News Releases in 2008
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December 2008
- December 16 - UIU international students away from home for holidays
- December 10 - President's rum cake recipe is closely guarded secret
- December 10 - Nursing program receives full board approval
- December 5 - UIU announces student government officers
- December 1 - Film/lecture series commemorates Apollo 40th anniversary
- November 25 - Upper Iowa University receives M.A.E. award
- November 21 - President to travel overseas to International graduations
- November 21 - UIU includes giving in its holiday plans
- November 12 - UIU-Malaysia students form cheerleading squad
- November 10 - Wrestling team recognized as national/conference power
- November 7 - UIU hosts PBL state fall leadership conference
- November 7 - UIU receives approval for new degree program
- November 7 - Applications now being accepted for UIBD grant
- November 6 - Noted printmaker exhibits at Upper Iowa
- November 4 - UIU camps for hunger
- November 3 - IT class use robots to teach BASIC programming
- October 31 - University locks down for 90 minutes
- October 24 - UIU selected as a new FBINAA academic partner
- October 23 - UIU reorganizes its distance education programs
- October 10 - UIU Beijing visiting artist holds workshop in Ankeny
- October 9 - UIU honors distinguished alumni
- October 9 - UIU participates in Read for the Record® 2008 Campaign
- October 3 - UIU reports university-wide enrollment up by 5.6 percent
- October 3 - UIU homecoming royalty crowned
- September 26 - Upper Iowa is state's most diverse institution
- September 22 - UIU homecoming features alumni art exhibit
- September 19 - Open House at Upper Iowa University-Madison Center
- September 18 - Open House at UIU-Waterloo Center
- September 18 - '08 homecoming theme is "Party with Peacock Pride"
- September 17 - Forensic science new major at UIU
- September 17 - Open House at UIU-Milwaukee Center
- September 11 - Fayette enrollment hike among state's highest
- September 11 - UIU-Waterloo receives ESGR Award
- Septermber 10 - Three UIU professors "give back" for students
- Septermber 8 - Open House at UIU Des Moines Center
- September 4 - UIU MIS professor attends summer school at Harvard
- September 4 - Peacock soccer and volleyball teams start off strong
- September 4 - UIU students choose to study in Australia
- September 4 - Upper Iowa hosts college fair for high school students and parents
- August 29 - Fayette campus enrollment up again
- August 29 - UIU announces scholarship awardees at Iowa State Fair
- August 29 - UIU signs articulation agreement with Mayo Clinic
- August 28 - UIU professor investigates mystery surrounding author's autobiography
- August 27 - UIU's "Pete the Peacock" now resides in Asia, too
- August 22 - Red Cedar chamber music returns
- August 22 - UIU student named 2008 Navy Times Coast Guardsman of the Year
- August 19 - Upper Iowa Business Development grant awarded
- August 15 - UIU professor one of 35 nationwide chosen to attend Yale seminar
- August 14 - UIU announces winners of WI State Fair drawing
- August 14 - Cultural diversity celebrated in UIU annual concert series
- August 14 - UIU invites Beijing artist to Fayette
- August 1 - UIU loves the State Fair
- July 30 - UIU student helps set up hospital in Ghana
- July 29 - Team Peacock planning to ride RAGBRAI again next year
- July 29 - Team Peacock riders assist fallen biker on RAGBRAI
- July 18 - UIU to again hold daily drawing at WI State Fair
- July 17 - UIU summer course attracts figure skater from Lake Placid
- July 16 - UIU to auction Eli Manning signature for student scholarships
- July 11 - UIU among first to offer collegiate license plate
- June 30 - UIU students bring home PBL national awards
- June 30 - UIU art professor designs 2008 Elgin corn maze
- June 27 - Upward Bound returns to UIU campus
- June 24 - UIU hosts STLF leadership camp
- June 23 - UIU rides RAGBRAI
- June 19 - Upper Iowa University Spring Dean's List
- June 13 - UIU presented Cedar Rapids sports tourism award
- June 11 - Military MBA Program looks to UIU as online provider
- June 9 - International Business new major offered this fall
- June 9 - UIU player picked in 2008 MLB draft
- May 30 - UIU to host international students Fall 08
- May 28 - UIU partners with Navy's College Program
- May 22 - Fayette native retires from UIU after 28 years
- May 20 - UIU athletic training grads see bright futures
- May 14 - UIU to hold mock drill
- May 13 - UIU marketing receives two prestigious awards
- May 13 - Danker named NSIC Coach of the Year
- May 2 - UIU announces 2008 Alpha Chi honor society inductees
- May 1 - UIU Women's Golf takes NSIC Championship
- May 1 - UIU tennis claims NSIC title
- April 29 - UIU to test emergency notification system
- April 28 - UIU donates books to local elementary school
- April 28 - UIU-DesMoines student receives FEI award
- April 28 - Intercultural comm helps students appreciate differences
- April 24 - UIU commencement May 10
- April 22 - UIU student one of 12 honored with business award
- April 21 - UIU's RN-BSN program has reason to celebrate
- April 21 - UIU announces 2008 honors and awards scholarship recipients
- April 21 - Students present research at annual science meeting
- April 11 - Two Peacocks named NSIC Golfers of the Week
- April 11 - 2nd annual UIU Fayette Appreciation Day
- April 9 - UIU student makes time for politics
- April 9 - UIU professor awarded CLEAR grant for river cleanup
- April 4 - Ten Peacocks Earn NSIC All-Academic Team Honors
- April 4 - UIU-Rockford to host April open house
- April 4 - UIU student's art depicts movement of new generation
- April 2 - Fayette invites community to enjoy a little "big-city" culture
- April 2 - NE IA HS Art Show attracts best high school artists
- March 28 - Peacocks earn NSIC athletic awards
- March 28 - UIU Online ranked "Best Buy"
- March 28 - A final salute to winter
- March 25 - UIU Phi Beta Lambda cleans up at state competition
- March 19 - UIU extended university students awarded scholarships
- March 19 - Choosing to spend spring break in Alaska
- March 14 - UIU announces December term graduates
- March 12 - UIU hosts NCAA DII national wrestling championships
- March 12 - UIU to graduate first Master of Education cohort
- March 3 - UIU student sends special thank you
- March 3 - It's unanimous, "Kids Love Art"
- February 15 - UIU receives President's Honor Roll Award for service
- February 8 - UIU's Cloud to be inducted into HS hall of fame
- February 6 - UIU proud to sponsor MOD March for Babies
- February 6 - Fayette $40,000 UIBD grant application online
- February 5 - UIU announces Dean's List
- February 4 - UIU Honors Record-Breaking 169 Student-Athletes
- January 30 - Crossing cultures with UIU visiting professors
- January 24 - UIU Online program ranked No. 1
- January 24 - UIU students host fundraiser for ASB trip
- January 22 - MLK Day prelude to Black History Month celebration at UIU
- January 21 - UIU-Malaysia brings a little bit of Iowa home
- January 18 - UIU employee in need of organ donor
- January 18 - Will Pergl - Motions, Objects, and Gaps
- January 16 - Chanley hired as online coordinator for UIU
- January 11 - Guard calls, UIU student?s graduation put on hold
- January 11 - UIU employees gift local food shelf
- January 10 - UIU ranked #7 in NWCA Top 20 poll
- January 8 - Second IAC grant goes to UIU art professor
- January 4 - Exceptional play earns Iredale NSIC Player of the Week
- Janaury 4 - UIU awarded grant for e-Center
- January 2 - Obama made honorary member of UIU frat