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For incoming and current students
Whether you’re exploring UNI or returning as an undergrad or graduate student, you quickly find there are resources and opportunities galore. That includes student organizations, scholarships and experiences that are specific to our majors. Need help? Professional advisors, faculty and staff are here to assist and guide.
Becoming a Teacher at UNI
Involvement Opportunities
Student organizations give you options to gain extra experience while building your professional networks and knowledge. An EMLE faculty advisor works with the Student Elementary and Early Childhood Association (SEECA), one of the college's most active student organizations. You also may be interested in these options:
- Student Literacy Association (SLA)
- Council on Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Teacher Education Ambassadors, a student group supporting special events and recruitment activities
- America Reads, a service-learning partnership with local schools
- Kappa Delta Pi, an honor society for education majors
Scholarships and Funding
A Wealth of Options
Thanks to generous donors, there are a number of scholarships available for incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students seeking majors or degrees offered through the Department of Elementary and Middle Level Education. This includes:
Undergraduate
- About 125 donor-funded scholarships for incoming undergraduates (including transfers) and current undergraduates in elementary and middle level education
- Use the universal application to apply.
Graduate
- Additional scholarships for graduate students, including the Dean’s Graduate Scholarship awards of up to $1,500
Additional Resources to Support Your Studies
Graduate assistantships are an opportunity to gain experience in your field while working toward your degree. College of Education graduate assistantships support students in graduate fields across the college in three areas of emphasis:
- Teaching Assistantships
- Research Assistantships
- Service Assistantships
Interested? Learn more from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research and the College of Graduate, Research and Online Education’s FAQs on Graduate Assistantships and Tuition Scholarships.
A Wealth of Options
Thanks to generous donors, there are a number of scholarships available for incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students seeking majors or degrees offered through the Department of Elementary and Middle Level Education. This includes:
Undergraduate
- About 125 donor-funded scholarships for incoming undergraduates (including transfers) and current undergraduates in elementary and middle level education
- Use the universal application to apply.
Graduate
- Additional scholarships for graduate students, including the Dean’s Graduate Scholarship awards of up to $1,500
Additional Resources to Support Your Studies
Graduate assistantships are an opportunity to gain experience in your field while working toward your degree. College of Education graduate assistantships support students in graduate fields across the college in three areas of emphasis:
- Teaching Assistantships
- Research Assistantships
- Service Assistantships
Interested? Learn more from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research and the College of Graduate, Research and Online Education’s FAQs on Graduate Assistantships and Tuition Scholarships.
Clinical Internships
You’re in the field early and often, with clinical internships 1 and 2 for beginning and then advanced hands-on experience in classrooms. These are paired with methods courses. If you select the professional school development model for Internship 2, you’ll be on site at a local elementary school for both! For each, EMLE faculty will supervise your internships, partnering with you, your methods instructors and mentor teachers in area classrooms to get you that much closer to living your dream.