Student Life Stories & News

Alexis Moller

Future educator tops off legacy at UNI with Lux Service Award

Alexis Moller is a graduating senior who's confident of the legacy of passion and kindness she's left at UNI. And it's culminated with a Lux Service Award.
Jerrell Bates with Lux Service Award

UNI senior believes Lux Service Award shows tremendous personal growth

Jerrell Bates may have come into college as an introvert who wasn't even sure if he wanted to be at college — but he's leaving a Lux Service Award winner.
UNI student collecting samples at Wind Cave National Park

UNI associate professor to mark National Park Week with program on Wind Cave National Park research project

UNI student collecting samples at Wind Cave National Park

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD – The University of Northern Iowa’s Josh Sebree, an Associate Professor with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will be hosting a program Tuesday, April 19, at 3 p.m. CDT on the Wind Cave National Park’s Facebook page in celebration of National Park Week.

New Horizons Band brass ensemble

UNI New Horizons Band to present spring concert

New Horizons Band brass ensemble

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa’s New Horizons Band will perform a spring concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 29, in the Great Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the UNI campus.

Day Zero promo poster

Apocalyptic romance “Day Zero,” debuts April 21, 2022 at UNI Interpreters Theatre

Day Zero promo poster

Cedar Falls - “Day Zero” debuts at 7:30 p.m. on April 21, and runs through April 23, at the University of Northern Iowa's Interpreters Theatre, located in Lang Hall Room 040.

The show is free, and tickets can be reserved on Eventbrite.

Fighting Food Waste graphic

Iowa Waste Reduction Center to host Fighting Food Waste event

Fighting Food Waste graphic

Join us for an evening of education, entertainment and advocacy from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, when the he University of Northern Iowa’s Iowa Waste Reduction Center (IWRC) presents Fighting Food Waste the Iowa Culinary Institute at DMACC, located at 2006 S Ankeny Blvd, in Ankeny.

Teacher Convocation 2022

Convocation returns to celebrate UNI's future teachers

UNI's traditional Teacher Convocation has returned to celebrate future educators, those who teach them and the profession of teaching as a whole. This year's event included some special VIP guests and a larger venue.
Social and Emotional Learning promo poster

UNI's Social and Emotional Learning Conference encourages compassion, empathy and mindfulness in schools

Social and Emotional Learning Conference

The University of Northern Iowa is hosting a day-long conference for the UNI community and professional colleagues involved in teaching, counseling, social work and school psychology that will focus on introducing the practices of compassion, empathy and mindfulness in schools.

CARL L. BECKER MEMORIAL LECTURES LOGO

UNI lecture to discuss the architecture of segregation in the Midwest

CARL L. BECKER MEMORIAL LECTURES LOGO

The University of Northern Iowa Department of History welcomes the community to participate in the 48th Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture, “Dividing the City: Private Racial Restrictions and the Architecture of Segregation in the Midwest.”