Education

UIU receives $1.16 million grant to benefit future science educators

March 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Educators and students will soon benefit from a $1.16 million Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation to Upper Iowa [...]

Environmental instruction grant to benefit Oelwein rain garden

September 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

Upper Iowa University assistant professor of education/environmental issues instruction (eii) director Dr. Barb Ehlers recently presented a $2,987 sub grant to Oelwein (Iowa) [...]

Graduate assistant named Iowa State Student Leader

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

An Upper Iowa University Campus Recreation graduate assistant has been named the 2019-20 NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation Iowa State Student Leader. Ian Bechtel, a UIU [...]

U.S. teacher becomes student of Chinese culture

January 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

(Editor’s note: The following article was republished with permission of Fayette Publishing. Alumnus Gabe Heuton ’14 majored in mathematics and graduated Cum [...]

UIU and West Central bolster relationship through classroom collaboration

September 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

(Editor’s note: The following article was republished with permission of Fayette Publishing and news writer Chris DeBack.) There’s no substitution for real-world [...]

One teacher’s journey from STEM to SpEd

December 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

(Note: The following article was published in the Iowa Department of Education’s Each and Every Child e-newsletter. The article is republished here with permission from [...]

Substitute teaching requires special skills

February 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

(Note: The following column by alumnus Don Haven ’69 was originally published in the Granville (Ohio) Sentinel and is being republished in The Bridge Online with the [...]

Advocating for English Language Learners

August 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Soon after the young students file into the classroom, the children’s broad smiles and an even larger desire to learn are quickly observed. The students’ cheerfulness and [...]

Teacher education students bestowed Community Support Award

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

North Fayette (NF) Elementary in West Union and Fayette, Iowa, recently awarded Upper Iowa University teacher education students and Dr. Gina Kuker, associate professor of [...]

Garden memorial honors Betty Andres

May 24, 2016 // 1 Comment

Former UIU alumna and benefactor, Betty Andres, was honored over Commencement weekend with the installation of a memorial in the garden outside of the Andres School of [...]