CLASsy Deans
The Dean and five associate deans
Sara Sanders
Chris Cheatum, Christine Getz, Cornelia Lang, Josh Weiner, Roland Racevskis
The year in which CLAS was founded
1900
The TV battle won by Molly's cupcakes
Cupcake wars on Netflix
The number of CLAS majors
69 or 70 (depending on source)
Number of undergraduate students in CLAS
17,000
Home departments of CLAS Dean and associate deans (name two)
In 1855, Iowa was the first state institution to do this.
Admit men and women on a equal basis
What building named after a geology department chair was moved to it's current location on rollers
Calvin Hall
The alphabetically first and alphabetically last CLAS certificates
Aging and longevity studies
Writing
The percentage of UI undergraduates in CLAS
70%
Previous CLAS deans (name two)
Steve Goddard, Chaden Djalili, Linda Maxson, Judith Aiken, Jerry Lowenberg, Howard Laster
Three of UI’s current colleges that were originally part of CLAS
Engineering, Education, Commerce (now Business)
Calvin Hall was featured in which popular TV sitcom
Friends
List three of the CLAS programs ranked within the top five by US News & World Report
Nonfiction writing 1, Iowa Writer’s Workshop 1, Speech-language pathology 1, Audiology 2, Social Psychology 3, Printmaking 4
Number of graduate students in CLAS
1,900
Correct spelling of the Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities' last name
Racevskis
Not one of the 19 disciplinary areas represented by the original CLAS professors
Zoology, Physics, Greek Language and Literature, Biology, Civil Engineering (select one)
Biology
The famous architect who designed both Art Building West and the Visual Arts Building
Steven Holl
Original four General Education areas in CLAS
English, foreign language, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics
60%
The area in which Sara Sanders has published multiple articles
Gerontology and death and dying
The year in which the college was renamed to CLAS
2001
The budget for building Schaeffer Hall in 1897
No more than $150,000
The restaurant that made Ashton Kutcher famous and which college his major was in
The Airliner
Engineering-Biochemical Engineering
Number of living alumni
160,000