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The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ A seat at the president's table As the University of Iowa prepares to say goodbye to President Bruce Harreld, shared governance leaders look back at the impact he has had on the way the four branches interact with the leader of the university. Margaret Kispert/The Daily Iowan State Board of Regents then-President Bruce Rastetter announced the newly appointed President Bruce Harreld during a meeting in the IMU on Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld was named the 21st president of the University of Iowa. BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT Alongside negative reviews from the UI community, the another head Hawkeye. This time, leaders hope to avoid [email protected] search also included closed door meetings with members the contentious process that led to Harreld’s selection. The of the state Board of Regents. These private meetings lead search committee plans to bring a handful of finalists to When Bruce Harreld first took the helm as the Universi- to a lawsuit, but were found to not violate Iowa’s Open campus in mid-April, and the regents will select Harreld’s ty of Iowa’s president in 2015, members of the four shared Meeting Laws. successor April 30. governance branches were initially hesitant. Little did campus leaders know that this former busi- While the Regents initial selection of Harreld in 2015 was Harreld’s appointment came after he was voted “least nessman would evolve the way shared governance commu- met with criticism and a chasm of mistrust in the 21st pres- qualified” by faculty and community members, key con- nicated with the top Hawkeye during his six-year tenure at ident, his six years at the UI has resulted in more frequent stituents in the shared governance process touted by uni- the university. communication between the branches of shared gover- versities as a model for sharing responsibility among those As the UI prepares for Harreld to officially leave his posi- affected by higher education administration decisions. tion May 16, the search process is again in motion to select SEE HERRELD, 3A UI COVID-19 NUMBERS Number of self-reported cases for COVID-19 Study Abroad Students: 11 new cases, 3,080 to-date Employees: 2 new cases, 462 Icy winter kills fish to-date gears up for New cases as of March 26, 2021 Three Iowa City recreation areas are checked daily by maintenance staff to remove carcasses. Lower oxygenized water resulted in a fish kill this spring. Source: UI COVID-19 campus update future travel INSIDE International Programs develops new virtual global experiences and aims to send students abroad 4A again in the fall. BY MARY HARTEL [email protected] When University of Iowa junior Linette Lang em- Choosing the next head barked for Spain in spring 2020, she anticipated stay- Hawkeye ing for nearly eight months and completing two differ- Who is going to be the next ent experiences abroad. University of Iowa leader? What But when Lang got recalled home after just two should their priorities and goals months, she had to find a new way to use her Gilman be? Members from the Daily scholarship — a grant that helps undergraduate stu- Iowan Opinions section outline dents study abroad. what qualities they would like to Lang said that, after a discussion with her study- see in the next UI president. abroad adviser, she decided to use the scholarship to do a virtual internship through University Studies Abroad Consortium during fall 2020. According to the UI International Programs 2020 annual report, Lang is one of 24 students who partic- ipated in virtual global internships between the sum- mer and fall of 2020. Tune in for updates Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan Watch for campus and city With undergraduate student travel at the UI on hold news, weather, and Hawkeye Terry Trueblood Recreation Area is seen on Monday. through at least Aug. 1, International Programs is con- sports coverage every day at tinuing to develop virtual programming and plans for dailyiowan.com. BY CLAIRE BENSON such an occurrence is not entirely uncommon — it is the future, like Lang’s experience. [email protected] a situation the city sees every few years or so. The in-person and virtual experiences were similar “In a situation like we had this winter where we in the sense that they both gave Lang a chance to learn Three ponds in Iowa City recently experienced a had a prolonged period of cold weather, ice was on a foreign system and gain a new perspective on how 2021 large fish kill, leaving an unpleasant sight and smell for a prolonged period of time, and another was America runs, she said. at city parks. snowpack on top of it,” Worrell said, “that just lowers “I wouldn't put one over the other because my virtu- Fish kills are tracked by the Iowa Department of the oxygen levels in the water, and that's what causes al internship really taught me time management and Natural Resources as an indication of the area’s wa- the fish kills to happen,” Worrell said. learning responsibility and discipline,” Lang said. ter quality. In Iowa City, city officials say the once- While 2021 data is not yet available on the Iowa UI Associate Provost and Dean of International Pro- every-few-year occurrence happened because of a DNR tracker, there were 16 fish kills reported in grams Russell Ganim said the international-programs lengthy period when bodies of water were covered 2020. Since the department began tracking the phe- office is currently continuing to focus on virtual pro- with ice this winter. City Park, Sycamore Pond, and nomenon in 1981, there have been 986 reported fish gramming. Terry Trueblood experienced fish kills. kills in the state. The most concerning are ones that International Programs had four successful winter- Iowa City Assistant Superintendent of Parks and are caused or accelerated by human sources such as im, virtual, faculty-led courses, Ganim said, which were Forestry Josh Worrell said the extreme weather Iowa City experienced this winter caused the fish kill, and SEE FISH, 2 SEE ABROAD, 2 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 TWEET TWEET Volume 153 The Daily Iowan Issue 55 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. .335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Executive Editor. .335-6030 Sarah Watson CORRECTIONS Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Zandra Skores accuracy and fairness in the Caleb McCullough reporting of news. If a report is wrong Managing Digital Editor or misleading, a request for a Kelsey Harrell correction or a clarification may be made. Asst. 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Cesar Perez Worrell said ice cover will Juli Krause. 335-5784 come and go or be thin in a Advertising Sales Films Director typical winter. Bev Mrstilk. 335-5792 Ryan Adams “This year we had ice thick- Production Manager Documentary Director nesses of over 12 inches for Heidi Owen. 335-5789 Jake Maish months on end,” he said. “So, it didn't allow any oxygen into fertilizer value, when a lot of urban areas like Iowa City,” the water at all.” that stuff runs off, oftentimes Stubbs said. “And so, the in- Park maintenance staff fish kills can occur from those terest and the desire to get out members have visited these activities if done improperly,” and enjoy the outdoors and locations daily, he said, check- Levetzow said. fish is there, and it's some- ing on the ponds and remov- Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan Stubbs said fish kills are thing that you can do outside, ing any deceased fish and A dead fish can be seen floating in the ponds at City Park on March 24. The fish kills are believed to be from the usually a short-term problem obviously, and you can be so- disposing of them at the city harsh winter weather.