Iowa’s 1862 Land-Grant Institution: Iowa State University
https://www.iastate.edu @IowaStateU
In 1858, the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm was officially established. Iowa was the first state in the nation to accept the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act. In 1898, it was renamed Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts. In 1959, the college was officially renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology. However, the short-form name Iowa State University has widespread usage, including official documents such as diplomas.
President: In 2017, Wendy Wintersteen became the first woman president of Iowa State University. Dr. Wintersteen has a strong land-grant pedigree, holding a bachelor’s degree in crop production from the land-grant institution of Kansas State University and a doctorate in entomology from her current land-grant institution of Iowa State University.
