![Professor Terri Boylston teaches online from her office](/media/2022/01/ZC3F.jpg)
In the winter session home stretch
About 50 faculty leading winter session courses are in the home stretch this week. Inside caught up with one of them.
Denials were rare in first round of WorkFlex requests
About 15% of eligible staff requested a flexible work arrangement under the new WorkFlex program, and nearly 95% of the requests were approved, according to data UHR leaders shared at the Professional and Scientific Council's Jan. 6 meeting.
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Additional cleaning
Custodial services will ramp up with hiring
Standardized test score dropped from admission requirements
The state Board of Regents voted Jan. 12 to move ahead with making national standardized tests -- the ACT or SAT -- optional for admission to Iowa's three public universities.
![Sandwich board tells campus the building is closed](/media/2022/01/4GFX.jpg)
Closed for water damage
Burst water pipe relocates admissions, registrar teams
When the semester begins Tuesday, registrar staff will receive walk-in clients at 2157 Hixson-Lied, admissions staff will serve walk-in guests at 2630 MU (office of new student programs).
Spring public health measures to be similar to fall
Faculty, staff and students will have another opportunity to get vaccinated on campus soon, one of many spring semester public health measures that will resemble those in the fall, with one key exception.
Extension looking for diversity ambassadors
Extension staff, faculty, council members and administrators are being recruited for roles as diversity ambassadors. They will be front-line representatives to ensure extension is meaningfully accessible to the widest range of Iowans.