Arts & Sciences

Inspired by U.S. experience, Malaysia student gives graduation gift to UIU

December 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

The notion of making a gift to a non-profit organization may be foreign to most Malaysians, but one Malaysia student sees giving a “graduation gift” as her way of saying [...]

Faculty service: Dr. Kata McCarville – Returning to the river

November 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.” Laura Gilpin The lessons learned in a river cannot be scripted. Sure, there are [...]

Upper Iowa University students return to serve in Haiti

November 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Dr. Katrina Farren-Eller had not been back to Haiti for two years. During her last trip, the Upper Iowa University assistant professor of English remembers feeling desperate [...]

Upper Iowa’s first woman Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) grad

November 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

In 1976, UIU ROTC cadet and Long Island, N.Y., native Jeanne Joachim and fellow ROTC cadets traveled with the Upper Iowa University ROTC (affiliate) unit to Fort Riley, [...]

UIU professor’s lengthy water quality monitoring benefits local watershed and provides unique research options for students

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

More than 16 years ago, Upper Iowa University’s Delano Professor of Science Rick Klann volunteered his time to “The Long-Term Resource Monitoring Project” – a [...]

Undergraduate research makes it all add up for biology students

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Dr. Jennifer Stoffel, UIU assistant professor of biology, loves when a student makes connections through research-based projects. Suddenly, it all comes together – [...]

UIU students learn of the search for a cure for malaria

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Dr. Patrick Duffy, chief of the Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology (LMIV), attended a Biology class and a student Q & A session last week while he was [...]

Alumna tells UIU students: “Set your goals and don’t accept no”

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

LaVerne McCoy, retired chief master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and Milwaukee police sergeant, spoke at the latest UIU Leadership Series event. McCoy, a 1998 graduate from [...]

Upper Iowa University MPA students publish paper in PA Times

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Four Upper Iowa University master’s of public administration (MPA) students took on extra homework recently, and it paid off in a way that they never expected. All four, [...]

UIU’s “Peace” and her sisters featured in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Since 1963, Upper Iowa’s Green Goddess “Peace” has adorned the top of Alexander-Dickman Hall. Recently, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier journalist Pat Kinney featured [...]