4/3/02
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Greg Gumbel available for interviews before his UNI address
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 will be available to talk with the media at 5:30 p.m., in the Green Room of the GBPAC. If interested, phone Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations at, (319) 273-2761.
Contact:
Guy Sims, associate director, Maucker Union, (319) 273-2683
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
4/3/02
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Contact:
Joseph Ogah, program assistant, School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services, (319) 273-6411
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI hosts Annual Symposium on International Health
CEDAR FALLS -- The Global Health Corps and the Borlaug Foundation are sponsoring the Annual Symposium on International Health,Wednesday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Maucker Union Expansion.
The panel members include UNI and University of Iowa faculty members, as well as visiting international researchers. Panel discussion topics will be communications for a healthier world, promoting health and wellness through socio-economic programs, and a global case study of Romania. For more information,visit www.globalhealthcorps.org.
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4/3/02
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Contact:
Richard Colburn, UNI professor of art and chair, Meryl Norton Hearst Lecture Series, (319) 273-2036
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Hearst Visiting Lecturer Mel Chin to discuss his work, lead workshop during week-long UNI residency
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Artist Mel Chin will be a Hearst Visiting Lecturer in the University of Northern Iowa Department of Art Monday through Saturday, April 8-13. He will present a lecture on his work at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, in the Art Auditorium, Room 111 of the Kamerick Art Building. During the week, he will conduct a workshop with students addressing their artistic response to economic and environmental issues in Iowa.
Chin is known for a broad range of approaches to his art, including works that require multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork and works that conjoin cross-cultural aesthetics with complex ideas, according to Richard Colburn, UNI professor of art and chair of the Hearst Lecture Series.
Chin is a graduate of Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn. In 1998, he completed two large-scale public commissions, the Seven Wonders project for the Sesquicentennial Park in Houston, Texas; and Signal for the Broadway/Lafayette Subway Station in New York City. The Houston project featured the art of 1,050 public school children. The Subway project provided a forum for the Native American tribes of the Six Nations.
Chin is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including a Rockefeller Foundation grant, a Pollock/Krasner Foundation fellowship, a Tiffany Foundation Award and several NEA Fellowships. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at the Hirshorn Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.
The lecture and workshop sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the UNI Department of Art, (319) 273-2077.
The Meryl Norton Hearst Lecture Series is supported by an endowment from James Schell Hearst, author, poet and professor of creative writing at UNI from 1941 until his retirement in 1975.
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4/3/02
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Contact:
Jason Nellis, UNI Sports Camps Director, (319) 273-2267, Jason.Nellis@uni.edu
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI offers a variety of summer sports camps
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Intercollegiate Athletics Panther Sports Camps will offer a variety of programs this summer for students from ages 7 to 18, depending on the sport.
The camps are designed and directed by UNI coaches. Camp coaches select and train a teaching staff, made up of other coaches and outstanding college athletes, for the various camps.
Many of the camps offer both resident and commuter plans and prices. Those interested in attending a camp are encouraged to register early because of a limited number for enrollment and deadline dates.
This year's camps include:
Boys' Basketball
Day Camp, June 10-12
Shooting Camp, June 13
Offensive Improvement Camp/ Big Man-Guard Camp, June 23-25
Team Camp I, June 1-2
Team Camp II, June 15-16
Team Camp III, June 29-30
Junior High Team Camp, June 14
Girls' Basketball
Individual Skill Development Camp, June 17-19
Shooting Camp I, June 20
Shooting Camp II, July 19
Position Day Camp, June 21
Team Shootout, June 9
Team Camp I, August 1-2
Team Camp II, August 3-4
Girls Volleyball
Junior High Camp I, July 8-9
Junior High Camp II, July 10-11
Elementary Day Camp, July 12
High School Team Tournament, July 13
High School Specialized I, July 15-16
High School Specialized II, July 17-18
Team Camp, July 29-31
Wrestling
Team Camp I, July 7-12
Team Camp II, July 14-19
Feet-to-Back, July 12-14
Track & Field/Cross Country
High School & Junior High Camp, June 16-20
Soccer
Co-Ed Day Camp, June 10-13
Co-Ed Goalkeeper Clinic, June 16
Competitive Girls Day Camp, June 30-July 2
Football
7-on-7 Passing Clinic and Tournament, June 2
O-Line/ D-Line Camp, June 2
Quarterback School I, June 3-5
Quarterback School II, June 6-8
Quarterback School III, June 9-11
Youth Camp, July 11-13
Padded Team Camp, July 7-10
All Sports Camp (run by Conferences & Visitor Services--call Ernie Terrel at (319) 273-7050)
Boys Camp, June 16-20
Girls Camp, June 23-27
For more information call Jason Nellis, UNI Sports Camps director, at (319) 273-CAMP (2267) or by e-mail at Jason.Nellis@uni.edu, or write to UNI Sports Camps, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614. Information also is available at the program's Web site, www.unipanthers.com/camp.
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4/3/02
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Contact:
Tim Dooley, UNI assistant professor of art and scholarship chair, (319) 273-2498
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
University of Northern Iowa to host Annual High School Art Scholarship Competition Friday, April 5
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- High school seniors will compete for a number of four-year full-tuition scholarships at the 2002 University of Northern Iowa Art Scholarship Competition Day Friday, April 5.
The scholarship competition includes a presentation by a keynote speaker, exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and other special events that will give participants information about UNI programs and facilities, according to Mary Frisbee Johnson, professor and head of the UNI Department of Art.
Keynote speaker, at 9:45 a.m., in the Art Auditorium, Room 111 Kamerick Art Building, will be Ken Rowe, who received his B.F.A. degree from UNI in 1992, and an M.F.A. from the University of Oregon. He is currently working in Claymation.
Works in the scholarship competition will be judged, beginning at 9 a.m., and open for viewing between 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Following afternoon interviews of semi-finalists, the scholarship recipients and alternates will be announced about 3:45 p.m.
For more information, contact Tim Dooley, UNI art scholarship chairman, at (319) 273-2498.
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4/3/02
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Contact:
Roy Behrens, UNI professor of art, (319) 273-2260
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI art student from Marshalltown displays artwork
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Jared Rogness, a senior art education major at the University of Northern Iowa with an emphasis in graphic design, from Marshalltown, had his art work displayed in UNI's Kamerick Art Building earlier this month.
Displayed were his original pen and ink drawings for several dozen editorial cartoons. Rogness, also known as "E-Chicken," creates, writes and illustrates all the drawings for his cartoons, which are published once a week in the "Northern Iowan," UNI's student paper. He also illustrates short stories for "The North American Review", a national literary magazine, and is an intern at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
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