Date: 3/20/00
Contact:
Michael Blackwell, director, Center for Multicultural Education, (319) 273-2250
Vicki Grimes, Office of Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - “The Political Landscape of Multiculturalism in the 21st Century” is the theme for the 4th Annual Spring Lecture Series of the Center for Multicultural Education (CME) at the University of Northern Iowa, Monday through Wednesday, March 27-29. The lectures will be held in Room 2532 of the McCollum Science Hall, at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 4 p.m. Wednesday. The event is free and open to the public.
CME Director Michael Blackwell, said the “lectures are aimed at providing UNI and the community-at-large with the opportunity to interface with visionary people who can help and encourage us to foster and embrace cultural pluralism. The series brings nationally prominent scholars and public figures who promote dialogue and understanding between and among cultures to UNI.”
Speakers in the series, begun in 1997, represent the four racial and ethnic minority groups — African American, American Indian, Asian American and Hispanic American.
Spring 2000 speakers are Patricia Duarte, Manning Marable and Winona LaDuke. Patricia Duarte, who will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, is a Hispanic journalist. She became known with the launching of Essence Communication's Latina magazine. This bilingual publication targets Hispanic women in the United States. According to Blackwell, Duarte has produced publications that assist and enhance the lives of Latinos (and other minorities), countenancing the special circumstances and difficulties of living in the United States.
She has been featured in various prime-time programs, including La Familia de Hoy on Univision. Duarte is a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors, and presides over Duarte & Hamilton, an agency specializing in Hispanic media projects.
Marable, who will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, is a professor of history and the founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, New York City. The author of 12 books, Marable has written more than 200 articles for academic journals, anthologies and other scholarly publications.
He has also written “Along the Color Line,” a commentary series on African-American politics and public affairs since 1976. The series is published in 325 newspapers and magazines in the United States, Great Britain, the Caribbean and India. He is currently completing a major political biography of Malcolm X, and editing the Institute's journal, Race and Reason.
LaDuke, whose presentation will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, is an internationally renowned American Indian activist. A member of the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, LaDuke was one of Ms. magazine's Women of the Year in 1997. She also received the Women's Actions for New Directions (WAND) award in 1998, and was selected by Time magazine as one of the 50 most promising leaders for the future, age 40 and under in America. She is the author of Last Standing Woman and All Our Relationships: Native Struggles for Land and Life.
Each lecture will be followed by a reception. A book signing will also occur after the Manning and LaDuke lectures. Non-UNI students, faculty or staff should contact the UNI Department of Public Safety at (319) 273-2712 for free parking permits for the lectures.
Past speakers in the CME series are: Eric Lincoln, professor emeritus of religion and culture at Duke University; Lani Guinier, a law professor at Harvard Law School; and Evelyn Hu-DeHart, professor of history and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
The Joint Committee on Diversity Programming is co-sponsoring the event, along with the CME.
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Contact:
Robert Washut, director, UNI Jazz Band One, (319) 273-6431
Vicki Grimes, Office of Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa's Jazz Band One recently received a division one-outstanding rating at the University of Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival, the nation's oldest collegiate jazz festival.
The band also received exceptional presentation as well as ensemble and solo excellence citations from a panel of professional jazz musicians.
In addition, six students received individual outstanding performance citations: Jason Danielson, piano, Des Moines; Paul Rappaport, trombone, Mike Cramer, guitar, and Eric Schmitz, drums, all of Cedar Falls; Greg Aker, tenor saxophone, Iowa City; Rick Stone, alto saxophone, Sioux City; and Dustin Bear, Centerville, tenor saxophone. Danielson's performance was cited by three judges. Rappaport and Aker received citations from two judges, and Cramer, Schmitz, Stone and Bear received citations from one judge.
En route to the festival UNI Jazz Band One performed at Black Hawk College, Rock Island, Ill., and North Scott High School, Eldridge, Iowa.
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Contact:
Julia Wallace, dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, (319) 273-2221
James O'Connor, UNI Office of Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa— Julia (Jill) Wallace has been named dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa. She had been interim dean for the past year, filling the vacancy left by Aaron Podolefsky, who left the position to become UNI provost and vice president.
Wallace is a professor of psychology, specializing in gerontology. Beginning in1991, she served two years as assistant dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. In 1993, she was named head of the Department of Psychology. She joined the UNI faculty in 1978 and continues to coordinate and direct the university's Gerontology Certificate Program, which she took over in1979.
“She's an outstanding person with a wonderful record of accomplishment at UNI,” said Aaron Podolefsky, provost and vice president. “Students come first at UNI. With that in mind, we place a major emphasis on quality teaching. I have every confidence that she will provide strong, creative and thoughtful leadership for the college. Jill is known as an excellent teacher and solid researcher. She will be a great role model as dean.”
Wallace has a bachelor of science degree with a major in psychology from the State University of New York, College at Oswego; and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in experimental psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Among her fellowships is a NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) postdoctoral fellowship to study psychiatric epidemiology/biometry at the University of Iowa in 1988-89. She earned an M.S. degree in preventive medicine and environmental health from that institution in 1989.
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences consists of seven academic departments, two research centers and several interdisciplinary programs.
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