Team: Iowa State Cyclones
Stadium: Jack Trice Stadium
Conference: Big 12
Sport: College Football
Background: Iowa State University (ISU)
is an American public land grant university located
in Ames, Iowa. The full official name is Iowa State
University of Science and Technology. It was previously
Iowa State College, a school created through the Morrill
Land-Grant Colleges Act. ISU is known for its degree
programs in engineering and agriculture. It consists
of the Colleges of Agriculture, Business, Design, Education,
Engineering, Family and Consumer Sciences, Liberal Arts
and Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine. The Graduate
College exists also, to oversee graduate study in all
fields.
It is also noted for VEISHEA, an education and entertainment
festival held on campus every spring. The name is an
acronym created from the names of the original colleges
constituting the institution when VEISHEA was established
in 1922: Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, Industrial
Science, Home Economics, and Agriculture. Its organizers
claim it to be among the largest student-organized cultural
festivals in the world.
The sports teams are nicknamed the "Cyclones"
because their football team was said to play football
like a tornado. In 1895, the Iowa State football team
went to Northwestern University and defeated its team
36-0. A Chicago newspaper proclaimed that the team "struck
like a Cyclone," and the name stuck. The Cyclone
mascot is "Cy the Cardinal". Their colors
are cardinal and gold, and they play in the NCAA's Division
I-A, and in the Big Twelve Conference.
Some names associated with Iowa State University:
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John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford
E. Berry (see also Atanasoff Berry Computer) |
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George Washington Carver |
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Carrie Chapman Catt |
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Henry Gilman, the "Father of Organometallic
Chemistry" |
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Christian Petersen, sculptor, whose works appear
around campus. |
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Grant Wood, artist; the Parks Library features
numerous murals by Wood. |
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Jane Smiley, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize
for fiction |
External links:
Official Site (
http://www.iastate.edu/)
Athletics Site (
http://www.cyclones.com/)