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Dec 7, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will host Kindergym, an informal learning program focusing on the development and refinement of motor skills. The program will be offered Saturday mornings from 9 to 9:50 a.m. for 4- and 5-year-olds and from 10 to 10:50 a.m. for 2- and 3-year-olds. The program will also be offered Monday mornings at 10 a.m. Kindergym Monday sessions will start Jan. 14 and end on Feb. 25. Saturday sessions...
Dec 7, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's Dream Big Grow Here program received first place in the Mid-America Economic Development Council's 2012 annual Economic Development Awards' online marketing category in the small market division.
Dream Big Grow Here was started by the UNI Regional Business Center through MyEntre.Net, Iowa's online community for Iowa entrepreneurs and small business. The contest is a way to award grants to...
Dec 5, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Dr. Robert E. Yager and Phyllis M. Yager Exemplary Science and Mathematics Teaching Award, established from the Dr. Robert and Phyllis Yager Science Education Fund for Excellence, recently recognized two Iowa teachers with awards.
This year's recipients are: Matthew Harding, high school physics teacher from Iowa City West High School, and Slade Hovick, high school mathematics teacher from West Liberty High School. They...
Dec 3, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's Center for Violence Prevention will host a webinar, "Coaching Boys to Men," from 1 to 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10. The webinar will discuss trends in intimate partner violence among young adults and examine coaches’ and mentors’ role in preventing bullying and gender violence. Community members who work with young men in school, church youth groups, athletics or extracurricular activities are...
Nov 30, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's New Horizons Band (NHB) will perform a winter concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 10, in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC).
The band will perform a variety of musical selections including "The Black Horse Troup March" by John Philip Sousa, "A Copland Tribute," "Beguine for Band," and "A Christmas Festival" by Leroy Anderson and other holiday favorites....
Nov 29, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will host one of the first campus-driven "NO H8 at My School" photo-shoots during a three-day event that aims to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community at UNI and throughout the nation. The UNI and Cedar Falls communities will have the opportunity to participate in the "NO H8 at My School" and the "It Gets Better" campaigns from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec. 5...
Nov 29, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Kenneth Atkinson, associate professor of history at the University of Northern Iowa, will give a talk titled "Queen Salome: Jerusalem's Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E.," at noon, Monday, Dec. 3, as part of the Current Research on Women and Gender (CROW) Forum. The forum will be held at the Center for Multicultural Education, Room 109A, on the UNI campus.
Atkinson's presentation will focus on Queen Salome...
Nov 29, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Associate Professor of Management Information Systems Rex Karsten will hold the first Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Professorship at the University of Northern Iowa, a title that recognizes his solid academic credentials, practical experience in his field and ability to teach and connect with students
Karsten has a Ph. D. in management information systems from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research focuses...
Nov 29, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present "B.F.A. Group Exhibition" from Thursday, Dec. 6 through Saturday, Dec. 15. A reception for the exhibition will be held at 7 p.m., on Dec. 6, at the UNI Gallery of Art.The artwork of four art students will be presented through the exhibition, each conveying unique styles and techniques.Zachary Bowman, a senior from Coon Rapids, Iowa, has an emphasis in sculpture....
Nov 28, 2012
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Interior Design program will host its annual Senior Portfolio Show from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Center for Energy and Environmental Education atrium. Students will share their projects and answer questions. Refreshments will be served.
The event will showcase the work of 12 interior design students in the areas of residential, office, hospitality and healthcare design, among others...
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