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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...
Mar 5, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's Rialto Dining Center has been awarded a Blue Zones Restaurant Certification. This designation is given to restaurants that complete a set of criteria by implementing changes that create a healthy dining environment.
Actions taken by Rialto which contributed to the certification include: providing menus and nutritional information online, serving healthy sides with entrees, making half...
Mar 5, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Francine D. Blau, the Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University, will be the featured speaker at the University of Northern Iowa Jepson Symposium on March 28. Her public presentation, "Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture" will be at 4:45 p.m. in the Curris Business Building, Room 320.
In addition to her position at Cornell, Blau is a research associate...
Mar 5, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra, sponsored by the UNI Suzuki School, will present a concert at 6:30 p.m., on Monday, March 11, at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church in Cedar Falls.
Members of the orchestra who auditioned in the fall include: Waterloo West High School students Erika Klabunde and Taylor Odekirk; Cedar Falls High School students Charlotte Brandenburg, Jason Cheng, Hanna Gibson, Joel Brich, Lauren Sims, Erik...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Political Science Society will host the 2nd annual OXFAM America Hunger Banquet from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 9, in the Maucker Union Old Central Ballroom.
The purpose of the event is to increase awareness about the great disparity in world food distribution and the millions of people who remain malnourished. Participants will be randomly divided into groups with different income levels...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The UNI Child Development Center (CDC) will host an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7. The CDC is located at 1901 Campus St. and guests may enter through the north door by the track and field house.
Informal tours of the renovated space will be provided and Dwight Watson, dean of the College of Education, will speak at 6:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
The UNI CDC is a childcare and instruction...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- New businesses create nearly all net new jobs, develop new ideas and offer valuable services across the state, and they employ more than half of Iowa's private labor force. Inspiring business owners to grow and develop their business, and providing the tools to do so, is the impetus behind the sixth annual EntreFest! conference, Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8, in Cedar Rapids. EntreFest! brings entrepreneurial...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- In honor of Women's History Month, the University of Northern Iowa will host a reenactment of the 1913 women's suffrage march at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, starting at the fountain in front of Maucker Union.
The 1913 march took place the day prior to the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson to protest women's exclusion from voting and the American political process. The march was critical in the strategy to win the...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will host a series of events throughout the month of March in honor of Women's History Month. The theme of this year's events is "Feminism and the Modern Family."
The documentary "Miss Representation" will be screened from 6 to 8 p.m., on Thursday, March 7, in Seerley Hall, Room 115. The film examines how the media's misrepresentation of women has led to the underrepresentation of women in...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa is one of 14 colleges and universities, and the top college in Iowa, to be recognized as a finalist for the Presidential Award in the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. This is the fifth year UNI has made the honor roll and the second...
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