Colleagues,
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 International Impact Award.
The International Impact Award recognizes distinguished alumni and other individuals with significant ties to the UI who have made important contributions internationally or, in the case of international alumni, abroad in their home countries.
As you know, the annual University of Iowa Provost’s Global Forum brings together faculty experts and leading international voices from a variety of fields to inspire discussions of global affairs.
I am writing to announce the following award with an April 1, 2019 deadline.
Provost’s Global Forum https://international.uiowa.edu/funding/faculty/awards/ip-funding/provosts-global-forum
The Global Curriculum Development Award provides up to $3,000 to faculty who create new undergraduate courses, or substantially revise existing ones, in order to integrate international or global perspectives into an undergraduate major. Applications are due on May 1, 2019. For more information: https://international.uiowa.edu/funding/faculty/awards/ip-funding/curriculum-development.
Thanks,
Kelly M. Kadera
The Big Ten Alliance has renewed a contract with CIBT Visa Services to provide passport and visa services to the University of Iowa and other member institutions. The agreement with CIBT provides several benefits to UI faculty, staff, and students requiring visas, passport renewals, or other travel document services. Advantages include:
International Student and Scholar Services is pleased to offer a new option for housing reserved for international visiting scholars beginning July, 2019. One and two bedroom furnished apartments are available on the first floor of Mayflower Hall for reservations from one month up to one year. See https://international.uiowa.edu/isss/departments/scholar-housing for more details.
Please add to your calendar and distribute widely. This is the fifth lecture in the “Commitment to Internationalization” series and is intended to spark further conversation around our Internationalization Vision. I hope you will be able to attend.
The University of Iowa is pleased to invite you to a special event in the Commitment to Internationalization lecture series.
The Peril and Promise of Internationalization in the Era of Trump, Brexit, and Global Competition
REMINDER: The University of Iowa Council on Teaching announces the annual Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards and invites nominations for 2018-19. This award recognizes teaching assistants who have demonstrated outstanding ability as teachers at the University of Iowa. Recipients receive a $1,000 monetary award and a certificate presented at the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards Reception in May of each year.
Thanks to the generous donations of friends and alumni of the University of Iowa, I am pleased to let you know about a variety of undergraduate scholarships intended to help defray the costs associated with studying abroad.
Further information is available here:
It is my pleasure to share with you the 2018 annual report from University of Iowa International Programs. The report offers a glimpse into the many ways in which the UI is internationalizing its campus, interacting globally with collaborative partners, broadening the experiences of students as they study and conduct research abroad, creating new knowledge across borders and oceans, and working in partnership with the larger Iowa community so that we all may become more globally aware citizens.