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License granted for new protocol Harrisvaccines Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily receives license for Grisham Hentzen pretends to fight a fire alarm in Helser Hall. Prevalent fire alarms vaccine program during the past year have kept fire safety toward the front of students’ minds. By Jessica.Drendel @iowastatedaily.com The U.S. Department of Agri- ISU fire culture has recently granted the Harrisvaccines company with a one-of-a-kind license for the company’s platform producing the vaccines it sells. safety The license has taken 10 years of work, said Joel Harris, head of sales and marketing who spoke JOURNEY about the process that Harrisvac- receives cines went through to gain this approval. “My father approached the USDA with an idea to approve the TO THE technology for these vaccines in- upgrade stead of the products themselves,” he said. One of the biggest problems Board of Regents that Harrisvaccines faced when getting the license was that there report prompts was no precedent. This is the first time a process like this has been SWEET 16 approved. sprinkler installation The now-licensed platform was By Rakiah.Bonjour Cyclones ready for tournament test against Virginia used to develop a vaccine for the @iowastatedaily.com porcine academic diarrhea virus By Ryan.Young (PEDv), which has been affecting @iowastatedaily.com swine operations across the coun- The Board of Regents released try and killed more than 8 million its Facilities Governance Report, piglets since the epidemic began in which fire safety and deferred CHICAGO — ISU forward Georges Niang has put in 2013. maintenance for all three regent in the work. The process was also used to institutions were discussed. He’s watched game film. He’s put up count- come up with the vaccine against The report outlines deferred less shots and spent numerous hours in the gym H5 avian influenza. maintenance as “the repair or throughout the season. “Last year, Harrisvaccines was replacement of all, or a part of an He’s ready. Any nerves the veteran may have left acquired by Merck Animal Health, existing capital asset that was not have seemed to disappeared. part of Merck Pharmaceuticals,” repaired or replaced at the ap- “This is like a test,” Niang said. “I’m not really Harris said. “This makes it easier propriate time because of a lack nervous for it because I’ve put in so many hours for the vaccine to be spread glob- of funds.” The document clarifies of studying. I’ve put in the work. I’ve put in all the ally instead of just in the United between deferred maintenance time in here.” States. and building renewal, the latter No. 4 Iowa State (23-11) will take on No. 1 Virginia “The technology can be spread being the replacement of systems (28-7) on Friday night in the Sweet 16 at the United and let internationally and brought when it should be replaced. Center in Chicago, looking for its second ever trip to their markets.” Universities across the nation to the Elite Eight. One of the biggest wins for the are finding problems with deferred “It’s great,” said ISU coach Steve Prohm on mak- platform was that it was used in maintenance, as funds may be ing it to the Sweet 16. “You soak it all in, but keep the development of the PEDv hard to allocate and most universi- virus. ty buildings were built or expanded SWEET 16 p8 “What PDE does is like the flu in during the 1960s and 1970s during humans,” said Ed Arndt, a swine the higher education boom, the producer. “It has the same symp- report states. Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily toms (vomiting, diarrhea) but the Iowa State has looked to cor- ISU forward Georges Niang shoots over Oklahoma’s Ryan Spangler on March 10 in the quarterfinals of the Big piglets die within 24 hours. Sows rect any deferred maintenance 12 Championships in Kansas City, Mo. take four weeks to build up an problems in the last few years. immunity to the virus, which they Curtiss Hall, Food Science, Forker passed on to the piglets. So basi- and Olsen were the four examples cally for four weeks, you have a 100 outlined in the report from the regents that have seen major cor- VACCINE p4 rections and renovations to fire safety systems. “When you have almost 14 mil- lion square feet of space on cam- pus you’re going to have things that break, you’re going to have things that … people that are in RESTRUCTURE p8 ISU to restructure business operations By Michaela.Ramm order to fill the position before for diversity and inclusion. @iowastatedaily.com Madden’s retirement June 30. The Office of University Mar- Leath also announced in his keting will restructure to report to campus-wide email that a review the Office of University Relations, President Steven Leath an- will be conducted of the Division which is effective July 1. nounced a university-wide re- of Student Affairs. Tom Hill, for- Also effective July 1, the state construction plan for major ad- mer vice president for Student Af- relations officer will assume the ministrative offices in an email fairs now in advisor role, has been role of government relations of- sent out to the ISU community tasked with creating a report “on ficer, whose position will manage Thursday morning. enhancing the overall student federal and state relations, as well Two of the major changes experience,” Leath said. as oversee the assistant director Leath announced include recon- Following the report, Martino of federal relations. struction of the Office of the Se- Harmon, Senior Vice President ISU Research Park will report nior Vice President for Business of Student Affairs, will work with to the Office of Economic Devel- and Finance — the office from Leath “to determine if any orga- opment and Industry Relations, which longtime Vice President nizational changes are needed,” as of July 1. Warren Madden announced his Leath said. The outline of the full recon- retirement. Several other offices within the struction can be found online. The office will be split into two university will be restructured, In his announcement, Leath new divisions: The Division of Iowa State Daily Leath said. said that the changes “result from Finance and the Division of Uni- Miles Lackey, currently chief of staff for the Office of the President, will oversee Univer- Because of Lackey’s new re- the fact that Iowa State is experi- versity Services. These changes sity Relations, Ombuds Office and Internal Audit as chief financial officer. Lackey will sponsibilities, the Chief of Staff’s encing a time of unprecedented will be effective July 1. take over this position in addition to his current position. current direct reports will be change in senior leadership,” As for the necessity of the redirected to other offices. citing the recent retirements of switch, Leath cited Iowa State’s wrote in the email. yet to be selected — will oversee Jim Kurtenbach, who has been Madden and Hill. 50 percent growth in enrollment Miles Lackey, currently chief facilities, planning and manage- serving as interim Chief Informa- Leath wrote in the email that and the swelling of the univer- of staff for the Office of the Presi- ment; environmental health and tion Officer at Iowa State, has these changes will help enhance sity budget to $1.4 billion during dent, will also take on the role of safety; business services; public had the “interim” removed from Iowa’s States transparency and Madden’s tenure. chief financial officer to oversee safety; University Museums; his title, installing him into the operational effectiveness. “I recognize it would be very the Division of Finance. Reiman Gardens; and the WOI position in full on July 1. His of- “I am confident these changes difficult to find someone as ca- In this role, Lackey will oversee Radio Group. fice will also report to the Office will allow us to become even pable as Warren [Madden] to University Relations, Ombuds Campus interviews in the of the President. more efficient and transparent manage all of the components of Office and Internal Audit. search for the new senior vice Effective April 25, the director as we strive to capture and invest what has become a very large, di- The senior vice president for president for University Services of the Office of Equal Opportuni- maximum resources in our core verse and complex office,” Leath University Services — who has will take place in early May, in ty will report to the vice president academic mission,” Leath said. IOWA STATE DAILY 2 CAMPUS BRIEF Friday, March 25, 2016 Weather Digital FRIDAY Iowa State seeking input Mostly Sunny, Breezy 51 Content 22 on strategic plan draft SPORTS SATURDAY By Alex.Hanson important document, and I • 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.