4/5/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ron Camarata, UNI Botanical Center \ Preserves Manager, (319) 273-2247
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Biology Seminar Series to present children's workshop, "Let's See What's Springing Up Out There," Saturday, April 13
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A children's workshop, "Let's See What's Springing Up Out There," will be presented by the University of Northern Iowa's Biology Seminar Series Saturday, April 13. The workshop is for children in grades 2-4 and will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the UNI Biology Botanical Center Greenhouse.
During the workshop, children will hike through the UNI Preserves to explore nature's spring surroundings, go on a tour of the Botanical Center and participate in games and activities, along with a nature craft project.
Presenting the workshop is Bethany Hemstreet of Green Bay, Wis., a UNI senior ecology major with experience as a Children's Conservation Educator with the U.S. Forest Service. Hemstreet will be assisted by UNI biology major Amanda Miller, a certified Botanical Center employee.
The workshop is limited to 15 children and the registration deadline is Tuesday, April 9. Cost for the workshop is $20, and includes materials, handouts, crafts and refreshments.
For more information contact Ron Camarata, Botanical Center Preserves Manager, at (319) 273-2247.
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4/5/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Jill Trainer, associate professor of biology, (319) 273-6187
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI College of Natural Sciences board to discuss stem cell research
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The advisory board of the University of Northern Iowa's College of Natural Sciences will meet Friday, April 19. Featured will be a panel discussion on stem cell research and cloning at 2:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education.
Several board members, among them a physician, a research chemist, and an attorney, will talk about the issue with UNI students.
The panel discussion is free and open to the public.
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4/5/02
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Contact:
Mary Frisbee-Johnson, head, UNI Department of Art, (319) 273-2077
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI honors Lang Hall artists
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A reception honoring artists whose works now hang in the University of Northern Iowa's Lang Hall will be Friday, April 12, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the building's second-floor student lounge.
"Iowa Landscape by Iowa Artists," is the theme of 54 works hung throughout the newly renovated Lang Hall. Artists with works displayed in Lang Hall are: Teresa Paschke of Ames; Catherine Jones Davies, Anamosa; Fritz Goeckner, Burlington; Richard Colburn, frje echeverria and Barbara Fedeler, all of Cedar Falls; Tom Stancliffe, New Hartford; Margaret Whiting, Waterloo; Margery Hibbard, of Waverly; Dennis Kaven, Granger; and, represented by the Olson-Larsen Galleries of West Des Moines, Pat Edwards, Gary Bowling, Bill Innes, Betsy Margolius, Genie Patrick, Ken Smith and Ellen Wagener. Several of the artists will attend the reception.
"Lang Hall is the oldest building on the UNI campus, so we approached the art selection process with an emphasis on honoring Iowa and supporting Iowa's art community. We decided upon landscape as suitable subject matter for such a beautifully restored and elegant old building," said Mary Frisbee-Johnson, head of the university's Department of Art and chair of the UNI Art and Architecture Committee that selected the works.
The reception, part of UNI's "Arts in April" celebration, is free and open to the public. For a complete list of Arts in April events, visit the UNI Web site at www.uni.edu.
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4/5/02
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Contact:
Marilyn Shaw, Festival Co-Manager, and UNI instructor in communication studies coordinator of academic advising, 273-2217
Vicki Grimes, Office of University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
IHSSA All-State Speech Festival to be held at University of Northern Iowa Monday, April 8
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Iowa High School Speech Association will hold its 24th annual Individual Events All-State Speech Festival at the University of Northern Iowa Monday, April 8. The event will showcase the talents of an estimated 400 students from nearly 200 schools across the state.
The festival brings students together in a non-competitive format featuring 13 speech events: acting, storytelling, improvisational acting, original oratory, radio news, prose, poetry, literary program, public address, spontaneous speaking, expository address, after dinner speaking, and reviewing.
The festival will begin with an 8:30 a.m. session in the West Gymnasium. Performance sessions will begin at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 3 p.m., and are open to the public. A schedule of room assignments will be available in the Schindler Education Center lobby. Performance centers will be the Strayer-Wood Theatre, Schindler Education Center, Seerley Hall Great Reading Room, Lang Hall Auditorium and Maucker Union Expansion.
Leah White and Marilyn Shaw, faculty in the UNI Department of Communication Studies, are the festival co-managers. They said the festival is not a competition, but rather a showcase of the state's top-rated speech students who have advanced through from the IHSSA district and state tournaments earlier this year. Some 10,000 students begin the "road to state" in smaller tournaments each fall and winter.
Guest critics for the festival do not score participant performances, but observe and offer suggestions. The festival is expected to bring about 4,000 people to campus.
Guest critics for the festival include, from UNI, Melissa Beall and Mary Bozik both professors of communication studies, and Stephen Taft, associate professor and head of theatre.
Other guest critics are Jay Sierszyn, Waldorf College, Forest City; Liz Mathis, KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids; Cindy Cochran, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City; Hope Bossard, Drake University, Des Moines; Amy Aldridge, University of Iowa, Iowa City; Judith Griffith, Wartburg College, Waverly; Paul Kaufmann, Iowa State University, Ames; and John Gibson and Darrell Libke, both in the IHSSA Hall of Fame.
The IHSSA Individual Events All-State Speech Festival is hosted by UNI's Departments of Teaching, Communication Studies and Theatre.
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4/5/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Mitchell Strauss, associate professor, Design, Family and Consumer Science, (319) 273-2702
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI students present 10th annual runway show
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Students in the University of Northern Iowa's Textile and Apparel program will present their 10th annual runway show at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Lang Hall auditorium.
The event is planned, managed and produced by students. The students also create all of the clothing and "wearable art" as well. There is no cost to attend the show.
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4/5/02
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Contact:
Trudy Eden, UNI assistant professor of history, (319) 273-2933
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI to host final Phi Alpha Theta/History Lecture Series program of academic year Wednesday, April 10
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "The Diary, the Dappled Boy and the Disinterred Dad" will conclude this academic year's history lecture series at the University of Northern Iowa, Wednesday, April 10. Trudy Eden, UNI assistant professor of history, will speak at 7 p.m. in Seerley Hall, Room 115.
Eden will discuss documents created by William Byrd II, a wealthy planter living in Virginia during the early 18th Century, that boggle historians. These documents include a 40-year diary in which he recorded minute details of his daily life, a scientific report of a slave boy changing from black to white, and a report on the results of opening up his father's five-year-old grave.
Eden will explain what these events have in common and why they are not as unusual as they might seem.
The series is sponsored by the UNI Department of History and the Phi Alpha Theta history honor society. It is free and open to the public.
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4/5/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Libby Vanderwall, events coordinator, UNI Career Center, (319) 273-2062
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
University of Northern Iowa to host National Educator Expo Saturday
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The National Educator Expo, which helps school districts recruit new teachers and administrators, will be held in Maucker Union on the University of Northern Iowa campus, Saturday, April 13. Registration begins at 8 a.m. in Sabin Hall Room 102, and will move to the Maucker Expansion lobby at 9 a.m.
More than 110 school districts from across the United States will recruit educators from UNI and 23 co-sponsoring Iowa colleges and universities. This year's expo will feature 27 school districts from Iowa. Prospective teachers and administrators will have an opportunity to visit informally with recruiters throughout the morning, and schedule interviews for the afternoon. The expo will conclude at 5 p.m.
Libby Vanderwall, events coordinator for UNI's Career Center, said the school district registration is full, and there are several school districts on a waiting list. Educators may register in advance or on the day of the event. The walk-in registration fee is $25 for all candidates.
A registration form, list of participating school districts and other information can be found on the Career Center's Web site: www.uni.edu/careercenter.
For more information, contact Libby Vanderwall at (319) 273-2062.
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4/5/02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Sandee Murphy, secretary, UNI Continuing Education Non-Credit Programs Office, (319) 273-6988
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI to host 'See How They Grow,' early childhood education conference
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Black Hawk Chapter of the Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC) will present "See How They Grow, " a conference for some 450 early childhood education and care professionals, on Saturday, April 13, in the University of Northern Iowa's Schindler Education Center. Registration will begin at 7:15 a.m., in the second floor lobby. The conference will conclude at 4 p.m.
The keynote speaker, at 8 a.m., will be Terry Kottman, who will talk about "Cultivating the Crucial Cs." Kottman will share information about Alderian play therapy, an approach to counseling children she developed that combines ideas and techniques of individual psychology and play therapy. It cultivates the four Cs: courage, capable, connect and count.
After 14 years as a college professor of counselor education, Kottman founded The Encouragement Zone, a training center for play therapists. There she maintains a small private practice as a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, working with children and families, and consulting with schools.
Conference participants will choose to attend four sessions on topics such as, "Effective Strategies for Consulting with Parents," "Handling Aggressive Children," and "Taming Temper Tantrums."
Registration is $40 and includes all sessions, materials, refreshments and lunch. Continuing education units are available from Hawkeye Community College at $5 for .6 CEUs, and the program provides six hours of training to meet professional growth and development requirements for Iowa Department of Human Services licensure.
The conference is co-sponsored by the UNI College of Education, UNI Continuing Education, Hawkeye Community College, AEA 7, Exceptional Persons, Inc., and Child Care Resource & Referral.
For more information contact Sandee Murphy at (319) 273-6988.
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4/5/02
Following is a list of story leads and the University of Northern Iowa sources who can best address each of them. Feel free top contact the source directly.
Three sport club events on the agenda for this weekend (Saturday & Sunday, April 6-7) at UNI;
Soccer tournament Sunday, April 14
Events are as follows:
UNI Men's and Women's Rugby Collegiate Cup Tournament
Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Matches will take place on the UNI intramural fields, with 16 men's teams and 8 women's teams
expected. There is one UNI team in each division.
Contact:
Tim Klatt, associate director recreation, UNI Wellness & Recreation Services (319) 273-7120
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Ultimate Frisbee Club Michael "Animal" Shelton Memorial Tournament
Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
Matches will take place on the UNI intramural fields and Bender Hall field. Ten teams are expected to compete, including one from UNI.
Contact:
Steve Good, Club President, 268-7451, good4u@uni.edu
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Men's and Women's Volleyball Club Tournament
Saturday, April 6, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Matches will take place in the Wellness & Recreation Center on South courts 1-5. Nine men's teams and 12 women's teams are expected to compete. UNI has teams in each division.
Contact:
Charlotte Campagna, co-president, Women's Volleyball Club, 277-4866, charc02@uni.edu
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Men's Soccer Club Indoor Tournament, Sunday, April 14
The tournament will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Matches will take place in the Wellness & Recreation Center on South courts 5-8. Ten teams are expected to compete, including one UNI team.
Contact:
Chris Schulte, club co-president, 222-5198, lilcri3@hotmail.com
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761