I stepped off the airplane onto the steps and was hit by a blast of hot air. I breathed my first Iowa breath and inhaled the odor of a nearby dead skunk.
Students have to fill that gap between school and the working world.
There is no question that being ranked at the very top of a profession has a tangible value to the program and to the university. Smoking has been shown to be the single most important modifiable risk factor that we have in the United States today and it's true in Iowa as well. Nationally, about 20 percent of all deaths right now are attributable to cigarette smoking. That's about 400,000 deaths a year. Thomas A. Rietz , associate professor of finance, speaking of his decision to convert his Collegiate Teaching Award into scholarships for education students.