Executive Vice President and Provost

Information about upcoming activities of the Governor's STEM Advisory Council will be provided. Discussion will include regional STEM networks for Iowa, scale-up of exemplary programs and action planning on seven priorities (including teacher recruitment, public awareness, STEM pipeline diversity and public-private partnerships). RSVP to imsep@uni.edu. Cookies and coffee provided.

Meredith Smith, bereavement coordinator at Iowa Hospice, and Elaine Eshbaugh, coordinator of UNI's gerontology program, will discuss hospice services and bereavement among individuals who have lost a loved one. This event is free and open to the public.

“America’s Foreign Policy Challenges – Where do you Draw the Line?” will be presented by Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen, currently Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Texas at Austin. McMullen recently served as U.S. Ambassador to the State of Eritrea.  He has more than 29 years of diplomatic experience and has lived, worked or traveled in 90 countries.  A native of Northwood, Iowa, he earned his doctorate in political science from the University of Iowa. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.  McMullen's visit is sponsored by International Prograns, Center for International Peace and Security Studies, and the Department of Political Science. 

Learn how to apply to study abroad, degree requirements abroad, when to go, where to go, paying for study abroad and much more.

Learn more about how you can earn your capstone credit by spending three weeks in India in May 2012.

Learn how to apply to study abroad, degree requirements abroad, when to go, where to go, paying for study abroad and much more.

Film star Annabeth Gish and Gary Kroeger of "Saturday Night Live" fame will headline a tribute to longtime Malcolm Price Laboratory School music and drama directors Dr. Les Hale and Ken Butzier, who joined the MPLS faculty in 1960. For more than a quarter of a century they launched actors, designers, playwrights, directors, opera (and other professional) singers, instrumentalists and composers. The tribute will consist of an evening of special performances from MPLS alums, including songs from Broadway musicals sung by Kroeger, Kristin Teig Torres, Chris O’Connor, Rhonda Williams, Gavin Mauer and Stephanie Althof. Tony Tomlyanovich will perform an opera selection. Annabeth Gish will appear via video as she will be filming a mini-series with Pierce Brosnan.

An hors d’oeuvres and cash bar reception will begin at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium lobby along with a silent auction. Tickets for the event are $25. All funds will go to support MPLS' mission as the state’s research and development school.  Reservations can be made by calling 273-2185.

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The UNI Jazz Panthers, under the direction of Robert Washut, will offer a fall concert with UNI Jazz Band III. Repertoire and soloists to be announced. This event is ticketed. For tickets, call (319) 273-4TIX.

Paul Deaton from Physicians for Social Responsibility will speak about nuclear energy in Iowa. Deaton has been speaking and writing about nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear energy since 2009.  He will discuss the relationship between nuclear proliferation and nuclear power, and give an update on the bills in the Iowa legislature regarding the proposed nuclear plant for Iowa.