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Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The UNI Child Development Center (CDC) will host an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7. The CDC is located at 1901 Campus St. and guests may enter through the north door by the track and field house.
Informal tours of the renovated space will be provided and Dwight Watson, dean of the College of Education, will speak at 6:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
The UNI CDC is a childcare and instruction...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- New businesses create nearly all net new jobs, develop new ideas and offer valuable services across the state, and they employ more than half of Iowa's private labor force. Inspiring business owners to grow and develop their business, and providing the tools to do so, is the impetus behind the sixth annual EntreFest! conference, Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8, in Cedar Rapids. EntreFest! brings entrepreneurial...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- In honor of Women's History Month, the University of Northern Iowa will host a reenactment of the 1913 women's suffrage march at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, starting at the fountain in front of Maucker Union.
The 1913 march took place the day prior to the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson to protest women's exclusion from voting and the American political process. The march was critical in the strategy to win the...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will host a series of events throughout the month of March in honor of Women's History Month. The theme of this year's events is "Feminism and the Modern Family."
The documentary "Miss Representation" will be screened from 6 to 8 p.m., on Thursday, March 7, in Seerley Hall, Room 115. The film examines how the media's misrepresentation of women has led to the underrepresentation of women in...
Mar 4, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa is one of 14 colleges and universities, and the top college in Iowa, to be recognized as a finalist for the Presidential Award in the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. This is the fifth year UNI has made the honor roll and the second...
Mar 1, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa will present "What Happens to a Dream Deferred" concert in recognition of Americans who have faced prejudice and adversity based on their ethnicity or sexual preferences at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.
The concert will feature "Afro-American Fragments," which sets the poetry of Langston Hughes to a powerful musical soundscape and Henry...
Mar 1, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- In recognition of Women's History Month, the University of Northern Iowa will host Jessica Valenti, a well-known American blogger and feminist writer, from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, March 11, in Lang Hall Auditorium.
The lecture will focus on Valenti's new book "Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness." In March 2011, The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, named Valenti one of the top 100...
Feb 28, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Student Association will be hosting the ninth annual Cedar Valley Nonprofit Awards Luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m., Friday, April 12, in the UNI Commons Ballroom. The event will recognize the contributions of local nonprofits and nonprofit leaders.
Awards are available for individuals and for organizations. Award categories include Business Partner of the Year,...
Feb 27, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Wellness and Recreation Services (WRS) Outdoor Recreation will host the 15th annual "Rock Revolution," a rock climbing competition bringing rock climbers from across the Midwest, at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 2, in the Wellness and Recreation Center on the UNI campus.
Climbers can participate in top-rope and bouldering competitions in the novice, intermediate or advanced division. Competitors may...
Feb 26, 2013
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- University of Northern Iowa associate professor of communication studies Francesca Soans will present her lecture, "Documentary Memory, Place and Identity: Sons of Jacob Synagogue," from noon to 1 p.m., Monday, March 4, in UNI's Center for Multicultural Education, Room 109A.
The lecture will include a screening and discussion of excerpts from the documentary "Sons of Jacob Synagogue," directed by Soans and Robert Neymeyer,...
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