When Joe Herring received the 2003 Xi Sigma Pi – G.B. MacDonald Senior Award in April, many of those present at the Wild Game Banquet probably had slight knowledge of Professor MacDonald’s achievements during the development of Iowa’s and the university’s forestry programs. Hopefully, this brief note will help.

On Sunday February 23rd people from all over Story County teamed up to participate in the annual Relay For Life fundraiser, with the main goal of generating funds which could be used for research, advocacy, education, and patient services with respect to cancer. This event ran from7 in the morning to roughly 2:30 in the afternoon, consisting of opening ceremonies, the relays themselves, and a wide variety of entertainment, which carried on throughout the day.