The Graffito -- February 2007

Show Your Spirit with Graduate College Shirts You probably have been seeing a different UNI shirt on campus these days. The Graduate Student Advisory Board has helped create long sleeve t-shirts specifically for UNI graduate students. The long sleeve t-shirts can be purchased at University Book & Supply. Get one today and show your spirit! _______________________________________________ Graduate Student Appreciation Week -- April 2-6, 2007 The Graduate Student Advisory Board is planning a week-long celebration to honor our graduate students and inform potential graduate students of the benefits of graduate education. Watch your e-mail and the next issue of The Graffito for more details. _______________________________________________ Career Services for Grad Students UNI Academic Advising and Career Services is available to assist graduate students in the development of job search strategies. Students are encouraged to meet with professional staff for review of their resume, CV, and job search correspondence. Mock interviews are also available. To make an appointment with a professional staff member call Academic Advising and Career Services at 273-6857. Office hours are 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. _______________________________________________ Free GRE Workshops If you are planning to re-take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) General Test before you apply to doctoral programs, brush up on your skills with a free 4-week course. The Department of Academic Services offers courses for the quantitative and verbal sections of the test. Visit Academic Services for a listing of Spring courses or call 273-6023. _______________________________________________ New Criminology MA The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology announces a new Master of Arts degree in Criminology, to begin fall 2007. The program is designed to prepare students for Ph.D. study or practical work in applied fields related to criminology and criminal justice. The program provides specialized courses in theory, policy, and substantive criminological issues exposing students to a combination of theoretical, scientific, and practical approaches to criminology. For more information, visit Criminology Department Web Site. _______________________________________________ Got Ideas? If you have any ideas or submissions for The Graffito online newsletter, please send them to Christine at clb29@uni.edu. If you have any ideas for graduate networking or social activities, please contact Katie at kkuker@uni.edu. If you have any ideas or questions about Career Services, please contact Katie at kae@uni.edu.		The New Graduate Student Advisory Board Moves Forward on Initiatives To form a more cohesive graduate community and give graduate students a voice in decisions that affect them, the Graduate College formed the Graduate Student Advisory Board (GSAB). The purpose of the GSAB is to help better understand what graduate students need from UNI. Find out more about the GSAB and the group members who are representing your interests on a university-wide level. ___________________________________________________________________ Interact with Other Students in the Graduate Student Social Network Many graduate students have expressed an interest in meeting other students from across the university programs. In response, the Graduate Student Advisory Board has created the Graduate Student Social Network (GSSN) to plan networking, educational, social, and service activities that include students campus-wide. Some ideas that are being explored include wine tasting, social hours, networking lunches, and potlucks, to name a few. Watch your e-mail and this newsletter for information on upcoming events. The GSSN has a group on Facebook. The Facebook group not only includes information on GSSN activities, but other activities that members are involved in (e.g., piano recitals, poetry readings, etc.). Sign up today! If you have any suggestions for the GSSN or would like to become more involved, contact Katie at kkuker@uni.edu. ___________________________________________________________________ International Student Profiles The UNI Graduate College is pleased to attract a wide variety of students from around the world. Keshab Simkhada from Nepal and Sadiatu Musah from Ghana are two of the international students that have made significant contributions to the graduate program. ___________________________________________________________________ Congratulations to the 2006 Graduate Student Award Winners The Graduate College is pleased to announce the 2006 Graduate Student Award recipients. In its 16th year, this competition is intended to honor outstanding scholarship by UNI graduate students and to provide increased visibility for UNI graduate programs. See the list of this year’s award recipients. ___________________________________________________________________ Graduate Student Happenings Find out what your fellow graduate student are up to. -- GSAB Members Show Off Their Culinary Skills -- Safe Date Tailgate -- Hong Kong MBA Alumni Compete in Strategy Competition -- Psychology Students Take a Field Trip __________________________________________________________________ King Arthur and the 21st Century The English Department is hosting an Arthurian conference entitled “Culture and the Medieval King,” on Friday, March 2nd. The featured speaker is E. Kay Harris, an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her plenary speech focuses on affiliations between the rhetoric of legal discourse regarding the crime of high treason in fifteenth-century England and the rhetoric of legal discourse regarding threats to national security in twentieth and twenty-first century America. Visit the English Department Web site for more information. ___________________________________________________________________ See Past Issues of Graffito October 2006 March 2006 November 2005 Graffito is a publication of the University of Northern Iowa Graduate College.