Iowa State University

ISU ALUM READY TO SOAR

When NASA launches the space shuttle Endeavour in June 2007, its crew will include the first Iowa State University alum to become an astronaut. Clayton C. Anderson, who earned his master’s degree in aerospace engineering at Iowa State in 1983, will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) where he will spend up to four months as a member of the Expedition 15 crew. And, he’s prepared to give Iowa State some visibility in outer space. At a meeting in Houston last year, Iowa State President Gregory Geoffroy presented Anderson a university pennant, hat, and shirt to take on his space mission.
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AFTER ACCIDENT, STUDENT VOWS 'FOREVER IS NOT AN OPTION'

Just over a year ago, the life of Iowa State sophomore Lee Harris changed dramatically. Harris severed his spinal column in a motorcycle accident and became paralyzed from the chest down. Though his doctors told him he would never walk again, he wasn't satisfied with that assessment. "My family and I decided right away that we were not going to leave it at that," he said. So Harris and his family started doing some research and they found an alternative to doing nothing.
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