University of Northern Iowa

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University of Northern Iowa

Image:UNI-Logo.gif
Motto Students First
Established 1876
Type Public
Endowment $51.6 M [1]
President Dr. Benjamin Allen
Faculty 800
Undergraduates 11,220
Postgraduates 1,604
Location Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
Campus Urban, 900 acres (3.6 km²)
Athletics 16 Varsity Teams
Colors Purple █ and Gold █
Nickname Panthers
Mascot TC the Panther
Website www.uni.edu
The Campanile, a major university landmark at the center of UNI's campus.
The Campanile, a major university landmark at the center of UNI's campus.

The University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, was founded in 1876, as the Iowa State Normal School. It has colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a graduate school. The Fall 2006 enrollment is 12.327, including 10,727 undergraduate students and 1600 graduate students. Ninety-two percent of its students are from the State of Iowa, in the United States.

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[edit] North American Review

The university is the publisher of The North American Review (called the NAR), a celebrated literary magazine that began originally in Boston in 1815. Its past editors have included James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton, and Henry Adams; while among its past contributors are Mark Twain, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Kurt Vonnegut, Joyce Carol Oates, Guy Davenport and Margaret Atwood. In 1968, when the magazine was purchased by UNI, Robley Wilson was appointed editor, a position he continued in until his retirement in 2000.

In S. Duperray and R. Vidaling, Front Page: Covers of the Twentieth Century (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003) the NAR is featured with Paris Match, The New Yorker, Vogue and twenty-four other famous magazines, and is described as being "a real institution in the United States, as much for its quality as its longevity." Since its acquisition by UNI, that book continues, the magazine has "distinguished itself" by winning a long list of prizes, both in literature and design. It has twice won the National Magazine Award for Fiction and was a finalist for that award five times; placed stories in the annual O. Henry anthologies four times, in the Pushcart Prize annuals nine times, in Best American Short Stories eight times, in Best American Essays twice, in Best American Sports Writing and Best American Travel Writing. As for its graphics, the NAR has three times been represented in Communication Arts illustration annual, twice in the Society of Publication Designers' annual, four times in the Print regional design annual, and twice won the "Ozzie" gold award for best cover among consumer magazines with a circulation of less than 100,000.

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Northern Iowa Panthers

The school's mascot is the Panther. They participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-AA for football) in the Gateway Football Conference and in the Missouri Valley Conference for Women's and Men's Basketball and all other sports. The major arena on campus is the UNI-Dome currently the home of the football team. The Dome also serves as a venue for many local concerts, highschool football playoffs, trade shows, and other events. In 2006, the University opened a new arena, the McLeod Center, to serve as the home for several athletic programs, including men's and women's basketball.

UNI Athletics has enjoyed great success lately with the Men's basketball team competing in the NCAA tournament three consecutive times and the football team making the I-AA championship game, only to lose to the Appalachian State Mountaineers in 2005. In 2001 and 2002 the volleyball team reached the NCAA Sweet 16 round, and in 2006 made it to the second round, and has competed in the tournament numerous times. The track team is also very successful, as is the wrestling team.

The University of Northern Iowa won the NCAA wrestling championships as ISTC in 1949.

[edit] Name history

  • Iowa State Normal School, 1876-1909
  • Iowa State Teachers College, 1909-1961
  • State College of Iowa, 1961-1967
  • University of Northern Iowa, 1967-present

[edit] UNI Presidents

# President Start of term End of term
1 James Cleland Gilchrist 1876 1886
2 Homer Horatio Seerley 1886 1928
3 Orval Ray Latham 1928 1940
4 Malcolm Poyer Price 1940 1950
5 James William Maucker 1951 1970
6 John Joseph Kamerick 1970 1983
7 Constantine William Curris 1983 1995
8 Robert D. Koob 1995 2006
9 Benjamin Allen 2006 present
Schindler Education Center
Schindler Education Center
The oldest building at UNI, Lang Hall.
The oldest building at UNI, Lang Hall.

[edit] Campus Buildings

  • Baker Hall - Faculty offices. Former all male dormitory
  • Bartlett Hall - Dormitories.
  • Bender Hall - Coed Residence Hall (Towers Complex)
  • Biology Research Complex
  • Communication Arts Center - Location of radio station KUNI's studios.
  • Campbell Hall - Coed Residence Hall
  • Curris Business Building
  • Center for Energy & Environmental Education
  • Center for Educational Technology
  • Central Intermediate School - Located in Waterloo
  • Center for Urban Education - Located in Waterloo
  • Dancer Hall - Coed Residence Hall (Towers Complex)
  • Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
  • Gilchrist Hall - Administration building. Closed until 2007 due to arson fire in Fall 2005 [2]
  • Greenhouse Annex - Part of the McCollum Science Hall
  • Hagemann Hall - All Female Residence Hall (Part of Quads Complex)
  • Industrial Technology Center - Academic Building
  • Innovative Teaching and Technology Center - Previously known as the East Gymnasium. Former Women's Gym. Remodeling was completed late Spring 2006
  • Kamerick Art Building - Academic Building
  • Latham Hall - Academic Building
  • Lawther Hall - All female dormitory residence
  • Rod Library
  • Lang Hall - Academic Building housing the communication departments.
  • Maucker Union
  • McLeod Center - Home of UNI Men's and Women's Basketball, Volleyball, and Wrestling
  • McCollum Science Hall - Academic Building housing the science departments.
  • Museum
  • Native Roadside Vegetation Center
  • Noehren Hall - Coed Residence Hall (Part of Quads Complex)
  • Physics - Academic Building
  • Price Laboratory School - K-12 School Run in Conjunction with the University
  • Redeker Center - Center of Quads Complex. Houses UNI Department of Residence and Piazza Dining Center
  • Residence on the Hill (ROTH) - Coed Suite Style Residence Hall for Upperclassmen
  • Rider Hall - Coed Residence Hall (Part of the Quads Complex)
  • Russell Hall - Music Building
  • Sabin Hall - Academic Building
  • Schindler Education Center - Academic Building
  • Seerley Hall - Home of the Office of the President. Also an Academic Building
  • Shull Hall - Coed Dormitory, recently remodeled for upperclassmen only (Part of Quads Complex)
  • Student Services Center - Attached to Bartlett Hall, formerly known as East Bartlett
  • Strayer-Wood Theatre - Theatre that also houses the theatre department of UNI. Home of Theatre UNI
  • Towers Center - Home of the Rialto Dining Center
  • UNI-Dome - Stadium with seating for 16,000+. Home of UNI Football
  • Wellness Recreation Center
  • Wright Hall - Academic Building housing the Mathematics and Computer Sciences Departments.
  • West Gymnasium - Former home of UNI Women's Basketball. Women's volleyball and Men's Wrestling. Current Practice Facility

[edit] School Songs

[edit] Fight Song

Hail our Panthers, we are ever loyal
Showing strength and unity
As we rise, we firmly stand behind you
Urge you on to victory
(Rah, rah, rah)
As you lead us on to fame and honor
Fight, fight, fight will be our cry
So, give us a yell (Ho)
the Purple and the Gold
Victory for UNI
UNI Fight, UNI Fight!

[edit] Alma Mater

UNI O Alma Mater
Hear our voices now in song;
Hail to thee, O state of plenty,
Thou has raised it proud and strong.

True in spirit, strong in knowledge
UNI, we in homage.
Hail to thee, O Alma Mater
Our tomorrows shall be thine.

From the hallowed halls of learning,
Rising from the fertile land;
Guide to fame thy sons and daughters,
In the pattern on thy hand.

[edit] Notable alumni

See also: Cedar Falls, Iowa#Notable_natives

Academics:

Athletes and coaches:

Business People:

  • Steve Proffitt, senior producer, National Public Radio
  • Richard Devin, Producing Artistic Director, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • Denise O'Bleness, senior art director, Grey Advertising (NYC)
  • Phillip J. Pirages, antiquarian book dealer
  • Elise Plakke, senior art director, L.L. Bean
  • Stan A. Askren, Chairman and CEO of HNI Corporation Chairman


Creative arts:

  • Bess Streeter Aldrich, novelist
  • Gary Kelley, illustrator (Barnes and Noble coffee shop murals)
  • Abinadi Meza, performance artist
  • Sheri Greenwald, soprano, and Director of the San Francisco Opera Center
  • Bill Stewart, jazz musician
  • Bonnie Koloc, vocalist, recording artist
  • Steve Gerberich, sculptor, kinetic artist
  • Steve Pudenz, Broadway actor
  • Roy R. Behrens, author, editor and design historian
  • Mark Steines, co-host of Entertainment Tonight
  • Warren Allen Smith, writer
  • Fluff Constructivists, installation artists
  • Bruce Charlesworth, filmmaker and photographer
  • Dean L. Schwarz, ceramic artist
  • Will Wilkinson, political writer and policy analyst
  • Nick Linde, novelist
  • Jim Buckels, artist
  • Tom Pettit, television news correspondent for NBC
  • Michael Boyd, painter

Politicians:

[edit] Notable employees

[edit] Teaching and Research Greenhouse

The University of Northern Iowa Teaching and Research Greenhouse is a greenhouse complex incorporating botanical gardens for research and education. It is located on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The greenhouse contains plants from many ecotypes, including 250 tropical plants, an extensive collection of arid climate plants, and the 1,200 square foot Aquatic Learning Center.

  • Aquatic Learning Center - native and tropical plants, fish, mosses and ferns.
  • Orchid House - orchids from around the world.

[edit] External Links

[edit] History

[edit] Students and Alumni

[edit] Online Communities

[edit] Maps and Aerial Photos


Missouri Valley Conference
Bradley • Creighton (Bluejays) • Drake (Bulldogs) • Evansville • Illinois State (Redbirds) • Indiana State • Missouri State (Bears) • Northern Iowa (Panthers) • Southern Illinois • Wichita State
Gateway Football Conference
Illinois State (Redbirds) • Indiana State • Missouri State (Bears) • Northern Iowa (Panthers) • Southern Illinois • Western Illinois • Youngstown State
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