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Upward Bound students

Grant renewal for UNI-CUE’s Upward Bound creates five more years of opportunities for students

Teacher helps student in classroom

Degree in Three program saves future educators time and money

Union High School students transplant a flat of native prairie seedlings at Irvine Prairie near Dysart

High school students assist with transplanting project at Irvine Prairie

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. 
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.
Public health majors introducing students to fresh produce

“Farm to School” outreach education earns public health students community collaboration award

Men of Change conference graphic

UNI-CUE Educational Talent Search to host fifth Men of Change Conference

The fifth-annual Men of Change (MOC) conference will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2022, at the Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center, 120 Jefferson St. in Waterloo.
Black Party by Gallagher Bluedorn

Free Gallagher Bluedorn Block Party series returns this summer

Summer is in the air, which means that Gallagher Bluedorn’s Block Party series is back! What began last summer as a way to offer free entertainment to the Cedar Valley during the pandemic has now grown into an opportunity for neighborhoods to gather, build community and experience great music together.