FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
John Baker, assistant professor, School of Music (319) 273-2173
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Approximately 225 students from 55 Iowa high schools will participate in the Northern Festival of Bands, Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 8-10, at UNI's Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. As part of the festival, there will be four public concerts, all in the Great Hall of the GBPAC.
The Festival Finale Concert will take place at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, with both the Symphony and Concert Bands performing. James Croft, director of bands at Florida State University, will be the guest conductor for the high school juniors and seniors selected for the Festival Symphony Band. Croft has served as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician in 40 states, Europe, Mexico, Hungary, Israel and Canada.
Dwayne Johnson, director of bands at Holmes Junior High School in Cedar Falls, will conduct the Festival Concert Band, composed of high school freshmen and sophomores. Johnson has taught in the Monticello and Sumner school districts for a total of 27 years.
Featured on the final festival concert will be the solo competition winner and the Festival Percussion Group, conducted by UNI faculty percussionist, Randy Hogancamp. Admission for this
concert is $3 for adults, and $2 for students and senior citizens.
The other three concerts, all on Friday, Feb. 9, are open to the public free of charge.
At 9:30 a.m., there will be a UNI faculty concert by the Northwind Quintet. Performers in the quintet include Dominique Cawley, flute; Tom Barry, oboe; Jack Graham, clarinet; Karen Paradis, bassoon; and Thomas Tritle, horn.
At 2:15 p.m., there will be a UNI faculty concert featuring the Northern Brass Quartet. Performers in the quartet include Randy Grabowski, trumpet; Thomas Tritle, horn; Denson Paul Pollard, trombone; and Jeffery Funderburk, tuba.
UNI student bands will be featured in a 7:30 p.m. concert — the UNI Symphonic Band, conducted by John Baker; and the UNI Wind Symphony, conducted by John Vallentine, head and associate professor of music.
For more information, contact John Baker, at the UNI School of Music, (319) 273-2173.
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Contact:
Gerri Perreault, director Leadership Studies Program, (319) 273-6898
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Government leadership will be the focus of Thursday's [Feb. 8] program on the University of Northern Iowa's Leaders on Leadership 2001 Series, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. in the Schindler Education Center, Room 323. Sponsored by the Leadership Studies Program, the session is free and open to the public.
The program will feature Judith Sistrunk, Sergeant first class, UNI Department of Military Science; Sherie Roberts, executive director, Village Initiative; Michael Russell, vice president, Northern Iowa Student Government; and George Stigler, Judge, District court, State of Iowa.
Gerri Perreault, director of the UNI Leadership Studies Program, said the series provides an opportunity to learn about leadership views and practices of leaders from a variety of society's sectors.
The Leadership Studies Program is offering one credit for students who attend the series sessions offered throughout the semester. The Leaders on Leadership 2001 Series will continue Feb. 15 with “Environmental Leadership.”
For further information, contact Gerri Perreault, (319) 273-6898.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Cheryl Smith, program associate, Iowa Space Grant Consortium, (319) 273-6809
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC), a NASA-supported group that includes the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and Drake University, recently awarded 11 $10,000 seed grants and four $30,000 cooperative grants for research projects.
Both types of grants were awarded for an eleven-month period that began Feb. 1, and will be used for research relevant to NASA's mission, according to William J. Byrd, ISGC director. One of the consortium's main goals is to stimulate aerospace research.
The $10,000 seed grants are awarded to faculty at the consortium's member universities. At least half of each grant must be used as scholarship money to support one or more students, who will work closely with the faculty researcher.
The $30,000 cooperative grants involve two or more ISGC affiliates working on research projects relevant to NASA's mission. The consortium's other affiliates include aerospace and technology businesses, state government agencies, science museums and aerospace associations. At least $10,000 of each grant must be used to support student research assistants.
Under NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship program, consortia have been established in each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Seed grant winners are as follows:
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
Cooperative grants were awarded to: Thomas Schnell, University of Iowa and Douglas Becks, Rockwell Collins; Frank Chavez and Dr. James Bernard, Iowa State University and Mike Sellberg, Engineering Animation, Inc.; James Christiansen, Drake University, James Johnson, Des Moines University and Eric Henderson, Iowa State University; Geb Thomas, University of Iowa and Mark Fienup and Dr. Paul Gray, University of Northern Iowa.
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