3/22/02
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Contact:
Guy Sims, associate director, Maucker Union, (319) 273-2683
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Note to editors/news directors: A 200 dpi JPEG image of Greg Gumbel is available on the Web at: http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/photos/gumbel.jpeg
Greg Gumbel to deliver address at UNI
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Veteran sportscaster Greg Gumbel will discuss "The Spirit of Competition," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) at the University of Northern Iowa.
Gumbel has worked in sports for 30 years, providing play-by-play and analysis at college and professional sporting events for NBC and CBS. He also has covered three Olympic Games. Gumbel is a graduate of Loras College in Dubuque.
Free tickets for the event are available to UNI students beginning Tuesday, March 26, at the Maucker Union information desk and the GBPAC box office. Remaining tickets will become available to the public Wednesday, April 1, at the same locations.
The event is sponsored by the UNI Speakers Committee with funds allocated by the Northern Iowa Student Government. For more information, call (319) 273-2683.
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3/22/02
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UNI 'Arts in April' graphic available via Web
A 200 dpi, color JPEG image of the official 2002 UNI "Arts in April" poster is available via the Web at http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/photos/AIAart.jpeg
The month-long "Arts in April" cultural celebration on the University of Northern Iowa campus, will kick off at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 1, in the lobby of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. The evening, sponsored by KWWL-TV and open to the public free of charge, will showcase a variety of UNI's performing and visual arts, including music, dance, theatre, works from UNI's permanent art collection and food. The evening will culminate with a performance by blues guitarist Catfish Keith, hosted as a part of KUNI's "Live From Studio One" program at 7 p.m., in a special remote broadcast from the GBPAC's Jebe Hall. A complete listing of Arts in April events is posted on the Web at www.uni.edu.
Contacts:
Michelle Coleman, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
3/22/02
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Contact:
Annette Lynch, director, UNI Undergraduate Program in Women's Studies, (319) 273-7195
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Reestablishing social work education in Romania to be topic of UNI presentation Thursday, March 28
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "Women in Peril: Lessons from Romania" will be discussed Thursday, March 28, at the University of Northern Iowa by a Romanian social work educator. Stela Slapac will speak at 7 p.m., in Seerley Hall, Room 115.
The discussion will focus around the repressive policies toward women and their reproductive rights in Romania during the reign of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Outcomes of these policies included alarming maternal mortality statistics and state run orphanages for abandoned children. The social work profession and social work education were abolished during the dictator's reign.
Slapac is working to reestablish social work education in Romania. She teaches human rights courses at Pro-Humanitas in Constanta, Romania, and also is a poet.
The presentation is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers, UNI Department of Social Work, UNI Global Health Corps, and the UNI Graduate and Undergraduate Programs in Women's Studies.
For more information contact Annette Lynch, director of the Undergraduate Program in Women's Studies, (319) 273-7195.
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3/22/02
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Contact:
Annette Lynch, director, UNI Undergraduate Program in Women's Studies, (319) 273-7195
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Abandoned children in Romania will be topic for UNI presentation Monday, March 25
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The warehousing of orphans in poorly funded and managed state institutions in Romania will be discussed at noon Monday, March 25, in Latham Hall, Room 232 at the University of Northern Iowa.
"Messages from Romania" will be presented by the mother-daughter team of Stela Slapac, a Romanian social work educator, and Alina Slapac, a UNI graduate student in education. It is free and open to the public.
The discussion will focus around the oppressive social, political and economic policies that intersected in Romania during the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu that resulted in the institutionalization of an estimated 150,000 children. This institutionalization has caused an international reaction and call for addressing the needs of these abandoned children.
The presentation is sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers, UNI Department of Social Work, UNI Global Health Corps, and the UNI Graduate and Undergraduate Programs in Women's Studies.
For more information contact Annette Lynch, director of the Undergraduate Program in Women's Studies, (319) 273-7195.
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3/22/02
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Contact: Frank Esser, director of collegiate development, (319) 273-2393
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Note to editors/news directors: A 300 dpi color JPEG image of Gearhart is available on the Web at
http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/photos/gearhart.jpeg
Gearhart joins UNI advancement staff
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Steve Gearhart joined the staff of the University of Northern Iowa Foundation earlier this year as assistant athletic director for development, where he serves as the major gifts officer on behalf of UNI athletics locally and nationally.
Prior to joining UNI, he held a similar position at the University of Idaho and at Drake University. He is a 1987 graduate of UNI, and a former co-captain of the UNI cross-country team.
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