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UNI reports fall enrollment, student success trends

In its official census day headcount, the University of Northern Iowa reported a total student population of 10,497, as well as a marked increase in a number of important areas including a record high four-year graduation rate.

While total enrollment is down from one year ago, the university began planning for the decrease in the early spring, making budget adjustments and working with the Board of Regents on a funding model to keep tuition rates steady.

University of Northern Iowa senior Mollie Sherman.

UNI senior returns from a life-changing summer

During an eight-week internship at Boston University this summer, senior Mollie Sherman saw all sides of medicine – the thrilling successes and the anguishing defeats. And it gave her the confidence to pursue a goal she had been told she could never accomplish.
A University of Northern Iowa student welds a sculpture at the Public Art Incubator.

Sculpting the future of public art

UNI's Public Art Incubator recently completed its largest project to date, and the experience is setting students up for future success.
UNI President Mark A. Nook addresses faculty and staff about the university's recruitment strategy.

UNI President outlines vision for university's future

UNI President Mark A. Nook’s address before faculty and staff outlined key strategic initiatives and investments the campus will be implementing over the next fiscal year to help attract more students while equipping those students for success beyond UNI.
University of Northern Iowa students excavate a part of campus for an archaeology class.

The search for Central Hall continues

UNI students will once again search for the remains of the oldest building on campus.

This may seem a bit abstract, but please consider this: The grounds of the University of Northern Iowa are like a Jell-O salad.

Think of the grounds as a three-dimensional mold, the jiggly, gelatin confection analogy within which layers of the university’s history reside. Bricks, limestone rubble, nails and all other manner of bygone miscellany then become the fruit cocktail, the artifacts that are unearthed as you excavate through that iconic dessert.

Data science added as UNI minor.

Data science coming to UNI

Companies need data scientists. And the University of Northern Iowa is introducing a new major and developing new courses to meet this demand.
University of Northern Iowa business students in class.

UNI MBA enrollment sees dramatic increase

The MBA program at the University of Northern Iowa has seen record growth in the past five years – and numbers continue to trend upward as many U.S. companies seek out recent MBA graduates for promotions and new positions.