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President's homepage About Geoffroy Biography Download photo Speeches Planning Strategic plan Accreditation, planning President's report 'Where Breakthroughs Happen' (PDF) President's staff President's Council ISU organization chart Distinguished Awards Celebration 2008 Presidential Lecture series	President Geoffroy congratulates assistant professor Michael Clough at the awards ceremony. Geoffroy sets goals for coming year Filling key leadership positions, clearing the $700 million mark in the university's capital campaign and advancing the university's energy-saving initiative Live Green! are among president Gregory Geoffroy's goals for the Iowa State community this year. Geoffroy outlined his objectives during the university convocation and awards ceremony Sept. 22. TEXT: President's convocation address. VIDEO: President's address \| Awards ceremony \| Entire ceremony. (Video requires RealPlayer.) ISU wins grant to create NSF center for biorenewable chemicals The National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State and its research partners an $18.5 million grant to establish the NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals based at Iowa State. The center's focus will be to develop catalysts that promote the chemical reactions that can efficiently produce biorenewable chemicals. More. High-tech groundbreaking President Geoffroy took groundbreaking to a new level, operating a backhoe during the Sept. 8 ceremony celebrating the start of work on the Biorenewables Research Laboratory. RAGBRAI riders President Geoffroy and Kathy Geoffroy joined thousands of RAGBRAI riders who wheeled through campus July 22. View RAGBRAI video. ISU's conservation, sustainability efforts move forward A new director of sustainability programs is among several new Live Green! initiatives recently announced by President Geoffroy. More. Vision: To make ISU a model of energy efficiency President Geoffroy and his newly appointed advisory committee seek to make Iowa State University a model of energy efficiency -- a university that leads the way in conserving energy and minimizing its impact on global climate change. More. President's report: 'Where Breakthroughs Happen' This president's report looks back at recent accomplishments and breakthroughs at Iowa State University and ahead to an even brighter future. See the report: Where Breakthroughs Happen (PDF file). About the president Gregory Geoffroy became Iowa State's 14th president on Sunday, July 1, 2001. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a teacher, researcher and administrator to Iowa State. Feature on the Geoffroys \| Biography	Making an impact Iowa State is the source of $1.52 billion that is channeled into the Iowa economy each year -- more than six times the state's annual appropriation to ISU. Read more about ISU's contributions to the Iowa economy (pdf). The adventure At Iowa State, students embark on the adventure of a lifetime. View video. President Gregory Geoffroy.