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A newsletter for alumni and friends of the College of Human Sciences Summer 2007 Inside Championing • Applauding achievement women, Olympics • Lifting learning By Carrie Boyd • Bettering businesses Olympic leader and international women’s rights activist Nawal El Mout- • Voicing shared vision awakel (’88) was honored with Iowa State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in April. Bosselman named AESHM chair A native of Casablanca, Morocco, El Moutawakel came to Iowa State in An academic admin- 1983 and ran on the Cyclone track istrator with strong team. Upon her arrival in Iowa, she ties to industry will spoke Arabic and French fluently, but lead the Department Photo by Brent Herrig knew little English. She credits her “African women are up there speaking about of Apparel, Educa- track teammates, coaches, friends and their rights. I think the future belongs to tional Studies and them,” said Iowa State alum, Olympic gold host family for helping her learn Eng- medalist and women’s rights champion Hospitality Manage- lish, calling Ames her “second home.” Nawal El Moutawakel. ment (AESHM). Robert Bosselman forget about me … and I also will not Robert Bosselman, “The award means so much to me. … forget about Iowa State, my professors, the Dedman Dis- It means that my second home did not tinguished Professor of Hospitality my coaches, my athletes, my room- mates and the students I studied with Administration at Florida State Univer- Nawal El Moutawakel has here,” she said. sity, will become professor and chair of served on the council of the AESHM at Iowa State, effective July 9. International Amateur Athletic She hopes to continue as an Iowa State Federation since 1995, and ambassador while working around the Since 2006, Bosselman has served as on the International Olympic world in global efforts like AIDS pre- director of the International Center for Committee since 1998. As vention and natural disaster relief. Her Hospitality Research and Development president of the IOC’s evalua- motivation for helping others comes in the College of Business at Florida tion commission, she was key from her role as a professional athlete, State University, where he directed the to assessing cities’ capacity to she said. Dedman School of Hospitality from host the 2012 Olympic games. 2000 until 2006. Under his leadership, In the opening ceremony of the “People look up to you and look up to the hospitality school’s undergraduate 2006 Winter Games, she car- your experiences and performances. enrollment more than doubled, as did ried the Olympic flag. the number of faculty publications and Continued on page 3 external grant funding. Continued on page 5 Dear Alumni and Friends, Expressing the vision The College of Human Sciences has completed a successful second year. As our newsletter stories indicate, it was full of excitement and accomplishment. It’s clear this college has arrived, it’s healthy, and it’s going to be here a long time! Thoreau noted once that “corn grows in the night.” In some sense, colleges do too. You wake up one morning and say, “My! Look how we have grown!” We have hired many new faculty members, including a chair for the Department of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management (see page 1) and we had a stellar review for our Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) program (page 11). Three programs are ranked in the top 20 nationally, two according to the U.S.News and World Report and another by the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Activity. The USDA’s review of our Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition was outstanding. The glorious Textiles and Clothing Museum opened in Morrill Hall (page 9), and the Department of Health and Human Perfor- Fiber artist Priscilla Sage installed “Spectral mance is changing its name to the Department of Kinesiology (page 5). We can all Interaction 1, 2, 3” in the entrance to the be proud of the College’s outstanding VEISHEA presence (back cover). dean’s office in May. Inspired by the College of Human Sciences vision emblem, this work of art is part of the Art and State Buildings Looking ahead, our curriculum committee is evaluating how we can better pre- project for the College of Human Sciences. pare students for the world that Thomas Friedman described as both “flat” and a It is in the collection of University Muse- ums, Art on Campus. “dream machine.” Creating and implementing innovation is key. We are committed to expanding human potential. And we know education, broadly speaking, is the single best way to expand each individual’s potential for success and happiness. We are determined to deliver the best possible education and to learn how we can improve that process for others. In the same spirit, our Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair next year is Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class. You are invited to his major public lecture to highlight the role of creative ideas and diversity in the growing economy of the 21st century, on September 19. International and online education will get a new look next year; the new Sally Rapp Beisser Student Services Center in MacKay Hall will open up in mid-August; and a host of special activities are planned in associa- tion with Iowa State’s 150th birthday. Most exciting, as of this date the College of Human Sciences is projected to have by far the largest increase in the percentage of entering freshmen in the entire university! All these accomplishments underscore how far this college has come in a very short time. And taken together, these develop- ments also forecast an exciting future. It’s important to remember our larger role in The vision emblem illustrates the college’s society, both within Iowa and nationally. overall framework for expanding human In our quest for new knowledge — and to potential. Featured in the graphic are the prepare our students not only to make a college’s four interdisciplinary, cross-cutting themes for teaching, research and outreach/ living, but to become better people — we extension efforts. Key platforms, or audi- are also helping to ensure that our coun- ences, appear in the center. Cheryl Achterberg (left), dean of the Col- try is strong, free, and just. I hope you’ll lege of Human Sciences, meets with Har- support us. Better yet, come join us. We’re riet Fulbright of the Fulbright Center. The You’ll find even more news two discussed the importance of engaging making a much needed difference in the more international students and visitors world. and information on the web: with College of Human Sciences students www.hs.iastate.edu and increasing international participation Sincerely, by College of Human Sciences students abroad. Cheryl Achterberg, Dean 2 Human Sciences Matters, Summer 2007 Moutawakel, continued Sports can be a very powerful tool “I think women nowadays in our Anticipating and message to spread throughout society are given a lot of opportunities the world. It is a message of peace to be associated with many projects. August and friendship and happiness. And I Women today [more] than ever before strongly believe, first of all as a former ... are state secretaries of many depart- champion and [second] as a person ments in my country and in other Arab who belongs to a variety of interna- states. They are also parts of the Parlia- tional organizations, that I have a role ments. They are decision makers. This to play within many societies to convey is new today and it will be improv- that message of peace, love, friendship, ing in the future. And I am proud to and happiness.” help promote women’s values in terms of decision making. It was a bit dif- “Each one teaches one, and each one ficult in the past … but Arab women, reaches one. And you only earn what Dean Cheryl Achterberg and members of African women are speaking up about the Human Sciences Capital Campaign you learn” is her personal motto for their rights and I think the future be- Committee check progress on renova- reaching out to others through human- longs to them,” she said. tions in MacKay Hall. The Sally Rapp Beisser Student Services Center is sched- itarian services, athletic performances uled to open in mid-August. Mark your and personal life. El Moutawakel lives in Casablanca, calendar — the space will be dedicated Morocco, where she serves as president at a celebration on October 18, at 4 p.m. A role model for thousands of women of the Moroccan Association of Sport in Africa, El Moutawakel also served and Development. as the namesake for hundreds of girls in Morocco. Following her 400-meter hurdles gold medal performance at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, King Experts weigh resistant starch Hassan II mandated that all girls born helps people feel satisfied longer, says in Morocco that day be named Nawal Ruth MacDonald, interim director of as a tribute to El Moutawakel.