Inside Iowa State
April 28, 2000
Announcements
Tuition grant deadline in May
Tuition grant applications for summer semester for
eligible Merit and P&S employees are due by 5 p.m. Friday,
May 12, in the department of human resource services, 318
Beardshear. The current fees are $122 for one undergraduate
credit and $192 for one graduate credit; use these figures on
the application.
The application form has been revised; applicants are asked to use the new form. Forms and eligibility information are available in 318 Beardshear; from Dawn Smith, 4-6458; or online: www.iastate.edu/~hrs_info/ClassComp/meritforms.html for Merit employees, and www.iastate.edu/~hrs_info/ClassComp/p&sforms.html for P&S employees.
Teaching seminar for newcomers is Aug. 15-16
All teaching assistants (new and returning) and new
faculty are invited to a teaching seminar Aug. 15-16 in the
Memorial Union. It's offered by the Graduate College and
Center for Teaching Excellence. Workshops will cover topics
such as developing a learner-centered syllabus, teaching
large classes, using formative evaluations, using visual
tools, developing
a teaching portfolio, instructional technology, leading
discussions and fostering creativity. The free seminar
includes a family picnic supper
Aug. 15 at Moore Memorial Park.
A complete schedule of events and registration form is online at www.cte.iastate.edu/ctseminar00.html. Participants are asked to register via this Web site.
Lavender Graduation is May 4
The annual Lavender Graduation ceremony, honoring
graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally
students, will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 4, in the
Memorial Union Campanile Room. Nancy Evans, ISU educational
leadership and policy studies, will give the keynote talk,
and ISU senior Mike Pogge will give the student address. The
event is open to the public.
Jischke on Talk of Iowa May 3
President Martin Jischke will be a guest on the May 3
edition of Talk of Iowa on WOI-AM Radio. Talk of
Iowa airs weekdays from 10 to 11 a.m. at AM 640.
Grants offered to hire international undergraduates
Faculty and staff interested in hiring undergraduate
international students to help internationalize their classes
and programs can submit grant proposals to the Culture Corps
program beginning July 1. The grants, up to $1,800, will be
reviewed on a first-come basis. All proposals must be
received by Sept. 15. Applications are available online at
www.iastate.edu/~internat_info/office/culture/culture.html.
Payroll change period nears
Tenured, tenure-track and adjunct faculty on nine-month
appointments, as well as P&S staff on nine- and 10-month
appointments, may enroll in a 12-month pay plan or change
back to a nine-month plan for the year that begins July 1.
For either option, application forms are due in the payroll
office, 3608 ASB, by 5 p.m. Monday, July 10.
New employees are eligible for the 12-month option in July following the academic year in which they start working at ISU. In the 12-month plan, benefits and tax deductions are made equally from 12 monthly payments. Salary for additional summer teaching and research is added to paychecks during the months of the summer appointment.
For more information or to request a form, call the payroll office, 4-6556.
Retirees set Spring Fling
The ISU Retirees Committee will hold its Spring Fling
on Tuesday,
May 9, at St. Cecilia's Parish Hall, 2500 Hoover St. Social
time begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner beginning at
6 p.m. Cost is $9. Send checks payable to ISU Retirees with
choice of entree (turkey or ham) to the Office of Retirement
Information and Planning, 88 Scheman, by May 1.
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