News and Events
The results are in for the 2008-2009 IFT Scholarship Award Competition. Scholarships were won by Susan Hammons, Jamie Eggerss, Lauren Gemar, Bailey Harris, Olivia Kunzman, Robert Lacy, Tessa Porter, Jeffrey Schroeder, and Ang Tze. IFT alternates included Laura Hargarten, Steven Kaiser, Daniela Bautista, Amanda Walls, and Melanie Downs.
Congratulations to you all!
On Monday, April 21, we will have two speakers for our Food Science Seminar. Graduate student Audrey Wesseling will be presenting "Development of Predictive Models for the Growth of Enterobacter sakazakii in Reconstituted Infant Formula." Also, graduate student Anuja Patnaik will be presenting "Development of Glycoarray Substrates for investigation of Bacteria-host Interaction." Please join them on Monday, April 21 at 4 PM in FIC 42.
Today Dr. Jeyam Subbiah announced that Roja Subbiah was born at 10:19 AM, Monday, April 21 through a Cesarian delivery. Both mother and baby are doing well and are recovering at 305, Bryan LGH East.
Dr. John Rupnow has been elected as a Fellow of IFT. He will be recognized at the awards ceremony at the annual IFT meeting. This is a great recognition to his dedication to IFT and great visibility for our Department.
Good job John!
Randy Wehling has been nominated by their UCARE student to receive a "Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Research" during the UCARE lunch on May 2.
Congratulations Randy!
The Food Science seminar next week will feature two speakers. Sudheendra Kadkol of Food Science will be presenting "Pulsed Electric Field Processing for Inactivating Microorganisms in Liquid Foods" and V.N.N. Dheeraj Jonnalagadda of Biosystems Engineering will be presenting "Determination of Yolk Contamination in Egg White by Raman Spectroscopy". You can join them on April 14 at 4 PM in FIC Room 42. All are welcome to attend.
The Summer 2008 Institute for International Teaching Assistants is scheduled for July 28 through August 12, with final panels scheduled for August 13 and 14.
Prospective graduate teaching assistants who do not speak English as a native language and who are not graduates of a U.S. college or university* must
successfully complete the Institute and demonstrate before a panel of faculty and undergraduate students their ability to comprehend and convey the information necessary to be an effective teacher (unless granted a waiver from the Institute) beforeApplication to the ITA Institute
Applications to the Institute can be completed and submitted online by a department representative. Applications will not be accepted if submitted by a student. Departments should email Dr. Laurie Bellows (lbellows1@unl.edu) for a password and instructions for completing the online application.
Application deadline is Monday, July 7 2008.
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Eligibility
To be eligible for the Institute, applicants must:
Oral English Assessment
To be eligible for the Institute, students must score a 26 or higher on the speaking section of the iBT TOEFL or
The SPEAK Test
achieve a minimum score of 45 on the TSE or SPEAK Test.International graduate students with a score of 26 or higher on the speaking section of the iBT TOEFL are not required to take the SPEAK Test and are eligible to enroll in the Institute for International Teaching Assistants.
International graduate students with a score of 25 or lower on the speaking section of the iBT TOEFL must take the SPEAK Test and receive a score of 45 or higher to be eligible to enroll in the Institute for International Teaching Assistants.
The SPEAK test, the institutional form of the Test of Spoken English (TSE), is a taped and timed test developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Registration fee is $40.00. Sample test materials are available at:
www.unl.edu/piesl/testing.shtmlNote: International students applying from abroad to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and who wish to receive a teaching assistantship, may want to take the TSE in their home country. Contact ETS/TOEFL Testing Service for more information.
SPEAK Test Dates for the Summer 2008 ITA Institute
Thursday, April 10, 3:30 or 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, June 5, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 10, 3:30 p.m.
To register for the SPEAK Test, students should go to Nebraska Hall, room E513
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Waivers from the Institute
*Prospective graduate teaching assistants who do not speak English as a native language but hold a degree from a U.S. college or university are eligible for a waiver from the Institute for International Teaching Assistants. Students can be considered for teaching assignments if their iBT TOEFL speaking score is a 26 or above and they either (a) graduated from a U.S. college or university; (b) have successful teaching experience in a U.S. college or university (documented by former advisor, TA supervisor or department chair/head); OR (c) is, or will be, enrolled in a college teaching-related, department sponsored course that is equivalent to the ITA Institute. Note: Students who have received a waiver must still complete a final panel and be certified as ready to teach.
For more information about the Institute see their web site at http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/programs/ita/
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