UIU instructor takes BRAVE stance in Baton Rouge
Capt. Rodney Walker of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and adjunct criminal justice instructor at UIU-Baton Rouge, is being applauded for his work with BRAVE, a [...]
Arts & Sciences
Katherine Hannigan takes audience through creation of picture book from beginning to end in “The Making of Gwendolyn Grace” at UIU Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery
FAYETTE, Iowa (February 2, 2015) – Before Katherine Hannigan sits down to write, she has to be in the right mind-set. She has to be ready to have fun. “It’s not [...]
UIU instructor, actor publishes acting book for teens
Upper Iowa University adjunct instructor for public speaking and humanities at UIU-New Orleans Mike Kimmel recently published “Scenes for Teens: 50 Original Comedy and [...]
Siblik’s River Weaving installation gives voice to the viewer
Watch an incredible video presentation of River Weaving by the artist here. Twenty years before his first river weaving installation, John Siblik sat in an off-loom weaving [...]
Communications student from Malaysia vying for world title
UIU Malaysia student Sabrina Beneett will compete in the 63rd annual Miss Universe pageant on January 25 in Florida! Read all about her stunning choice of attire [...]
Upper Iowa University soil and water conservation class sees conservation farming practices in action
Kneeling in the grass and dirt, ES 220 students gather around a trench dug next to a field of soybeans on the Dick Jensen farm near Elgin, Iowa. The soil pit reveals many [...]
Alumna invents the ‘Tree of Life’
Picture yourself walking down a street in your favorite city. You cast a worried glance down at your phone at the sound of a sad little beep. What! Only 2 percent battery [...]
Inspired by U.S. experience, Malaysia student gives graduation gift to UIU
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
“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
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 [...]