Students with Children & Family Responsibilities
The University Family Services Office provides assistance and guidance for students with children and other family responsibilities.
Support networks
- Family Services—On this web site, find links to many campus and community resources, including:
- Child Care Services
- Elder Care Services
- Resources for Students who are Parents
- Provost's Office—Tips for letting your professors know about your child and family responsibilities.
- Student Parent Computer Loan Program—This pilot program lends University-owned computers to student parents on a per-semester basis.
Curriculum
- Child Development Course—This psychology course examines theories and research in the areas of biological, cognitive, and social development.
- Department of Psychology—Parent-child relationships are among the primary research areas of Grazyna Kochanska, the Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- School of Social Work—This division of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers course work in a variety of family-oriented topics, including child welfare and elderly services, and is home to the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice.
- Social Policy and the Elderly Course—This a guided independent study course offered in the UI School of Social Work covers public social policies and their effect on the well-being of the elderly.
Advocacy and education
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Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity—This office supports and enhances the University's commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students.
- Center for Diversity & Enrichment—This office coordinates a variety of campus programs and services designed to create a welcoming climate for students of color, first-generation college students, and students from low-income families.
- UI President's Family Issues Charter Committee—This group reviews and makes recommendations about programs, plans, and policies to promote a positive climate for families of UI faculty, staff, and students.
- Women's Resource and Action Center—This facility provides counseling, financial assistance, and a variety of educational programs for student parents.
- Office of Cultural Affairs & Diversity Initiatives, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 228 CMAB, medicine-diversity@uiowa.edu or 319/384-2952.
- The Office of Cultural Affairs & Diversity Initiatives
Scholarships and financial assistance
Biosciences Program
The University of Iowa
353 Medical Research Center
Iowa City, IA 52242-1181
Phone: 1-800-551-6787 or 319-335-8305
Text: 319-535-5211
Fax: 319-335-7656
E-mail: biosciences@uiowa.edu
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