Alumna tells UIU students: “Set your goals and don’t accept no”
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 [...]
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Upper Iowa University MPA students publish paper in PA Times
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
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 [...]
Husband and wife juggle schedules, life to earn UIU bachelor’s degrees
Judy (far left) and Terry Weter recently earned bachelor’s degrees in public administration through Upper Iowa University’s Independent Study program. They are [...]
Student upcycles art business with UIU education
Freshman art major Morgan LaRue has a very clear goal: she will pay for the college education she needs to strengthen her business skills with the revenue she earns [...]
MPA alumna uses degree to embark on second career
Jan Mitchell, MBA ‘09 State of Alaska Fire Training Administrator and Supervisor for the Training and Education Bureau Jan Mitchell earned her master’s in public [...]
Vazquez and Vazquez Conduct Research in Cuba
by Roland Vazquez, Associate Professor, Social Sciences and Anthropology Hablemos el mismo idioma Da me la mano, mi hermano. [Let’s speak the same language [...]
Summer stipend trip leads to amazing discovery in Peru
Dr. Sarahh Scher, assistant professor of art, spent the month of July through the aid of the UIU Summer Scholarship Stipend as a student—participating in the San [...]
UIU senior studies sea turtles during internship
Upper Iowa University senior Sydney Mohr recently returned from a weekend visit to St. Catherines Island, Georgia, where she witnessed the culmination of a month-long [...]