1/28/02
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UNI Web site offers up-to-the-minute weather info
A new Web site, developed by a UNI associate professor of meteorology, will offer current weather information for reporters, editors, teachers and others interested.
The site, at http://www.earth.uni.edu, features information that is updated daily, providing up-to-the-minute analysis of current weather patterns, records, history and trends in the state. "This is going to help everyone," explained Alan Czarnetzki. "There is increased interest in weather phenomenon as we experience one of the warmest, driest winters on record."
Czarnetzki is director of the new Science center for Teaching, Outreach and Research on Meteorology (STORM) at UNI. The $1.5 million project works to increase the understanding of weather, and allow for development of programs that will help specific groups, such as school superintendents, evaluate weather data.
Contact:
Alan Czarnetzki, associate professor of meteorology, (319) 273-2152
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
1/28/02
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Contact:
Richard Colburn, UNI professor of art and chair, Meryl Norton Hearst Lecture Series, (319) 273-2036
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Tom Anderson, author and professor in the field of art education, artist-in-residence at UNI through Friday, Feb. 1
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Author and professor in the field of art education, Tom Anderson, is an Artist-In-Residence in the Department of Art at the University of Northern Iowa through Friday, Feb.1.
Anderson presented a lecture titled, "Art for Life" on Monday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m., in Kamerick Art Building, Room 111. In addition, he will offer two workshops/seminars, "What is art criticism and how to use it in teaching art" and "The Children's Guernica Peace Mural Movement" throughout the week. Anderson's residency is part of the Meryl Norton Hearst Lecture Series in the UNI College of Humanities and Fine Arts, hosted this year by the Department of Art.
Anderson has been a professor of art education at Florida State University in Tallahassee since 1982. He is a noted author in the field of art education. In 1995 Anderson was instrumental in starting a peace mural movement commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima. At present, there are 67 murals in this series from 40 countries displayed in open frames at the top of Kronplatz Mountain in the Alps. New murals for the series are planned for Germany, France and Greece to coincide with the Olympic Games.
The lecture and workshop sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the UNI Department of Art, (319) 273-2077.
The Meryl Norton Hearst Lecture Series is supported by an endowment from James Schell Hearst, author, poet and professor of creative writing at UNI from 1941 until his retirement in 1975.
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1/28/02
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Contact:
Susan Koch, associate provost and NCAA Certification Steering Committee chair, (319) 273-2517
James O'Connor, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI to hold NCAA certification open forum
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Certification Steering Committee will host a public forum from 2:30 to 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, in Gilchrist Hall, Room 207/209. The forum will provide an overview of UNI's yearlong self-study process, which will culminate with a visit from an NCAA certification team in April.
The forum will include comments from sub-committee chairs and UNI's athletic director about conclusions and recommendations contained in the committee's NCAA Certification Self-Study Report. A draft of the report is available on the Web at: http://www.uni.edu/ncaa. Following public input, the final report will be presented to the NCAA for review next month.
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1/28/02
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Contact:
Cathy Craig, administrative assistant, UNI Suzuki School, (319) 273-2508 or (319) 266-9283
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Note to editors/news directors: 200 dpi JPEG images of Bullard and Fanelli are available at
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Two new programs, new staff member added to UNI Suzuki School; new students being accepted
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- New programs in cello and string bass have been added to the curriculum of the University of Northern Iowa Suzuki School, and Suzanne Bullard has joined the Suzuki faculty to teach cello.
Bullard comes to the UNI Suzuki program from the Boston area. She received her graduate performance degree from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass., and her undergraduate degree from Baldwin-Wallace College/Conservatory in Berea, Ohio. She studied with Suzuki teacher trainers Catherine Walker and Nancy Hair, and with cellists Ann Alton (Skidmore College and Juilliard), Regina Mushabec (Baldwin-Wallace), Andrew Mark (Longy), Rudolf Doblin (Buffalo Philharmonic) and John Marcy (Naples Philharmonic).
Michael Fanelli began teaching string bass this fall. A UNI instructor in teaching who teaches strings and orchestra at UNI's Price Laboratory School, Fanelli is one of the authors of the Suzuki Bass School method books. The revised edition of Books 1, 2 and 3 will be presented at the 10th International Conference of the Suzuki Association of the Americas in Minneapolis, in May. Fanelli will be the conference bass coordinator. He is a contributing columnist about Suzuki bass literature for the Suzuki Association of the Americas, and is becoming a teacher-trainer for the Suzuki Bass School.
Bullard is accepting new cello students, and openings are available for students in both the cello and bass programs. For more information or to arrange lessons, call Cathy Craig, administrative assistant for the UNI Suzuki School, at (319) 273-2508 or (319) 266-9283.
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