2012-2013 Deadline for Applications: February 9th, 2013
Contact DSAC
The Dean's Student Advisory Committee (DSAC) is headed by Associate Dean Helena Dettmer for Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum. This student-led committee helps the College to understand the needs of students and how to assist them. The committee meets with a large number of significant faculty/staff all across campus.
Issues discussed fall within the following topics:
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Academic policies
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Degree requirements
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Advising opportunities
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Course availability
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Internship experiences
DSAC members raise concerns for discussion and action, ranging from degree requirements and advising to research opportunities and internships.
Some of the past issues we have targeted include but are not limited to:
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Modifying the required Rhetoric course (to only Accelerated Rhetoric)
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Addressing maximum # of finals in one day
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Noting the use of ACE Forms & how to publicize results
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Inputting improvements to the Main Library
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Discussing additions to Living Learning Communities
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Adding ideas to the development of the new ISIS
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Updating the CLAS Academic Code of Honesty
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Offering student perspectives to faculty-headed operations across campus
Our current projects include:
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Forming a major-specific ambassador/mentorship program
The committee meets every other week during the academic year, generally in the evenings. If you have any questions, feel free to contact DSAC President Sunny Kothari at clas-dsac@uiowa.edu.
Current Members
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Alec Bramel - Junior - Political Science - History minor
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Aleksander Durumeric - Junior - Chemistry and Mathematics - Spanish minor
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Alex Hjelmaas - Sophomore - Biochemistry - Philosophy minor
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Aly Olson, Sophomore - Vocal Performance - Theatre minor - Performing Arts Entrepreneurship certificate
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Andrew Woronowicz - Junior - Ethics and Public Policy, Economics
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Brady Campbell - Sophomore - Biochemistry - Spanish minor
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Candace McCutcheon - Sophomore - Journalism - Psychology and Human Relations minors
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Carter Bell - First year - Political Science - Fundraising and Philanthropy Communication certificate
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Charlotte Dutcher - Junior - French, Speech and Hearing Science
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Chas Cahill - Sophomore - Political Science, Environmental Policy - Sustainability certificate
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Garrett Skinner - Junior - Biochemistry
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Haoyang Yan - Junior - Economics, Psychology - Math minor
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Irtaza Khalid - Senior - Biochemistry
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Jennifer Brenner - Sophomore - Computer Science
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Jennifer Brown - Sophomore - Communication Studies, Psychology
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Jeralyn Westercamp - Senior - Marketing, Management, Political Science - Music minor - Leadership Studies certificate
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Kasra Zarei - First year - Psychology, Spanish, Biochemistry
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Kelly Dunn - Sophomore - International Studies - Spanish minor
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Laura Briese - Sophomore - Social Work - Spanish minor
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Lizzy Mello - Junior - International Studies, Dance
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Mackenzie Borders - First-year - International Relations, Spanish
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Maddy Walkner - Junior - Health and Human Physiology - Microbiology minor
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Megan Henry - Sophomore - Vocal Performance, Environmental Science - Theatre minor
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Molly Hammer - Junior - Ethics and Public Policy, Journalism & Mass Communication - History and Sociology minors
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Nate Hua - First year - Chemistry, Theatre minor
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Nathaniel Gier - Junior - Economics, Math, Spanish
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Ramsan Younatham - Sophomore - Human Physiology - Economics and Psychology minors
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Shayna Ohley - Junior - Communication Studies - Mass Communications minor
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Sunny Kothari - Senior - Medical Physics and Integrative Physiology - Chemistry minor
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Taylor Tabatabai - Junior - Biology
