This 3-day hybrid workshop will take place May 18-20, 2021, and will focus on incorporating service-learning activities into 2021/2022 courses in ways that align with course learning goals, enhance student growth and civic awareness and strengthen our community. Information on selection criteria and the application can be found on the Community Engagement website.
Announcements
April is Get Yourself Tested Month. Getting tested for STIs is a basic part of staying healthy and shows that you care about your partner(s). Make an appointment at the Student Health Clinic to get tested today. Call 319-273-2009.
The University Honors Program will host their annual celebration of student research on Saturday, April 17 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. A complete presentation is available on the Honors Research presentation page. Honors Research Day 2021 is fully virtual. Zoom registration is required.
Applications are due soon for the Koob Fund scholarship. This scholarship supports students who are completing internships at a nonprofit/social sector organization in Iowa. Applications for Summer/Fall internships are available on the UNI Community Engagement website. Awards up to $2,000 (undergraduate students) and up to $3,000 (graduate students) will be given.
See the latest diversity-related display at Rod Library. IDS student Matthew Bancroft-Smithe curated this month's diversity display near the Book Bistro. Titled "Activism," the display encourages the viewer to educate and act, "the power to make changes lies is within and begins with each individual." Students and student groups can request to curate a diversity-related book display on the request form.
On Wednesday, April 14 at 4 p.m. the RRTTC will host three speakers sharing their expertise on ways to connect with green energy options, green businesses and how to gain green business training in your careers. Register in advance for the event. Zoom instructions will be sent a day prior to the event.
Please join us in acknowledging Diane's many years of service to UNI by sending cards and well wishes to the Office of Business Operations, 103 Gilchrist, mail code 0008. Her last day is Tuesday, April 27, 2021. From all of us in OBO, thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication. We will miss you very much.
Please help us celebrate Yvonne Buehner's retirement. After 21 years of service at UNI, Yvonne will be retiring on Friday, April 30. Please help us congratulate her by sending a card to campus code 0003.
All Professional & Scientific (P&S) and Supervisory and Confidential Merit employees are cordially invited to the P&S Council's Spring Zoom Social. This event will be on Thursday, April 8 via Zoom from 9:00 - 9:45am. The program will include an address by President Mark Nook. Click on the Zoom link to join. Please contact Brooke C-Sidebotham at 273-6636 with any questions. We hope to see you via zoom on April 8.
Influential and iconoclastic business thinkers Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini will discuss their WSJ Bestselling Book, Humanocracy. They will show you how to find the courage to challenge the status quo, how to rid yourself of bureaucratic habits and beliefs and what you can learn from organizations that have made the jump to “humanocracy.” Register for this webinar and check out other online events here on the Alumni Association webpage.