Iowa State University - the private company, the token, and the influence

Iowa State University is a private company in 18IA. Yes, a corporation's investment into founding a land-grant college produces income, just like a normal private company. The ISU token can be placed on any town to increase the route's value by $10. Beyond that, it is the token in the game removed the last, after all other influence tokens are removed. Best of all, at game's end, the last player to have owned the ISU certificate gets an additional $400 added to their final score.

I am trying here to make a private company that's functional even after private companies are removed from play, and again, to make the role of towns distinctive and appealing in the early-to-mid game.

As a side note, both my parents and one of my sisters are ISU alumni. It may appall some that I'm leaving Ames as a town on the map (while still allowing the formation of ISU in other towns on the map), as it was created for the purpose of supporting Iowa State University in the first place. That's the beauty of historic re-creations: the joy of the what-if?