| RSVP for the Senior Send-off �� �� | You don't have to RSVP for the Senior Send-off, but I would appreciate hearing from you! Use this link to let me know if you plan to attend. I don't want to run out of pizza or treats!
Wondering what happens at the Senior Send-off?
You’ll have a chance to relax with other undergraduates and some of your professors! We will eat pizza and cookies, recognize the graduating class, and hear who won the latest awards from the history department:
- Stow Persons Award for Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis
- Alan B. Spitzer Scholarship
- William L.M. & William E. Burke Scholarship
- William Eugene Wolters Scholarship
- Departmental Academic Achievement Awards for highest GPAs
- Departmental Service Award
- Hamod/Habhab/Keeshan Scholarship
If you haven’t checked out our scholarship and award page, you can find it here.
| | | Who has the best advisor? We do! | Nominate your Academic Advisor for the Pat Folsom Award
Do you work with an excellent primary role Academic Advisor? Has this Advisor shaped your academic career in a positive way? Now is the time to recognize their hard work!
The University of Iowa’s Pat Folsom Excellence in Academic Advising Award was created to recognize the support that primary role Academic Advisors provide to students on our campus. Please click here to nominate a deserving primary role Academic Advisor on the University of Iowa campus. All nominations are due by May 1, 2024. Nominees will be notified and asked to submit brief supplemental materials to complete the nomination process by June 1, 2024.
Excellent Academic Advisors:
- Facilitate student success through critical academic guidance for undergraduates.
- Demonstrate a passion to work with students while maintaining a professional and helpful attitude.
- Contribute to a spirit of collaboration with colleagues and departments across campus to improve supports for the students served.
- Display a commitment to professional development, as well as a willingness to try new approaches.
Two primary role Academic Advisors will be selected for a monetary award and will be recognized at the annual Advising at Iowa Fall Kickoff event in September 2024. | | | Have a great idea? Apply to win! | Nicole Gilbert (BA23), who is currently doing a post-grad internship with the Stimson Center for their Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program, shares this following:
The Stimson Center invites undergraduates to share creative ideas for improving U.S. foreign policy, drawing new and innovative talent into the policy space, and providing avenues for young thinkers to engage with leading foreign policy institutions through the “Building a Better US Foreign Policy” competition, open now through April 30.
The winner will receive $1,000, the first runner-up $500, and the second runner-up $250. Following a period of review and editing in collaboration with the writer, the winning essay will be published by Inkstick Media. See this flyer for more information. | | | Iowa Historical Review | The latest issue of the Iowa Historical Review is online! Check it out here. Congratulations to 2023-24 Editorial Board:
Editor-in-Chief
Leighton Barnes '24
Editors
Megan Barloon '24, Anna Behrens '24, Emma Caster '24, Allison Clark '23, Kate Dennis '24, Phoebe Elizabeth Dillard '23, Andrew Eichmeier '25, Daniel Ocon '24, Emmy Salcedo '25, Gavin Scott '25, Leah Stringer '26
Many thanks to advisor Dr. Elizabeth Yale! | | | Jewish Studies Undergraduate Certificate Launch | Join us in celebrating the launch of Iowa's new Jewish Studies Certificate Program!
Led by program co-directors, Professors Ari Ariel and Lisa Heineman and featuring remarks by members of the campus community and a discussion of Sephardic history, identity, and citizenship with Dr. Isaac Amon and Dr. Jesús Jambrina. A three-part series of events kick off this new undergraduate certificate program.
| | | Other events of interest | Partial Solar Eclipse Event at the University of Iowa Pentacrest
Monday, April 8, 12:30-3 p.m.
Sponsored by UI Department of Physics and Astronomy and Sciences Library.
Learn more
Financial Aid Fair
Thursday, April 11, 12 - 3:30 p.m.
In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, the Office of Student Financial Aid will be hosting our annual Financial Literacy Fair in the Hubbard Commons at the IMU. Please encourage your students to stop by to discuss all things Financial Aid and Financial Literacy, play games, win an assortment of student friendly baskets, and a chance to win Iowa vs. Iowa State Football Tickets for the 2024 season.
International Student Graduation Celebration
Wednesday, May 8, 3 - 5 p.m.
IMU International Ballroom
Registration link | | | |
