Nominate your Faculty and Staff for Teaching and Mentoring Awards

Do you know of faculty or staff members who have gone the extra mile in working with Honors students in teaching or mentoring? If so, nominate them for the 2015 University Honors Program Teaching and Mentoring Awards. These $500 annual awards recognize excellence in teaching Honors courses or seminars, doing academic advising or Honors project advising of Honors projects, or participating in the Mentor program. The deadline for a letter of nomination is Wednesday, April 8. Contact Susan Yager, syager@iastate.edu.

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Hone your SKILLZ with UHP

The University Honors Program (UHP) wants to help you with your graduate school applications, your capstone project, and abstracts. SKILLZ sessions offer UHP members a chance to learn (or brush up on) skills you've told us you want. Sessions will be held from 3:10-4:00pm on selected, non-Salon Fridays throughout the year. Programs are targeted for upper-division UHP students, but open to any Honors student. We'll ask you to sign up at least 24 hours before the session so we can plan materials and space: email dschumac@iastate.edu to reserve your spot!

The SKILLZ abstract workshop still has space; email Dana for more info or to reserve your spot. New workshops will be offered in the fall!

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2015 NSF EPSCoR Internships at the University of Iowa, College of Engineering

Iowa NSF EPSCoR (http://iowaepscor.org) is a 5-year, 20 million dollar grant that involves a partnership between Iowa State University, the University of Northern Iowa, and the University of Iowa in research about renewable energy (wind and biofuels), energy efficiency and energy policy. In addition to the research goals, the EPSCoR grant seeks to increase the number and diversity of students who choose careers in STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math). To that end, EPSCoR is supporting paid summer research internships for qualified students.
 
Internships are 8-10 weeks in length, starting in late May or early June and ending in August. The specific dates are generally flexible and can be worked out after students are accepted. Interns will receive a stipend of $400/week. Room and board will be provided if the student elects to live on campus. Full board will be provided to students living off campus. The intern will be part of a research group and will be mentored by the faculty leader and graduate students in that group.
 
Students will have opportunities to interact with other student interns while participating in seminars, research lab tours, field trips and social events. Student interns will be expected to do research, participate in weekly lab meetings and all other scheduled events. At the end of the program they will have the opportunity to present their research findings in a culminating poster session.
 
The online application, full descriptions of research projects can be found at:  http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/ess/future-students/k-12/summer-camps-and-programs

For full consideration, complete applications should be received by March 28, 2015.  Final admission decisions will be made by April 10, 2015.
 
Eligibility requirements:

1. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and at least 18 years old
2. Must be enrolled as a full time undergraduate in an accredited institution of higher education in the spring of 2015 and registered for classes for the fall of 2015
3. Preference will be given to students enrolled in an Iowa college/university, but open to all students.

 
A complete application should consist of the following items:

1. Completed application form
2. A ‘statement of Interest’ (1 page maximum) that addresses the questions below:
   1. Why are you interested in this internship?
   2. What are your future educational and career plans?
   3. What personal qualities, skills or abilities will you bring to this internship?
3. Resume
4. Transcripts (Official preferred, unofficial accepted)
5. Verification of student status (provide a copy of your Fall 2015 course schedule or verification of student status from your college or university registrar in PDF format)

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Telling Stories in NYC

#MakeNewsThisSummer in NYC. Join the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and top journalists for the 2015 Summer Intensive Multimedia Storytelling Workshop Series for US and International Students. Choose from eight different two week courses. Housing available. Preferred pricing for students from National Collegiate Honors Council programs (which includes Iowa State). Registration is open now.

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