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10/30/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: 

Annette Lynch, project director, Campus Violence Prevention Grant, (319) 273-2114

James O'Connor, University Marketing & Public Relations,(319) 273-2761

Clausen receives award from UNI program

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The women's studies program at the University of Northern Iowa recently presented the Lynn Cutler Leadership award to sophomore Courtney Clausen.  The award includes a $100 check and certificate.  It is presented to a women's studies minor who has shown excellence in leadership on campus. 

The daughter of Jane Clausen, 2801 W. 38^th St. Sioux City, and a 2001 graduate of Sioux City West High, Clausen is a sociology teaching major and a women's studies minor.  She is a chair of the Gender Equality Association (GEA); a frontline first response mentor, offering information to students who have been abused; a State of Iowa Sexual Assault advocate for Students Against a Violent Environment (SAVE); and a women's studies mentor coordinator, working with high school students on gender equality.

Clausen's sister Andrea, is a UNI graduate and also was a women's studies minor involved with GEA.

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10/30/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Tim Klatt, associate director of recreation, (319) 273-7120

Melissa Barber, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI All-American athlete plays rugby in South Africa

            CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A University of Northern Iowa student recently returned from Cape Town, South Africa. Paul Emerick, a senior general studies major from Pella, is a member of the 2002 Collegiate All-American Rugby traveling team.

            The trip consisted of three matches played in eight days. The first match was played Sept. 22 against Peninsula Technikon, where the U.S. team earned a solid victory. However, the U.S. team went up against the University of Stellenbosch on Sept. 26 and was defeated. The U.S. team won its third and final match against the University of Western Cape on Sept. 29.

            Emerick also was a member of the 2001 Collegiate All-American Rugby team that competed last fall in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, this past summer he played for the USA Rugby team, nicknamed the "Eagles 15," where he competed for the U.S. on a seven-week European tour.

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