As one of the national leaders in the development of student teaching, he “wrote the book” on student teaching, before the practice became a nationally required step of teacher education.
A world-renowned poet, Pulitzer Prize winner and the first woman to be named Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress discovered her calling at the Iowa State Teachers College.
What started as a part-time campus job turned into an unforgettable lifelong career, helping to shape the University of Northern Iowa Book Store and giving back to the university for decades.
Nearly 2,000 faculty, staff and students from UNI joined organizations and businesses from across the Cedar Valley to assemble more than 70,000 food bags during the 2026 Pack the Dome event.
