Student Life at Iowa

Professionals in the Division of Student Life (DSL) collaborate to enable learning opportunities and experiences that reach far beyond the classroom. We provide students with activities that foster knowledge and success, and create a complete University experience where students achieve an understanding of themselves and the world around them.

To ensure that every University of Iowa student leaves with a skillset of practices that carries into their future endeavors, we focus our work into three priorities: Undergraduate Leadership Development, Healthy and Safety, and Multiculturalism, Diversity, & Inclusion.

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Undergraduate Leadership Development

Students succeed at Iowa when they become effective leaders. The Division of Student Life provides an array of leadership experiences for students. Our strategic priority is to expand the number of undergraduates who have access to a meaningful student leadership experience. Our ambitious goal is “all Hawkeyes as leaders”. 

We encourage our students to be valued members of the Hawkeye family and Iowa City area community by providing them with leadership programs and education, volunteer opportunities, interships, and job connections, that enable them to excel during their time at the University.

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Health and Safety

Students are at the center of everything we do in the Division. To ensure that every Hawkeye maintains a healthy and productive lifestyle, we provide safety education, wellness programs, and a number of on-campus health agencies for students to access when neccessary.

From the University Counseling Service and our various Health Clinics, to Alcohol Harm Reducation and Safety Initiatives, we provide our students with the most efficient safety and health services.

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Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Inclusion

Multicultural competence is a reflective process. Determining how the Division can continue to contribute to the multicultural competence of our students is enhanced by an inward focus on our own multicultural competence. In order to make a significant outward contribution, we need to have an effective framework for ongoing staff development in this area. 

As we increase the multicultural competence of Division faculty and staff, we come together to educate our students on diversity and promote inclusion as a focal point at The University of Iowa.

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