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Nov 1, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa has a wide range of activities planned to recognize Veterans Day and honor members of the armed forces. Thursday, Nov. 8, veterans, student volunteers and UNI faculty will tie yellow ribbons around trees on campus to commemorate veterans. Those who wish to participate in the ribbon tying should meet at 5 p.m., Nov. 8, in front of the Maucker Union.
On Friday, Nov. 9, volunteers will be handing...
Nov 1, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa gerontology program will celebrate its10th anniversary with a screening of the documentary "You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't," from 7 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12, in the Center for Multicultural Education in Maucker Union.
The documentary details the story of an older adult with Alzheimer's disease and her time spent in an assisted care facility. Alzheimer's disease is the most...
Oct 31, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Strayer-Wood Theatre will hold auditions for the spring production of "Merchant of Venice," a comedy by William Shakespeare. Auditions will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Strayer-Wood Theatre on the University of Northern Iowa campus.
Auditions are open to UNI students. Those auditioning are asked to prepare a two-minute verse monologue (not prose) from a Shakespeare play. The monologue can be either dramatic or...
Oct 30, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, IA -- A representative from the University of Northern Iowa presented alongside Iowa State University and University of Iowa on the statewide economic impact of the Regents universities to the Board of Regents during the Oct. 25 meeting on the University of Iowa campus.
Randy Pilkington, director of Business and Community Services at UNI, discussed the universities' outreach throughout all 99 Iowa counties, adding that nearly 10,000...
Oct 30, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Five graduates from the School of Heath, Physical Education and Leisure Services (HPELS) at the University of Northern Iowa will be inducted into the school's Elinor A. Crawford and William R. Thrall Hall of Excellence at 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3 in the UNI Commons.
The following alumni will be inducted this year:
Scott Mittelstadt (M.A. '86) currently serves as a senior group leader in integrative pharmacology at Abbott...
Oct 30, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Julie Husband, associate professor of languages and literatures at the University of Northern Iowa, will give a presentation "Embodying Equal Rights: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, 1868-1870," at noon, Monday, Nov. 5, as part of the Current Research on Women and Gender (CROW) Forum. The forum will be held at the Center for Multicultural Education, Room 109A, on the UNI campus.
Husband's talk will focus on Susan B....
Oct 29, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa College of Education will host its biannual Teacher Education Induction Convocation at 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC). This will be the 44th group of candidates inducted into the Teacher Education program since formal ceremonies began in 1991.
Three hundred and eighty students have satisfied requirements for admission into...
Oct 29, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Beginning in October 2009, the University of Northern Iowa Integrated Services Project (ISP) teamed up with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) to develop a program on substance abuse and domestic violence. ISP is currently working with agencies to develop educational training and ideas for joint services against domestic violence and substance abuse.
The main goal of the project is to develop educational...
Oct 25, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- When it comes to Halloween costumes, how sexy is too sexy? Annette Lynch, a professor in applied human sciences at the University of Northern Iowa, has researched costume and dress and the impacts on college students' and children's behaviors.
"The Halloween costuming worn on college campuses strongly reinforces a binary, male/female gender system, with women playing a hedonic role within a male controlled environment," said...
Oct 25, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A new Stop & Serve program aims to provide University of Northern Iowa students more opportunities to volunteer and help their community. The program, sponsored by the Student Involvement Center, provides brief, on-campus volunteer opportunities.
The program's mission, "Everyone has five minutes to give," gives people the chance to work on service projects focused on a variety of social issues in the community, region...
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