Iowa State University’s land-grant mission has three parts: teaching, research, and extension and outreach. Extension and Outreach puts the university’s research and resources to work throughout the state of Iowa. And that’s kind of a big deal.
Iowa State University’s land-grant mission has three parts: teaching, research, and extension and outreach. Extension and Outreach puts the university’s research and resources to work throughout the state of Iowa. And that’s kind of a big deal.
President Leath wants Iowa State to become the university that best serves its state. That’s the whole point of a land-grant university. Extension and Outreach is making a difference for Iowans.
Extension and Outreach connects Iowans to Iowa State University’s academic programs and scientists. We provide access and build capacity so Iowa State education and research can benefit Iowans quickly and effectively — and Iowans can inform the evolving research.
Here in Iowa, people care about each other and their communities. That’s why they have invested in Iowa State University — and Extension and Outreach. We honor that investment as we put the university’s research to work throughout the state. It’s our land-grant mission.
Iowa State University tends to do things first. We were the first land-grant university, and we were the first in the nation to engage citizens and begin Extension and Outreach, over a hundred years ago. And we know Iowa’s people and places. With about 1,000 faculty and staff all across the state, we are everywhere – for all Iowans.
2017 Annual Report: Building a #StrongIowa
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is a key player for economic development efforts in the university’s strategic plan. We build a strong Iowa by engaging all Iowans in research, education, and extension experiences to address real-life challenges.
2018 Annual Report: Listening, Learning, and Working for a #STRONGIOWA
Every year more than 1 million Iowans directly benefit from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach educational programs for economic growth, healthy families, thriving communities and sustainable environments.
2020 changed how Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serves Iowans, but not why: We want a strong Iowa. As our state recovers from the pandemic, the recession, the drought, and the derecho, we will continue finding new ways to deliver research-based education and information to Iowans.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides research-based education and engages Iowans in solving today’s problems and preparing for a thriving future. We support what Iowans value: #STRONGIOWA. See highlights from 2019.
