What is Iowa State University?
[[Image:VEISHEA2006.jpg|right|thumb|VEISHEA's Battle of the Bands with the Campanile in the background of the front of the campus.]] '''Iowa State University of Science and Technology''' or as it is better known, '''Iowa State University''' is a public [[university]] in [[Ames, Iowa|Ames]], [[Iowa]]. The university has about 33,000 students. It was founded in [[1858]]. The president of the university is Wendy Wintersteen. [[George Washington Carver]] was a student at Iowa State. ==Sports== The athletics teams of the university are called the Cyclones. They have 16 varsity teams and they compete in the [[Big 12 Conference]]. ==Other websites== *[http://www.iastate.edu/ Iowa State University's Official website] {{Big 12 Conference}} {{Iowa}} {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Association of American Universities]] [[Category:Big 12 Conference]] [[Category:Colleges and universities in Iowa]] [[Category:1858 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1850s establishments in Iowa]]