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Nov 28, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Interior Design program will host its annual Senior Portfolio Show from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Center for Energy and Environmental Education atrium. Students will share their projects and answer questions. Refreshments will be served.
The event will showcase the work of 12 interior design students in the areas of residential, office, hospitality and healthcare design, among others...
Nov 27, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Two University of Northern Iowa professors of special education, Christina Curran and Susan Brennan, have been granted funding from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust for a project that includes a new Assistive Technology Lab for all UNI teacher education students. The lab, called T2:PAL: Teachers and Technology -- Promoting Accessible Learning, will hold an open house from 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Schindler...
Nov 20, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa's Department of Political Science will host a forum discussing "Election 2012: What did it Mean" from 3 to 5 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 28, in Sabin Hall, Room 002.
Four members of the political science department will discuss topics that include the presidential and congressional returns and their possible implications, state election results, campaign communications of the 2012 elections, and...
Nov 20, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- University of Northern Iowa students, faculty and staff will work with an AmeriCorps group to clear brush from the Cedar Bend Savanna Nov. 26 through 29. This work week is a part of an ongoing project to restore the remnant oak savanna.
"Part of our mission here at the Tallgrass Prairie Center is to assist conservation agencies with managing rare prairie plant communities around the state," said David Williams, prairie...
Nov 20, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Benjamin Ginsberg, author of the widely acclaimed book "The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters," will speak at the University of Northern Iowa at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Commons Ballroom.
In his book, Ginsberg documents the biggest change in higher education in recent years to be the growth of administrative bureaucracy and the concurrent decline in faculty.
He is...
Nov 19, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "What is my American Dream?" This is the question asked to sixth-grade students at the George Washington Carver Academy in Waterloo. The University of Northern Iowa Reaching for Higher Ground Series will host two events to showcase the students' photography and writing on the topic. The first showcase will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Carver Academy cafeteria. The second event will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5...
Nov 19, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Graduates of the University of Northern Iowa Real Estate Program, retroactive to the 2004-2005 academic year, are now approved to have satisfied 267 hours of credit toward the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria for the Certified General Appraiser licensing.
The UNI program is only the third program in the United States to receive this level of approval from the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) of The...
Nov 16, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Thirty literacy coach candidates are continuing their studies on the University of Northern Iowa campus this fall. These candidates are in preparation programs for the Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Model (PCL), an initiative founded by Linda Dorn of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. UNI's Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy is one of five PCL network affiliated universities in the United...
Nov 15, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Four University of Northern Iowa staff members received 2012 Staff Excellence Awards, given by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa.
Regents Staff Excellence Award recipients at UNI are: Tim Bakula, associate director of the Office of Student Financial Aid; Ken Bauer, information technology specialist, Rod Library; Rosanne L. Lang, dining unit manager, Rialto dining; and Lyn Redington, director of residence life.
Bakula is...
Nov 15, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Eight University of Northern Iowa School of Music students recently received top honors in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Iowa District Student Auditions, which took place Nov. 2 and 3 at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
UNI students claimed three first-place honors. Colin Wilson, a sophomore majoring in music education from Iowa City, earned first place in the Sophomore Men Division; Brian Langr,...
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