Joana Lwin’s journey has been anything but easy. Today, through her role as director of Refugee and Immigrant Youth Organization (RIYO) in Waterloo, Iowa, she hopes to take her experiences and pay it forward.
If you would had asked Charles Mhoon,‘17, in high school where he’d be almost two decades later, he certainly wouldn’t have said working as an educational counselor at the University of Northern Iowa.
We couldn't have done it without YOU! UNI ScholarWorks has reached 5 MILLION global downloads! This incredible achievement belongs to the entire UNI community: each college and discipline at UNI added to the total of 5 million downloads.
Thanks to a recent $250,000 grant, faculty members at the University of Northern Iowa will further their research focusing on social and emotional learning, aimed at providing effective support to school personnel, leading to better student outcomes.
Pursuing a psychology major at the University of Northern Iowa can open up all kinds of exciting opportunities! That’s what April Vande Voort found when she chose to pursue a psychology degree at UNI.
For 20 years, thoughts of returning to college and finishing her bachelor’s degree have lived in the back of Christine Deam’s brain, quietly reminding her of goals left unfinished.
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.
UNI NEWS SERVICES – School counselors from across Iowa have a new educational pathway to serve the mental health needs of school districts and communities with the addition of a new Advanced Studies Certificate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling offered from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI).
The University of Northern Iowa welcomes the community to participate in a virtual discussion on hate crimes in the Midwest, titled, “The Rise In Hate Crimes In The American Midwest.”
The colloquium, taking place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20 via Zoom at bit.ly/DiversityColloquiumOct21, will feature Gary Nachman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The University of Northern Iowa’s TRIO Educational Opportunity Center, College for Social Behavioral Sciences and Center for Urban Education welcomes helping professionals within the community to participate in its 2021 System of Support conference.
