Educational Opportunity Center

Students sitting around a table
Financial Literacy Workshop
Couselors and students working in the computer lab
EOC Counselors assisting students
Speaker standing at a podium
Student Achievement Luncheon Keynote Speaker UNI Provost Dr. Gloria Gibson
Student standing at a podium
EOC Student Achievement Luncheon student speaker
Student posing with his art work
Student displays his artwork for guests at the EOC Student Achievement Luncheon
Students standing along a green railing
EOC students taking a break from a workshop
Speaker standing at a podium
Student Achievement Luncheon Keynote Speaker Classic Upward Bound Director Mickye Johnson

Mission

Our mission is to expand awareness about educational opportunities and to assist eligible students to enroll in a GED program or post secondary institution.  The UNI EOC program strives to assist individuals with overcoming educational barriers. 

 

 

News

University of Northern Iowa Educational Opportunity Center Gets Renewal Grant to Assist Non-traditional Students

February 1, 2013

The University of Northern Iowa Educational Opportunity Center (UNI-EOC) received funding for five years, from 2011-2016, for $437,266 per grant year from The U.S. Department of Education. The funding falls under Title IV of the Education Act of 1965 and is part of the TRiO programs. The UNI-EOC is one of 128 grantees awarded a five-year grant to provide college admissions counseling and information to qualified individuals.