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International Panther, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Culture And Intensive English Program.

International Panther

Inside this issue:

-- Letter from the Director
-- UNI Connections: UNI Office of International Admissions Helping International Students Navigate UNI
-- Conversation Partners Bring Intercultural Communication students hands-on-experience: Kyungpook National University (KNU)
-- STEM Pedagogy Program begins at UNI CIEP
-- CIEP Welcomes Teachers from Minas Gerais
-- Special Programs at UNI CIEP
-- CIEP Alumni: Isabel Garcia
-- CIEP Activities
-- CIEP Student Spotlight: Tasleem Alsaffar
-- CIEP Receives First Wave of Students from Brazil Scientific Mobility Program
-- CIEP Staff Accomplishments & Professional Development
-- Staff Spotlight: Sally Roos
-- World’s Window: Costa Rica "Happiest Country on …

Seventh Annual Uni Graduate Student Symposium [Program], 2014, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Graduate Student Symposium Programs

Table of Contents
Welcome Letter from Dr. Michael Licari ••• 2
Listing of Judges, Notes ••• 3-5
Poster Presentations Listed by Presentation Type, Last Name ••• 6-16
Oral Presentations Listed by Room, in Order of Presentation ••• 17-22
Creative Performances Listed in Order of Performance ••• 23-24
Acknowledgements ••• 25
Past Award Winners ••• 26-31

Academic Affairs Report, Spring 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs.

Academic Affairs Update

Inside this issue:

-- Ever-Present Committee Work: Necessary and Important
-- New Committees Initiated
-- A $750,000 Boost: Arctic Research at UNI
-- Century-Old Building Receives Facelift
-- UNI Professors Win Civil Rights and Immigrant Champion Awards
-- The Payoff of UNI Pre-Tenure Fellowships
-- UNI Summer 2013 Pre-Tenure Fellowship Recipients
-- The Teacher-Student: Peer Learning at UNI
-- The Awards and Rewards of Being a Part of UNI
-- UNI 2013-14 Capacity Building Grant Recipients
-- First-Hand Look: The National Coalition Building Institute
-- Lecture Series Explores Smart, Sexy Scholarship and... how Everything Bad Is Good for You
-- …

9th Annual Research In The Capitol [Program], April 1, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. University Honors Program., Iowa State University. Honors Program., University Of Iowa. Honors Program.

Research in the Capitol Programs

Program of research presentations given at the Capitol by students from the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V10n2, Spring 2014, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Candidates for IAS President –Elect

--Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

--Iowa Academy of Science 2014 Ballot

--Specify where your IAS donation goes

--2013 Member Donations to the Academy

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

Csbs Kudos, April 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

-- CSBS Faculty & Staff Go "Above & Beyond" for Students
-- Best Wishes...
-- ...and Congratulations!
-- Faculty & Staff Kudos
-- CSBS Shout-out!
-- Student Kudos
-- Collaboration Kudos
-- Alumni Kudos
-- CSBS in Pictures

A Meta Analysis Of Pancreatic Microarray Datasets Yields New Targets As Cancer Genes And Biomarkers, Nalin C. W. Goonesekere, Xiaosheng Wang, Lindsey Ludwig, Chittibabu Guda

Faculty Work

The lack of specific symptoms at early tumor stages, together with a high biological aggressiveness of the tumor contribute to the high mortality rate for pancreatic cancer (PC), which has a five year survival rate of less than 5%. Improved screening for earlier diagnosis, through the detection of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers provides the best hope of increasing the rate of curatively resectable carcinomas. Though many serum markers have been reported to be elevated in patients with PC, so far, most of these markers have not been implemented into clinical routine due to low sensitivity or specificity. In this study, …

The Update, April/May 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue...

-- Student Spotlight: Biology: Susan Graves
-- Department News
-- UBS Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients
-- School of Music Events
-- Celebrate Earth Week with the RRTTC
-- William & Stephanie Clohesy Documentary Film Series
-- UNI Botanical Center to Hold Its 15th Annual Spring Plant Sale
-- Alumni Spotlight: Computer Science: Tony Bibbs
-- Alumni Spotlight: Communication Studies, Language & Literatures: Therese Kuster
-- Alumni Spotlight: Mathematics: Ben Wadsley
-- Featured Organization: George Walker Society of Music, School of Music
-- Featured Organization: Grafx Club, Technology
-- Professionals and Students Awarded 19 American Advertising Awards
-- …

Stem Stories, March 2014, Stefani Keller

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Emily Pei

The Update, March 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue...

-- Slam Dunk : Featured Org, English Club
-- Department News
-- School of Music Events
-- Interpreters Theatre Productions Schedule
-- Department of Technology to Host "Expanding Your Horizons"
-- Two CHAS Alumnae Presented Outstanding Thesis Awards
-- Cyberdefense Competition Team
-- Featured Organization: Women in Physics Club
-- Shane Lies: Student Spotlight, Chemistry
-- Leanne Hotek: Alumni Spotlight, Philosophy & World Religions
-- Coming Up at Theatre UNI: Mauritius & August: Osage County

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, February 10, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Uni Grad Student News, V9n4, February 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this issue:

-- Message from the Dean
-- Upcoming Events
-- Graduate Faculty Profile: Dr. Mick Mack
-- Graduate Alumni Profile: Chad Adams
-- Graduate Student Profile: Robin Summers
-- Ten Things Rod Library Can Do for You
-- Graduate Student Advisory Board
-- UNI Botanical Center
-- UNI Dance Marathon
-- American Educational Research Association Presentations
-- Public Policy Student, Chance Finegan Assists in Securing the Miller Creek Water Quality Improvement Grant
-- Doctoral Candidate Daniel Mourlam Receives Grant from Intel Corporation
-- Clinical Psychology Students Attend 47th Annual ABCT Convention
-- Doctor of Technology Student Melanie Abbas …

Intraspecific Variation In Carapace Morphology Among Fiddler Crabs (Genus Uca) From The Atlantic Coast Of Brazil, Kelsey R. Hampton, Melanie J. Hopkins, John C. Mcnamara, Carl L. Thurman

Faculty Work

Isolation due to geographical barriers should promote genetic and morphological divergence among populations. Marine currents flowing in opposing directions along landmasses can constitute barriers that isolate populations dependent upon aquatic dispersal. The distribution of fiddler crabs (genus Uca) is regulated primarily by the oceanic transport of their planktonic larvae and by available adult habitat. Along the Brazilian coast of eastern South America, the flow of 2 major oceanic currents separates northern from southern Uca populations, which may promote intraspecific divergence in ‘trans-Brazilian’ species. Populations of 10 Uca species were sampled at 64 locations north and south of the Ponta …

2014 Uni Volleyball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--2014 Quick Facts
--2014 UNI Volleyball Roster
--2014 Schedule
--Bobbi Petersen Head Coach 15th Year
--Kalani Mahi Assistant Coach 11th Year
--Kim Davis Assistant Coach 13th Year
--Support Staff
--Meet the Panthers
--2013 Review
--Record Book
--Career Leaders
--Season Leaders
--Single Match Leaders
--Team Season Records
--Records by Class
--Yearly Leaders
--Year-by-Year Stats
--Memorable Milestones
--Award Winners
--Record vs. Opponents

2014-2015 Wrestling, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

2014-15 Schedule
Panthers and the MAC
Head Coach Doug Schwab-5th Season
Mark Schwab-5th Season
Randy Pugh-14th Season
Troy Garrett-6th Season
Tolly Thompson-12 Season
Brett Robbins-Strength and Conditioning
2014-15 Preseason Rankings
2014-15 Opponents
UNI Roster/Career Stats
Leighton Gaul-125 pounds
Mark Jolcover-125 pounds
Dylan Peters-125 pounds
Tyler Willers-133 pounds
Levi Wolfensperger-133 pounds
Jesse Etherington-141 pounds
Jake Hodges-141 pounds
Adam Perrin-141 pounds
Jared DeGeeter-149 pounds
Ryan Hall-149 pounds
Tanner Hiatt-149 pounds
Tyler Patten-149 pounds
Gunnar Wolfensperger-149 pounds
Taylor Berger-157 pounds
Jarrett Jensen-157 pounds
Zach Witte-157 pounds
Curt Maas-165 pounds
Cooper Moore-165 pounds
Aaron McMurphy-174 pounds
Chase Shedenhelm-174/184 pounds
Cody Caldwell-184 pounds
Kyle …

Uni Grad Student News, V9n3, January 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this issue:

-- Message from the Dean
-- Upcoming Events
-- Graduate Student Profile: Jamie Minnaert-Grote
-- Graduate Faculty Profile: Dr. Rebecca Burkhardt
-- Graduate Alumni Profile: Ashlea Ahrenholtz
-- 7th Annual Graduate Student Symposium Fast Approaching
-- Current and Former Education Graduate Students Collaborate with Faculty on Publications and Presentations
-- Graduate Students Accepted for "20th TESOL Arabia Conference"
-- Thesis and Dissertation Spring Deadlines
-- Academic Learning Center Services for Graduate Students
-- Graduate College Staff and Contact Information

Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 46, Number 1, Fall 2014 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Redefining Family: An Analysis Of Adult Donor-Conceived Offspring's Discursive Meaning-Making, Meredith Marko Harrigan, Sarah Dieter, Jenna Leinwohl, Laura Marrin

Iowa Journal of Communication

The purpose of this study was to understand the cultural discourses that adult children conceived via anonymous sperm donation draw upon in their meaning-making processes. In-depth interviews with fourteen adult donor-conceived offspring were inductively analyzed for the presence and interplay of discourses. The findings capture the complexity of meaning-making for donor-conceived offspring by detailing the interpenetration of two discourses: nature and nurture. Theoretical implications regarding discourse-dependency and definitions of family are discussed with the goal of providing insight to future researchers.

Programs And Courses Catalog 2014-2016, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

This catalog is published for students and other persons who want to know more about the University of Northern Iowa. Its purpose is to communicate as objectively and completely as possible what the university is and what it does. The catalog is presented in sections to give a general view of the university as well as the detailed information required for informed decision making.

Proceedings Of The 126th Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Program, 2014], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 2-3
Acknowledgements --- 4
Contents --- 5
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Competition --- 6
General Session I --- 7
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Award Luncheon --- 8
Iowa Academy of Science Business Meeting --- 8
Necrology --- 8
Special Events --- 9
Iowa Academy of Science 2012-2013 Volunteers --- 10-11
Symposium A --- 12
Symposium B --- 13
Symposium C --- 14
Senior Poster Session Program --- 15-19
Social Hour --- 20
President's Banquet --- 20-21
General Session II --- 22
General Session III --- 23
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards Luncheon --- 24 …

Gene Expression Of Components Of The Insulin/Insulin-Like Signaling Pathway In Response To Heat Stress In The Garter Snake, Thamnophis Elegans, Tonia S. Schwartz, Anne M. Bronikowski

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

The insulin/insulin-like signaling (IIS) pathway is an evolutionary conserved molecular signaling pathway that regulates growth, reproduction, stress resistance, and longevity in response to nutrition and external stress. While the constituents of this pathway and their functions are relatively well understood in laboratory model animals, they have not been explored in many other organisms, with notable exceptions in the fisheries literature. We tested for the gene expression of four key components of this pathway in the garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) liver, and determine how the transcription of these components responds to heat stress. We found that the two insulin-like …

Improved Functional Prediction Of Hypothetical Proteins From Listeria Monocytogenes 08-5578, Michael J. Lagier, Brittany Bowman, Kelsey Brend, Katherine Hobbs, Michael Foggia, Mark Mcdaniel

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne human pathogen responsible for listerosis. The genomes of several L. monocytogenes strains have been recently sequenced. The genome of L. monocytogenes 08-5578, which was in part responsible for a significant listerosis outbreak in 2008, contains an unexpectedly high percentage of protein-encoding genes (1,927 out of 3,161; 60.96%) autonomously annotated as hypothetical proteins. The aim of this study was to test whether a manual annotation strategy could be used to assign more meaningful functional names to the hypothetical proteins of 08-5578. A holistic, manual gene annotation strategy that utilized sequence homology, cellular localization predictions, structure-based evidence, …

The Role Of An Urban Tallgrass Prairie Remnant In Conservation: A Case Study In Central Iowa (Usa), Jimmie D. Thompson, Deborah Q. Lewis, William R. Norris

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Although more than 85% of Iowa (USA) was covered by tallgrass prairie at the time of settlement by Europeans in the early 19th century, less than 0.1% remains. The Richard W. Pohl State Preserve at Ames (IA) High School, surrounded on three sides by structures, roads, and other development, protects 4 ha of tallgrass prairie. The preserve, commonly referred to as Ames High Prairie (AHP), was grazed but never plowed under private ownership until its acquisition by the Ames School District in 1959.

Although considered for development as a parking lot or football field in the 1960s, the residents of …

Fairytales, Pornography, And The Other Woman: Encountering The 'Ideal-I' In Katherine Mansfield's Short Fiction, Hannah Dow

Short Story

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Registrar 2013/2014, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Definitions
--- Some Comparisons
--- Annual Report Data
--- Summary of Attendance
--- Attendance by Session 2013/14
--- Full-Time Equivalency Enrollment
--- Degrees Granted 2013/14
--- Degree Summary 2013/14
--- Program Certificates 2013/14
--- Miscellaneous Enrollment Information
--- Degrees Granted by College Degree and Racial/Ethnic Classification

2013-14 Annual Report To The Board Of Regents: Course-Level Continuous Improvement Plans, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

A report provided to the Iowa Board of Regents regarding continuous improvement processes in courses at the University of Northern Iowa.

Average Budgeted Salaries Of Faculty Staff 2014-2015, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives the average salaries of faculty broken down by rank and college and the distribution of salaries of the professional and scientific category.

Communiqué: College Of Humanities, Arts & Sciences Alumni Magazine,Volume 3, Winter 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts, And Sciences.

Communiqué: College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences Alumni Magazine

Contents:

-- Dean's Message
-- The Oldest Literary Magazine in the Country
-- Even the King Plays Jazz
-- Briefs: Humanities and Fine Arts
-- Inari and a Land Between Two Rivers
-- By the Light
-- The American Way of Eating
-- Kristallnacht: Threads of Memories
-- Finding a Voice
-- CHAS Applause
-- Transitions
-- News in Short
-- 3D Printer: Dimensional Opportunities
-- Americorps: Iowa Energy Efficiency
-- Yager Award
-- Salamanders, Snakes and Turtles, Oh My!
-- Titan: One Man's Search for Answers from a Moon
-- Plant, Grow, Harvest: UNI's Panther Plot
-- Briefs: Sciences …

Biology News, Winter 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Contents:

-- Greetings from the Department of Biology
-- Biology Students and Alumni

-- Department News

-- The Department of Biology receives funding for specimens and microscopes from the Carver Charitable Trust
-- Carl Thurman's efforts extend the benefit of Carver Funding
-- Reconnect with the Department of Biology

-- Faculty and Staff News
-- Jeff Tamplin receives $60,000 grant
-- Marine Biology (new course offering)
-- Field trip to hatchery
-- Award of Faculty Excellence
-- Dean's Teaching Award
-- TriBeta Teaching Award

-- Student Club News
-- Student clubs combined to travel to Omaha zoo
-- Annual spring …

The Wright Message, 2014-2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Mathematics.

The Wright Message

Inside this issue:

-- Dear Department Alumni and Friends
-- Around Wright Hall
-- Tenure Stream Faculty 2014 - 2015
-- The 2014 Hari Shankar Lecture
-- New Faculty: Heather Gallivan
-- Faculty Spotlight: Russell Campbell
-- UNI on the March
-- Farewell Tour
-- The Center for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
-- Student Organizations
-- Donor Spotlight: Robert Minch & Mary Bothwick
-- An Interview with Dr. Theron Hitchman
-- Alumni Spotlight: Allysen Lovstuen, Jodi Osthus, & Benjamin Wadsley
-- Addresses by Mathematics Faculty
-- Student Spotlight: Caryn Knight & Emily Stumpff
-- Contributions to an Account - Recognition …