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Northern Iowan
Friday, September 3, 2010 Volume 107, Issue 3 Cedar Falls, Iowa northern-iowan.org
UNI Panther Marching Band to present new victory march
Should it be legal to videotape the police?
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School of Applied Human UNI internship proSciences recently established gram ranked No. 1 ALLISON OSTWINKLE Staff Writer
The Department of Design, Textiles, Gerontology and Family Studies merged with the Mental Health and School Counseling Program to form a new school within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Aug. 5, 2010. The new school is “I have very much enjoyed all my years here...there is no better place than UNI.” Howard Barnes Director of the School of Applied Human Sciences
collectively titled the School of Applied Human Sciences. The notion for the merge came about two years ago
from Dr. Phillip Mauceri, who later became the Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the fall of 2009. The departments discussed ways to collaborate for the good of the college as collaboration would spur more additions into the programs and extend the range of applicable majors. In an Aug. 5 meeting with the Iowa Board of Regents, it was declared that “the intent of the collaboration is to establish a foundation or core of faculty members and academic programs focused on applied human sciences to stimulate synergy among faculty members across the campus which transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, fosters cooperation and inspires more col-
laborative research.” To receive a name change for two departments merging, a variety of internal and external approvals needed to be achieved, including as agreement between the merging programs as well was approval from dean of the college, the provost, the university curriculum committee, faculty senate, and finally, the president of the university. Outside the target college, approval had to come from the three state universities’ counsel of provosts, or COPS, along with the Board of Regents Iowa. For this specific name change, Iowa State University was contacted for approval because of a recent similar name change. See APPLIED SCIENCES, page 2
KARYN SPORY
Staff Writer
University of Northern Iowa students are once again bringing national attention to campus. A group of 22 student interns proved that athletics aren’t the only thing that UNI is known for after taking the top spot in Northwestern Mutual’s national intern college team competition. Team Northern Iowa beat out 435 colleges and 3,000 interns. Judging took place during the fiscal year of May 2009-May 2010 and is determined on a point scale. “The outcome was determined by the number of
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JORDAN MAKINSTER/Northern Iowan
See INTERNS, page 3
UNI sponsoring solar energy system summit WILLIAM KRESSE
Professor Howard Barnes explains aspects of interpersonal relationships to a class. Barnes was recently promoted to director of the School for Applied Human Sciences.
policies sold and the amount of the premiums,” said J.J. Connolly, a UNI finance graduate. Teams are monitored throughout the year and receive monthly reports and standings within the competition. It was after one of those monthly reports that the Northern Iowa team decided to really push themselves. “At the beginning of May we were in third place and at the end of May we had jumped up two spots. We were working hard as a group,” said Matt Monaghan, a senior marketing major.
With demand for smaller wind and solar energy systems rising, the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education has partnered with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, the Iowa Renewable Energy Association and Alliant Energy in sponsoring a summit for installers of these systems. This event will take place Friday, Sept. 24, at the Joe Rosenfield Center, room 101, at Grinnell College. “These systems can provide economic opportunities and environmental benefits to Iowa,” said Carole Yates, communication and grants coordinator for the UNI CEEE, “it is critical that they be implemented in safe, efficient ways. That means looking at how technicians are trained to reassure customers they are getting quality equipment, quality installations and working
with ethical businesspeople.” These themes are going to be a major focus during the summit, along with education, policy, grants, incentives, certification and zoning. “Participants will learn about the state of small renewable energy systems in Iowa. Representatives from industry, government and utilities will be gathered in one room in an effort to make the small renewable energy industry beneficial to Iowa. Iowans will eventually have more opportunities for green jobs and economic development because of a growing small renewable energy system industry in the state,” noted Yates. The registration deadline for this event is Sept. 17. The summit is free and open to the public. The registration form can be found online by visiting www.ceee. uni.edu/solartraining.aspx.