3/29/01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Gerri Perreault, UNI associate professor of education and director of the UNI Leadership Studies Program, (319) 273-6898
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "Human Rights Leadership" will be the focus of Thursday's (April 5) 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 open to the public, free of charge.
The program will feature Elaine Pfalzgraf, Cedar Falls City Council member and assistant director of Family Service League; Leo Prieto, Hispanic community activist; Walter Reed, executive director, Waterloo Human Rights Commission; and Andy Moomaw, student, Amnesty International and United Students Against Sweatshops.
According to Gerri Perreault, director of the UNI Leadership Studies Program, the purpose of the series is to provide the opportunity to learn about the leadership views and practices of leaders from across a variety of sectors of society.
For further information, contact Dr. Gerri Perreault, (319) 273-6898
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3/29/01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Leah White, director of UNI Forensics, (319) 273-7200
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Three members of the University of Northern Iowa Individual Events Speech Team will travel to George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., April 7-9, to compete in the American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET).
In order to qualify "at-large" to attend the AFA-NIET, a student must advance in his or her speaking event to at least three final rounds of competition at three different invitational tournaments during the regular competition season (September-February). Students can also qualify to compete if they place in the top 10 percent of students entered in an event at the District Qualifier Tournament. This year's three student participants qualified in a total of 10 different events.
The three student qualifiers and their events are as follows: senior Lucas Messer of Danville, qualified "at-large" in after dinner speaking, prose interpretation, poetry interpretation and dramatic interpretation; junior Nikki Vap of Manchester, qualified in both informative speaking and after dinner speaking "at-large," and program oral interpretation at the district tournament; and sophomore Amy Larsen of Ankeny, qualified in communication analysis "at-large" and impromptu speaking and persuasive speaking at the district tournament.
The National Forensic Association National Championship Tournament (NFA) will be held April 19-23 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. This year, UNI qualified 15 students in 42 events for the NFA National Tournament. Among the qualifiers was ____(NAME)____ a ____(CLASSIFICATION)____ of ____(HOMETOWN)____, who qualified in ____(QUALIFICATION CATEGORY)____. Not all students who qualified for the NFA National Tournament will be able to attend.
Note: to obtain a list of the students involved, please contact the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations at (319) 273-2761.
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3/29/01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Leah White, UNI director of forensics, (319) 273-7200
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Four first-year members of the University of Northern Iowa Individual Events Speech Team attended a tournament at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn., Tuesday, March 6, placing fourth overall. Each team member attending received an individual award.
Sophomore Kristi Barry of Orange City placed third in poetry interpretation. Freshman Meg Taylor of Cedar Falls placed first in both informative speaking and persuasive speaking. Freshman Tanya Newnam of Rock Falls, Ill., placed third in after dinner speaking. Freshman Laura Jontz of Bagley placed fifth in prose interpretation.
For more information contact Leah White at (319) 273-7200.
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3/29/01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Leah White, UNI director of forensics, (319) 273-7200
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Six novice members of the University of Northern Iowa Debate Team traveled to Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan., March 17-19 for the National Junior Division Debate Tournament.
This tournament holds competition in two debate divisions, Junior Varsity and Novice. The Junior Varsity Division is for students who are new to college/university level debate, but have had high school policy debate experience, and the Novice Division is for students who are new to college/university level debate, but did not have high school policy debate experience.
The team of freshman Keith West and Michelle Kelsey, both of Ankeny, won the Novice Debate Division. West also placed as the first overall speaker in this division and Kelsey was the fourth overall novice speaker.
Sophomores Jennifer Farrell of Des Moines and Charley Davis of Muscatine placed third in the Novice Division. Davis placed as the seventh overall novice speaker and Farrell was the eighth.
Juniors Nate Fredericks of West Des Moines and Erin Carson of Muscatine placed fifth in the Novice Division.
UNI Director of Forensics Leah White said, "Unlike many nationally recognized debate programs, we invest a lot of resources into our novice debaters. To see them achieve success is very rewarding."
For more information contact Leah White at (319) 273-7200.
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3/29/01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Marcy Seavey, co-coordinator, GLOBE Iowa and Iowa Project WET, Iowa Academy of Science,
(319) 273-7486
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A GLOBE Iowa Workshop (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) will be held on the University of Northern Iowa campus Sunday through Saturday, April 1-7.
GLOBE Iowa is the Iowa Academy of Science franchise of the worldwide GLOBE program. The workshop will be held in the Center for Energy and Environmental Education at UNI. The workshop is designed to train teachers of Iowa K-12 schools to use the GLOBE program in their own classrooms.
The GLOBE program is a hands-on environmental science curriculum presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA). The program is a worldwide network of more than 8,000 schools in more than 90 countries collecting atmospheric and environmental data that is used by GLOBE scientists to create maps, charts, and other multimedia materials. Students, teachers, parents and the public can then view the combined data from all the GLOBE schools.
Each GLOBE workshop features lectures and activities led by scientists trained by NASA and NOAA. The GLOBE Iowa Workshop will feature two guest speakers from UNI. Daryl Smith, professor of biology, will speak on the Iowa prairie, Monday, April 2. Mohammad Iqbal, associate professor of earth science, will speak on the hydrology of Black Hawk County, Tuesday, April 3.
The workshop is open to all Iowa teachers. The $1,700 participant-fee has been underwritten by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, allowing teachers participating in the entire workshop to attend at no cost. Participants will also receive full Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) training, including 92 activities for the K-12 classroom, along with new and updated GLOBE materials, including videos, "big books," posters, new chapters and supplies. Teachers participating can also earn two hours of UNI credit.
More information on the GLOBE program is available at www.uni.edu/~iowawet/globe and www.globe.gov.
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