Monday, 22 Feb 2016
VPR Workshop: NEH Regional Application
This workshop will include an overview of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Humanities Iowa programs and special initiatives, and a session devoted to strategies for winning competitive applications and understanding the review process. A limited number of individual appointments with an NEH program officer will be available.
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2016
VPR Workshop: NEH Regional Application
This workshop will include an overview of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Humanities Iowa programs and special initiatives, and a session devoted to strategies for winning competitive applications and understanding the review process. A limited number of individual appointments with an NEH program officer will be available.
Thursday, 25 Feb 2016
Lecture: Retirement plan investment strategies
"A Look Ahead: What Rising Interest Rates mean for the Economy, Markets and Retirement Plan Investment Strategies," Tim Pitney, senior director and investment strategist for TIAA-CREF. Learn how the Federal Reserve policies and economic conditions influence interest rates, and how interest rates affect investors' investment strategies and retirement savings trends.
Friday, 26 Feb 2016
Stand Out from the Crowd: Get read, cited and hired!
Learn how an open access thesis or dissertation can be a boost to your career, how to use new tools to showcase your research, and new ways to increase your professional online visibility. Seating is limited. Preregistration is required. This workshop is intended for graduate students and early career researchers.
Sunday, 28 Feb 2016
P&S Council: Professional development seminar
Plan to "Cultivate Your Adventure" at the full-day Professional and Scientific Council professional development conference. The conference will offer inspiration and motivation through sessions that focus on cultivating your professional -- as well as your personal -- life.
Monday, 29 Feb 2016
VPR and EPSCoR Workshop: Building an interdisciplinary research team
Steve Fiore, director of the University of Central Florida's Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, has a long list of publications and external funding in the area of team science. He will discuss frameworks for building 'team syntheses' - from individual expertise into a collaborative network that clarifies roles; maps out flows, iterations and incremental outcomes; anticipates emergent problems; and promotes reflective improvement.