Gift from Des Moines couple funds UI gifted education center
Des Moines couple Myron and Jacquelin Blank commit 1 million dollars to endow a faculty chair at the Connie Belin National Center for Gifted Education at the University of Iowa. The center, created in honor of Connie Belin, aims to train teachers to identify and educate gifted students nationwide.
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Health Sciences Building Renamed for Former Dean
The University of Iowa renamed its Health Sciences Building to the Hardin Library of Health Sciences in honor of Dr. Robert Hardin former dean of the College of Medicine who died January 2. The State Board of Regents approved the change in Sioux City.
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Regents urge off campus meetings to continue
Sioux City Iowa regents discuss shifting meetings from the university to campuses statewide. Regent John Fitzgibbon says tours to Okoboji and Davenport show success and propose two yearly meetings at Iowa State and Northern Iowa, with at least two at the University of Iowa, unless last minute changes are needed.
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UNI Receives Historic 600000 Bequest for Hearst Endowed Chair
The University of Northern Iowa inherits 600000 from the estate of former professor James Hearst. The gift funds the Meryl Norton Hearst Endowed Chair in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts in memory of Hearst's wife. Hearst taught creative writing at UNI 1941 to 1978 and died in 1983.
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