爱荷华州立大学：科学与实践相结合
英文导读
Back to its origin
Iowa State University of Science and Technology， more commonly known as Iowa State University (ISU)， is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames， Iowa， United States. In 1856， the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to establish the State Agricultural College and Model Farm. Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm (now Iowa State University) was officially established on March 22， 1858， by the legislature of the State of Iowa. Iowa was the first state in the nation to accept the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862. Iowa subsequently designated Iowa State as the land-grant college on March 29， 1864. Iowa State is a leader in agriculture， engineering， extension， and home economics， and created the nation"s first state veterinary medicine school in 1879. In 1933， Iowa State established the Statistical Laboratory. It was and is the first research and consulting institute of its kind in the country.
On July 4， 1959， the college was officially renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology. However， the short name "Iowa State University"is used even in official documents.
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System： ISU is organized into eight colleges that offer 100 Bachelors degree programs， 115 Masters programs， 83 Ph.D programs， and one professional degree program in Veterinary Medicine.ISU consists of the following colleges： College of Agriculture and Life Sciences， College of Business， College of Design， College of Engineering， College of Human Sciences， College of Liberal Arts & Sciences， College of Veterinary Medicine.In addition to these seven colleges， the Graduate College oversees graduate study in all fields.
VEISHEA： Iowa State celebrated its first VEISHEA in 1922. The name of the festival is an acronym， based on the first letters of Iowa State"s colleges： Veterinary Medicine， Engineering， Industrial Science， Home Economics， and Agriculture. VEISHEA has grown to become the largest student-run festival in the nation. Its traditions includes open houses， a cultural festival， an international food fair， and carnival games for children， etc.
生词助读
acronym [krnim] n. 首字母缩略词
open house 开放参观日；家庭招待会
carnival [kɑ：nivl] n. 狂欢节；嘉年华
中文概述
爱荷华州立大学建立于1858年，是美国爱荷华州的公立大学，也是一所土地赠与学院，位于该州安姆斯。其全称为爱荷华州立科学与技术大学，该校前身为爱荷华州立农学与机械学院，是一座以莫利尔学院土地赠送法案而创建的大学。
全校共分八所学院，最好的学科除了工程、农科和兽医学外，商科、设计、教育和传播学等都很有名气。目前最突出的学科是工程和农科。近些年，爱荷华州立大学在农业生物科技，植物和动物基因工程，生物信息工程，农产品和市场开发，人类营养，人类电脑功能，生物再利用和食品安全等重要的领域进行了大胆的新的成果转化研究。爱荷华州立大学以其在科学，工程和农学方面的专业见长，并且是世界上第一台电子计算机阿塔纳索夫-贝瑞计算机的诞生地，也是美国第一所公立兽医医院，第一所统计实验室的的诞生地。
爱荷华州立大学也由于VEISHEA而著名﹐这是一个每年春天在校园内举办的娱乐和教育相结合的庆典。其名源自1922年庆典创办之初的五个学院：兽医(Veterinary Medicine)，工程(Engineering)，工业科技(Industrial Science)，家庭经济(Home Economics)，和农学(Agriculture)的首字母组合。其主办者宣称这项活动是世界上最大的由学生组织的文化庆典之一。
学校的治安良好、景色优美，学术风格优异，加上该校为州立的高等学府，因此每年吸引大量来自世界各地的国际学生。
梦想成功录
If you ride a horse， sit close and tight； if you ride a man， sit easy and light.
骑马时应紧贴马背，待人则应平和可亲。
If you want to have wealth and happiness， you must know how to handle frustration.
如果你想拥有财富和幸福， 你就必须学会如何处理沮丧！