{"id":2776,"date":"2020-08-07T07:44:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iawatercenter.wordpress.com\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2020-08-07T07:44:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:44:21","slug":"a-fond-farewell-to-the-water-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/a-fond-farewell-to-the-water-community\/","title":{"rendered":"A fond farewell to the water community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was June 25, 2012 \u2013 my first day on the job at the Iowa Water Center. Rick was in Canada on a fishing trip, so I went to get lunch on my own. I ran to an old standby, Hy-Vee Chinese, and when I got to the fortune cookie, what did I see?<\/p>\n<p><em>You will be successful in your work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I kept that fortune taped to my desk at work from that very first day up until now, my last day at the Iowa Water Center. Looking at the eight years in-between, I think we can safely say that my fortune proved true, thanks to the patience, energy, and collaboration of the hundreds of brilliant colleagues I\u2019ve met since that first day.<\/p>\n<p>On August 10, I will begin a new chapter in my career as the associate director of operations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niamrre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education<\/a>(NIAMRRE). Similar to the Iowa Water Center, NIAMRRE is administered by Iowa State University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.iastate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of the Vice President for Research<\/a> and seeks to connect researchers, educators, and practitioners to solve one of society\u2019s most pressing issues. Also similar is the systems approach taken by both institutes: <a href=\"http:\/\/uswateralliance.org\/one-water\">One Water<\/a>, where we recognize that all water is connected and has value, and <a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthcertified.org\/\">One Health<\/a>, where we recognize that human health, animal health, and environmental health are inseparable and sectors must work together to advance science and practice.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has met me knows that I\u2019m not a person of few words, but I\u2019ll try to succinctly capture our success together over the last eight years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2012, we managed $92,335 in sponsored funds each year; today, we administer over $1.75M in sponsored funds for multi- and interdisciplinary research, outreach, and education projects.<\/li>\n<li>We grew our outreach from a static website to a comprehensive multimedia strategy with thousands of engagements each month.<\/li>\n<li>We supported nearly 50 faculty and 60 graduate and undergraduate students through our competitive grants program, including directly funding original projects designed by graduate students through the addition of our graduate student supplemental grant program.<\/li>\n<li>We grew the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aep.iastate.edu\/iwc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa Water Conference<\/a> in every single metric: attendance, exhibitors, posters, workshops, planning committee members. But more importantly, the conference became the embodiment of the vast amount of hard work and passion the water community expends each year. It is more than a conference. It is a celebration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What these statistics don\u2019t capture is the breadth of new projects and initiatives to which we\u2019ve led or contributed, and, most importantly, the friends we\u2019ve made along the way. When we launch our new website later this month, I hope you\u2019ll see your role in achieving our vision of a robust and connected water science community.<\/p>\n<p>While leaving my water family is bittersweet, I am absolutely confident that the foundation we\u2019ve laid together will continue to advance water science to meet Iowa\u2019s water resource needs. I won\u2019t be far, and I look forward to watching the Iowa Water Center and the Iowa water community flourish.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-2218 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/melissa-headshot_0.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa headshot_0\" width=\"146\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Melissa Miller served as the associate director of the Iowa Water Center from 2016-2020 following her tenure as program coordinator from 2012-2016. She holds a BS in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Community and Public Health and MS degree in Community Development with an emphasis in Natural Resource Management, both from Iowa State University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was June 25, 2012 \u2013 my first day on the job at the Iowa Water Center. 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