Student Announcements
June 2017
Watch for Lincoln Way overnight lane closures July 5 and 6
Hydro-Klean crews, contracted by the city of Ames, will be working on the sanitary sewer line that crosses Lincoln Way at Beach Road during the nights of July 5 and 6. This will require lane closures, including turning lanes. Drivers and pedestrians in the area are asked to be alert to traffic control cones and signage. During the same two nights, a westbound Lincoln Way lane also will close between Welch and Hayward avenues for the same type of work.
Plan ahead for first-floor access to Marston elevators July 3-14
Floor work in Marston Hall during the first two weeks of July will restrict first-floor access to the building's elevators. The week of July 3-7, individuals who need to use an elevator should enter the east door of Marston. The week of July 10-14, those individuals should enter the building through the north door on the west side to have access to an elevator. The floor work affects only elevator access; throughout the project, all exterior doors will be open and the building's stairwells will be accessible.
Hort farm strawberries are for sale
The university community produce program at the horticulture farm north of Ames is selling strawberries, Russian kale and garlic scapes this week. Use your NetID to log in and see the weekly offerings, posted each Monday afternoon during growing season. Place your order online by noon Thursday, and pick it up Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. near the east entrance of Curtiss Hall. Cash and check are the acceptable payment forms. More info.
Find out what's new with WorkCyte
Monthly updates on the WorkCyte initiative that will streamline campus systems and processes are being posted on the WorkCyte website. The June update includes:
- A WorkCyte progress tracking tool
- An overview and schedule for Okta
- Service delivery guiding principles, model and activities
- Upcoming initiatives (data collection, readiness workshops)
Questions and feedback about the WorkCyte initiative can be submitted online.
Altered sequence for Pammel-Stange traffic lights should ease congestion
Facilities staff reprogramed the traffic signals at the Pammel Drive-Stange Road intersection June 5 to reduce traffic delays caused by a summer-long intersection improvement project. The new traffic sequence is time-based (not vehicle-based) and allows just north/south traffic to proceed, followed by just westbound traffic and then just eastbound traffic. The signals will remain in this sequence (with tweaking if traffic patterns warrant them) until the new signals are operational. The anticipated completion time for the project is the first week of August. The signal reprogramming should alleviate some traffic congestion due specifically to:
- Traffic control barriers that force vehicles into lanes from which they can't trigger the left turn arrows
- Fewer in-pavement traffic detection loops as pavement is removed and replaced (the new traffic system will use radar, not pavement loops, to detect vehicles)
UHR launches new website
University human resources has launched its new website (www.hr.iastate.edu). In collaboration with the information technology staff, UHR studied where employees spend time on the website, what they're looking up and what content they're using. The site redesign also focused on usability features, a customer-focused navigation and standards for organizing and displaying content.
Bissell Road section to close June 12-25
A section of Bissell Road will be closed Monday, June 12, through Sunday, June 25, for underground utility tie-ins for the future Student Innovation Center. The impacted road section is from just south of Osborn Drive to just north of the entrances to parking lots 3 (south of Howe Hall) and 8 (south of Hoover Hall). Access to Osborn Drive and those lots will remain open. CyRide routes that normally use Bissell will instead use Sheldon Avenue or Morrill Road.