The University of Iowa’s instructional design team will present at an international convention for instructional design, the 2019 AECT International Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UI’s proposal was accepted by Association for Educational Communications and Technologies in a competitive selection process.

The Division of Continuing Education announces Laura Sinn, a fourth-year student from Williamsburg, Iowa, in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts (BLS) degree program, as the 2017 Robert F. Ray Staff scholarship awardee.

The Tippie College of Business is starting several new initiatives to attract more students to its MBA programs.

Bonnie Brown is a mother with a full-time job, studying social work and taking newly offered courses through the Des Moines campus of the University of Iowa.

Twenty-four graduate colleges and programs at the University of Iowa are listed among the 25 best in the nation, according to the latest rankings from "U.S. News & World Report."

Mary Cohen, UI associate professor of music education, shares how everyone can learn skills to express themselves through music-making, storytelling, and movement. InterPlay is one remarkable system providing incremental steps toward self-expression in any way we choose, Cohen explains.

The UI College of Education’s Master of Arts in educational leadership program ranks No. 17 in the 2016 edition of the 'U.S. News and World Report’ Best Online Graduate Education Programs and the 16th-best program for veterans, thanks to an excellent job placement rate and the flexibility online learning provides.

So far, a new program offered by the UI Chief Diversity Office designed to help faculty and staff strengthen diversity and inclusion has received a great deal of interest. The BUILD (Building University of Iowa Leadership for Diversity) initiative, a non-credit bearing certificate opportunity, started offering classes this fall.

Beginning this fall, the University of Iowa Chief Diversity Office will offer a non-credit bearing certificate program for faculty and staff who want to gain skills to contribute to the creation of a campus climate that supports safety and success for everyone at the university.

About 5,100 University of Iowa students will mark educational milestones as they receive their degrees at spring 2015 commencement ceremonies. Ceremonies begin Thursday, May 14, with the College of Pharmacy commencement and end Friday, June 5, with the College of Dentistry. All other ceremonies will be held May 15-16.

Bettendorf resident Ellonyia Yenney, who will obtain a Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) and a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management from the UI, says that obtaining a bachelor's degree will help bring credibility to her years in the working world and open more doors professionally.

University of Iowa staff members who wish to begin or continue their undergraduate education can apply for funding support from the Robert F. Ray Staff Scholarship, offered through the Division of Continuing Education.