Iowa State students marched in protest Thursday against the Iowa State University Police Department’s (ISUPD) decision not to dismiss Officer Frankie Contreras following an internal investigation of possible excessive use of force by Contreras during a traffic stop in August. Student organization Color of Love, which organized the protest, is “a student organization that builds.
Faculty and students at each Iowa regent institution will be asked to complete a free speech survey, set to be emailed out Wednesday by the Iowa Board of Regents. The survey is managed by the Free Speech and Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Regents, a committee formed in 2020 and charged with evaluating.
The League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County hosted the annual State of the Ames Community Friday, where community leaders were given two minutes each to answer questions from moderators and the audience ranging from DEI to the Sixty Forward center. The panel consisted of: Iowa State Senior Vice President and Provost Jonathan.
The Iowa Board of Regents introduced a “free speech training module” for students attending the three regent institutions in February 2022. Since then, the Iowa State Daily reported the training saw less participation than initially anticipated. Wednesday, Iowa State announced completion statistics, reporting 3,200 incoming students completed before arriving on campus. The registrar’s office reported.