COE Stories & News

Earning UNI degrees from afar: Online programs empower placebound students

Three students in Sioux City are experiencing the quality of a UNI education without leaving their hometowns. 

Innovative program at UNI leads to dozens of new elementary educators

More than 60 new educators are ready to launch their own elementary school classrooms for the first time, thanks to an innovative new program at UNI.

Principal Brian Downing receives Educational Leadership Legacy Award

Brian Downing, Okoboji High School principal, has received the 2024 UNI Educational Leadership Legacy Award.

First cohort of Purple Pathway for Paraeducators gears up for graduation

The Purple Pathway for Paraeducators allows paraeducators with an associate’s degree to earn an elementary education degree online from UNI  while continuing their work in schools.

Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year traces roots to UNI

School Administrators of Iowa recently named Matt Kingsbury, principal of Vinton-Shellsburg, the 2024 Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year.

UNI introduces online pathway for special education endorsements

UNI is now offering new flexible, online pathways for practicing teachers to become licensed as instructional strategist special education teachers.

UNI guest speaker Marina Cantacuzino focuses on forgiveness

Award-winning journalist and author Marina Cantacuzino will present “Exploring the limits and possibilities of forgiveness,” on April 18 at UNI.

U.S. News & World Report ranks UNI among 2024 Best Graduate Schools

U.S. News & World Report has once again ranked the University of Northern Iowa among its list of 2024 Best Graduate Schools.

UNI's Social and Emotional Learning Conference returns April 19

A director of school mental health and a renowned children’s author and illustrator are speaking at the Social and Emotional Learning Conference at UNI.

STEM workshop focuses on emerging elementary education educators

Future teachers will explore STEM in the elementary class setting at the Elementary STEM Expo for Emerging Pre-K-6 Educators, sponsored by the UNI College of Education.