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Mar 13, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- More than 300 people gathered at the Hotel Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, March 7 to attend the Dream Big, Grow Here pitch off event and to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship in Iowa at the sixth annual EntreFest! Conference.
Dream Big, Grow Here is an annual statewide contest for entrepreneurs and small business owners to win cash to start or grow an Iowa business. This year's event was emceed by Lt. Gov. Kim...
Mar 12, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's new interactive digital studies (IDS) major has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 Prometheus Awards. The awards honor companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence in technology. The IDS program is a finalist in the Innovation in Teaching category.
IDS is a new, interdisciplinary major that represents a collaboration between eight different departments, representing each...
Mar 12, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Lindsay Cohn, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa, has recently been awarded an International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
The IAF began in 1967 and is designed to assist mid-career scholars and professionals in advancing their analytic capabilities and broadening their foreign policy experience. The CFR is a nonpartisan membership...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art and the UNI Department of Art will present the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Kamerick Art Building (KAB) from March 25 to April 20.
An awards ceremony and reception for the exhibition will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, March 25, in the KAB Auditorium, Room 111.
This competitive exhibition showcases outstanding works of art by students in the UNI Department of Art. The...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- As part of its ongoing dedication to promote diversity in education, the University of Northern Iowa College of Education will welcome Christine E. Sleeter, professor emerita in the College of Professional Studies at California State University Monterey Bay, from 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, in the Schindler Education Center, Room 247 on the UNI campus. Sleeter will discuss issues relating to race, class, gender and...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will hold the conference Poverty Summit: Understanding Poverty in Iowa and the U.S., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 8, in the Old Central Ballroom in Maucker Union.
The keynote speech will be given at 9 a.m. by Heidi Shierholz, an economist on the staff of the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit research institution in Washington, D.C. that specializes in economic inequality and...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Dance Team came in fourth place in the nation in Division I for their jazz routine and pom routine at the Universal Dance Association (UDA) Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship in Orlando, Fla. The competition is the most prestigious college cheerleading and dance team championship in the country.
"This is the first time in the UNI Dance Team's history that we have placed top five...
Mar 6, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa School of Music will sponsor guest lecturer Jennifer Stevenson this month. Stevenson will present her lecture titled "Musical Adventures: How to Compose Music for Children's Outreach Concerts" at noon, on Wednesday, March 13, in Russell Hall, Room 121 on the UNI campus.
Composer and clarinetist, Stevenson has been creating and performing musical outreach programs in Los Angeles and across the...
Mar 6, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Businesses classified as minor sources throughout the eastern portion of Iowa may be required to submit the Minor Source Emissions Inventory (MSEI) by May 15, 2013. The Iowa Waste Reduction Center (IWRC) has provided resources including tutorials and emission calculators since 2010 via msei.iwrc.org to help these businesses. The website has been updated for the 2012 reporting year requirement and the IWRC is adding one-on-...
Mar 6, 2013
CEDAR FALLS -- A $15 million gift from Des Moines businessman Richard O. Jacobson sets a milestone for teacher education at the University of Northern Iowa. Jacobson's gift to UNI's College of Education is the largest gift UNI has ever received.
Jacobson said, "UNI is renowned for the quality of teachers it produces. It has an outstanding program for preparing principals and superintendents, and the university's leadership has demonstrated their...
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