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ORM update - June 2022
News and announcements
Staff departures

This month we are saying goodbye to two staff members:

Pierce Zanders, insurance and risk analyst, will join Sammons Financial as a manager in internal controls. His last day in the office will be June 23. Pierce has been in his current role in risk management for two years, and in that time has been active in DEI efforts and in building relationships with partners and stakeholders across campus. We appreciate your positive energy and thank you for your contributions, Pierce!

Danielle Koester will be leaving our office on June 28 to attend medical school at Des Moines University. Danielle joined our office in spring of 2019 as an undergraduate office assistant, and quickly became an invaluable part of our team. She has served as a program/special project assistant for the past two years and has been instrumental in the implementation of several major process and system improvements. We value her many contributions, not the least of which is her positive, can-do attitude. Danielle, you will be greatly missed!
Symposium session recordings available

Missed the spring Youth Programs Symposium? Video recordings of all sessions are now available. Click below or visit the 2022 symposium webpage for descriptions and links.
ISU presentation at NAFSA


Shaun M. Jamieson, international risk manager, recently presented at the NAFSA annual conference and expo.

Shaun teamed with Michael Newton, associate vice president for public safety/chief of police and Frank Peters, C.G. "Turk" and Joyce A. Therkildsen Professor, associate professor in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, and director of the Study Abroad Center to discuss Iowa State’s Incident Command System (ICS) as a model for education abroad incident response. They highlighted ISU's COVID-19 pandemic response as a case study.
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From left: Frank Peters, Michael Newton and
Shaun M. Jamieson. Photo by Marcia Henisz
The annual conference is attended by professionals in the areas of education abroad, international student and scholar services, and international student recruitment.

NAFSA is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange, with more than 10,000 members at more than 3,500 institutions, in over 150 countries.
Newsletter hiatus

We will not publish our monthly newsletter in July. We look forward to reconnecting with you in August as the fall semester begins.
Trivia is back!
About how many youth are currently expected to participate in 2022 summer programs on campus?
2,500
5,000
7,100
Submit the correct answer by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 20 for a chance to win a tote bag of mystery swag!
Danielle Koester
Group photo of Office of Risk Management staff.
ORM staff, from left: Brooke Lents, Pierce Zanders, Susie Johnson, Cally Jennett, Kurt Beyer, Beeta Siwik, Shaun Jamieson, Brandy Cunningham, Stacy Ewing. Not pictured: Danielle Koester
Mission statement: The Office of Risk Management provides expertise, resources and solutions
to positively impact the university’s financial, physical and reputational well-being.