In the news—September 2005

Graduate College Annual Report Fall 2005—Report on graduate education at The University of Iowa by John C. Keller, Graduate College Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Education

Deadlines—A list of academic and other deadlines, plus reminders for important graduate events sponsored by the Graduate College

Events—Campus Visit Program for prospective graduate students, October 20, 2005

News—Graduate College oversees new Office of Ethnic Inclusion

Graduate Council—Next meeting September 8, 2005

Graduate Student Senate—Benefits of joining the GSS, GSS activities for all grad students, contact information

D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Awards—The University of Iowa Graduate College has awarded two 2005 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prizes and two Graduate Deans' Distinguished Dissertation Awards for excellence in doctoral research.

 

9/2/2005 Registration Registration Center	Original or additional registration after this date permitted only in courses involving special projects, readings, individual study, research, or "minimum registration"
9/2/2005 Registration - Grading Option Registration Center	Last day to add or change Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading option
9/22/2005 GSS Travel Funds Application Deadline Graduate College	Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Application Submission Deadline Click for more information
10/18/2005 Graduation Application Registration Service Center	Signed Application for December graduates due
10/20/2005 Campus Visit Program Richey Ballroom, IMU	Designed especially for undergraduates contemplating pursuit of graduate education, this event provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to learn more about the advantages and resources of pursuing graduate education at The University of Iowa. Click for more information
10/31/2005 Master's Plan of Study Graduate College	Plans of Study for December Master's recipients due
10/31/2005 Final Exam Requests Graduate College	Final Exam Requests for all December graduates due
Click for entire semester's list

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Event date: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:15 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Location: Richey Ballroom (Room 376), Iowa Memorial Union

Designed especially for undergraduates contemplating pursuit of graduate education, this event provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to learn more about the advantages and resources of pursuing graduate education at The University of Iowa.

Students interested in attending must register by September 26, 2005. Click here for more information and event registration.

How you can participate in the event: Graduate students and graduate faculty can help welcome these potential graduate scholars to campus by volunteering to conduct tours and answer questions that day.

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The Graduate College, under Provost Hogan’s direction, has assembled graduate recruitment and retention efforts under a new Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion.

Professor Phil Kutzko (Department of Mathematics) will serve as the director, overseeing programs that were previously making separate efforts. Those programs include Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (AGEP), Iowa Biosciences Advantage (IBA), and Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP).

The goal of the Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion is to build a sustainable practice of inclusion to attract and keep top underrepresented graduate scholars campus wide. "We plan to do this by doing things a little differently, using approaches that we have developed [in the Department of Mathematics] to build community and involve faculty" in recruiting and mentoring efforts.

Success in ethnic inclusion is familiar to Dr. Kutzko and his colleagues in the UI Department of Mathematics. In 2004, the department won the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) -- a program supported and administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF). (more)

The Graduate College welcomes Dr. Kutzko, UI AGEP staff and IBA staff!

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After adjourning for the summer, the Graduate Council held its first meeting of the semester on August 25, 2005. Dean Keller briefed the group on his goals for graduate education for this academic year.

Full meeting minutes will be posted pending their approval at the next Graduate Council meeting, to be held September 8, 2005.

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The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) is the graduate student government organization at The University of Iowa. Learn more about the benefits of joining GSS by reading the GSS President's Welcome Letter or visiting the GSS web site.

Among many other functions, the GSS partners with the Graduate College to administer travel funds for graduate scholars presenting their work at conferences and other professional meetings. Both domestic and international travel funds are available. September 22, 2005 is the next deadline for application for travel funds. Check the GSS site for further information.

President:
    Sarah Vigmostad
    sarah-vigmostad@uiowa.edu

Vice-President:
    Margaret Burchianti
    margaret-burchianti@uiowa.edu

Treasurer:
    Jim Krueger
    james-krueger@uiowa.edu

Membership/PR Officer:
    J Caldwell
    jason-caldwell@uiowa.edu

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2005 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize Winners

The D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize is a competitive annual award offered by the Graduate College. The award recognizes graduate scholars whose dissertations reflect the highest standards of academic work in their field. Winning dissertations represent original work making an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. Both methodological and substantive quality are judged.

Winners will receive $2500 each, awarded at a reception in conjunction with the Jakobsen Forum in March 2006. The winners also become the UI nominees to the national competition for the Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award. This year's CGS/UMI winners and finalists will be announced in December 2005 at the annual CGS meeting.

The Graduate Deans' Distinguished Dissertation Award winners receive $500 and will also be recognized at the reception next spring.

2005 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize Winners

Kristin King Gilbert, Art History
Dorothy Johnson, Advisor
Pedagogical Innovation and Reform at the Académie de France à Rome during the Directorate of Charles Joseph Natoire (1752-1775)

Salil Anil Lachke, Biological Sciences
David Soll, Advisor
Developmental Biology of “Candida albicans” and “Candida glabrata” and Its Clinical Significance
 

         2005 Graduate Deans’ Distinguished Dissertation Award

Matthew Zimmerman, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Robin Davisson, Advisor
Oxidative Stress in the Central Nervous System Mediates Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension

Rafat Jan Rukanuddin, Nursing
Connie White Delaney, Advisor
Midwifery Nursing Health Data Set: A Knowledge Representation Tool

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