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Cedar Valley Drive Campaign News: UNI's Students First Campaign raises goal October 27, 2002 Fundraisers at the University of Northern Iowa are raising the goal for the Students First campaign. The national initiative has already met
its original $75 million objective, said Bill Calhoun, UNI's vice-president
for advancement, during a Saturday kickoff event. October 17, 2001 CEDAR FALLS The University of Northern Iowa Foundation has met a challenge grant issued by the R.J. McElroy Trust in April. Through the challenge, the foundation was charged with raising $3 million, to receive $1 million from the trust. The money will go to the "Students First" campaign, earmarked for the McLeodUSA Center, a multi-sports arena. To date, $11 million in gifts and pledges has been raised to fund the center's construction. Lead gifts made toward the challenge were received from University Book and Supply, $500,000; and Donna and Eldred Harman of Waterloo, $500,000. The Harmans donated another $150,000 to help fund the Freeburg Early Childhood Program in Waterloo, a model school for children through first grade. Donna Wheeler Harman has served on the UNI Alumni Board of Directors and is on the Freeburg Program Advisory board. She and her husband are active members of the UNI Presidents Club. The Harmans also are longtime supporters of Panther football and basketball. University Book and Supply, established in 1937 as a part of J.S. Latta and Son, has long supported the university by contributing merchandise, funds and time to various projects including faculty teaching awards, the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, athletic scholarships and the School of Music benefit concert. Rick Hartzell, director of athletics at UNI, is looking forward to the finished arena. "The McLeodUSA Center will help UNI attract even better student-athletes; the student body will have a quality facility in which to watch intercollegiate volleyball, wrestling and men's and women's basketball; and we will have a state-of-the-art building for other important university and community functions such as convocations, lectures and concerts." He noted that once $12 million has been raised for the center, the foundation will hire an architect for the project. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/28/01 UNI Foundation kicks off Cedar Valley major gift drive of "Students First" campaign CEDAR FALLS The University of Northern Iowa Foundation kicked off the Cedar Valley major gift drive for its $75 million "Students First" campaign Sept. 24, with an on-campus rally for volunteers. The goal for the drive is $2 million. Speakers for the event were Robert Koob, university president; Rick Hartzell, UNI athletic director; Rex Eno and Joy Cole Corning, national campaign co-chairs; and Rick Young, chair of the Cedar Valley portion of the campaign. "This campaign's success is imperative to help ensure a bright future for UNI, the Cedar Valley and Iowa," explained Koob. Earlier this month, Koob and his wife Yvonne made a $100,000 lead gift to the campus phase of the campaign. That gift will be given over the duration of the campaign. Edward Gallagher Jr., chair of the UNI Foundation, noted, "President Koob's gift to the campaign is yet another example of the visionary leadership he has provided both for the campus and this entire community." Eno said the "Students First" campaign is expected to be completed by January 2005. The campaign has a goal of $75 million for scholarships, academic program support and facilities, including $15 million to build the McLeodUSA Center, a multi-purpose sports arena for basketball, volleyball and wrestling. Other capital projects include McElroy Hall, which houses the Freeburg Early Childhood Program; a human performance center to be built onto the north end of the UNI-Dome; renovation of Lang Hall and Russell Hall; and equipment for McCollum Science Hall. And according to Young, the foundation has raised more than half the funds already, including approximately $11 million for the McLeodUSA Center. The leadership gift phase of the campaign’s local drive is now underway. The national kickoff will take place during fall 2002. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/21/02 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/19/01 UNI names leaders for national "Students First" campaign CEDAR FALLS, Iowa Joy Cole Corning and Rex Eno, long-time supporters of the University of Northern Iowa, will co-chair the institution's national "Students First" campaign. Now living in Des Moines, Corning taught school in Greenfield and Waterloo, following her graduation from UNI with a bachelor of arts in elementary education in 1954. She left the teaching profession to raise her family in Cedar Falls. She was elected to the Cedar Falls school board in 1973, serving 11 years, nine of them as president. She later served six years in the Iowa Senate. In the middle of her second term, Corning was elected lieutenant governor; a position she held for eight years. An active volunteer, Corning serves on nearly a dozen boards, including the UNI Foundation Board of Trustees; UNIÙs Performing Arts Center Advisory Board; the boards of the Des Moines Symphony, the National Conference on Community and Justice, and the Institute for Character Development. She recently established the Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series at UNI. Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, will be the inaugural speaker for the series. Eno recently retired as president of Aegon USA., in Cedar Rapids. A member of the UNI Board of Trustees, he is a Storm Lake native who graduated from UNI and later served in the U.S. Army. He played an integral part of the "Leading, Building, Sharing" Campaign, and also was instrumental in securing a $150,000 gift from Aegon in support of UNI's Freeburg Early Childhood Center. Further, he headed the effort to complete UNI's outdoor track project in 1994. He and his wife, Kathy, who is a UNI alumna, have established the Rex and Kathy Eno Scholarship Endowment Fund at the university. Rex helped establish UNI's Life Investors/AEGON scholarship. Bill Calhoun, vice president for University Advancement, said the campaign is expected to be completed by January 2005. The "Students First" campaign has a goal of $75 million for scholarships, academic program support and facilities, including $15 million to build the McLeodUSA Center, a multi-purpose sports arena for basketball, volleyball and wrestling. Other capital projects include McElroy Hall, in Waterloo, which houses the Freeburg Early Childhood Program; a human performance center to be built onto the north end of the UNI-Dome; renovation of Lang Hall and Russell Hall; and equipment for McCollum Science Hall. The university has raised more than half the funds already, including approximately $8 million for the McLeodUSA Center. The leadership gift phase of the campaignÙs local drive is now underway. The Cedar Valley major gift drive kickoff will be in September, while the national kickoff will take place during fall 2002. Top Koob giving raise to UNI Foundation 07/27/ 2001 By LISA SMITH CEDAR FALLS University of Northern Iowa President Robert Koob will give his $31,000 pay raise to the university's foundation. Koob has also made a second commitment. "It has been my intention for months to donate not just this year's net raise but each future raise that I receive while employed as president of UNI," Koob said today in a press release. The UNI president received a 17 percent salary increase from the Board of Regents in February. His new salary will be $216,660. Regents also increased University of Iowa President Mary Sue Coleman's salary by about 17 percent to match that of the new Iowa State University President. Coleman and ISU's Gregory Geoffroy will make $275,000. Regents approved the raises in a meeting last week, right after lamenting tight budgets at the universities this year after state lawmakers cut combined funding by $41.7 million. The Legislature allocated $90.4 million to UNI for fiscal year 2001, then dropped that amount by $5.3 million for fiscal year 2002. Coleman has pledged to donate her $40,000 pay raise back to the university. She said her latest gift would bring her donations to the university to nearly $350,000. Koob's gift will be earmarked for UNI's "Student's First" campaign and will be a kickoff gift for the fall phase of the campaign. "We very much appreciate President Koob's support. That's very generous of him," said Ruth Ratliff, vice president of the UNI Foundation. The foundation's "Student's First" campaign seeks to raise $75 million from 2000 to 2004 for scholarships, academic program support and facilities. About $23 million will go to facilities, including an estimated $15 million for a new sports arena, the McLeodUSA Center. About $36 million will go toward student scholarships and the remaining $16 million is earmarked for academic program support. Ratliff said Koob had not yet specified how he wanted his $31,000 used. Nearly 95 percent of donors to the foundation designate their gifts for specific projects, she said. "We ask the donors how they want that money to be used," she said. The foundation also accepts and encourages undesignated gifts, Ratliff said. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/02/01 UNI names co-chairs for faculty/staff/emeritus portion of "Students First" campaign CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa recently named co-chairs for the faculty/staff/emeritus portion of its $75 million campaign. Serving will be Tony DiCecco, head women's basketball coach; Joan Duea, emeritus faculty member; Joel Haack, interim dean of the College of Natural Sciences; and Martha Reineke, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Willis Wagner, emeritus professor, will be an honorary co-chair. A committee will be chosen in the summer. In September and October, the co-chairs and committee members will visit each university department to provide information about the campaign. The "Students First" campaign has a goal of $75 million for scholarships, academic program support and facilities, including $15 million to build a multi-sport arena, the McLeodUSA Center. Other construction includes McElroy Hall which houses the Freeburg Early Childhood Program, and a human performance center to be built onto the north end of the UNI-Dome. Facilities needing renovation or equipment are Russell Hall, Lang Hall and McCollum Science Hall. The official kickoff for the campus and Cedar Valley portions of the campaign will take place in September. The university's last major campaign ended in 1995 and exceeded its $25 million goal. For more information about the faculty/staff/emeritus portion of the campaign, or to volunteer, call Noreen Hermansen, director of Alumni Relations, (319) 273-2355. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/04/01 Rick Young to chair UNI's "Students First" campaign in Cedar Valley CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Local businessman and philanthropist Rick Young will lead the Cedar Valley advisory council of the University of Northern Iowa's "Students First" campaign. President of Young Plumbing and Heating, Young also is a trustee for the university's foundation. Other members of the Cedar Valley advisory council are Tim Bandow, Bob Beach, Ross Christensen, Dennis and Susan Clark, Adele Davis, Dan Deery, John Deery Jr., Arnold Delbridge, D. Jay Ellis, Ed Gallagher, Eldred and Donna Harman, Camille Hogan, Dale Jackson, Ken Lockard, Rose Lorenz, Dave Mason, John Martin, Bob Molinaro, Jim Mudd Sr., Roger Neumann, Dave and Cindy Peters, Mike and Betsy Peterson, Joan Poe, Tom and Maureen Porth, John Rathjen, LeRoy Redfern, Jim Slife, Robert Smith, Dee Vandeventer, Joe Vich, Marilyn Voorhees, and Dan Watters. The "Students First" campaign has a goal of $75 million for scholarships, academic program support and facilities, including $15 million to build a multi-sport arena to be called the McLeodUSA Center. Other capital projects include McElroy Hall, which houses the Freeburg Early Childhood Program; a human performance center to be built onto the north end of the UNI-Dome; renovation of Lang Hall and Russell Hall; and equipment for McCollum Science Hall. The leadership gift phase of the campaign's local drive is now underway. The Cedar Valley major gift drive kickoff will be later this year. . The university's last major campaign, which ended in 1995, raised over $7.5 million in the Cedar Valley. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/05/00 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa The University of Northern Iowa is beginning preparations for the largest fundraising campaign in the institution's 124-year history. The UNI Foundation board of trustees authorized the $75 million "Students First" campaign - the next generation of a recent, highly successful scholarship campaign that exceeded its goal, raising $14 million. The new, broader "Students First" campaign will focus on scholarships, academic programs and facilities. "Nearly two-thirds of the funds will go directly to meet the needs of students through scholarships and academic programs," said William Calhoun, vice president for Advancement. "The remaining one-third will support students through construction of new facilities, and through equipment upgrades and renovation for existing facilities." New construction will include a sports arena, an early childhood school and a human performance center. Facilities needing renovation or equipment are Russell Hall, Lang Hall and McCollum Science Hall. According to Calhoun, campaign preparation begins immediately, with the official campaign kickoff taking place sometime in 2001. The university's last major campaign ended in1995 and exceeded its goal of $25 million |
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