A University of Northern Iowa alum and former football player, De'Veon Harris had hopes of playing all the way to the NFL, but injury struck and he had to change directions. Today Harris, a first-generation college graduate who came from a low-income background, is helping Cedar Rapids students reach their goals through his work with Educational Talent Search - a TRIO program that was recently expanded to the Cedar Rapids School District.
Andrew Morse is departing the senior leadership team at the University of Northern Iowa, his alma mater, to serve as Chief of Staff at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash.
If you ask Nickole Dillard why she is so passionate about the work TRIO programs at University of Northern Iowa Center for Urban Education (UNI-CUE) do, she’d tell you, “I am TRIO.”
UNI graduate and former John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center resident Russel Karim has made it big time — on the Times Square jumbotron in New York City.
The University of Northern Iowa will present Ambassador John R. Dinger with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
