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Presidential Graduate Fellowship

The Graduate College is pleased to invite nominations for Presidential Graduate Fellowships, a program that brings twenty to twenty-five of the most promising doctoral students to The University of Iowa.

Each department may nominate a maximum of 6 students during the Spring 2008 admissions/recruiting cycle. The deadline for nominations is March 7, 2008.

Click here for complete nomination instructions. For additional information, please contact:

        Dan Berkowitz, Associate Dean
        dan-berkowitz@uiowa.edu
        319-335-2136

Dean's Graduate Fellowship

The Graduate College is pleased to invite nominations for Dean’s Graduate Fellowships for outstanding underrepresented students from the United States who have been accepted into master’s or doctoral degree programs at the University of Iowa for Fall 2008.

Nominations will be accepted through March 15, 2008 and reviewed on a rolling basis after files are completed.

Click here for complete nomination instructions. For additional information, please contact:

        Minnetta Gardinier
        m-gardinier@uiowa.edu

        Paul Meintel
        paul-meintel@uiowa.edu
        319-335-2147

Graduate College Summer Fellowship

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the 2008 Graduate College Summer Fellowship. All doctoral graduate students are invited to review the criteria for the award. The Graduate College will award up to 150 fellowships for the summer 2008.

Applications are due Friday, March 7, 2008.

Click here for complete application information and materials. For additional information, please contact:

        Kathy Klein
        kathy-klein@uiowa.edu
        319-335-3492

Please Note:
Students who have previously received a Graduate College Summer Fellowship are not eligible to apply. Also, students who have received a Presidential Graduate Fellowship, Dean’s Graduate Fellowship or a Ballard Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship are also not eligible for this award.

Students may apply for the Graduate College Summer Fellowship and be nominated by the Department for consideration for a Ballard Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship but can only accept one of the awards.

International Travel Funds

If you work with a graduate student who has been invited to present research at a conference outside the U.S., or if you are a graduate student who has been invited, International Programs Graduate Travel Award can provide up to $500 to cover transportation costs. All fields of study are eligible.

Applications are limited to conferences located outside the United States. The next deadline is April 16, 2008.

Click here for application forms and additional information. For more information on funding international research, please contact:

International Programs Grants
ip-grants@uiowa.edu
319-335-2823

 
Upcoming Thesis Defense Dates

        Click here for a list of upcoming thesis defenses.

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Cramer Wins Geography Ph.D. Dissertation Award

Barton Cramer, doctoral candidate in Geography, has won the 2008 Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) Ph.D. Dissertation Award.

The award comes with an honorarium of $250 and recognition at the TGSG Business Meeting in April, to be held in San Francisco Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Cramer's dissertation advisor is Claire E. Pavlik.

UI Graduate Student Senate and Graduate College to host Jakobsen Conference in March

As part of Graduate Student Recognition Week, the Graduate Student Senate and the Graduate College will sponsor the 10th Annual James F. Jakobsen Conference March 28-29, 2008. The event offers graduate students professional development opportunities to present their research in a conference-like atmosphere without having to leave home.

Up to $6,000 will be awarded to top presentations of the five major divisions of the Graduate College. Last year's Forum presented cash awards ranging from one hundred to three hundred dollars to over 40 graduate students.

Click here for conference schedule of events.
 

External Funding Assistance for Graduate Students

For most graduate students, seeking and applying for external funding is an important part of professional development. The Graduate College and the Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) provide free Graduate Services to help students with funding search strategies, proposal development and review, workshops, and more.

Click here for details about Graduate Services.

Graduate students applying for external funding are required to complete a UIRIS routing form for every external funding application they submit.

UI Family Services for Graduate Students with Families

Free Childcare
Beginning March 1, weekends and weekday evenings during midterms and finals, free child care will be provided at Little Angels Learning Center Child Care, only one block from campus.  Child care is offered to student families having children, infants through school age. Service is on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to register.

Hawkeye Kids Camp full-day spring break program
Click here for information and to register. Scholarships for lower income eligible UI families are available by contacting Jane Holland at 335-1371 or familyservices@uiowa.edu. Camp is co-sponsored by the Division of Recreational Services and the Family Services Office.

Spring Seminar on Living Wills, Power of Attorneys and Advance Directives
Age does not matter! We all need to know about Living Wills, Power of Attorneys and Advance Directives.

Leonard Sandler, UI Clinical Professor of Law, will describe all three, answer your questions and provide samples. Sessions are scheduled for:

• Friday, April 4, 2008
  Noon to 1:00 p.m., University Services Building

• Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  Noon to 1:00 p.m., Pomerantz Family Pavilion, UIHC

• Friday April 18, 2008
  Noon to 1:00 p.m., Oakdale Campus

For more information on the spring seminar programs listed above, contact Jane Holland at familyservices@uiowa.edu or 335-1371. Co-sponsored by College of Law and Family Services Office.

Dissertation Support Group meets weekly

The University Counseling Service (UCS) is offering a Dissertation Support Group which meets weekly at the UCS. This is an ongoing weekly self-help and support group for those involved in all stages of the dissertation process. Degree of structure of the program will depend upon the needs and requests of the group participants. The program will address some of the most frequently encountered challenges doctoral students experience while writing the dissertation. It will also suggest strategies to minimize these potential challenges. For more information about the Group and to obtain meeting day and time, please call the UCS at 335-7294.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the UCS at 335-7294 in advance to discuss your needs.


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Click here for a full list of 2007-08 Graduate Council members

Click here for Meetings and Agendas (August 2006-Current meeting agenda)

                         
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• Graduate College monthly newsletter archive
• Graduate College News--Spring 2008
• Graduate College News—Fall 2007
• Graduate College News—Archive