A ceremony in Ames (Friday) formerly installed the first woman to hold the top leadership position at Iowa State University. Wendy Wintersteen was already the dean of the I-S-U College of Agriculture and Life Sciences when she was tabbed by the Board of Regents to be the next president almost one year ago.
Wintersteen completed her doctorate at Iowa State and served in several positions as she moved up the ranks in 40 years at the school.
She says she wants to build on the history of the school’s ability to develop new ideas and inventions.
Wintersteen replaces Stephen Leath who left I-S-U to become the president at Auburn University.
