Brown--Leander A. (Education Faculty)

Displaying 1 - 31 of 31 in reverse chronological order
# Title Date Summary
1 UNI retirees recognized at special breakfast
Public Relations News Release 2007:16, p.1
Thirty-one retiring employees were recognized at the special breakfast.
2 Arming Public Safety officers with tasers a necessary precaution
Northern Iowan 98:24, p.9
Responds to a column written by Tony Baranowski in the November 16 issue of the Northern Iowan.
3 Taking steps toward safer schools
Northern Iowa Today 83:2, p.8
UNI offers several programs and courses to help make schools safer.
4 Motion defeated to change definition of letter grades
Northern Edition 3:9, p.5
Attempt to match definition of grades more closely with actual practice fails in Faculty Senate.
5 Search progressing for new UNI president
Northern Iowa Today 23:1, p.4
Joel Haack, Aaron Podolefsky, Taggart Frost, Leander Brown, Scharron Clayton, Phillip East, Allen Hays, Martha Reineke, Clark Elmer, Alan Petersen, Colin Brennan, Kara Lindaman, Joan Poe, LeRoy Redfern, Peter Voorhees, Grace Ann Hovet develop criteria.
6 Faculty Senate rejects new definition of letter grades
Northern Iowan 91:39, p.2
Rejects change from A (excellent), B (above average), C (average), D (below average) to B (good), C (fair), and D (poor).
7 Faculty Senate discusses rate of graduation for UNI students
Northern Iowan 91:25, p.3
Senate considers length of time required to earn an undergraduate degree; debates issue of community college credit transfer.
8 Visiting lecturer stresses multicultural education
Northern Iowan 91:10, p.2
Carl A. Grant speaks on teacher education; photo.
9 Faculty Senate addresses tests outside of classtime
Northern Iowan 90:42, p.1
Students ask to be informed about outside tests.
10 New grievance policy halted
Northern Iowan 90:27, p.1
Faculty Senate considers revised student grievance policy.
11 University of Northern Iowa to offer courses at Marshalltown.
Public Relations News Release 1988:40, p.1
"Dianostic Teaching of Reading and Language Arts," "Home-School Relationships," "Human Relations," "Workshop: Teaching Mathematics for the Year 2000, K-8." Iowa Valley Coummunity College will be the site of the four courses.
12 University of Northern Iowa courses to be held at Iowa Valley Community College
Public Relations News Release 1987:221, p.1
Professors Robert Decker, Leander Brown, and Lee Courtnage instruct courses on educational administration, human relations, and special education at the Iowa Valley Community College.
13 UNI to offer human relations workshop in Eldora starting Feb. 5
Public Relations News Release 1986:215, p.1
The course will meet the human relations standard designated by the State Department of Public Instruction and will count for three semester hours of undergraduate or graduate credit.
14 Culture House search ending
Northern Iowan 80:27, p.16
Leander Brown comments on the search.
15 Search committee set for Cultural House director
Northern Iowan 80:10, p.1
Search procedures outlines.
16 Leander Brown resigns as Culture House advisor
Northern Iowan 80:6, p.5
Paul Rider reports on EOP status.
17 Senate calls for affirmative action officer
Northern Iowan 79:20, p.6
Faculty Senate votes unanimously in favor of issue.
18 Search for EOP head begins
Northern Iowan 79:14, p.7
Committee named to search for replacement for Norris Hart.
19 Faculty Senate examines EOP
Northern Iowan 79:6, p.3
Debate combination of Learning Skills Center with EOP.
20 Department heads named
Northern Iowan 78:62, p.3
Daryl Smith will head Biology; Charles May will head Curriculum and Instruction; Shirley Haupt will be acting head of Art; Paul Rider will head EOP until permanent head can be hired; Leander Brown will head Affirmative Action.
21 Price Lab's Kelly edits essay book
Alumnus 66:2, p.7
Edits book on successful teaching.
22 Jackson honored at UNI biomedical project dinner
Public Relations News Release 1980:356, p.1
Local principal Michael Jackson was honored recently for his "motivation and recruitment" of students in the biomedical field.
23 UNI to hold human relations workshops in Cedar Falls
Public Relations News Release 1980:284, p.1
Two workshops will be held at UNI focused on human relations.
24 Prof agrees with general education criticism; says students had "late-arrived insight"
Northern Iowan 75:14, p.2
Professor Leander Brown believes the Student Senate's protests against the general education program came too late.
25 No decision on Gen Ed; attempt to send to back to committee fails
Northern Iowan 74:56, p.5
Some are satisfied; others find serious fault.
26 New general ed still under study
Northern Iowan 74:23, p.3
Refers proposal to committee for discussion with department heads and impact study.
27 UNI gets $38,000 grant
Northern Iowan 73:16, p.7
UNI receives federal grant for $38,000 for research on "The Black Experience in Iowa."
28 "Slow person" gets no sympathy
Northern Iowan 72:10, p.2
Professor Brown believes that college can be difficult, but that people need to adjust to the pressures.
29 Workshop on Elementary School Guidance Programs to be Held at UNI
Public Relations News Release 1972:185, p.1
2nd annual Elementary Principals and Counselors Workshop being held at Price Lab School on Dec. 2nd.
30 12th Annual Secondary Guidance and Student Personnel Conference to be Held at UNI
Public Relations News Release 1972:46, p.1
The conference will be held Oct. 8 in the University Union. 300 high school guidance conselors and student personnel officers are expected to attend.
31 Racism-black perspectives
Northern Iowan 67:45, p.3
Professor Brown believes that including any kind of beauty consultation in the workshop was a bad idea.