Education

UIU/DMACC partner to help address industrial technology teacher shortage

March 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

As an extension of its current partnerships, Upper Iowa University (UIU) and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) have agreed upon a new articulation agreement. This [...]

Environmental Issues Instruction graduate course

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

Twenty-five teachers participated in the most recent Environmental Issues Instruction (Eii) graduate course, “Nourishing Our Water and Soil Through Sustainable [...]

Master of Education students to benefit from tuition savings

November 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

Upper Iowa University Master of Education (M.Ed.) students will soon benefit from a lower tuition rate. Beginning with Session 3 on January 10, 2022, graduate students of the [...]

Endowment goal reached for ‘Betty’s Team Fund’

August 3, 2021 // 1 Comment

The donations of over 650 supporters have helped Upper Iowa University reach its goal to endow the Andres School of Education Dean’s Fund (Betty’s Team Fund). This [...]

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 [...]