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The University of Iowa is committed to its employees’ career development and personal growth.

Our collective success as a leading institution in higher education is due to the vitality of the remarkable individuals who work here. The University provides many opportunities to support, challenge, and invigorate career and personal goals.

• Learning & Development provides extensive programming to promote personal and professional development, including leadership and management series and seminars, performance management coaching, employee orientation, award programs, and online learning.
• Award programs(*Dependent on employment classification):
• The Tuition Assistance Program provides staff members tuition at an accredited institution for one course, up to four hours per semester.
• The Mary Jo Small Award Program supports enrollment in professional conferences and workshops in a staff member’s field of expertise.
• The Professional Internship Program allows staff members to experience working in another UI department, or to volunteer to be a cooperating intern supervisor.
• Learning Online with SkillSoft and Books 24x7 is an online learning program available to faculty, staff, and students at no charge. It provides online access to more than 2,200 courses and 7,000 books on a variety of workplace topics and IT skills. Some coursework prepares individuals for specialized certifications such as project management (PMI) and Human Resources Certification (PHR, SPHR). Continuing education credits are also available. Learning Online allows you to personalize a curriculum, selecting from courses specific to your work needs or personal interests.
• The Division of Continuing Education delivers credit and not-for-credit courses on and off campus through a variety of formats serving non-traditional, part-time, and regularly enrolled students.
• UI Career Development Advising is a free and confidential service to help UI employees work toward their personal career development goals within The University of Iowa. One-on-one consultation helps employees identify short and long term goals, develop strategies and benchmarks to achieve these goals, and address resume design, cover letters, and interviewing skills and techniques to facilitate the advancement of their University career.
• Leadership coaching is a service available from Organizational Effectiveness for UI leaders. Individual coaching contracts are based upon the creation of a powerful partnership between the coach, client, and supervisor, and are developmental, not evaluative in nature. This partnership supports clients and their supervisory staff to maximize their potential and achieve work-related outcomes which lead to organizational success.
• The University Lecture Series features prominent national and international leaders in a forum that facilitates audience participation and encourages an exchange of ideas and opinions.
• The Presidential Lecture Series provides an opportunity to hear distinguished members of the faculty present significant aspects of their work.
• The Saturday Scholars program is a free lecture series presented each fall by members of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences on their latest teaching and research innovations. Topics are as broad ranging as the college itself.
• The Geneva Lecture Series provides discussions with distinguished members of the University community about how their faith shapes their study, research, teaching, relationships, and service.
• The Writer’s Workshop offers free, live readings by world renowned fiction writers and poets at various locations and via University radio station WUI-AM 910.
• Natural History, Art, Medical, Historical, and Athletic Museums are available for your enrichment and are also open to the public
• Hancher Auditorium and University Theatres host world-class entertainment, including national and international professional artists, and performances by the Departments of Theatre Arts, Music, and Dance.
• The University Libraries provide employees access to virtually unlimited print and online information resources.
• The College of Education Curriculum Laboratory houses books, videos and textbooks for children and young adults, as well as a large collection of resource books for teachers and parents. Materials may be checked out for two weeks with a University ID card.
• The College of Education features an Information Technology Center where all staff members have access to an entire library of tutorial software.
• The Office of International Students and Scholars offers cross-cultural training and programs, and awards a certificate in “Building our Global Community.”
• International Programs hosts lectures, films, cultural programs, children’s programs, and provides opportunities to interact with and/or host international scholars.
• International Programs provides the Autonomous Language Learning Network (ALLNet) to learn or improve basic language skills (in languages not otherwise taught on campus) in preparation for study and research abroad. Upon admission into the program, learners are provided materials and receive funding for tutorial sessions with a native speaker.

 

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