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11/5/2019

Veterans Day program November 11

FAYETTE, Iowa (November 5, 2019) – A U.S. Navy veteran will serve as guest speaker at Upper Iowa University’s 2019 Veterans Day program on Monday, November 11. A Maquoketa, Iowa, native, Senior Chief Petty Officer Jason Berggren ‘17 enlisted in the Navy in July 1990. After graduating from boot camp in San Diego, California, he…

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11/5/2019

Mock Trial team member recognized

FAYETTE, Iowa (November 5, 2019) – The Upper Iowa University Mock Trial team competed in the St. Paul Trials at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota this past weekend. As part of the team’s first competition in 2019-20, the students worked on the State of Midlands vs Jordan Ryder mock criminal case. The UIU team…

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10/31/2019

Endowed Lecture Series continues November 7

FAYETTE, Iowa (October 31, 2019) – The 2019-20 Upper Iowa University Endowed Lecture Series continues Thursday, November 7, with a presentation by UIU assistant professor of history/Maltbie professor of social science Dr. Meghan Mettler. Entitled “Gimcracks, Dollar Blouses and Transistors: How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Products Made in Japan,” the lecture focuses…

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10/21/2019

July and August 2019 graduates

FAYETTE, Iowa (October 21, 2019) – Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the graduates of July and August 2019 and their respective degrees/honors. The graduates are as follows: July 2019 (skip to August 2019) Jenna Gale Aderholdt Kronenwetter, WI Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Cum Laude Beverly Marleny Aguilar Lawton, OK Bachelor of Science, Social…

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10/3/2019

Video gaming lecture canceled

FAYETTE, Iowa (October 3, 2019) – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the gaming lecture with special guests Brad Andres of Fantasy Flight Games and Gates Dowd of Leder Games scheduled for Friday, October 4, at Upper Iowa University’s Fayette Campus has been cancelled. The presenters and UIU apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those…

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9/30/2019

2019 Summer Dean’s List

Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the Dean’s List for the 2019 summer session. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average and be enrolled as a full-time student. The honored students include: ALEXANDRIA Shelby Lynn Brodnax – Alexandria, LA Cecile Andrea Brown – Alexandria, LA Charolettea N…

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9/27/2019

Minneapolis artist exhibit to open

FAYETTE, Iowa (September 27, 2019) – “A Familiar Portrait of Labor and Love” will be on exhibit at Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery at Upper Iowa University’s (UIU) Fayette Campus Thursday, October 3-Friday, November 1. Coming from the desire to connect intergenerational intersections of race and gender, and speak to the complexities of a family’s multiracial relationships,…

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9/27/2019

Grand marshals come from a family of Peacocks

FAYETTE, Iowa (September 27, 2019) – A pair of Peacock alumni, who combined to teach over 60 years following their college graduation, have been named the Upper Iowa University “Tie Dye and Tailfeathers” Homecoming Parade grand marshals. Al ‘56 and Jan ’64 (Mork) Seabrooke of Elgin, Iowa, will lead the annual Homecoming parade in downtown Fayette at…

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9/27/2019

Endowed Lecture Series resumes October 10

FAYETTE, Iowa (September 27, 2019) – Upper Iowa University professor of science/Robert L. Fox endowed chair of science Dr. Scott Figdore will open the UIU 2019-20 Endowed Lecture Series on Thursday, October 10. Entitled “Monitoring Plant Species Diversity in Fayette County’s Natural Areas,” the presentation is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Baker-Hebron Auditorium…

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9/23/2019

Gaming lecture October 4

FAYETTE, Iowa (September 23, 2019) – Upper Iowa University (UIU) will host gaming professionals Brad Andres and Gates Dowd on Friday, October 4. The program will be held from 11 a.m. – noon in the Liberal Arts Auditorium at UIU’s Fayette Campus. A game designer for Fantasy Flight Games, Andres began his career in the…

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