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Regents plan new search after presidential finalist withdraws

W-2 forms will be available on HR Self Service web site

Cancer and Aging Program letters of concept due Dec. 15

Applications to UI Arts and Humanities Initiative due in February

Proposals sought for Catalyst Award Seed Grants

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Regents plan new search after presidential finalist withdraws

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, announced Dec. 7 that they have canceled the current search for a new University of Iowa president after one of the four finalists they had hoped to reconsider withdrew from the process.

The regents say a new search process will be discussed and developed in consultation with all UI stakeholders, donors, faculty and staff, deans, administrators, and Iowa City area community leaders “as soon as it is practical to do so.”

For a release from Michael Gartner, president of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, click here.

W-2 forms will be available on HR Self Service web site

Once again, the University of Iowa W-2 and/or 1042-S (for nonresident aliens) forms will be available on the HR Self Service web site (http://hris.uiowa.edu/selfservice).

The IRS allows for electronic delivery of W-2/1042-S forms if permission is given; to do this, select “Stop Paper Mailings” under “My Information” on the HR Self Service site.

The 2006 W-2/1042-S forms will be available mid- to late-January 2007, and by electing electronic delivery you will have access to your form approximately one week before the forms are mailed. For more information, please refer to the Payroll web site, www.uiowa.edu/~payroll.

Cancer and Aging Program letters of concept due Dec. 15

The University of Iowa Cancer and Aging Program (CAP) is accepting letters of concept for academic year 2007-2008 pilot project funding.

This effort is funded by an NCI/NIA development and planning grant program through the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center on Aging. A primary objective of CAP is to develop research at the interface of cancer and aging. Toward this goal, the CAP Research Development Funding Initiative provides pilot project funding to UI investigators.

Deadline for letters is Dec. 15. Please refer to the announcement and application guidelines available through the CAP web site at http://www.cancerandaging.uiowa.edu/, or contact the CAP office at (38)4-4566 for more information.

Register now for January learning portfolio workshop

The UI Center for Teaching would like to invite deans, department chairs, and faculty members to attend a workshop on “The Power of Learning Portfolios” by guest scholar John Zubizarreta, Jan. 11–12, on the UI campus.

The center has designed the workshop so deans and DEOs can attend the introductory portions on the morning of Jan. 11. A special session for deans and DEOs will follow the introductory presentation. Interested faculty members should register for the entire two-day session.

The workshop will provide an opportunity for deans, DEOs, faculty members, and staff to better understand how to effectively integrate learning portfolios into course and curriculum design and assessment. Zubizarreta will guide the discussion and activities through a range of topics, including:

the theory behind the learning portfolio concept
course design, active learning, and reflection
designing effective portfolio assignments for your students
assessing students’ learning portfolios
using the portfolio concept to build and assess curricula
application of the learning portfolio concept across disciplines
electronic portfolios

Participants will work on specific projects related to their own course or curricular needs. The Jan. 11 workshop also will provide an opportunity for deans and department chairs to discuss the challenges and specific academic and institutional contexts facing University of Iowa educators, including the use of learning portfolios to design and assess curricula.

To register, please contact the Center for Teaching at (33)5-6048; or Jean-Florman@uiowa.edu.

Applications to UI Arts and Humanities Initiative due in February

The Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the Provost are pleased to announce another call for applications to the UI Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI). The AHI program is dedicated to advancing arts and humanities at the University. AHI grants support important humanities scholarship and work in the creative, visual, and performing arts. Funds are available from AHI for both individual and collaborative grants, including support for research travel, equipment, supplies, summer salary stipends, and research personnel.

Please note that eligibility extends to a broad range of faculty members and Professional and Scientific staff members. Visit http://research.uiowa.edu/ifi/?get=ahi for details concerning the eligibility of applicants and proposed projects. If you or your colleagues have any questions about these programs, please direct them to Jay Semel, associate vice president for research development, jay-semel@uiowa.edu, (33)5-4034. If you have questions about the electronic submission process, send them to ifi-questions@uiowa.edu or call (33)5-2119.

Deadline: Applications must be submitted electronically via the UIRIS website at http://uiris.research.uiowa.edu by Monday, Feb. 12.

Proposals sought for Catalyst Award Seed Grants

The Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a new grant program, the Catalyst Award Seed Grant. The Catalyst Award is dedicated to celebrating distinctive and innovative diversity contributions at The University of Iowa.

Supported campus-wide, the Catalyst Award Seed Grants are targeted toward creative projects with immediate impact implications for enhancing the diversity goals of The Iowa Promise. Preference will be given to collaborative grants that support projects and programs that advance cross-cultural understanding, strengthen positive intergroup relations and promote a welcoming learning, living, and working environment.

Available to University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students, this grant will distribute $500 to $1,000 to provide seed money for start-up projects or programs that have potential sustainability, as well as short-term projects that demonstrate significance and impact. Activities are encouraged that cross curricular, cocurricular and/or extracurricular domains. Guidelines and selection criteria are available at www.uiowa.edu/~eod/.

Applications are due by Jan. 22, 2007. Send one copy of the application via hard copy to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 202 Jessup Hall, or via electronic file to diversity@uiowa.edu.

For further information about the grants, please contact Dr. Dorothy Simpson-Taylor, dorothy-simpson-taylor@uiowa.edu, or call (319) 335-0705.

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Ruth Kelleher, 96, retired payroll assistant, Nov. 5 in Solon, Iowa.

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