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Tom Romanin, associate vice president, Educational and Student Services, (319) 273-2332
Dave Zarifis, associate director, Department of Public Safety, (319) 273-2712
James O'Connor, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa's annual Security Report will be posted on the World Wide Web by Oct. 1, according to Tom Romanin, UNI associate vice president for Educational and Student Services. The report will be posted at http:www.uni.edu/pubsaf/crime_report and will be announced to UNI students, faculty and staff via campus-wide e-mail.
“The report covers academic years 1997, 1998 and 1999,” said Dave Zarifis, UNI associate director of Public Safety. “We're pleased to report that UNI continues to be a safe campus. We're not crime free, but we provide a safe environment for our students, faculty and staff.”
By law, the university is required to publish statistical information regarding certain crimes reported to campus security authorities. The UNI document includes all incidents involving UNI students, faculty and staff reported through university channels. Those channels include the UNI Department of Public Safety, residence hall coordinators, the associate vice president for Educational and Student Services and the coordinator of student organizations and activities.
“It's important to keep two things in mind when reviewing the figures,” said David Zarifis, associate director of the UNI Department of Public Safety. “First, beginning last year, the law required changes in how we tabulate and report incidents, so it's not possible to directly compare 1999 figures to previous years. Second, because our campus is much more compact and self-contained than many other institutions in the state, comparing figures among institutions is difficult, if not impractical in many cases.”
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Lynn Brant, associate professor, UNI Department of Earth Science, (319) 273-6160
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa College of Natural Sciences and Sigma Xi, a scientific research society, will present, Should Evolution be Taught in the Public Schools?: What Dorothy Learned When the Creationist Whirlwind Hit Kansas, Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. The event takes place in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, and the speaker is Robert T. Pennock, associate professor at Lyman Briggs School, Michigan State University.
Pennock says creationism is evolving, and creationists are using new strategies to promote their distinctive arguments. Last year, members of the Kansas State Board of Education made international news when they voted to remove evolution from the state's science curriculum standards. In this talk, Pennock will examine what happened in Kansas, and discuss some of the theories about what should be taught in public schools.
Pennock writes and speaks extensively on the relationship between evidential and value issues in science. He is the author of Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationist, and recipient of the Templeton Prize for the Exemplary Paper in Theology and the Natural Sciences. Pennock also is a national Distinguished Lecturer of Sigma Xi.
His presentation is free and open to the public.
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Randy Rumery, director of gift planning, UNI Foundation, (319) 273-6078
James O'Connor, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Note to editors/news directors: A 200 dpi JPEG photo of Rumery is available via the Internet at: http:www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/photos/rumery.jpeg. If you need higher resolution or have other photo needs, please call the University Marketing & Public Relations contact listed above.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa— Randy Rumery has joined the University of Northern Iowa Foundation staff as the director of gift planning. His primary duties will be the identification, cultivation and solicitation of major planned gifts for the benefit of UNI students.
Rumery brings with him six years of experience as director of major and planned gifts at Central College in Pella. In addition, he has over 20 years of experience in financial careers, including lending, marketing, management and financial planning.
“We welcome Randy to the division and look forward to expanding our planned giving efforts as we reach out to our alumni and friends,” said Frank Esser, director of collegiate development for the UNI Foundation.
Rumery, a southwest Iowa native, moved to the area from Nashville, Tenn., where he was a management consultant. He says he and his wife, Alisa, “are enthusiastic about the opportunities we see in the Cedar Valley area and beyond, while serving a university focused on excellence in teaching and a campus-wide culture of putting students first. I look forward to working with our alumni and friends to discuss their estate and gift planning opportunities.”
Rumery can be reached in the UNI Foundation office in 205 Commons, or by calling (319)
273-6078.
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Gerald L. Peterson, Special Collections librarian, (319) 273-6307
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa— Gerald L. Peterson, Special Collections librarian at the University of Northern Iowa, has compiled a pictorial history of UNI that traces each stage in the university's development, with an emphasis on the early and middle years. The book documents the changes in the methods of instruction, and the manner in which students lived, behaved, organized, played and studied since the university's founding in 1876.
“I wanted readers to have an easily accessible way to take a quick look at UNI people, places and activities over its 125-year history,” said Peterson. “I wanted it to be enjoyable and fun to read.”
Part of The College History Series, the book was published by Arcadia Publishing, Chicago, which recently published two similar books: “History of Cedar Falls,” 1998, and “Iowa's Black Legacy,” 2000.
The book is available at area bookstores. For more information, contact Peterson at (319) 273-6307.
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Linda Sharp, assistant professor of teaching, Price Laboratory School/NUHS, (319) 273-6236 or <Linda.Sharp@uni.edu>
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa— Parents, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Northern Iowa's Price Laboratory School, will have the chance to participate with the Northern University High School Choir in a “Messiah” sing-a-long, to be held Sunday, Dec. 10, in the School's Butzier Auditorium.
Rehearsals will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sundays, beginning Oct. 8, at the school, located at the corner of West 19th and Campus Streets in Cedar Falls. Linda Sharp, UNI assistant professor of teaching and a vocal teacher at the school, will direct, along with Dominique Cawley of Wartburg College. Select choruses and solos from both the Christmas and Easter portions of Handel's well-known work will be performed.
The standard G.F. Schirmer choral score will be used. Orchestral parts, choral scores and rehearsal tapes are available by contacting Sharp at (319) 273-6236, or by e-mail to . A dress rehearsal will be held Saturday, Dec. 9. For more information, contact Sharp.
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