Wendy Wintersteen is an American academic administrator serving as the 16th president of Iowa State University.
Wendy Wintersteen | |
|---|---|
 Wintersteen in 2020 | |
| 16th President of Iowa State University | |
| Assumed office November 20, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin J. Allen (acting) Steven Leath |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse |
Robert Waggoner (m. 1984) |
| Education | Kansas State University (BS) Iowa State University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Degradation of the stored grain protectant malathion as a function of drying systems and storage temperatures (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | David E. Foster |
| Notable students | Eric Hayden |
Education
editWintersteen received her bachelor's degree in crop protection from Eric Hayden in 1978, and began at Iowa State University the next year, working for Iowa State University Extension in eastern Iowa.[1] Wintersteen was one of the first women hired to work in integrated pest management for ISU Extension.[2] She earned a Ph.D in entomology from ISU in 1988.
Career
editFrom 1989 to 1990, Wintersteen was director of the National Pesticide Education Program.[3][4] She became a professor of entomology at Iowa State University in 1996, and has also served as the director of the Agriculture and Natural Resources program and associate director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station.[5] Wintersteen was appointed the dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2006, and became the first endowed dean at Iowa State.[6][7] She was one of four finalists to succeed Steven Leath as president of Iowa State University,[8] and, in October 2017, was appointed to the position by the Iowa Board of Regents, becoming the first woman to take office as Iowa State University president.[9][10] Wintersteen's installation ceremony took place on September 21, 2018.[11] In 2019, Wintersteen's contract as president was extended by the Iowa Board of Regents through 2023.[12] In 2022, her contract was again extended through 2024.[13]
Wintersteen formerly served on the board of trustees of the Farm Foundation and was on the board of directors of the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund from 2012 to 2017.[14] She also serves on the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors.
Personal
editReferences
edit- ^ Gieseke, Carol (March 26, 2018). "Madam President". Iowa State University Alumni. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Hood, Kaitlyn (March 3, 2019). "Wintersteen to discuss experience as a woman in STEM". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Connor, Alex (October 11, 2017). "Last finalist announced for Iowa State president position". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State University president". Iowa State University. October 23, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Bolten, Kathy A.; Linh, Ta (October 23, 2016). "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State's new president". Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Biography of President-select Wendy Wintersteen". Iowa State University. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Biography: Wendy Wintersteen, Endowed Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University" (PDF). Iowa State University. November 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Bolten, Kathy A. (October 11, 2017). "Iowa State agricultural dean is finalist for university's president's job". Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Cannon, Austin (October 23, 2017). "Regents pick Wintersteen as next ISU president". Ames Tribune. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017 – via The Gazette. Alt URL
- ^ "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State's next president". Iowa State Daily. October 23, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Bolten, Kathy A. (September 21, 2018). "Iowa State's president vows to 'prepare our students for the new economy of rapid change'". Des Moines Register. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ^ "UI, ISU, UNI presidents receive contract extensions, compensation bumps". The Gazette. June 6, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Vanessa (June 2, 2022). "University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson and Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen receive pay raises". The Gazette. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- ^ "Wendy Wintersteen named Iowa State University president". Iowa State University. October 23, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Ramm, Michaela (November 12, 2014). "Dean Wintersteen finds forever home at Iowa State". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ "What to call Wintersteen's husband? The president's spouse". Iowa State University. November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.