CAMPUS LIFE

APRIL 7, 2022 | NORTHERNIOWAN.COM | VOLUME 118, ISSUE 47 Panther portrait : CATS giving week

NORTHERN IOWAN / CATHERINE CROW

Through out the week of April 4 - 8, connecting alumni and students are hosting a variety of activities to give back to our campus and students. Such activities include an Instagram giveaway and packing health and hygine kits for the panther pantry. Other activities going on the rest of the week will be consisting of getting coffee and a free cookie on April 7, as well as nominating a fund for students to support on April 8.

De-stressing with puppy yoga

APRIL 7, 2022 | NORTHERNIOWAN.COM | VOLUME 118, ISSUE 47 Panther portrait : Xi man

NORTHERN IOWAN / TONI FORTMANN

On Monday April 4. Alpha Xi Delta hosted the Xi Man event in the Maucker Union Ballrooms. This event consisted of a talent show and a few questions to find out who will be crowned Xi Man.

TEACHERS

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Alex Powell, a senior studying early childhood Education and recent Teacher Education Program admittee said, “Because of Covid, we haven’t been able to do a lot like in-person observations and have our usual events. It’s been so much work without a lot of reward. Now it’s like I have something to show.” Faculty will be seated alongside students providing their support and celebrating an important milestone in teacher preparation. The party sitting on the platform includes four academic deans. This party includes Director Benjamin Forsyth, the Director of Educator Preparation, Keynote Speaker, UNI Alum, and current Charles City Community Schools District Superintendent, Mike Fisher, MC Catherine Miller, the Educator Preparation Faculty Chairperson and Director of the Iowa Department of Education, Ann Lebo. Students participate in the “walk of recognition” and receive a pin paired with a card stating a pledge about being a teacher inductee. Forsyth said, “Every student will receive a pin that’s been used the last 25 or so years. It was originally designed by a student, so it connects multiple generations of alumni from the Teacher Education Program.” All students will be asked to put on their pins and recite a pledge to symbolize their achievement and the beginning process of becoming an educator. Forsyth believes holding a celebratory event in honor of students in the Teacher Educations makes students feel seen and heard. He recognizes the hardships the pandemic has created for everyone, especially teachers. Forsyth stated, “There is a lot of press right now about how there are fewer teachers coming into the profession, but at UNI, we haven’t felt those effects the way other places have because we are a premier place to become a teacher. We want to remind not only the candidates, but also the guests in attendance that UNI has not gone away. We are still a powerhouse when it comes to preparing teachers, and we do it well.”