Welcome Graduate Students from the New Dean of the Graduate College Dr. Sue Joseph

Dean Sue Joseph

It is my great honor to welcome you to graduate studies at the University of Northern Iowa.  I am so pleased you have chosen UNI for your graduate education.  UNI and its faculty are internationally recognized for outstanding teaching, distinguished research, and service to the professions and to the worldwide community. 

We are proud to offer you a world-class graduate education with a personalized experience, a tradition here since the fifth president of the University, President Bill Maucker, proposed graduate education at UNI (then Iowa State Teachers College) to the Board of Regents in 1951. 

As an alumna of UNI, both graduate (MA, 1987) and undergraduate (BA, 1981), I can assure you that the graduate education you receive here will provide you with amazing opportunities – in your ability to be a leader in your chosen profession, but more importantly in the way you view the world.  I hope you are able to take full advantage of these life-changing opportunities, and the challenges that accompany them.  I wish you much continued success in your academic career while you are in your graduate program at the University of Northern Iowa. 

Sue A. Joseph
Interim Dean, Graduate College
University of Northern Iowa

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Meet the Graduate College Administration and Staff

From left to right Susie Schwieger, Dr. Doug Mupasiri, Dr. Sue Joseph and Dr. Victoria DeFransisco.

Dr. Sue Joseph - Interim Dean:
Provides vision and direction for graduate education at UNI; oversees graduate Assistantship allocations, graduate program administrations, graduate student recruitment and retention issues, minority student recruitment, fundraising, and development of scholarly activities to build an enduring graduate community at UNI.

Dr. Victoria DeFrancisco - Interim Associate Dean:
Administers students’ academic program requests, recommendations for admission, academic discipline, and student grievances. She provides oversight for multiple graduate student and faculty competitive awards, including Professional Development Assignments and thesis and dissertation awards, and coordinates the Graduate Education Carver Institute for faculty.

Dr. Doug Mupasiri - Coordinator of Graduate Recruitment and Retention: Works to increase and retain the number of graduate students from groups under-represented in graduate education and provide a supportive campus environment for all graduate students.

Susie Schwieger - Director of Graduate Student Life:
Develops and directs the Graduate Student Life Program, a comprehensive student services program. Included in her responsibilities are graduate student orientation, career services, professional development activities, marketing, and recruitment and retention. In addition, Susie is the advisor to the Graduate Student Advisory Board, the Graduate Student Social Network, and Graduate Student Ambassadors.

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Did You Know?

Do you know what the Graduate College moto Sapere Aude means? It is a Latin phrase meaning "Dare to be wise," "Dare to know," or sometimes translated as "Have the courage to use your own reason." Great advice from Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and German Philosopher Immanuel Kant!

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Department of Modern Languages Graduate Students to Present at the Iowa World Language Association (IWLA)

From left to right graduate students Boukary Sawadogo, Ryan Crane, Kelly Fiddelke and Maxim Glebov. (Not pictured Geri Toresdahl) Graduate students from the Department of Modern Languages including Ryan Crane, and Kelly Fiddelke, graduate students in Spanish, as well as Maxim Glebov, Boukary Sawadogo, and Geri Toresdahl, students in French and TESOL/French, will present on various topics on October 5-6 in Des Moines. More...

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Women's and Gender Studies Program Release CROW Forum Calendar

Attention faculty, staff, and graduate students! The Women's and Gender Studies program sponsors the Current Research on Women (CROW) Forum Series and would like to invite you to attend. A selection of topics concerning various women's and gender issues have been chosen and will be presented throughout the academic year in the Maucker Union. See Calendar.

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If you have any ideas or submissions for The Graffito online newsletter, please send them to Sarah at larsen10@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 for professional development activities and/or workshops, please contact Megan at mstull@uni.edu.