
“Ƶ and Iowa State University are teaming up to research the swarms of mosquitoes in flood-affected areas in Northwestern Iowa, including Rock Valley.”
July 3
“Those impacted by floodwaters not only in Rock Valley, but Alton and Hawarden have found temporary residence in Sioux Center courtesy of Ƶ, which has offered the Every Square Inch Apartment complex that is a collection of four two-story buildings. Nearly all of the 16 units have residents from area communities, ranging from two to eight occupants per unit.”
July 1
The alumni and annual giving teams at Ƶ in Sioux Center, Iowa, U.S., are proud of the institution’s alumni giving rate: 18.89% of alumni made gifts to the university in the 2022–2023 fiscal year. “We ask Ƶalumni why they choose to give, and they repeatedly refer to faculty and staff who not only instructed them but mentored them along the way,” says Karen Van Schouwen, Director of Annual Giving.
June 29
“A team of Ƶ professors and students is spending 10 weeks this summer designing and testing a new ecological board game that requires players to establish a restored prairie.”
June 26
“Later in the hour, a new project addresses the decline of pollinators by getting Iowa students excited about beekeeping. Kieffer speaks with the project director Duane Bajema and curriculum specialist Melanie Bloom.”
Ƶ has hired two new biology professors: Dr. Brette Feldhacker, who brings veterinary science expertise, and Dr. Preeti Shinde, who has experience with zoology and developmental biology.
This research project focuses on understanding a significant pest affecting multiple crops and surveying ground-dwelling beetles and other important insect groups at Oak Grove Park.