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Family Business Conference

UNI Family Business Center receives support from Iowa Board of Regents, offers suite of services to family-owned businesses

Family Business Conference

The Iowa Board of Regents has awarded center status to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Family Business Center (FBC). For nearly four years, the FBC has offered a suite of services  specialized to family-owned businesses in Iowa.

John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Competition

Applications open for annual John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition

John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Competition

The 2022 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition application portal is now open. The17th annual statewide competition will award $100,000 in cash prizes to Iowa startups and entrepreneurial ventures.

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UNI lecture to discuss the architecture of segregation in the Midwest

CARL L. BECKER MEMORIAL LECTURES LOGO

The University of Northern Iowa Department of History welcomes the community to participate in the 48th Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture, “Dividing the City: Private Racial Restrictions and the Architecture of Segregation in the Midwest.”

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RodCon returns to unite pop culture lovers

RodCon posterFor the seventh year, the University of Northern Iowa will be hosting RodCon, a small comic book convention held in the Rod Library, on Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

UNI Campus

UNI boasts top ranking Education, Social Work and Business programs in new report

UNI Campus

Three University of Northern Iowa graduate programs were named among the top graduate programs in the country, according to a new U.S. News & World Report ranking.

Counselor and client

UNI announces new online Advanced Studies Certificate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Counselor and client

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).

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Community collaboration is a dream of many talents in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat poster

What happens when you bring together the musical artistry of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, the theatrical creativity of Cedar Falls Community Theatre and Waterloo Community Playhouse, and the ingenuity and inspiration of the Gallagher Bluedorn? A community collaboration that is guaranteed to delight and amaze audiences from across the Cedar Valley and beyond.

Cedar Valley Green Business Competition

UNI to host inaugural competition of ideas to increase sustainability and reduce waste

The University of Northern Iowa will host its inaugural sustainability competition on March 31, where participants will submit their ideas on how to reduce landfill waste for a chance to win a $500 cash prize, with additional prizes for UNI students who take second and third place.

2019 Teacher Education Convocation and Celebration

UNI Teacher Education Convocation returns, celebrating all teaching majors

2019 Teacher Education Convocation and Celebration

The University of Northern Iowa will honor all students with a declared teaching major during the Teacher Education Convocation and Celebration at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, at the McLeod Center.

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TheatreUNI announces upcoming production of "Cinderella"

TheatreUNI will present "Cinderella," the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical with a fresh new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed into a princess.