Important Information for Current Graduate Students

Guidelines for Graduate Instructor (TA) Absences (.pdf)

Saturday & Evening Proposal Forms

Changes for Rules for Comprehensive Exams

• New Rules for Comprehensive Exams
• Related text from Guide for Graduate Study

Spring: Fellowship and Teaching Applications

In January 2009, there will be links below that will take you to the major aid and fellowship applications for 2009-10. The first will have the complete instructions for applying for the Ballard and Seashore and Social Science Dissertation Fellowships offered by the Graduate College and for the History Department’s own fellowships for dissertation research and writing.

Collegiate and Departmental Fellowships, 2009-10 (unavailable until Jan. 2009)
On Friday, February 13, all materials for these fellowships are due in the main office (SH 280). You should read the instructions carefully, ask your advisor (and a second faculty member) for letters of recommendation, and provide everything required on or before February 13, 2009.

Aid Application for Regular Teaching Jobs, 2009-10 (unavailable until Jan. 2009)
This form is to be completed, and the file saved by appending your last name and first initial to the file name as in the following example: “Heineman_AID Appl 2009.doc.” It is to be returned as an attachment to an e-mail to the DGS (elizabeth-heineman@uiowa.edu) and Pat Goodwin (patricia-goodwin@uiowa.edu), on or before the due date: February 13, 2009. In addition to this form you should do these two things: 1) Ensure that your advisor sends the DGS a short e-mail regarding your degree progress; and 2) Submit the College’s annual financial aid form, which is available in a printable PDF format on the web at http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/graduate/financial-assistance/award-how-to.htm --click on the link to the Application for Graduate Awards.

Guide to Graduate Study for Current History Graduate Students (rev. 8/2008)