August 2022 Office News + Updates

Happy August!

Welcome to the first edition of the registrar's office monthly e-news.

With our staff working fully remote or hybrid schedules, or in separate buildings across campus, we wanted to find a way to help people stay connected.

This e-newsletter will be used to share general office updates, updates relating to the UCC office move, volunteer and professional development opportunities, and more. If you have content ideas, please share.

Have a great month!

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UCC Office Move Update

On July 20, an update was added to Teams with the most recent information relating to the UCC office move. An additional update will be coming this week as well.

As a reminder, updates will be shared on Teams as the information becomes available and will include draft floor plans, information about the space in UCC, and project status.

You may also want to set up notifications in Teams for this channel.

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Website Updates

The new UI Service Center website was launched in July on the latest version of the Drupal platform. Visit their new website today!

The MAUI Help website is also being built on this platform. It will be an ever-evolving site as new information and documentation continues to be added and updated to help MAUI users. 

Progress is also being made on moving the veterans and classroom websites to this new version. The registrar's office website will also be moving but will require some assistance from ITS. More to come!

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Volunteer Opportunities

On Iowa! Volunteer Opportunities

Assist in welcoming new Hawkeyes and transfer students to campus during On Iowa! Opportunities are available Aug. 13–21.

UI Food Pantry

The pantry is short volunteers this summer so please considering offering your time to help support this wonderful resource for our university community. Food pantry volunteer details are available here.

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Networking Opportunities

UMACRAO Informal Check-In
Friday, Aug. 26 at 10 a.m.

Take a break from the start-of-semester chaos by catching up with your fellow registrar and admissions professionals!

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Health + Wellness

Last week was the provost's office Week of Wellness, which offered a series of Zoom sessions relating to exercise, stress management, and meal planning, in addition to 

If you missed the Zoom sessions, they will be uploaded to UI Capture soon. Watch Wellness Week Zoom sessions here. You will need to use your HawkID and password to login.

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Staff Spotlight

Caroline Jens was just awarded a SPOT Award for her “outstanding teamwork with the bariatric chairs” providing assistance to an on-campus event organizer. 

She was nominated by Steph Rourke from FM@YourService. 

Congratulations, Caroline!

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IOWA Brand

As many of you know, the University of Iowa launched a new brand in May 2020. The brand is not a logo or a tagline. It’s the life-changing experiences we deliver each day, shaped by our values and made special by our unique strengths. The words and images we choose; the symbols, fonts, and colors we use; and the stories we tell all help convey our brand. 

I encourage you all to visit the Brand Manual website to learn more and please feel free to email me at any time with questions at kristan-hellige@uiowa.edu.

One of the easiest ways for us all to support the brand is by using the Iowa branded email signature. Find the email signature template here.

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Ideas for Future Content

If you have ideas to include in future versions of this newsletter or any feedback, please send it to me at kristan-hellige@uiowa.edu.

Thank you!

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