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- College Faculty-Staff Meeting
- Jointly Promoting Environmental and Economic Benefits in Corn Belt Agriculture through Spatial Optimization
12:00 pm
12:05 pm
Presenter: Ellen Audia, GIS certificate candidate, natural resource ecology and management
Advisors: Lisa Schulte Moore, professor, natural resource ecology and management, and John Tyndall, associate professor, natural resource ecology and management
Abstract
Shifts in U.S. agriculture from small, diverse farms to large, high-input monocultures have contributed to food security and economic growth, but also to environmental impairments such as nutrient and sediment loading and biodiversity loss. In response, many conservationists are spatially targeting best management practices (BMPs) across agricultural landscapes to more efficiently focus time and resources.
In this analysis, Audia developed a multi-objective spatial optimization model to target BMPs across East Big Creek watershed of central Iowa. She used the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF), the ACPF Financial Tool and the Healthy Farm Index (HFI) to inform the optimal placement of contour buffer strips, riparian buffers and nutrient retention wetlands across the watershed so that water quality and biodiversity were maximized subject to a range of cost constraints.
Both the methodology and the output landscapes from this analysis can help inform land-use planning in East Big Creek and other watersheds.
The seminar starts promptly at 12:05 p.m. and ends at 12:55 p.m. This spring 2021 series will be using an online format. Hosted by the Department of Community and Regional Planning, the GIS Seminar Series is open to the public. If you are interested in attending a presentation, please send an email to Monica Haddad (haddad@iastate.edu) at least one day in advance, and she will send you a link with Webex information to attend.
- Accessibility to Open Space: A Spatial Analysis in Central Iowa
12:05 pm
Presenter: Tim Tobin, GIS certificate candidate, community and regional planning
Advisor: Monica Haddad, associate professor, community and regional planning
Abstract
Access to open space, whether that be public parks, trails or green space, is a vital component of healthy communities worldwide. Active time spent in open spaces is associated with known physical and mental health benefits such as stress management and improved concentration. Accessibility to such spaces can be considered a uniquely urban challenge for some; that is not all populations have equal opportunity to use and enjoy outdoor spaces with ease.
The goal of this project is to identify areas where accessibility to open space is a challenge and which communities this impacts, including those living in poverty conditions. This project will use open-source secondary data to perform exploratory spatial analysis of the placement of and accessibility to open spaces within four counties of Central Iowa.
The seminar starts promptly at 12:05 p.m. and ends at 12:55 p.m. This spring 2021 series will be using an online format. Hosted by the Department of Community and Regional Planning, the GIS Seminar Series is open to the public. If you are interested in attending a presentation, please send an email to Monica Haddad (haddad@iastate.edu) at least one day in advance, and she will send you a link with Webex information to attend.
- CODAC Spring Sale Day 1
10:00 am
- CODAC Spring Sale Day 2
10:00 am
- CODAC Spring Sale Day 3
10:00 am
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- Final SS21 room assignments due to department partners
- S21, Spring and Winer Break study abroad proposals approved by AAC due to Education Abroad Committee
- Written college council reports of the past year activities due to the Liaison Council to be made available to faculty and staff on college website.
- Preliminary (third year) reviews of tenure eligible faculty due from dean to SVP and Provost
- S21 original course offerings (gray sheets) distributed to departments
- Spring Semester Ends
- Request for FISIP increments for the following fiscal year are due from the colleges to the SVP and Provost
- Departments begin approval process for S21 experimental courses
- Last day to cancel SS 20 Session II courses due to low enrollment.
- Preliminary room assignments for F20 distributed
- Corrected S21 gray sheets due to department partners
- Professional development funding for Term Faculty application due to SVPP
- Deadline for approval of new experimental courses for F20 in CIMX
- Changes to course titles and descriptions approved by college due to Registrar
- Confirmation that all faculty annual performance evaluations are complete due from dean to SVP and Provost
- All Annual Performance Evaluation of Faculty Completed in Workday
- Professional Development funding for Term Faculty for conferences/workshops taking place between July 1 and December 31 applications due to the SVPP
- Changes to preliminary F20 room assignments due to department partners
- Preliminary room assignments for F20 with changes due back to Room Scheduling @ 4 p.m.
- Departmental responsibility statements for Percent of Term faculty teaching efforts
- College Responsibility Statements (CRS) due from colleges to Senior Vice President and Provost
- Department Responsibility Statements due from colleges to SVPP Office
- Last day to cancel F20 courses due to low enrollment
- S21 course offerings due to Registrar
- D-Trak open to chairs for adding % for research, service, buyouts, etc. Changes to courses need to be made by Linda and Jean and Mandy to ensure alignment with ADIN
- College of Design Lectures Request Forms due to Rachel Moylan, 146 Design
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