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Mar 28, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa College of Education will induct 250 students into the teacher education program at the Teacher Education Induction Convocation at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. A reception will follow in the GBPAC lobby.
This will be the 45th group of candidates inducted into the Teacher Education program since formal ceremonies began in 1991....
Mar 27, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education will host the seventh annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony in the Cedar Valley at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 7, in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center lobby. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the 2013 National Days of Remembrance. The theme of this year's Days of Remembrance is "Never Again: Heeding the Warning Signs."
The ceremony...
Mar 27, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Strayer-Wood Theatre will present William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice (BEACH)!" at 7:30 p.m., April 11 to 13 and April 18 to 20, and at 2 p.m., April 14 and 21, in the Strayer-Wood Theatre on the University of Northern Iowa campus.
In this comedy, Shakespeare weaves together two ancient folk myths. One involves a vengeful, greedy Jewish creditor trying to exact a pound of flesh from a Christian over an unpaid debt...
Mar 26, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's LGBT student organization, UNI Proud, will host the annual campus-wide Pride Week Monday, April 1 through Saturday, April 6. "Pride and Progress" is the theme of this year's pride week, with events that focus on the political aspects of the LGBT movement.
The week's events will begin Monday, April 1 with a march around campus at noon, beginning at the fountain by Maucker Union. The queer...
Mar 25, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's Department of Art will host a symposium on graphic design for design professionals, educators and students. The event will take place starting at 5 p.m., Friday, April 26 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 27, in the Kamerick Art Building, Room 111.
The event, titled Envisioning Design, will start with an annual portfolio night. Upper-level UNI graphic design students will present their...
Mar 22, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Department of Physics will host the UNI/Area Education Agency 267 Regional Physics Competition from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, in the McLeod Center on the UNI campus. Approximately 150 high school students from across Iowa are expected to participate.
The competition is a series of six events. It stresses creativity and ingenuity, as well as an understanding of physics-related...
Mar 22, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Iowa's three public universities are partnering with the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) to bring comprehensive college and career readiness programming and resources to students and parents in communities across Iowa, and to support initiatives around the state that support economic growth through increased training and education of Iowa's future workforce.
"Iowa's public universities, UNI, ISU and the UI, support ICAN's...
Mar 20, 2013
CEDAR FALLS -- The John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition is now accepting entries for the 2013 competition. New and start-up businesses (in business for less than four years) are eligible to enter the competition for the chance to win up to $25,000.
The deadline to enter is April 30. Applicants are required to submit business plan information via a secure online program called Gust. A link to the Gust submission page is available at the...
Mar 14, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Elaine Eshbaugh, associate professor of gerontology at the University of Northern Iowa, will host a lecture on Alzheimer's and dementia from noon to 12:50 p.m., Friday, March 29, in Latham Hall, Room 125.
The lecture will focus on common misconceptions about Alzheimer's and dementia, as well as the difference between these two conditions. It will also include tips and ideas for positive interactions with people who have...
Mar 13, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa chapter of the national student volunteer organization, Students Today Leaders Forever (STLF), will embark on its first Pay It Forward Tour during spring break, beginning Friday, March 15. The nine-day tour will take students to six different cities and give them the opportunity to participate in a number of volunteer projects.
"Many students spend their spring break either doing the...
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