9/27/01
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Grassley to attend Freeburg dedication
Sen. Charles Grassley will attend the dedication ceremony for R.J. McElroy Hall, home of UNI's Freeburg Early Childhood Education program, Sat., Sept. 29. He will be among those addressing the audience.
Sen. Tom Harkin will not attend the event, due to a scheduling conflict. He will tour the school on Fri., Sept. 28.
The dedication ceremony begins at 9 a.m., at the new building on the Allen College Campus, 1950 Heath St., Waterloo.
Contact:
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
9/27/01
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Interviews/photographs with Martin Luther King III rescheduled
Media interviews with Martin Luther King III have been rescheduled. He will meet with media for interviews and photographs Thurs., Oct. 4, at approximately 3 p.m., following his 2 p.m. address in Lang Hall. He was originally scheduled to meet with media at 11:30 a.m.
Reporters planning to attend the address must phone Gwenne Culpepper, (319) 273-2761 for tickets, as seating is limited. Reporters do not need an appointment for the 3 p.m. session.
Contact:
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
9/27/01
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Contact:
William Calhoun, vice president for university advancement, (319) 273-6078
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Three local families have each made six-figure gifts to benefit the University of Northern Iowa's "Students First" campaign, earmarked for the planned McLeodUSA Center. Those making gifts are Ken and Amy Lockard, Jim and Cecelia Mudd Sr., and David and Cindy Peters.
Ken Lockard is president of Lockard Companies, which includes Lockard Development and Lockard Realty Co. He sits on the board of the directors of the UNI Athletic Club and the Leadership Advisory Council for the Cedar Valley phase of the "Students First" campaign. He and his wife made a $100,000 gift to the university's foundation.
Dave Peters is president of Peters Construction Corp, an adjunct professor in the UNI Department of Technology, and chair of the university's Industrial Technology advisory board. He and his wife Cindy, both alumni, serve on the Leadership Advisory Council for the Cedar Valley portion "Students First" campaign. Their gift to the arena project is $150,000.
Jim Mudd is president and CEO of Jim Mudd Advertising Agency and The Mudd Group. He serves on the Leadership Advisory Council for the Cedar Valley portion of the "Students First" campaign. He and his wife made a $100,000 gift.
Bill Calhoun, vice president for university advancement, said the "Students First" campaign is expected to be completed by January 2005. The campaign has a goal of $75 million for scholarships, academic program support and facilities, including $15 million to build the McLeodUSA Center, a multi-purpose sports arena for basketball, volleyball and wrestling. Other capital projects include McElroy Hall, which houses the Freeburg Early Childhood Program; a human performance center to be built onto the north end of the UNI-Dome; renovation of Lang Hall and Russell Hall; and equipment for McCollum Science Hall.
The university has raised more than half the funds already, including approximately $9 million for the McLeodUSA Center. The leadership gift phase of the campaign’s local drive is now underway. The Cedar Valley major gift drive kickoff took place Sept. 24, while the national kickoff will take place during fall 2002.
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9/27/01
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Phyllis Baker, director, Graduate Program in Women's Studies, (319) 273-2109
Anne Myles, UNI assistant professor of English, (319) 273-6911
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI forum to explore the erotics of Quakerism in 17th century New England
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --Anne Myles, assistant professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, will open the 2001-2002 Current Research on Women (CROW) Forum series, with a lecture at noon, Monday, Oct. 1, in Maucker Union's Embassy Room. Her topic will be "Thy love doth often melt in me: The Queer Erotics of Quakerism in 17th Century New England."
Myles, who specializes in early American literature and culture, received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago in 1993, and joined the UNI faculty in 1999. Her talk will examine the relationship between the spiritual, the sexual and the political during the period of 1650-1661 when Quaker missionaries were being hotly persecuted in Massachusetts and surrounding colonies.
She will discuss how religious difference was represented by hostile observers in terms of sexual deviance; and how the intense communal bonds of the early Quaker movement offered a significant alternative to the family-centered norms of Puritan orthodoxy.
The CROW Forum Series is sponsored by the UNI Graduate Program in Women’s Studies. It is open to the public, free of charge. The series will continue Monday, Nov. 5, when William Bowlin, UNI professor of accounting, will speak on "Gender Equity in Executive Compensation."
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9/27/01
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Contact:
Harry Brod, director, UNI Honors Program, (319) 273- 3175
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Survivor of eight Nazi concentration camps to speak at UNI Wednesday, Oct. 3
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa--David Faber, author of "Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor's Memoir", will speak at the University of Northern Iowa at 7:30 p.m., Wed., Oct. 3, in Room 245 of the Schindler Education Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Faber survived imprisonment by the Nazis in eight concentration camps, from 1939-1945, and witnessed the murders of his parents, his brother, Romek, and five of his six sisters. When he was liberated from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, at the age of 18, he weighed 72 pounds. He. will speak about his life experiences. This will be the second time Faber has spoken at UNI.
The lecture is sponsored by the UNI Honors Program in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, the Department of History, and the Department of Philosophy and Religion. For more information, contact Harry Brod, director of the UNI Honors Program, at (319) 273-3175.
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