IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT STEVEN LEATH IS WINDING UP HIS FIRST YEAR AS SCHOOL PRESIDENT.

THE 15TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY SAYS HE'S BEEN FOCUSING ON SEVERAL KEY AREAS IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN AMES:



LEATH RECEIVED AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT WHEN THE IOWA BOARD OF REGENTS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THEY WOULD NOT INCREASE TUITION COSTS AT STATE UNIVERSITIES IN THE COMING YEAR;



HE SAYS A LOT OF GREAT I-S-U STUDENTS COME FROM WESTERN IOWA, AND HE WANTS THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

LEATH SPOKE TO THE DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY ROTARY CLUB MONDAY AFTERNOON.