University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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DRAIN Comments coming from the rvey were both for and against oving back. One graduate, sently living in Dallas. Texas, aimed he couldn’t wait to get ck where the weather is in- erestingand the people are real ople.” Fifty-six percent of those Iowans who left claimed that if the appropriate job was available, they would return to Iowa. Sixty-two percent said that if the kind of work they were looking for was here, they, too. would stay. Another graduate noted that once a person leaves Iowa, it becomes harder and harder to return. Iowa’s best hope is to keep its graduates from moving in the first place. she said. Most graduates took into ac- count me nigner salaries other states as compared Iowa, but many were aware of the cost of living in that state as compared to living in Iowa. Very few of the graduates who participated in the survey said negative things about Iowa. Most who moved away from Iowa realized what a good place Iowa is to live. One survey par- ticipant summed it up as. Money isn’t everything. -Barbara Agan Brain Drain 23

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Grads leaving the state the cause of Iowa’s Look at nine of your closest friends. According to a recent survey, four of the ten of you will move out of Iowa after you graduate looking for better job opportunities, namely, more money. This study, conducted by UNI Professors Janet Rives and Mahmood Yousefi, consisted of a two-page questionnaire sent to all graduates from the BRAIN three state universities in the fall of 1985. A followup survey found that 41.5 percent of those Iowans who responded had ac- tually left Iowa. UNI had the smallest proportion of graduates leaving the state, while Iowa State had the most. Teaching and agriculture majors had the lowest percentage of graduates leaving Iowa, and engineering and science majors had the greatest. Among the top ten states graduates moved to were Min- nesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Michigan. Midwest weather was obviously not among the factors for leaving Iowa. Other states graduates moved to were Texas, California, Colorado, Arizona and North Carolina. 22 Brain Drain

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Future UNI Students Shine MATH AND SCIENCE Pencils were sharp. Formulas raced through brain cells. Five hundred top high school seniors were ready to com- pete for scholarship money to help them study math or science at UNI. Cash awards were also given to be used at any university. The 24th UNI Science and Mathematics Symposium took place on November 6-7. The Symposium, sponsored by the College of Natural Science, is held annually on the first Thursday and Friday of November. High school seniors journeyed from around the state to UNI and took an exam of their choice from the fields of earth science, physics, biology, mathematics, and chemistry. Each of the Five departments awarded two full tuition scholarships, a $250 cash award, and a $100 cash award to selected high school seniors. Their score on the exam and an interview assisted the department committees in determining the scholarship reci- pients. The committees also con- sidered whether the applicants planned to attend UNI, their ACT and SAT scores, if they will major in that particular field, and their high school grades. The students took the exams on Thursday afternoon, and 10 to 15 students from each department were chosen for interviews held that night. On Friday, distinguished guest lec- turers were scheduled to speak in the morning and in the afternoon. Following the exams, interviews, and lectures, the presentation ceremony began. Those that were for- tunate enough to receive an interview sat on the edge of their seats and waited for the final decisions of the committees, while their classmates and friends also waited for the news. After long deliberation, the winners were announced. The Biology Department awarded Kristi Peters of Harlan Community and Jeff Rathmell of Cedar Falls with the full tuition scholarships, Kristin Switz of Ames with the $250 cash award, and Christopher Friedrich of Algona with the $100 cash award. Michelle Dancker of Ottumwa and Lisa Grote of Harlan Community received the chemistry scholarships. Doug Fish of Marshalltown was awarded the $250 in cash, and Bill Deninger of Marshalltown received the $100 cash award and was an alter- nate to a full tuition scholarship. The Earth science scholarships went to Carol Peterson of Ames and Daniel Sloan of Mason City. Mike Morford of Ames and Jonathan Williams of Stephen Hempstead received the $250 and $100 awards respectively. LW»ht With the rising cost of tuition and the recent approval of an enrollment cap. receiving scholarships and cash awards make UNI's symposium tests worth a high school student's efforts. 24 Milk Sci»tK Symposium