4/6/01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Kathy Gulick, director of University Health Services and director of Wellness and Recreation Services, (319) 273-6921
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --"Sole Power," a project designed to encourage non-motorized commuting to the University of Northern Iowa campus, will hold a spring kickoff event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, April 12 on the Maucker Union Plaza.
"The purpose is for people to leave their cars at home and instead walk, bike or rollerblade to campus," said Kathy Gulick, UNI director of University Health Services and director of Wellness and Recreation Services. "It's part of a method that's called the 'green triangle model,' which encourages physical fitness and saves people money." This is the third year for Sole Power at UNI.
Among the day's events, UNI Public Safety will register bikes, "Arrive Alive" will sell Bell helmets for $7 and Europa Cycle & Ski will provide bike tune-ups. The Outdoor Recreation Office will provide information on its program offerings and representatives will provide information on the UNI Panther Shuttle. Information on campus recreational walking routes and the Cedar Valley Recreational Trail maps also will be available. T-shirts, water bottles and bike bells can be earned for pledging to increase car-free commuting.
Assisting Gulick in the event are UNI students Nicole Plowman, Bloomfield, Brandon Walton, Cedar Falls, and Kevin Weber, Independence.
For more information, contact Gulick at (319) 273-6921.
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4/6/01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ryan Smith, president, Criminology Club, (319) 266-4316
Joe Gorton, assistant professor of criminology and Criminology Club adviser, (319) 273-3007
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A 31-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will speak to the University of Northern Iowa's Criminology Club at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 12 in the Maucker Union Expansion.
R. Stephen Mardigian is a former FBI profiler and supervisory special agent who now serves as the vice president and violent-crime consultant of the Academy Group, a private forensic behavioral science firm based in Quantico, Va. Mardigian will explain how profiling is applied to a serial homicide case.
The lecture is sponsored by the UNI Criminology Club, the UNI Political Science Club and the University Speakers Committee, and is funded in part by student fees. A question-and-answer session will follow the address, which is free and open to the public.
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