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June 8, 2001
Volume 38, No. 17

features

Of clowns and satellites: Staff Celebration Day
Final budget determinations wait for word from state and Regents
Worried about energy curtailment? Don't sweat it
Faculty, staff get 'em while they're hot
"Quote....Endquote"

news and briefs

News Briefs
UI SMART suggestion program seeks ideas for streamlining processes, saving money
Staff Council presents June Longevity Award
Staff Charter Committee selections made
IOWA winners

announcements

Bulletin Board
Calendar
Deaths

Offices and Awards

Ph.D. Thesis Defenses
Pubs. and Creations
Correction
Office of the Provost tentative deadlines for 2000-2001
Parking: Ring in the new, renew the old
Staff tuition grant application for fall semester 2001
Tuition assistance for employee development

other links

TIAA Cref Unit Values

Staff Development Courses

The University of Iowa Homepage


Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

June 11

Ayana Abdallah (English), "Reading Octavia Butler’s Africentric Transgressive Creativity," R. Landon, Chair; 11am, 331 EPB

June 12

Keeyeon Bang (Education), "Effects of Korean Counselors’ Age, Gender, Education, and Counseling Experience on Their Self and Other Awareness, Motivation, and Autonomy," T. Portman, Chair; 2pm, N340 LC

June 14

Donald Wick (Science Education), "Comparison of Attitudes of Non-science Major Students toward Science and Technology," E. Pizzini, Chair; 10:30am, 467 VAN

Kwan Kim (Education), "A Study of Institutional Policy-makers’ Perceptions of Performance Funding Indicators for Higher Education in Korea and the United States," C. Rzonca, Chair; 12:30pm, N434 LC

June 15

Lisa Martin (Science Education), "The Changes in Open Inquiry Thinking and Teaching among Pre-service Secondary Science Teachers during Their Pre-service School Practicum and Student Teaching," J. Dunkhase and R. Yager, Co-Chair; 9am, 467 VAN

John Palmer (Education), "In the Midst of Two Cultures: 1.5 Generation Korean American High School Students’ Acculturation Process and Ethnic Identity Development," K. Sanders and M. Young, Co-Chair; 1:30pm, N467 LC

June 18

Elizabeth Miller (Education), "The Differing Effects of Textbook Problem Solving Practices on High and Low Achieving Students," W. Nibbelink, Chair; 10am, N210 LC

June 21

Steven Wallace (Geoscience), "Schmelzmuster, Morphometrics, and Biogeography of Selected Late Quaternary Small Mammals from Eastern North America: With Analysis of the Wapsipinicon Local Fauna, Jones County, Iowa," H. Semken and A. Budd, Co-Chair; 1pm, 231 TH

June 22

Shadi Saleh (Health Management and Policy), "The Evaluation of the Effectiveness, Cost-effectiveness, and Cost Savings of Case Management in Substance Abuse Treatment," T. Vaughn, Chair; 10am, 2710 SB

June 25

David Shaler (Music), "Leonardo Leo's Magnificat in C minor," G. Barnett, Chair; 3pm, Music Library, VMB

June 28

Cynthia Bonebright (Education), "The Relationship of Workaholism with Job Stress, Burnout, and Productivity," D. Clay, Chair; 10am, 350 LC

June 29

Beth Fisher (English), "Fictions of Female Desire: Extravagant Women and Social Disorder in the Gilded Age of America," K. Diffley, Chair; 1pm, 331 EPB

July 2

Paul C. Young (History), "Race, Class, and Radicalism in Chicago, 1914-1936," S. Stromquist, Chair; 1:30pm, 273 SH

Maria Panina (Economics), "Three Essays on Credit Market Imperfections and Saving," S. Williamson, Chair; 2pm, W326 PBB

July 3

Wei Guo (Microbiology), "Role of Direct Repeat Posttranscriptional cis Elements in Rous Sarcoma Virus Replication," C. Stoltzfus, Chair; 10am, 3-560 BSB

Wensheng Yu (Pharmacy), "Total Synthesis of Anticancer Natural Products OSW-1 and Superstolide A," Z. Jin, Chair; 10am, S318 PHAR

July 9

Carolyn Stone (Education), "The Relationship between Traumatization and Chronic Pain: What Is the Role of Emotion?," J. Westefeld, Chair; 9am, 350 LC

July 10

Shawn Ulrick (Economics), "Semiparametric Methods in Econometrics: Applications and Theory," J. Horowitz, Chair; 4pm, W401 PBB


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