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Students can utilize career services for other resources, including resume building and finding employment opportunities.

Free headshots for UNI students

MEG GROVE, Staff Writer Feb 6, 2023

Whether you’re preparing for post graduation or want to start building your network on platforms like LinkedIn, a professional headshot can set you up for success. UNI is holding Career Readiness Headshot...

This month BSU will be hosting a series of events to celebrate Black History.

Celebration of Black History

ERIN MCRAE, Staff Writer Feb 2, 2023

The UNI Black Student Union (BSU) will launch a Black culture celebration to kick off the new semester. The BSU has a history of holding events that draw in large crowds of students to discuss important...

Losing weight and becoming more fit is a common resolution people make going into the new year.

New year’s resolution on a budget

MEG GROVE, Staff Writer Jan 30, 2023

Every year, a vast majority of people’s New Year’s resolutions are to lose weight, become fit or get back into the gym. These resolutions are tough to keep while in school and on a budget. UNI recognizes...

The decreasing number of enrollment at UNI has created a domino effect on student engagement. Many members in Fraternity and Sorority Life feel the impact and struggles to recruit for their chapters.

The fall of UNI fraternities and sororities

KATE MURPHY, Staff Writer Jan 26, 2023

Editor’s note: This story was written in the fall 2022 semester.  At the start of the spring semester, the fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha will be shutting down permanently at the University of Northern...

The Center for Multicultural Education (CME) is a safe space for students to gather and chat during the day. Often its positive impact is not represented clearly through campus tours or the media.

Wading through misrepresentation

Laito Zarkpah, Guest Columnist Jan 23, 2023

Upon first glance into the Center for Multicultural Education (CME) you are greeted with, on most days, a bustling space. Upon entry, you are likely to be met with a whiteboard that displays the question...

As access to technology transitions rapidly, the usage of university computer labs has dwindled. Now, they are mainly used for printing or accessing special programs.

Laptops versus desktops

AUBREY SCHAFBUCH, Staff Writer Jan 19, 2023

Computer labs have become relatively unused in favor of personal technology For Emma Criswell, class starts with taking out her laptop and setting it in front of a university-sanctioned, relatively state-of-the-art,...

Art of Mindfulness

MEG GROVE, Staff Writer Jan 19, 2023

Between juggling a new schedule, workload and catching up with friends, the first few weeks of a semester can be tough for many students. The WRC is hosting a mindfulness training to help students manage...

Panther Portrait: UNI art exhibit

Panther Portrait: UNI art exhibit

DIAMOND ROUNDTREE, Campus Life Editor Jan 19, 2023

Students can check out the "Séance: Photographs by Shannon Taggart" exhibit until Feb. 24, 2023 at the UNI art exhibit in the Kamerick Art Building.

2022 has presented a year of success and defeat in the world of music. Fan celebrated and mourned, but realized the importance of music and its universal ability to bring people together.

NI Wrapped: Best Albums of 2022

Benjamin Neessen, Guest Columnist Dec 16, 2022

2022 flew by as if blown by Cedar Valley winter winds, carrying us to another holiday season and end of the year festivities. An increasingly popular way to reminisce each December is with annual music...

The MOVEment will be showcasing their performance on Saturday, Dec. 10 in Lang Auditorium from 7-9 p.m.

The MOVEment showcase

FATEMEH KARGARZADEH, Staff Writer Dec 16, 2022

What does the word movement mean to you? Is it how the body moves? Or is it how an object is supposed to move? Does it remind you of the word exercise? Here at University of Northern Iowa (UNI) MOVEment...

The Amazing Race is a part of the Traditions Challenge. Students, faculty and staff run across campus, solving different challenges.

Traditions keeper ceremony

TREVOR MEYERS, Photographer Dec 4, 2022

UNI  has its newest additions to the list of Traditions Keepers. As of Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, the December graduates that completed the UNI Traditions Challenge during their time as UNI students finally...

Eric Braley (left) and Christopher Cook (right), producer of Kinnick: The Documentary, discuss how the documentary came to be.

Fast Forward Workshop connects students to professionals at UNI

EMMA KOEHLER, Managing Editor Nov 30, 2022

Participants of the Fast Forward Digital Media Workshop 2022 received four well-rounded sessions on Nov. 4, 2022. Speakers of each of these sessions were midwest media experts who discussed news coverage,...

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