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Pictured above are graduate students from the School of Music who performed in one of the many ensembles at the recent Scholarship Benefit Concert. |
'Lights...Camera...Music!' was the theme for the 26th Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert for the UNI School of Music. The event was held on September 28, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Graduate students from the School of Music were actively involved in this performance as the event highlighted nearly all of the program's ensembles and featured musical selections from film. Proceeds from the concert will help provide financial support for students in the School of Music. For information regarding donations visit the UNI School of Music website.
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Funding Available for Graduate Students
Graduate Student Travel Support Available
For Spring 2008
The Graduate Student Opportunity Fund provides travel support for current graduate students to present at academic conferences. The Graduate College is pleased to announce the availability of limited funding for conferences held during the Spring 2008 semester. Eligibility criteria, guidelines, and application form are available by clicking here. Applications are processed in the order received and must be fully completed to be considered.
Improved Intercollegiate Academics Travel and
Research Funding Now Available
The Intercollegiate Academics Fund (IAF) is used to support academic related travel and research by students and is funded by student fee monies. Recently the IAF committee made changes to the fund and revised the guidelines for the 2007-2008 academic year.
First, the maximum amount an individual student is eligible to receive has been raised from $300 to $500, in recognition of the rising costs of travel. The maximum amount a group can receive will be $7,500 (but no more than $500 per student).
Second, the IAF committee decided to extend its funding for student research for another year while setting the maximum amount a student can receive from this fund at $500. Students will now also be eligible to apply for and receive funds from both sources in the same academic year, thus an individual student who conducts research in the fall and presents it at a conference in the spring could apply for up to $500 from each fund, for a maximum of $1,000 during the academic year.
The committee will continue to fund travel only for students presenting at conferences or academic competitions. This is essentially a codification of existing practice because in recent years the committee has turned down requests to just attend conferences, prioritizing the applications of students participating in conferences or competitions. For more information visit the Provost Office’s website. Click here to get an application form.
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COMPASS Sponsors Legislative Forum
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| On Monday, October 15th, COMPASS, an organization composed of Ed.D/Ed.S. students in the College of Education, sponsored a Legislative Forum on Education in Iowa. Guests Senator Jeff Danielson, and Representatives Deborah Berry and Bob Kressig joined graduate students and faculty in discussions about the future of public education in Iowa. MORE... |
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Communication Studies Student Presents
 Graduate Student Kelsey Harr |
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Burns H. Weston International Human Rights Essay Prize Competition
The University of Iowa (UI) Center for Human Rights is offering a $1,000 prize essay competition to graduate or professional students registered full-time at three Regent Universities.
Essays topics could include current events or history, public policy, the arts, and humanities and should be 25 to 40 pages in length. The only requirement is that the essay address international human rights issues. The deadline for essay submissions is February 1, 2008.
For more information please contact the UI Center for Human Rights at uichr@uiowa.edu. To see an application click here.
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Graduate Student Social Network
Upcoming Events
(All Graduate Students Welcome)
* For details click on the event *
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First Annual UNI Graduate Student
Research Symposium
Begin preparing for the University of Northern Iowa's first annual campus-wide Graduate Student Research Symposium during National Graduate Student Appreciation Week. The Graduate College welcomes all graduate students to showcase all forms of scholarship including, but not limited to, poster presentations, creative art displays, musical presentations, poetry, and creative writing. The event will take place on Monday, April 7 in the Seerley Great Reading Room. DETAILS.
For questions please contact Katie at kkuker@uni.edu.
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Post Secondary Ed. Students Visit Indiana
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Pictured from left to right: Jenny Connolly, Megan Stull, Michael Gleason, Sarah Csukker, and Leah Rozeboom. Graduate students in the Post Secondary Education: Student Affairs program presented in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 10-11th at the annual Midwest Meeting Of Graduate Students In Student Personnel (MMOGSISP) Conference in conjunction with NASPA. The students presented on the use of peer groups offered on UNI's campus including Student Admissions Ambassadors, Summer Orientation Staff, Resident Assistants, Peer Advisors In Residence, and Career PEERs. |
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Interested in Resume, Vitae or
Job Search Tips?
Want to know more about resume and/or vitae writing or job search strategies? Make an appointment with Susie Schwieger, Director of Graduate Student Life, by contacting her at susan.schwieger@uni.edu or 273-3044.
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Rededication of Begemen Hall
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Recap From the Recent IRB Workshop
Recently the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) and the Graduate College at the University of Northern Iowa cosponsored two sessions of Institutional Review Board (IRB) training for faculty, staff, and students. Attending the Fall semester IRB training sessions were 53 faculty and staff members and 89 graduate students from various departments.
The IRB training sessions were held to provide education on IRB guidelines and update attendees on current IRB work on campus. The workshop also included:
-an overview of historical events that gave rise to guidelines and legislation on human participant protection in research;
-the use of key ethical principles and federal regulations to protect human participants at various stages in the research process;
-a definition of informed consent and the components necessary for valid consent;
-the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies, IRBs, and researchers in conducting research with human participants;
-the regulations and criteria pertaining to which projects need review and the components necessary for approval;
-the forms and processes involved in seeking IRB review.
Anita Kleppe, Grant Specialist who coordinated this semester's IRB training sessions commented, “We would like to continue to conduct IRB workshops on an annual basis.” She also pointed out that more advanced IRB training is being planned and will be advertised for the spring semester, which may include specific topics of interest such as survey or qualitative research.
*Article submitted by Dilyara Jepbarova, graduate student in Public Policy.
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News From the Department of Mathematics
UNI Quality and Modeling Conference
A one-day conference on Six Sigma Methods, Lean Methods and Industrial Modeling took place on October 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. at Seerley Hall. The conference program included several sessions of numerous keynote presenters and panelists.
New Professional Science Master's (PSM) Degree in
Industrial Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics is now accepting students into the newly created Professional Science Master's (PSM) Degree. Within the PSM Degree are three formal degree options including Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Mathematical Computing and Modeling (MCM), and a certificate in CQI. For further information please contact the PSM Program Coordinator, Dr. Syed Kirmani, at kirmani@math.uni.edu and/or visit the Department of Mathematics website.
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