Editing Iowa State University (section)

== Campus ==
{{Main|Campus of Iowa State University}}
[[Image:ISU Central Campus ASLA plaque.jpg|thumb|The medallion located in Central Campus, immediately to the west of Curtiss Hall]]
Iowa State's campus contains over 160 buildings. Several buildings, as well as the Marston Water Tower, are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="buildings">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iastate.edu/about/fact04/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223113940/http://www.iastate.edu/about/fact04/|url-status=dead|title=It's a Fact: Iowa State University|archivedate=February 23, 2007}}</ref> The central campus includes {{convert|490|acre|km2}} of trees, plants, and classically designed buildings. The landscape's most dominant feature is the {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} central lawn, which was listed as a "medallion site" by the [[American Society of Landscape Architects]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/memorials/marker.asp?id=32-07 |title=Rock Plaque |publisher=Fpm.iastate.edu |date=September 20, 1999 |access-date=August 23, 2014 |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114636/http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/memorials/marker.asp?id=32-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Thomas Gaines, in ''The Campus As a Work of Art'', claimed that the Iowa State campus was one of the twenty-five most beautiful campuses in the country.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Campus as a Work of Art |last=Gaines |first=Thomas |year=1991 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |location=New York |page=155 }}</ref>

=== Campanile ===
{{main|Campanile (Iowa State University)}}
[[Image:Ames iowastate.jpg|left|thumb|upright|The campanile as seen from the north]]
The campanile was constructed during 1897-1898 as a [[memorial]] to Margaret MacDonald Stanton, Iowa State's first dean of women, who died on July 25, 1895. The tower is located on ISU's central campus, just north of the [[Memorial Union (Iowa State University)|Memorial Union]]. The site was selected by Margaret's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, with the help of then-university president William M. Beardshear. The campanile stands {{convert|110|ft|m}} tall on a 16 by 16 foot (5 by 5 m) base, and cost $6,510.20 to construct.<ref name="lib.iastate.edu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/campanile/camphist.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607110636/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/campanile/camphist.html|url-status=dead|title=Iowa State University Library. "History of the Campanile"|archivedate=June 7, 2011}}</ref>

The campanile is widely seen as one of the major symbols of Iowa State University. It is featured prominently on the university's official ring<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/official_isu_ring/ring_symbolism.cfm| title = Iowa State University Alumni Association. "Ring Symbolism"| access-date = March 25, 2011| archive-date = February 11, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211041455/http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/official_isu_ring/ring_symbolism.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref> and the university's mace,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/traditions_of_iowa_state/traditions_and_history/official_university_mace.cfm| title = Iowa State University Alumni Association. "Official University Mace"| access-date = March 25, 2011| archive-date = May 5, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110505231549/http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/traditions_of_iowa_state/traditions_and_history/official_university_mace.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref> and is also the subject of the university's alma mater, ''The Bells of Iowa State''.<ref name="lib.iastate.edu"/>

=== Lake LaVerne ===
Named for Dr. LaVerne W. Noyes, who also donated the funds to see that Alumni Hall could be completed after sitting unfinished and unused from 1905 to 1907.  Dr. Noyes is an 1872 alumnus. Lake LaVerne is located west of the [[#Memorial Union|Memorial Union]] and south of Alumni Hall, [[#Carver Hall|Carver Hall]], and [[#Music Hall|Music Hall]].  The lake was a gift from Dr. Noyes in 1916.

Lake LaVerne is the home of two [[mute swan]]s named Sir Lancelot and Elaine, donated to Iowa State by VEISHEA 1935.<ref>[http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/VEISHEA/swans.htm Swans] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607113121/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/VEISHEA/swans.htm |date=June 7, 2011 }} from the Iowa State Library's special exhibits section</ref>  In 1944, 1970, and 1971 [[Cygnet (bird)|cygnets]]  (baby swans) made their home on Lake LaVerne.  Previously Sir Lancelot and Elaine were [[trumpeter swan]]s but were too aggressive and in 1999 were replaced with two mute swans.

In early spring 2003, Lake LaVerne welcomed its newest and most current mute swan duo. In support of Iowa Department of Natural Resources efforts to re-establish the trumpeter swans in Iowa, university officials avoided bringing breeding pairs of male and female mute swans to Iowa State which means the current Sir Lancelot and Elaine are both female.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/2003/mar/swans.shtml|title=News Releases: Iowa State University|work=iastate.edu|access-date=March 25, 2011|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727221449/http://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/2003/mar/swans.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Reiman Gardens ===
[[Image:RG Conservatory Inside.jpg|thumb|Tropical conservatory, [[Reiman Gardens]]]]
Iowa State has maintained a [[horticulture]] garden since 1914. [[Reiman Gardens]] is the third location for these gardens. Today's gardens began in 1993 with a gift from [[Roy Reiman|Bobbi and Roy Reiman]]. Construction began in 1994 and the Gardens' initial {{convert|5|acre|m2}} were officially dedicated on September 16, 1995.

Reiman Gardens has since grown to become a {{convert|14|acre|m2}} site consisting of a dozen distinct garden areas, an indoor conservatory and an indoor butterfly "wing", butterfly emergence cases, a gift shop, and several supporting greenhouses. Located immediately south of [[Jack Trice Stadium]] on the ISU campus, Reiman Gardens is a year-round facility that has become one of the most visited attractions in central Iowa.

The Gardens has received a number of national, state, and local awards since its opening, and its [[rose garden]]s are particularly noteworthy.  It was honored with the President's Award in 2000 by All American Rose Selections, Inc., which is presented to one public garden in the [[United States]] each year for superior rose maintenance and display: "For contributing to the public interest in rose growing through its efforts in maintaining an outstanding public rose garden."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reimangardens.com/en/awards_and_publications/ |title=Awards and Publications |access-date=December 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807173000/http://www.reimangardens.com/en/awards_and_publications/ |archive-date=August 7, 2008 }}</ref>

=== University museums ===
The university museums consist of the Brunnier Art Museum, Farm House Museum, the Art on Campus Program, the Christian Petersen Art Museum, and the Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden.<ref name="isucpam">{{cite web |url= https://www.museums.iastate.edu/visit/christian-petersen-art-museum |title= Christian Petersen Art Museum |website= Iowa State University Museums |access-date= February 9, 2024 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231129192628/https://www.museums.iastate.edu/visit/christian-petersen-art-museum |archive-date= 2023-11-29 }}</ref>

==== Brunnier Art Museum ====
The Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa's only accredited museum emphasizing a [[decorative arts]] collection, is one of the nation's few museums located within a performing arts and conference complex, the [[Iowa State Center]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.museums.iastate.edu/Brunnier.htm| title = Iowa State University Museums Brunnier Art Museum online| access-date = March 11, 2011| archive-date = February 25, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110225151246/http://www.museums.iastate.edu/Brunnier.htm| url-status = live}}</ref> Founded in 1975, the museum is named after its benefactors, Iowa State alumnus Henry J. Brunnier and his wife Ann. The decorative arts collection they donated, called the Brunnier Collection, is extensive, consisting of ceramics, glass, dolls, ivory, jade, and enameled metals.

Other fine and decorative art objects from the University Art Collection include prints, paintings, sculptures, textiles, carpets, wood objects, lacquered pieces, silver, and furniture. About eight to 12 annual changing exhibitions and permanent collection exhibitions provide educational opportunities.  Lectures, receptions, conferences, university classes, panel discussions, gallery walks, and gallery talks are presented to assist with further interpretation of objects.

==== Farm House Museum ====
[[Image:Farm House Museum south sign.jpg|thumb|The Farm House Museum]]
{{main|The Farm House (Knapp–Wilson House)}}
Located near the center of the Iowa State campus, the Farm House Museum sits as a monument to early Iowa State history and culture as well as a [[National Historic Landmark]].  As the first building on campus, the Farm House was built in 1860 before campus was occupied by students or even classrooms. The college's first farm tenants primed the land for agricultural experimentation. This early practice lead to Iowa State Agricultural College and Model Farm opening its doors to Iowa students for free in 1869 under the [[Morrill Act of 1862|Morrill Act]] (or Land-grant Act) of 1862.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.museums.iastate.edu/FarmHouse.htm| title = Iowa State University Museums Farm House Museum online| access-date = March 11, 2011| archive-date = February 25, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110225151332/http://www.museums.iastate.edu/FarmHouse.htm| url-status = live}}</ref>

Many prominent figures have made the Farm House their home throughout its 150 years of use. The first president of the college, [[Adonijah Welch]], briefly stayed at the Farm House and even wrote his inaugural speech in a bedroom on the second floor.  James "Tama Jim" Wilson resided for much of the 1890s with his family at the Farm House until he joined President [[William McKinley]]'s cabinet as [[U.S. Secretary of Agriculture]]. Agriculture Dean Charles Curtiss and his young family replaced Wilson and became the longest resident of Farm House.

In 1976, over 110 years after the initial construction, the Farm House became a museum after much time and effort was put into restoring the early beauty of the modest farm home.  Today, faculty, students, and community members can enjoy the museum while honoring its significance in shaping a nationally recognized land-grant university. Its collection boasts a large collection of 19th and early 20th century decorative arts, furnishings and material culture reflecting Iowa State and Iowa heritage.  Objects include furnishings from [[Carrie Chapman Catt]] and Charles Curtiss, a wide variety of quilts, a modest collection of textiles and apparel, and various china and glassware items.

The Farm House Museum is an on-campus educational resource providing a changing environment of exhibitions among the historical permanent collection objects that are on display.

==== Art on Campus Collection ====
Iowa State is home to one of the largest campus public art programs in the United States.  Over 2,000 works of public art, including 600 by significant national and international artists, are located across campus in buildings, courtyards, open spaces and offices.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.museums.iastate.edu/AOC.htm| title = Iowa State University Museums Art on Campus online| access-date = March 11, 2011| archive-date = February 25, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110225151334/http://www.museums.iastate.edu/AOC.htm| url-status = live}}</ref>

The traditional public art program began during the Depression in the 1930s when Iowa State College's President Raymond Hughes envisioned that "the arts would enrich and provide substantial intellectual exploration into our college curricula." Hughes invited [[Grant Wood]] to create the Library's agricultural murals that speak to the founding of Iowa and Iowa State College and Model Farm. He also offered [[Christian Petersen (sculptor)|Christian Petersen]] a one-semester sculptor residency to design and build the fountain and bas relief at the Dairy Industry Building. In 1955, 21 years later, Petersen retired having created 12 major sculptures for the campus and hundreds of small studio sculptures.

The Art on Campus Collection is a campus-wide resource of over 2000 public works of art. Programs, receptions, dedications, university classes, Wednesday Walks, and educational tours are presented on a regular basis.

==== Christian Petersen Art Museum ====
[[Image:Justin Smith Morrill - Brady-Handy.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Justin Smith Morrill]], namesake of Morrill Hall]]
The Christian Petersen Art Museum in [[Morrill Hall (Iowa State University)|Morrill Hall]] is named for the nation's first permanent campus artist-in-residence, [[Christian Petersen (sculptor)|Christian Petersen]], who sculpted and taught at Iowa State from 1934 through 1955, and is considered the founding artist of the Art on Campus Collection.

Named for [[Justin Smith Morrill]] who created the [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act]], Morrill Hall was completed in 1891.  Originally constructed to fill the capacity of a library, museum, and chapel, its original uses are engraved in the exterior stonework on the east side.  The building was vacated in 1996 when it was determined unsafe and was also listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] the same year.  In 2005, $9 million was raised to renovate the building and convert it into a museum.  Completed and reopened in March 2007, Morrill Hall is home to the Christian Petersen Art Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/buildings/building.asp?id=91 |title= ISU Building Information |website= iowa State University  |access-date= February 9, 2024 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230930023016/https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/buildings/building.asp?id=91 |archive-date= 2023-09-30 }}</ref>

As part of University Museums, the Christian Petersen Art Museum at Morrill Hall is the home of the Christian Petersen Art Collection, the Art on Campus Program, the University Museums's Visual Literacy and Learning Program, and Contemporary Changing Art Exhibitions Program.

Located within the Christian Petersen Art Museum are the Lyle and Nancy Campbell Art Gallery, the Roy and Bobbi Reiman Public Art Studio Gallery, the Margaret Davidson Center for the Study of the Art on Campus Collection, the Edith D. and Torsten E. Lagerstrom Loaned Collections Center, and the Neva M. Petersen Visual Learning Gallery. University Museums shares the James R. and Barbara R. Palmer Small Objects Classroom in Morrill Hall.<ref name="isucpam"/>

==== Anderson Sculpture Garden ====
The Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden is located by the Christian Petersen Art Museum at historic Morrill Hall. The [[sculpture garden]] design incorporates sculptures, a gathering arena, and sidewalks and pathways. Planted with perennials, ground cover, shrubs, and flowering trees, the landscape design provides a setting for works of 20th and 21st century sculpture, primarily American.  Ranging from forty-four inches to nearly nine feet high and from bronze to other metals, these works of art represent both modern and contemporary sculpture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museums.iastate.edu/ASGMain.htm|title=Anderson Sculpture Garden Main|work=iastate.edu|access-date=March 11, 2011|archive-date=February 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225151345/http://www.museums.iastate.edu/ASGMain.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The sculpture garden is adjacent to Iowa State's {{convert|22|acre|m2}} central campus.

=== Sustainability ===
Iowa State's composting facility is capable of processing over 10,000 tons of organic waste every year.<ref name="ISU promotes sustainability via an all-university compost facility.">{{cite web| title =ISU promotes sustainability via an all-university compost facility| publisher =Iowa State University News| url =http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2009/may/compost.shtml| access-date =June 10, 2009| archive-date =May 13, 2009| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090513201527/http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2009/may/compost.shtml| url-status =live}}</ref><ref name="New web site charts campus building energy use">{{cite web| title =New web site charts campus building energy use| publisher =Iowa State University| url =http://www.iastate.edu/Inside/2009/0417/energywatch.shtml| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090420225219/http://www.iastate.edu/Inside/2009/0417/energywatch.shtml| url-status=dead| archive-date =April 20, 2009| access-date =June 10, 2009}}</ref> The school's $3 million revolving loan fund loans money for energy efficiency and conservation projects on campus.<ref name="Live Green revolving loan fund">{{cite web| title =Live Green revolving loan fund| publisher =Iowa State University News| url =http://www.livegreen.iastate.edu/loan/| access-date =June 10, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090503104949/http://www.livegreen.iastate.edu/loan/| archive-date =May 3, 2009}}</ref> In the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card issued by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, the university received a B grade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/iowa-state-university |title=Iowa State University - Green Report Card 2011 |publisher=Greenreportcard.org |date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2014 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110203201/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/iowa-state-university |url-status=live }}</ref>