NCAA certification

11 steps to certification

1. Iowa State begins self-study process with orientation videoconference

   September 17, 2010

2. Iowa State develops self-study report

   September 17, 2010 - April 29, 2011

3. Self-study report is submitted to the NCAA

   April 29, 2011

4. NCAA staff liaison reviews report for preliminary issues

   April 29, 2011 - May 31, 2011

5. NCAA committee on athletics certification reviews self-study report and approves issues

   June 1, 2011 - August 15, 2011

6. Iowa State responds to issues identified in NCAA committee on athletics certification analysis

   August 11, 2011 - two weeks prior to the evaluation visit

7. Peer-review team conducts evaluation visit and writes report

   September 15, 2011 - November 18, 2011

8. Peer-review team report sent to Iowa State for response

   Within two weeks following campus visit

9. Iowa State submits response to peer-review team report

   December 16, 2011

10. NCAA committee on athletics certification deliberates and issues a final decision

    February 2012

11. Certification decision announced publicly

    April 2012