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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
CEDAR FALLS, IA
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 14
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2022
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
OPINION PAGE 3
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5
SPORTS PAGE 6
Guest Columnist Vern Wuensche argues in favor of term limits.
Panthers take down Utah Tech, 41-14.
TheatreUNI presented Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.”
“The College Tour” films on campus UNI students to be featured in 30-minute episode to be released in 2023 KATE MURPHY Staff Writer
The series “The College Tour” began filming on UNI’s campus this past Monday and will be released in 2023.
The episode will follow 10 different UNI students and their personal experiences at the University of Northern Iowa. “The College Tour” streams on Roku and Amazon
and will feature a 30-mintue episode about UNI’s campus. Pete Moris, director of university relations, said a lot of preparation and planning on the part of the University
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Television personality Alex Boylan was on campus the week of Oct. 10-14 filming for the UNI episode of “The College Tour.” The initial call for students to submit videos telling their stories and conneciton to UNI was sent out in August. Ten students were selected to be featured on the show as it profiles the university and all it offers.
Relations staff went into filming on campus. “Jess Betts and Sean O’Neal were the two individuals who primarily worked hands-on with the producers and the crew, and they did a great job.” Moris said. The series was created by many award-winning producers including Alex Boylan and Lisa Hennessy. The first episode aired in Sept. 2020. One of the reasons for creating this series was due to the pandemic occurring in 2020. College tours were shut down during the pandemic, but this series made it possible to tour campuses virtually. Moris said they got so many students submitting their stories on campus. The toughest part was narrowing down the list of students participating to only 10. “We had so many great submissions from our students,” Moris said, “It was really a good problem to have with so many UNI students wanting to tell their compelling story about their UNI experience.” See TV FILMING, page 2
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Tradducción: El festival del Día de los Muertos regresa a UNI CARLY MATHES HENLE Escritora
YESSENIA RODRÍGUEZ Traductora
La Sociedad Teatral Multicultural (MTS, por sus siglas en inglés) va a realizar el festival de Día de los Muertos en el Teatro Bertha Martin el viernes, 21 de octubre de 5-7 p.m. Este evento tiene la intención de dar honor a la comunidad latina en el campus, dándoles espacio para celebrar y compartir el día que da honor a la cultura, herencia y tradiciones. Al mismo tiempo, dando la oportunidad a estudiantes para aprender sobre otras culturas, promover inclusividad y crecimiento en la comunidad.
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UNI celebrates National Transfer Student Week TREVOR MEYER Staff Writer
This week, Oct. 17 to 21, is National Transfer Student Week. This week is recognized by universities throughout the country to build awareness for transfer students and the diverse population within this group, along with the challenges and adversities that they may face. Transfer students are one of the most diverse groups of college students when it comes to their academic careers. According to Olivia Umbaugh, one of the transfer coordinators at UNI, by promoting and advocating for transfer students, we can show that not every student needs to start at a large institution. No matter where students began their education, every type of transfer student
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Transfer Advocacy and Involvement Group (TAIG) meets biweekly and gives transfer students opportunities to make connections with each other as a way to provide support.
deserves to be advocated for and a chance to flourish, she expressed. UNI Transfer Admissions and other parts of the university strive to advocate for the success of transfer students, as one third of the student body is made up of transfer
students in almost any major or program that the university offers. Just this fall, UNI welcomed over 700 new incoming transfer students to the university. Umbaugh also talked about the Transfer Center where her
office is located. “We are a great resource if students have questions about their transfer credits or having difficulty with it,” she said. “We are Transfer Admissions, so if we don’t have all the answers, we can help get students pointed in the right direction.” The Transfer Center is located in Gilchrist Hall, right by the admissions office and public safety. At UNI, roughly 50 percent of all transfer students come in with their associates degree, 46 percent of transfer students are first generation and the average age of a UNI transfer student is 23. Although many students may not consider themselves transfer students as they started at UNI as a freshman, 87 percent of all students at the university have at least some transfer credits before
attending the university. For any transfer students looking to connect with other transfers, UNI offers TAIG. TAIG stands for Transfer Advocacy Involvement Group. They meet biweekly and host social events throughout the semester for transfer students. Their next meeting will be Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. in the University Room at Maucker Union, where they will be having their Halloween festival. This week on Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the ScholarSpace at Rod Library, pizza and treats will be served along with giveaways for transfer students to celebrate their accomplishments as a transfer student here at UNI. The event is hosted by the Department of Student Success and Retention.