Guests visit Iowa State University's mascot, Cy, during the 2025 Iowa State Fair. (Photo by Chris Gannon)AMES, Iowa – Visitors to the Iowa State University exhibit at the 2026 Iowa State Fair will take a trip down memory lane from the 1960s through today. Gus Peterson, a 2026 Iowa State Doctor of Veterinary Medicine graduate, shows a young pig to visitors at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. Hannah Pollard, a 2026 Iowa State Doctor of Veterinary Medicine graduate, cares for a horse at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. Cordray, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine graduate of Iowa State’s College of Veterinary Medicine and president of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA), will be showing “Comet,” owned by her son, Hayes Cordray.