Teamwork helps protect campus, community from rising waters
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Written by: Tim Schoon
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Teamwork and preparation are key for the University of Iowa in anticipation of potential flooding on campus to protect buildings and resources, but, more important, UI students, faculty, staff, and community members. View the images below to see the activity underway.

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A woman passes a sandbag to a man who are both helping prepare for potential flooding on the Ui campus.
A skid loader moves sandbags
Crews work to protect the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories for potential flooding.
A group of men shovel sand to help fill sandbags.
A group forms a line, working together to pass sandbags on campus.
One man passes a sandbag to another.
A man passes a sandbag to a woman.
A man passes a sandbag to another man.
A woman moves books.
A woman moves books.
A woman carries books in the lower level of the UI Main Library.
Staff reviewing materials and books in the UI Main Library.
Library staff move books.
lot closed sign
HESCO barriers lined up outside of UI building.
Water spills onto the sidewalk along the Iowa River.
An invisible wall now surrounds the UI Art Building West.
A woman removes an instrument from the UI Music Building.
HESCO Barriers are lined up outside of the former UI Museum of Art building on the UI campus.
U.S. Congressman Dave Loebsack (far left) tours the campus with several others.