3/05/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Phil Patton, registrar, (319) 273-2244

Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI changes venue of spring commencement ceremonies

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Traditionally held in the UNI-Dome, spring commencement ceremonies for the University of Northern Iowa will take place in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center over two days. The UNI-Dome will be under construction during May. According to UNI Registrar Phil Patton, there will be six separate ceremonies, one for each college and hosted by the deans of each respective college as follows:

Friday, May 10,

Saturday, May 11

Seating is limited. Each graduating student, except those in the College of Education, will be issued five tickets. Because the College of Education has a very large graduating class, those students will be issued four tickets. Tickets will be mailed on or about April 25. Ceremonies will be broadcast live on local access cable television in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo area.

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3/5/02

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Katie MacDonald, program manager, UNI Regional Business Center, (319) 236-8123

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI business center offers 'Smart Start' class

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "Smart Start," a free, introductory class for individuals interested in opening their own businesses, will be offered by the University of Northern Iowa's Regional Business Center, Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the center office, 212 E. 4^th St., Waterloo.

This class will show participants how to get financing, teach them the differences between sole proprietors and corporations, and guide them through the other steps they must take to start their own businesses in the Cedar Valley. For more information or to register, contact Katie MacDonald at (319) 236-8123 or (888) 237-8124, or visit www.unirbc.org.

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3/5/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Jolene Tagtow, instructor in teaching (language arts & theatre), Northern University High School, (319) 273-2594

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

Northern University High School to present 'Fiddler on the Roof' March 8-10

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Northern University High School will present its spring production, "Fiddler on the Roof," on March 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and on March 10 at 2 p.m.

Jolene Tagtow, UNI instructor in teaching and director of the play, said students in grades 6-12 will work onstage and behind the scenes for the shows. "You could say that this makes even our productions part of the 'teaching' process that goes on at the Laboratory School," she said. Music director is Linda Sharp, UNI assistant professor of teaching.

"Fiddler on the Roof" is set in the pre-revolutionary Russian village of Anatevka, and tells the story of a traditional, close-knit Jewish family and its community members who are facing a changing world.

All performances will be in the school's Butzier Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased in the Language Arts Office, Room 220 of PLS, by calling (319) 273-6047, or at the door.

Cast members for the production of are: Christopher Hardy, Tevye; Aubrey Huber, Golde; Amadea Jessen, Tzeitel; Jennifer Grabowski, Hodel; Emily Callahan, Chava; Lastacia Granger, Shprintze; Emily Hershberger, Bielke; Liz Schachterle, Yente; Nate Ohrt, Motel; John Paar, Perchik; Rob Williams, Lazar Wolf; Brie Penaluna, Mordcha; Cam Puetz, Rabbi; Toby Jessen, Mendel; Reggie Woods, Avrahm; Ashley Davidson, Nachum; Sandra King, Grandma Tzeitel; Mary Weber, Fruma-Sarah; Jeff Zietz, constable; Kent Schrad, Fyedka; and, Katy Lyman, Shandel.

Speaking villagers and chorus members are: Jennifer Bertram, Kerianne Puetz, Amy Little, Ben Bower, Mae Colburn, Joe Traw, Vanessa Hershberger, Ray Holz, Brittany Waack, Allison Fryman, Joanie Anderson, Chris Mahan, Abhay Nadipuram, Nadiya Buchovska, Anson Poe, Elizabeth Brumm, Sam Rogers and Katy Huber. Stage managers are Amelia Bales, Tina Bremner and Caitlin Tracey.

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3/05/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Guy Sims, associate director, Maucker Union, (319) 273-2683

Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI hosts comics from Black Entertainment Television’s 'Comic View'

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa’s Maucker Union will be the site of a comedy show, presented by performers from Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) popular "Comic View," Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge.

Featured will be Angelo Lazado, Rodney Johnson and B-Phlat.

An after-party will follow, with music by DJ Blizz.

Sponsors are the UNI Entertainment Committee, the Minority Graduate Student Association, the Black Student Union, the Hispanic Latino Student Union, and the Ethnic Student Senate.

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3/5/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Tom Connors, UNI assistant professor of history and conference coordinator, (319) 273-2994

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI to host two-day 'Forum for Diversity: Integrating Latino Heritage into the Curriculum' Friday and Saturday, March 8-9

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A two-day conference, "Forum for Diversity: Integrating Latino Heritage into the Curriculum," will be held Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, on the University of Northern Iowa campus.

Expected to attract about 150 K-12 educators and teaching majors, the forum is being held to provide information and interaction relative to diversity, specifically Latino perspectives, according to Christine Canning, UNI associate professor of education and resident coordinator for UNI's San Antonio Student Teaching Program.

"Latino perspectives are often missing from K-12 curriculum," she said. "As this population has the highest drop-out rate of any U.S. minority group, we want to provide teachers and future teachers with information that will help them serve this population and keep them in school. It is also important to educate all of our students who will be citizens alongside Latinos in their future."

Friday's events will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Slife Ballroom of the UNI Commons. The focus will be on the Latino perspectives on five themes: the encounter of Spanish and native Americans in the 1500s, blending of cultures in colonial Mexico, uneasy neighbors (the Mexican and Spanish American Wars), civil rights and current issues. Featured will be a number of speakers from Iowa, New Mexico and Texas.

Saturday's sessions will take place in UNI's Seerley Hall, from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m

The forum is sponsored by UNI's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of History, the College of Education and the Office of Student Field Experience in the Department of Teaching. Schindler Endowment Funds, through the UNI Foundation support registration by UNI students and faculty.

Among the speakers will be: Julio Noboa and Elsa Duarate-Noboa from San Antonio; John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas from the University of Iowa; Floyd Solomon, a Laguna Indian from New Mexico; Nora Jaffary, UNI assistant professor of history, who is finishing a book on women in colonial Mexico; Ed Osowski, associated with the UNI history department and Hawkeye Community College; Paul Horton and Mary Salazar-Guenther, both instructors in teaching at UNI's Price Laboratory School; and Julie Bartlett, a UNI graduate who has taught on the Zuni reservation and currently teaches in Albuquerque, N.M.

The conference is open to the public. For more information or to register, contact Tom Connors, UNI assistant professor of history and conference coordinator, at (319) 273-2994, or via e-mail at thomas.connors@uni.edu.

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