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Mar 20, 2013
CEDAR FALLS -- The John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition is now accepting entries for the 2013 competition. New and start-up businesses (in business for less than four years) are eligible to enter the competition for the chance to win up to $25,000.
The deadline to enter is April 30. Applicants are required to submit business plan information via a secure online program called Gust. A link to the Gust submission page is available at the...
Mar 14, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Elaine Eshbaugh, associate professor of gerontology at the University of Northern Iowa, will host a lecture on Alzheimer's and dementia from noon to 12:50 p.m., Friday, March 29, in Latham Hall, Room 125.
The lecture will focus on common misconceptions about Alzheimer's and dementia, as well as the difference between these two conditions. It will also include tips and ideas for positive interactions with people who have...
Mar 13, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa chapter of the national student volunteer organization, Students Today Leaders Forever (STLF), will embark on its first Pay It Forward Tour during spring break, beginning Friday, March 15. The nine-day tour will take students to six different cities and give them the opportunity to participate in a number of volunteer projects.
"Many students spend their spring break either doing the...
Mar 13, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- More than 300 people gathered at the Hotel Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, March 7 to attend the Dream Big, Grow Here pitch off event and to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship in Iowa at the sixth annual EntreFest! Conference.
Dream Big, Grow Here is an annual statewide contest for entrepreneurs and small business owners to win cash to start or grow an Iowa business. This year's event was emceed by Lt. Gov. Kim...
Mar 12, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's new interactive digital studies (IDS) major has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 Prometheus Awards. The awards honor companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence in technology. The IDS program is a finalist in the Innovation in Teaching category.
IDS is a new, interdisciplinary major that represents a collaboration between eight different departments, representing each...
Mar 12, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Lindsay Cohn, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa, has recently been awarded an International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
The IAF began in 1967 and is designed to assist mid-career scholars and professionals in advancing their analytic capabilities and broadening their foreign policy experience. The CFR is a nonpartisan membership...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art and the UNI Department of Art will present the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Kamerick Art Building (KAB) from March 25 to April 20.
An awards ceremony and reception for the exhibition will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, March 25, in the KAB Auditorium, Room 111.
This competitive exhibition showcases outstanding works of art by students in the UNI Department of Art. The...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- As part of its ongoing dedication to promote diversity in education, the University of Northern Iowa College of Education will welcome Christine E. Sleeter, professor emerita in the College of Professional Studies at California State University Monterey Bay, from 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, in the Schindler Education Center, Room 247 on the UNI campus. Sleeter will discuss issues relating to race, class, gender and...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will hold the conference Poverty Summit: Understanding Poverty in Iowa and the U.S., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 8, in the Old Central Ballroom in Maucker Union.
The keynote speech will be given at 9 a.m. by Heidi Shierholz, an economist on the staff of the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit research institution in Washington, D.C. that specializes in economic inequality and...
Mar 7, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Dance Team came in fourth place in the nation in Division I for their jazz routine and pom routine at the Universal Dance Association (UDA) Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship in Orlando, Fla. The competition is the most prestigious college cheerleading and dance team championship in the country.
"This is the first time in the UNI Dance Team's history that we have placed top five...
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