University of Northern Iowa
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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 2005 enrollment is 12,513, including 11,220 undergraduate students and 1,604 graduate students. 92 percent of its students are from the State of Iowa, in the United States.
Since 1968, the university has published The North American Review, a literary magazine.
Athletics
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. The major arena on campus is the UNI-Dome currently the home of the football and men's basketball programs. The Dome also serves as a venue for many local concerts, highschool football playoffs, trade shows, and other events. The University is currently constructing a new arena, the McLeod Center, to serve as the home for several athletic programs.
UNI Athletics has enjoyed great success lately with the Men's basketball team competing in the NCAA tounrament three consecutive times and the football team making the I-AA championship game, only to lose to the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
The University of Northern Iowa won the NCAA wrestling championships as ISTC in 1949.
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
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 |
Campus Buildings
- Baker Hall - Faculty offices. Former all male dormitory
- Bartlett Hall - Dormatories.
- Bender Hall - Coed Residence Hall (Towers Complex)
- Biology Research Complex
- Communication Arts Center
- 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 [link]
- 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
- Rod Library
- Lang Hall - Academic Building housing the communication departments.
- Maucker Union
- McCloud Center - Future arena set to open in fall 2006. Home of UNI Men's and Women's Basketball
- 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
- 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
Fight Song
Hail our Panthers, we are ever loyal, Showing our 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! (Repeat)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.
Notable alumni
- Charles Grassley, U.S. Senator
- Gil Gutknecht, U.S. Congressman
- Nick Nurse, Basketball coach
- Chris Pirillo, founder, and maintainer of Lockergnome.
- Kurt Warner, two-time National Football League MVP
- Mark Steines, co-host, Entertainment Tonight
- Joey Woody, national champion U.S. Hurdler
- Stan A. Askren, HNI Corporation Chairman, President, & CEO (Undergraduate)
Notable employees
- Haight and Haight, former professors of Philosophy.
- Herb Hake, television personality
- Leland Sage, former professor
- Robert James Waller, former professor of business, author of The Bridges of Madison County.
- Nancy Price, former professor, author of Sleeping with the Enemy.
Points of interest
- University of Northern Iowa Teaching and Research Greenhouse
- Camp Adventure A program run by UNI to provide camp counsellors for the children of US millitary personnel.
External links
- [www.uni.edu] (Official university site)
- [About UNI] (Official History Page)
- [www.unipanthers.com] (Official UNI athletics site)
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