5/28/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

University of Northern Iowa to debut new look for athletics

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will unveil its new intercollegiate athletics logo during a news conference at 9 a.m., Thursday, May 30, in the West Gym. The public may attend.

The "A" parking lot immediately west of the West Gym will be available for visitor parking for the event.

The news conference also can be viewed live via the Web at www.uni.edu/livemedia.

RealPlayer is required to view the Webcast and is available free for download at www.real.com.

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5/28/02

For Immediate Release

Contact: Katie MacDonald, program manager, UNI Regional Business Center, (319) 236-8123, fax (319) 236-8240

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI Regional Business Center to present OSHA seminar for small businesses, Thursday, June 13

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Iowa Small Business Development Centers and Small Business Compliance Alliance will present "OSHA’s Knocking, Are You Ready?," from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, June 13, at the University of Northern Iowa Regional Business Center (RBC), 212 E. 4^th St., in downtown Waterloo.

Topics will include regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), types of inspections and violations, penalties and record keeping. A representative from Iowa OSHA will be available to answer questions. The seminar is non-regulatory and confidential.

The fee is $35 per business. For more information or to register, contact Katie MacDonald, UNI RBC program manager, at (319) 236-8123 or log on to the UNI RBC Web site at www.unirbc.org.

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5/28/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Tim Dooley, UNI assistant professor of art and chair, art scholarship committee, (319) 273-2078

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

Note to editors/news directors: 200 dpi JPEG images of the scholarship winners are available at

UNI Department of Art awards scholarships

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Department of Art at the University of Northern Iowa awarded two four-year full-tuition scholarships at its recent High School Art Scholarship Day.

Recipients were Zachary Moser, Cedar Falls High School and Claire Stigliani, Columbus High School in Waterloo. Three alternates were named: David Schmitz, Charles City High School; Kim Jones, Waverly-Shell Rock High School; and Clint Wilcox, Waukee High School.

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5/28/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

James Sweigert, UNI instructor in teaching\Russian, (319) 273-7675 or (319) 266-0156

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

NUHS students win ninth state title in spoken Russian; receive medals in essay competition

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- High school students at the University of Northern Iowa's Price Laboratory School recently captured their ninth straight state title at the Iowa Olympiada of Spoken Russian. Sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), the event took place in April at UNI.

NUHS students took 11 of 12 medalist awards in the Individual Spoken Competition. Finishing first in Level Four (numbers indicate finishing place) was Mary Weber, followed by Ryan Hahn (2) and Ian Cawley (3). In Level Three, medalists were Dan Kramer (1), Matt Adams (2) and Joe Wartick (3). Level Two winners were Rob Williams (2) and Lauren Page (3) while Level One honors went to Jeff Zeitz (1), John Kane (2) and Brian Bremner (3).

In the Quiz Bowl Competition, NU teams also made a clean sweep. First-place honors went to the team of Brian Bremner, Ryan Hahn and Jeff Zeitz, while the second place team was Jed Ellerbroek and Dan Kramer. Finishing in third place were Nora Kischer-Browne, Mary Weber and Rob Williams.

Earlier in the year, 16 of the 17 NUHS Russian language students competing in the 2001 National Russian Essay Contest, sponsored by ACTR, received national medals.

National medalists are: Tina Bremner, Ian Cawley and Emily Kishman--advanced silver medalists; and Jed Ellerbroek, Ryan Hahn and Brie Penaluna, advanced bronze medalists.

Intermediate gold medalist honors went to Joe Wartick, with intermediate silver awards to Isaac Horstmeier, Dan Kramer and Samantha Renfro, and intermediate bronze honors to Matt Adams and Cam Puetz. Beginning bronze awards went to Malcolm Bevel, Lauren Page, Joe Traw and Rob Williams.

Instructor for NU's Russian program is James Sweigert, UNI instructor in teaching.

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