Education

Roark Horn

Education leader Roark Horn to join UNI College of Education faculty

Executive Director of the School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) Roark Horn will be joining the University of Northern Iowa College of Education faculty in fall 2022 as the Pomerantz Endowed Professorship in Educational Excellence and instructor of superintendency. 
UNI students

It’s Time We Reinvent General Education

General education needs a bit of a makeover — and that's exactly what UNI has done through its reinvented gen ed curriculum UNIFI!
Purple Pathway for Paraeducators

UNI to offer new online degree pathway for paraeducators to earn teaching degree

A new online, accelerated pathway to a bachelor’s degree offered by the University of Northern Iowa could greatly increase the number of elementary and special education teachers across the state.
Summer workshop for music teachers

UNI to offer summer workshops for music teachers

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa is now accepting enrollments for two music education workshops this summer: Audio Engineering for Educators and RockShop! Modern Band Workshop. 
Children building with blocks with their teacher

Noyce Grant recipients showcase UNI's STEM expertise

A team of three University of Northern Iowa faculty members have been awarded a one-year grant of $66,682 from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to participate in a Noyce Capacity Project that aims to address the national need to develop an Elementary Master STEM Teacher Leader program in Iowa. 
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John Deere Waterloo Operations’ donation to Teach Waterloo helps diversify district’s teacher workforce

Teach Waterloo, a partnership forged between the University of Northern Iowa and the Waterloo Community School District, will receive $100,000 in funding from John Deere Waterloo Operations. This is to support the Teach Waterloo mission to grow and diversify the local educator workforce.  
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.
Eric Jennings

Grad Faculty Profile: Eric Jennings

Describe how your educational background and employment experience led you to UNI. I've worked in libraries since I was in high school and throughout college so becoming a librarian just made sense. My first professional position was in South Carolina for a couple of years and for twelve years I was in Wisconsin. At both places I gained a lot of experience as a general reference and instruction librarian teaching a lot of "one-shot" library instruction classes.