3/08/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ranae Keane-Bamsey, festival coordinator, (319) 273-3560
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI hosts American College Dance Festival
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa’s School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services will host the 2002 American College Dance Festival Association festival for the central region Friday through Tuesday, March 15-19, in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC).
Students and faculty from 21 colleges and universities across the Midwest will attend master classes, faculty seminars and workshops, informal and adjudicated concerts, and a gala concert. Schools set up special displays in the lobbies of the Wellness and Recreation Center and GBPAC.
Adjudicators for the event are Bill Evans, Wendy Perron and Brendan McCall. Evans is a choreographer and full professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Perron, a choreographer, has taught at several universities including NYU, Rutgers and Princeton. McCall is a movement artist based in New York, and has performed across the United States and Europe.
A series of public concerts will occur in the GBPAC:
Friday, 7 p.m., Informal concert
Saturday, 12:30 p.m., adjudicated concert A
Saturday, 7:30 p.m., faculty and guest artist concert
Sunday, 12:30 p.m., adjudicated concert B
Sunday, 7:30 p.m., adjudicated concert C
Monday, 12:30 p.m., adjudicated concert D
Mon 7:30 p.m., adjudicated concert E
Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., gala concert
Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Zorongo Flamenco
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Tickets are available by calling (319) 273-SHOW. For more information, contact Ranae Keane-Bamsey, festival coordinator and instructor in the School of HPELS, (319) 273-3560.
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3/11/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Christine Schrage, ICBS faculty advisor, (319) 273-2126
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Note to assignment editors: Members of the team will travel March 14-24.
A 200 dpi JPEG image of the group is available at
http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/photos/NewZealandGroup.jpeg
Photo: Monia Riviera-Bennett and Teresa McCann, back and Laurie Stoos and Callie Reed, front
UNI students to compete in 7th International Business Case Competition in New Zealand
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A team of University of Northern Iowa students is one of only seven to qualify for the finals of the 7th International Business Case Competition, to be held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, March 17-22. This year, 64 universities worldwide were invited to enter the competition, sponsored by the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS), a consortium of internationally active schools of business.
In order to advance to the finals, the participating teams competed in two preliminary rounds during the fall semester. In each round, the teams were given six hours to read, analyze and write their recommendations to a case concerning international business issues. The process is designed to challenge a team's abilities to work under pressure, to interact as a team, determine the problem plaguing the case organization, make a thorough business analysis and, finally, present a sound argument for their recommendations.
For the international competition, instead of written assessments, the team will have only four hours to prepare a case to present orally with PowerPoint slides. They will then have 20 minutes to present their assessment to a panel of judges.
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UNI team members are: Monia Bennett, Cedar Falls; Teresa McCann, Eldridge; Callie Reed, Griswold; and, Laurie Stoos, Remsen. All four are majoring in management and are members of the International Club of Business Students (ICBS). The team is under the direction and advice of Christine Schrage, ICBS faculty advisor and UNI adjunct instructor in both management and marketing. Also traveling to New Zealand will be Leslie K. Wilson, UNI acting associate dean of the College of Business Administration.
Partial funding for the competition is provided by UNI's Intercollegiate Academics Fund.
Team members also sought private donations to help defray costs of the trip.
For additional information, contact Chris Schrage, (319) 273-2126.
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3/11/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Mike Tetzloff, co-president, UNI chapter of Amnesty International, (319)-859-0136.
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Amnesty International teach-in at UNI to focus on music and revolution
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern chapter of Amnesty International will host a teach-in Wednesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in Maucker Union Expansion C.
Presenters will be Chris Merz, associate professor of music at UNI; Sonia Yetter, associate professor of modern languages at'UNI; and David Aguiar, a local musician. Each will discuss music and revolution, explaining music’s role in culture.
The goal, according to Mike Tetzloff, Amnesty International co-president at UNI, is to make participants more aware of the world around them. "The more we understand about the ways in which our daily lives are influenced by various factors, the more able we will be to create our ideal lives," he said. "Music has been present in revolutions and cultural changes throughout history and it's important to know how and why it was used."
The public may attend at no charge.
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