FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Susan Schwieger, associate director, UNI Career Center, (319) 273-6857
James O'Connor, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The 20th Annual University of Northern Iowa Career Fair will take place Monday, Sept. 25, at the UNI-Dome, from 2 to 6 p.m. Representatives from more than 190 companies and organizations will attend the event.
“Students should know that their careers begin the day they come to UNI,” said Muriel Stone, UNI Career Center director. “The fair is intended to provide students and alumni opportunities for networking, career exploration, internships and employment. While contacts often result in employment, this isn't primarily a job fair. It's part of the education process. The goal is to help people expand their career horizons and knowledge so they can make sound choices.”
The Career Fair is open to all UNI students and alumni. Representatives from business, industry, non-profit and government organizations, and professional and graduate schools will participate in the event. Students and alumni are encouraged to bring copies of their resume to give to company and organization representatives.
The Career Fair is organized and sponsored by the UNI Career Center and is co-sponsored by the Northern Iowa Student Government, and the UNI College of Business Administration.
A list of participating organizations is available via the Web at http://www.uni.edu/careercenter/events/fairs/careerfr.html. For more information, contact Susan Schwieger, UNI Career Center associate director, at (319) 273-6857.
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Annette Lynch, director, Women's Studies Program, (319) 273-2114 or (319) 273-7195
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa —Ruchira Gupta, an international journalist, will present her Emmy Award-winning documentary at the University of Northern Iowa, from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 27, in the Schindler Education Center, Room 244-245. Her presentation, sponsored by the UNI Women's Studies Program, is free and open to the public.
Gupta's film, “The Selling of Innocents,” exposes the trafficking of young women and children from villages in Nepal to the brothels of Mumbai (Bombay), India. Gupta discovered the situation while she was working on a project on villages in Nepal.
“Many villages in the hills had no women between the ages of 15 and 45,” said Gupta. “I found that there was a system to procure girls and carry them in trucks to the brothels in Kamathipura. I saw procurers on the prowl, parents selling their daughters, money changing hands and the prosperity in homes where money was coming from Mumbai.”
Gupta's film has been shown in excerpts on The Oprah Winfrey Show, at the Stockholm World Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children and at UNICEF regional workshops. The documentary was made for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
For more information, contact Annette Lynch, director of the undergraduate program in Women's Studies, at (319) 273-2114 or (319) 273-7195.
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Contact:
LTC Michael De Puglio, professor of military science, (319) 273-6220
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa —The University of Northern Iowa Department of Military Science has selected Cadet Ryan Hartwig, Storm Lake, to be the Commander of the UNI Corps of Cadets for the fall 2000 semester.
Hartwig is the son of Gloria Wilbur, Storm Lake. He is the 34th Cadet Commander in the history of the UNI ROTC program.
A graduate of Storm Lake Senior High School and Ellsworth Community College, he graduated cum laude from UNI with a degree in special education. Currently, he is a graduate assistant for the Northern Iowa Instructional Clinic and is working towards a master's degree in special education with an emphasis in career transition and vocational programming. Hartwig was a collegiate wrestler for both Ellsworth Community College and UNI.
Hartwig's military training includes: basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C.; advanced individual training at Fort Sill, Okla.; primary leadership development course at Camp Ashland, Neb.; Army ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Lewis, Wash.; and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga., where he earned his silver jump wings. He is also a member of the Iowa Army National Guard.
In May 2001, Hartwig will earn his commission as a Second Lieutenant. After obtaining his master's degree, he hopes to enter the Regular Army as an infantry officer with a follow-on assignment to the 75th Ranger Regiment.
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