Thursday, June 6, 2019
9:00 to 9:25 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
Medical Education Research Facility Atrium
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. – Grad School Applications 101
2117 Medical Education Research Facility (MERF)
Completing a graduate school application is an exciting step! With that excitement might come some anxieties. The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to sponsor a seminar for summer undergraduate research participants aimed at providing information on completing a graduate school application. Topics will include
- what to expect when completing your application
- how to be competitive and make your application stand out
- what admissions committees look for in potential students
- personal and research statements - what they are and what to (and not to) include
- plus much more!
Registration Deadline: June 1
Please contact the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies if you have any questions.
Eligibility
Must be an individual of high school or undergraduate status who is conducting research at The University of Iowa during the summer of 2019.
Requirements
A completed registration form
Permission from your UI mentor to attend the workshop
Guidelines Participants must attend all sessions
Schedule of Events for 2019
Thursday June 6, 2019
| 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast/Participant Check-in Medical Education Research Facility Atrium (Workshop will be held upstairs in 2117 MERF) |
| 9:25 a.m. | Welcome and Overview Tammi Steffen | Coordinator, Summer Undergraduate Research Program Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies |
| 9:30 a.m. | Graduate School Application from A to Z Garry Buettner, PhD | Professor of Radiation Oncology Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program | Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology |
| 10:10 a.m. | Break |
| 10:20 a.m. | How to Write an Effective Personal and Research Statement Catherine Musselman, PhD | Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry |
| 11:00 a.m. | Seminar Concludes |