Registrar issues student profile
The Office of the Registar has published its fall
2003 profile of students online at www.uiowa.edu/registrar/profile/20033_profile.pdf.
Paper copies will no longer be distributed, but they
may be ordered from the Copy Center at a cost of
$7.
Highlights of the report include:
- Total enrollment for fall 2003 is 29,745—the
largest enrollment ever at the University;
- Fifty-four percent of the students are women,
while 8.8 percent are minorities; and
- Iowa residents comprise 63.5 percent of
the total enrollment.
Staff Development offers professional development
awards for fee-based courses
Staff Development is continuing to fund professional
development awards through a lottery drawing. Winners
will receive free admission to a fee-required Staff
Development event.
All permanent UI staff members, 50 percent time
and greater, are eligible to apply for a professional
development award. To apply, select a course from
the spring 2004 special events listed at www.uiowa.edu/~fusstfdv/courses/special_events/spring_schedule.html.
Then, send the following information to Staff Development,
121-51 USB, or fax to (33)5-2644: name, department,
campus mail address, event/course title, and event/course
date(s) and times.
Applications must be legible and received by 5 p.m.,
Dec. 12. Only one application per person will be
accepted. Applications will not be accepted via phone
or e-mail. All eligible staff members who submit
a completed award application by the deadline will
be notified by campus mail.
SkillSoft® courses
serve thousands
More than 3,000 faculty, staff, and students have
taken advantage of SkillSoft®, a free online
learning program coordinated by Staff Development.
A catalog of 200 professional development courses
is available, with subjects ranging from leadership
and management to workplace effectiveness and information
technology. Learning simulations take as little as
30 minutes; courses range from two to eight hours
and can be bookmarked.
The courses are offered around the clock at no charge
to anyone on campus with an IBM-compatible computer
and an Internet connection. Users must have a HawkID
and password. For more information, see http://skillsoft.uiowa.edu.
Ida Beam nominations sought
The Office of the Provost is seeking nominations
for the 2004-05 Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting
Professorships Program. Proposals are due to DEOs
by Jan. 30, 2004, to deans by Feb. 6, 2004, and to
the provost by Feb. 20, 2004.
The program funds proposals that bring to campus
scholars of distinction who offer something new and
interesting to undergraduates as well as graduate
students, colleagues, and the public at large.
Application forms, guidelines, and additional information
are available at www.uiowa.edu/~provost/idabeam or
by contacting Jan Swartzendruber at jan-swartzendruber@uiowa.edu or (33)5-0146.
Honors Program moving to Blank Honors Center
The University Honors Program will move into its
new offices in the Blank Honors Center (BHC) on Jan.
6, 2004.
The program will occupy space on the third and fourth
floors of the facility, with the main departmental
office in 420 BHC. The telephone numbers published
in the print and online UI directory will not change.
Campus mail should be addressed to University Honors
Program, 420 BHC.
The program’s new facility will offer classrooms
on the first and second floors; study rooms, an ITC,
a research library, and student commons spaces on
the third floor; and a conference room and staff
offices on the fourth floor. Staff of the Belin-Blank
International Center for Gifted Education and Talent
Development will be housed on the sixth floor.
For more information, contact the University Honors
Program at (33)5-1681 or honors-program@uiowa.edu.
Emergencies on campus:
Whom to call if something
goes wrong
For all emergencies that require law enforcement
and in the case of fire, ALWAYS call 911.
Emergency situations should be reported to law enforcement
by dialing 911. When 911 is dialed, the Iowa City
Police Department will receive the call and contact
the University Department of Public Safety (DPS)
using a dedicated line between the two departments
if the incident is located on University property.
The 911 call also will appear on a computer screen
in the DPS dispatch center.
For building emergencies, call 5-5071
Building emergencies include those problems that
can cause escalating damage to University facilities
and property if not attended to quickly. An example
of a building emergency would be flooding (e.g.,
a toilet overflowing). Facilities Services Group
has someone on standby 24 hours per day/7 days per
week to respond to emergency situations. For emergencies
of this nature, always dial the Work Control Center
at (33)5-5071. During normal working hours (Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), your call will be answered. After
hours and weekends, you will get a recorded message
that will prompt you to press “0” to
speak to someone directly about a building emergency.
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