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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1997

Page

23

U I Founders Day events mark 150th anniversary

The University of Iowa plans a week of Founders Day activities Feb. 22 to 25 to honor the 1847 founding. Events include a ball at the Iowa Memorial Union, a presidential symposium in Hancher Auditorium, and a birthday reenactment at Old Capitol with state leaders attending.

Iowa City University of Iowa Old Capitol Sam Becker U of I Iowa Memorial Union Cox Big Band Hancher Auditorium Hancher Mary Sue Coleman Willard Boyd James Freedman Hunter Rawlings Boyd The Field Museum Chicago Freedman Dartmouth College Hanover N.H Rawlings Cornell University Ithaca N.Y Iowa Terry Branstad Robert Ray Pentacrest

Grants Aid Cedar Rapids Schools and Teachers for Innovative Projects

Grants of up to 600 dollars apiece were awarded to Cedar Rapids area teachers and schools from the Fund for Educational Excellence. Recipients include Hoover Elementary Madison Elementary Starry Elementary and Kennedy High, funding equipment kits and projects like Holocaust literature and virtual museum tours. The fund is a joint effort of the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation and the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce with donations from multiple organizations. Two informational meetings on 1997 grant guidelines will be held January 30 at the Cedar Rapids Public Library Beems Auditorium.

Cedar Rapids Fund Linn County Cedar Rapids Area Madison Elementary Grant Wood Marvin Cone Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Mary Ann Gensicke Polkiemandany Moundview Mouldings Moundview Catherine Miller Starry Peggy Griffin Taylor Nick Spencer Linn-Mar Patti Spencer Janice Miller Kennedy High School Fund For Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation Beems Cedar Rapids Public Library

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