Implementation Progress
Our goal is to provide comprehensive support for individuals throughout their relationship with the university, beginning by attracting and retaining talented students, faculty, and staff who will contribute to a thriving university community.
Promoting well-being and success is critical to our future. By providing the appropriate resources for students, faculty, and staff, we can become a destination university for talented individuals who support the achievement of the university's mission and goals. Since the start of the strategic plan, we further embedded well-being and mental health into the campus culture, charging a team to focus on coordinating campus efforts to enhance the health and well-being of the UI community. We also implemented several new initiatives related to recruiting and retaining our talented students, faculty, and staff.
Key Metrics
Nearly 800
employee participants in Discover Your University
These events were hosted across five days in FY23, with 91% of survey respondents saying the program strengthened their sense of connection and belonging
97 %
learned new skills from updated supervisor training
125 supervisors completed training on leading remote and hybrid teams, with nearly all of them reporting they learned new skills or information they could apply to their work
$ 5.9M
to fund 30 High Impact Hiring Initiative requests
The FY23 requests included 19 new faculty recruitments
80 +
current and emeriti faculty members
Honored at the 2023 Highly Prestigious Faculty Award Investiture
Highlights and Success
$ 250k
over a five-year term
Supports a wide-variety of professional activities to advance teaching, research, and public service
24/7 Crisis Line for faculty, staff, postdocs
The 24/7 UI Support and Crisis Line is now available to faculty, staff, and postdocs, who can receive free and confidential support with just a call or a text, or by chatting online with a crisis line volunteer.
Empowering faculty and staff to talk student mental health
UI Scanlan Center for School Mental Health study found staff and faculty from Iowa community colleges feel a responsibility to support their students’ mental health and wellness through modeling behaviors and referring them to campus resources.
UI partners with Rise Global initiative
The University of Iowa is the first public university in North America to partner with Rise, an initiative that selects up to 100 promising young people worldwide as Rise Global Winners each year. The partnership opens the door for these winners to attend the UI.
More Stories
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- Flexible work arrangements promote hiring, retention, and work-life balance
- Instilling employee pride through engagement and discovery
- Expanding leadership development to everyone on campus
- Campus collaboration leads to sick leave policy updates
- Mapping the employment journey of Merit staff
- Discover Your University promotes employee belonging