The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a

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Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 40,713. It is home to the University of Northern Iowa, a public university. History Cedar Falls was first settled in March 1845 b ...

. UNI offers more than 90 majors across the colleges of Business Administration,

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s, and

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and

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s and graduate college. The fall 2019 enrollment was 10,497. More than 88 percent of its students are from the state of

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History

Iowa State Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa

The University of Northern Iowa was founded as a result of two influential forces of the nineteenth century. First, Iowa wanted to care for orphans of its Civil War veterans, and secondly, Iowa needed a public teacher training institution. In 1876, when Iowa no longer needed an orphan home, legislators Edward G. Miller and H. C. Hemenway started the Iowa State Normal School.University of Northern Iowa, Gerald L. Peterson, Aracadia Publishing, 2000. The school's first building opened in 1869 and was known as Central Hall. The building contained classrooms, common areas, and a living facility for most of the students. It was also a home to the college's first principal, James Cleland Gilchrist. The building was the heart and soul of the school, allowing students to study courses of two-year, three-year, and four-year degrees. In 1965, a fire destroyed Central Hall, and school faculty and Cedar Falls citizens donated over $5,000 to start building Gilchrist Hall. The school has been known under the following names: *Iowa State Normal School, 1876–1909 *Iowa State Teachers College, 1909–1961 *State College of Iowa, 1961–1967 *University of Northern Iowa, 1967–present Hibbs Memorial and Campanile

From 2014 through 2018 the UNI hosted the ''Midwest Summer Institute: Inclusion and Communication for All'', a two-day conference on facilitated communication sponsored by the Inclusion Connection and Syracuse University's Institute on Communication and Inclusion. In 2018, just before the fifth annual conference held on June 18–19, a group of over thirty "researchers and academics around the globe" signed a letter to the UNI asking the university to cancel the conference because the practice has been "thoroughly discredited over 25 years ago". The letter also stated that "overwhelming scientific evidence suggests that facilitated communication constitutes a serious violation of the individual, civil and human rights of people with disabilities, robbing them of the opportunity to communicate independently with available innovative technologies." Proponents of the method have defended the conference. The

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released an article that was critical of the school's support of Facilitated Communication and summarized the

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s draft position on Facilitated Communication as a harmful

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. The 2018 conference was held as scheduled, but the university withdrew its support shortly thereafter. On Oct 24, 2018, Provost Jim Wohlpart announced that the UNI would no longer host the conference. Critics were pleased with this result but are skeptical of UNI's statement that the workshop was hosted by an outside agency, as UNI continues to employ "current staff members who trained with

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Presidents

Since its founding, the university has had eleven presidents. * James Cleland Gilchrist, 1876–1886 * Homer Horatio Seerley, 1886–1928 * Orval Ray Latham, 1928–1940 * Malcolm Poyer Price, 1940–1950 * James William Maucker, 1950–1970 * John Joseph Kamerick, 1970–1983 * Constantine William Curris, 1983–1995 * Robert D. Koob, 1995–2006 * Benjamin J. Allen, 2006–2013 *

William Ruud William Nelson Ruud (born September 29, 1952) is the current and 19th president of the Marietta College. He was previously president of the University of Northern Iowa and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ruud received his bachelor's ...

, 2013–2016 * Mark Nook, 2017–present

Academics

University of Northern Iowa Colleges include: * Business * Education * Humanities, Arts and Sciences * Social and Behavioral Sciences * Graduate College

Student statistics

The fall 2019 total semester enrollment was 10,497, the lowest since 1975. Its freshman enrollment was 1,495. UNI president Mark Nook attributed the decline to increasing tuition, saying "we're too expensive". The incoming class of 2016 marked the most diverse class in UNI's history with 11.2 percent minority students. Minority students now account for just over 10 percent of UNI's student body.

Study Abroad Center

UNI provides an opportunity for the students to study in 25+ countries and select from over 40 programs. The mission of the Study Abroad Center at the University of Northern Iowa is to provide service and leadership in international education to UNI students, faculty, staff, the community and the State of Iowa.

Culture and Intensive English Program

The Culture and Intensive English Program (CIEP) is an intensive program in English for non-native speakers. It is designed to prepare students for academic work at the undergraduate or graduate degree level. University of Northern Iowa students are also encouraged to participate in the Conversation Partner Program to help foreign students with their English ability and foster cross-cultural relationships while gaining mutual understanding.

North American Review

The university is the publisher of ''

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'' (called the NAR), a celebrated literary magazine that began originally in Boston in 1815. Its past editors have included

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, and

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; while among its past contributors are Mark Twain,

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, Joseph Conrad,

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, Joyce Carol Oates,

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and Margaret Atwood. In 1968, when the magazine was purchased by UNI,

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was appointed editor, a position he continued in until his retirement in 2000. The current editors are Rachel Morgan, Jeremy Schraffenberger, Grant Tracey, and Brooke Wonders. MK2 4180

Teaching and Research Greenhouse

The University of Northern Iowa Teaching and Research Greenhouse is a greenhouse complex incorporating

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s for research and education. It is located on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in

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

Athletics

The school's

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is the

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. They participate in the

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's Division I (I-FCS for football) in the

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, the

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(MVC) for most other sports, and the

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for wrestling. The major arena on campus is the

UNI-Dome UNI-Dome (pronounced "YOU-nih-dome") is a multi-purpose stadium, on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. It opened in 1976, as the home of the UNI Panthers basketball and football teams. The facili ...

, currently the home of the football team. The Dome also serves as a venue for many local concerts, high school 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 volleyball and 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 in 2004, 2005, 2006, again in 2009 and 2010 and in 2015 and 2016. On March 20, 2010, the men's basketball team defeated the heavily favored, top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks to advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. It was the school's first appearance in the Sweet Sixteen. The Jayhawks were favored to win the NCAA championship. Their

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potential ended with a loss to

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in the Sweet Sixteen, 59–52. The win over Kansas earned them the 2010

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for Best Upset.

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helped lead the women's basketball team to consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, as the team won back-to-back MVC Tournament titles. In 2010-11 she was named the

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MVC Player of the Year. In 2012-13 she led the league in scoring (19.5 ppg; a school record), had the fourth-highest season free throw percentage in NCAA Division 1 history-and the highest of any senior (95.5%), and was again named the Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year. For her career Kalin was first all-time at UNI in scoring (2,081),

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s made (265), free throws made (484), and free throw percentage (.920; the NCAA Division 1 career record. The football team has been ranked in the I-AA (FCS) top 25 almost every year for the last two decades. The team appeared in the I-AA championship game in 2005, only to lose a close game to the

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. During 2007, the team was ranked #1 in the country by the TSN FCS poll for several weeks. The football team went undefeated in 2007 with an 11–0 record, a first for any school in the 23-year history of the Gateway conference. 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 (usually ranked in the top 25), as are the wrestling and volleyball teams. The University of Northern Iowa

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team won the NCAA Division I national championship as ISTC in 1949 and NCAA Division II national championships in 1975 and 1978. They competed in the Western Wrestling Conference until 2012, when UNI became an associate member of the

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since the MVC is a non-wrestling conference. In 2017, UNI wrestling joined the

. In 1977 the women's softball team won the

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national championship.

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won the Defensive Player of Year Award by the Associated Press in 1995. In 1999 and 2001, UNI alumnus

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was named NFL MVP by the AP. During the 2014–2015 season, the men's basketball team ended the regular season ranked #11 by the AP Poll, the highest ranking in school history, and #9 by

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Campus buildings

*Baker Hall - Faculty offices. Formerly an all-male residence hall, demolished in 2014 (replaced by a parking lot) *Bartlett Hall - Faculty offices. Formerly a residence hall. *Bender Hall - Coed Residence Hall (Towers Complex) *Begeman Hall - Newly Renovated Physics Building - opened October 5, 2007 *Biology Research Complex *Communication Arts Center - Location of studios of Iowa Public Radio stations KUNI-FM (news and music) and KHKE-FM (classical). Houses the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department and the faculty offices of the Department of Theatre. *Campanile - Clocktower on campus built in 1926, landmark of UNI and included in many university logos *Campbell Hall - Coed (formerly female only) residence hall. During the early months of the

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, this hall was used as the quarantine facility. It is now abandoned. *Curris Business Building *Center for Energy & Environmental Education *Center for Educational Technology *Center for Urban Education - Located in Waterloo *Commons - Event space containing ballrooms and meeting rooms. Also houses the 23rd Street Market. *Dancer Hall - Coed Dormitory (Towers Complex). Contains only single rooms. *Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center *Gilchrist Hall - Administration building. Closed until 2008 due to arson fire during homecoming, Fall 2005, now reopened *Greenhouse Annex - Part of the McCollum Science Hall *Hagemann Hall - Coed Dormitory (formerly all female, 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; houses the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art *Latham Hall - Academic Building *Lawther Hall - Coed Upperclassmen Residence Hall. Reopened for the Fall of 2017 after closing for renovations in May 2015. *Lang Hall - Th
oldest academic building on campus
constructed in 1900. Houses th
Department of Communication and Media
Also houses the Interpreter's Theatre. This space often produces original work written and directed by faculty and students. *Maucker Student Union - home of UNI's student-run radio station, KULT 94.5 FM and the Northern Iowan newspaper. * McLeod Center - Home of UNI Men's and Women's Basketball, Volleyball, and Wrestling *McCollum Science Hall - Academic Building housing the science departments. *Museum - Natural Science and Anthropology collections, Rural Schools collection, Marshall Center School, main collection and exhibits located on the first floor of Rod Library *Native Roadside Vegetation Center *Nielsen Fieldhouse, Former gymnasium of Malcolm Price Laboratory School (Special Education Offices and to get your Teacher Name Tags) *Noehren Hall - Coed residence hall (Part of Quads Complex) *Panther Village - Apparment-Style residence buildings for juniors and seniors. Will be open to sophomores beginning in the Fall of 2018. *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 (formerly male only) residence hall (Part of the Quads Complex) *Rod Library - Library, UNI Museum, Special Collection & University Archives *Russell Hall - Academic building and auditorium housing the Music departments *Sabin Hall - Academic Building *Schindler Education Center - Academic Building housing the education departments *Seerley Hall - Home of the Office of the President. Also an Academic Building, home to the History department *Shull Hall - Coed (formerly male only) Dormitory, recently remodeled for upperclassmen only (Part of Quads Complex). Contains only single rooms. *Student Health Center-Student Health Clinic, Counseling Center, Student Disability Services, Violence Intervention Services. *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. The theatre was named after Hazel Strayer and Stanley Wood, two influential former faculty members. Also houses a

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, the Bertha Martin Theatre. According to department legend, the facility is haunted
like many theatres
by a ghost named Zelda. This ghost is believed to have been a student who died after falling from the catwalks during a production of '' Romeo and Juliet''. *Towers Center - Home of the Rialto Dining Center *

- Stadium with seating for 16,000+. Home of UNI Football. *Wellness Recreation Center - Contains an aquatic center, climbing wall, track, and racquetball courts. *Wright Hall - Academic Building housing the Mathematics Department *West Gymnasium - Home of the UNI Military Science program (ROTC) and men's wrestling practice facility. Former home of UNI women's basketball and women's volleyball.

Gallery

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Student life

Student newspapers

*''Students Offering'', 1888–1889 *''Normal Eye'', 1892–1911 *''College Eye'', 1911–1967 *'' Northern Iowan'', 1967–present

Fraternity and sorority life

Fraternities

Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma (), commonly known as Kappa Sig, is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. Kappa Sigma is one of the five largest international fraternities with currently 318 active chapters and col ...

* Pi Kappa Alpha *

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Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon (), commonly known as SigEp, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College (now the University of Richmond), and its national headquarte ...

Lambda Theta Phi Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. () is a Latino non-profit social fraternity in the United States. It was founded on December 1, 1975, at Kean College in Union, New Jersey. It emphasizes Latin unity and the celebration of the Latin cultu ...

NPC sororities

Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Delta Pi (), commonly known as ADPi (pronounced "ay-dee-pye"), is an International Panhellenic sorority founded on May 15, 1851, at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. It is the oldest secret society for women. Alpha Delta Pi is a memb ...

Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Xi Delta (, often referred to as A-''"Zee"''-D ) is a women's fraternity founded on April 17, 1893. Baird's Manual is also available online hereThe Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, United Stat ...

Alpha Phi Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity (, also known as APhi) is an international sorority with 172 active chapters and over 250,000 initiated members. Founded at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York on September 18, 1872, it is the fo ...

Gamma Phi Beta Gamma Phi Beta (, also known as GPhi or Gamma Phi) is an international college sorority. It was founded in Syracuse University in 1874, and was the first of the Greek organizations to call itself a sorority. The main archive URL iThe Baird's Man ...

* Alpha Sigma Tau

Transportation

UNI students may ride public transportation provided by the

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for $0.75 a ride with a student ID.

Notable people

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player and

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, and

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, quarterback, NFL MVP, Super Bowl Champion, and Hall of Famer

Alumni

* William R. Clabby – journalist and editor for ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'', winner of a Gerald Loeb Award, and an executive at various Dow Jones news subsidiaries. * Lorinne Crawford, actress and dancer * Brittni Donaldson, professional basketball coach * David Glawe, former

Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis is a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Under Secretary, as head of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at DHS, is the ...

Jane Elliott Jane Elliott (' Jennison; born on November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the da ...

, American antiracist and diversity educator * Carolyn Hunt, First Lady of North Carolina * David Johnson, professional football player *

, former professional football player *

(born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player *

Chris Klieman Christopher Paul Klieman ( ; born September 27, 1967) is an American football coach and former player, and is currently the head coach for Kansas State University in the Big 12 Conference. He took over from the retiring Bill Snyder after leading ...

, current

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head football coach * Brian Meyer, member of the

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* Nick Nurse, professional basketball coach * Duane Slick, fine art painter and professor at Rhode Island School of Design *

Ed Thomas Edward Arthur Thomas (July 17, 1950 – June 24, 2009) was an American high school football coach. On June 24, 2009, Thomas was shot and killed in his Parkersburg, Iowa football team's weight room by Mark Becker, one of Thomas' former players. ...

, high school football coach

Faculty

Donna Alvermann Donna Alvermann is an American educator and researcher in the field of Language and Literacy Education whose work focuses on adolescent literacy in and out of school, inclusive of new media and digital literacies. Her most recent research interest ...

, former professor of education, now distinguished professor and researcher in education at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

Jeremy Beck Jeremy Beck (born 1960) is an American composer who "knows the importance of embracing the past while also going his own way." The critic Mark Sebastian Jordan has said that "Beck was committed to tonality and a recognizable musical vernacular l ...

, composer, associate professor of Composition & Theory (1992–98) *

Harry Brod Harry Brod (February 1, 1951 – June 16, 2017) was a professor of sociology at University of Northern Iowa. Education He held a PhD in Philosophy, 1981, from the University of California, San Diego. Men's studies Brod was one of the first aca ...

, former professor * Herb Hake, television personality * James Hearst, poet and former professor * Miguel Franz Pinto, vocal coach, conductor, and pianist * Mildred Hope Fisher Wood, faculty and prior alumnus of same college * Loree Rackstraw, literary critic and memoirist * Leland Sage, former professor *

Norm Stewart Norman Eugene Stewart (born January 20, 1935) is a retired American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Northern Iowa (then known as State College of Iowa) from 1961 to 1967, but is best known for his career with the Univers ...

, former men's basketball coach who went on to become a coach at the

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Robert James Waller Robert James Waller (August 1, 1939 – March 10, 2017) was an American author best known for '' The Bridges of Madison County'', an enormously successful book in 1993. He was also a photographer and musician. Life Robert James Waller Jr. was ...

, alumnus, former professor and Dean of College of Businesses Administration, author of ''

The Bridges of Madison County ''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of a married Italian-American woman (WWII war bride) living on a ...

'' * Norma Wendelburg, composer

References

External links

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