Amy Garrett moved from Mumbai, India to Shanghai, China in 2014 while enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Northern Iowa. Garrett achieved a job as a technology coach at Hong Kong International School because she strengthened her skills in the University of Northern Iowa’s teacher leadership for international educator’s master’s program, which is designed to help current teachers working in international schools advance into non-administrative leadership roles.
Projected on the wall is a slightly fuzzy video recording of a figure whose steadiness is palpable through the static of the technology. It is the first sight one views upon entering the Hearst Center. Across the video projection is a plum-colored mural announcing “Eddie Bowles’s Blues.”
Kelsey Wren stands before a group of student senators arranged in a horseshoe shape, providing updates about graduate programs to the Northern Iowa Student Government.What differentiates her from other students in the room is that she is not an elected undergraduate student government representative, but a graduate student. Wren, a social work master’s candidate specializing in trauma informed care, has taken on the position of the Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) Director of Graduate Life. This position is a new graduate assistantship funded by the Graduate College.
Describe how your educational background and employment experience led you to UNI.
I've worked in libraries since I was in high school and throughout college so becoming a librarian just made sense. My first professional position was in South Carolina for a couple of years and for twelve years I was in Wisconsin. At both places I gained a lot of experience as a general reference and instruction librarian teaching a lot of "one-shot" library instruction classes.
Three University of Northern Iowa graduate programs were named among the top graduate programs in the country, according to a new U.S. News & World Report ranking.
UNI NEWS SERVICES – School counselors from across Iowa have a new educational pathway to serve the mental health needs of school districts and communities with the addition of a new Advanced Studies Certificate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling offered from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI).
