Roman Jimenez--Laura (Class of 2021; Admissions Staff)
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1 | Jump Start 2021-2022 Northern Iowan 118:2, p.3 |
16 photos of the Jump Start program that was created to help transition students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds bond with each other and get to know the campus; photos. | |
2 | REC talks activism on Purple Couch Northern Iowan 117:26, p.2 |
Students Mohammed Rawwas and Laura Roman Jimenez talked about student activism and the Racial and Ethnic Coalition as part of the Purple Couch Courageous Conversations series; photo. |
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3 | 'MountainFilm' comes to UNI Northern Iowan 116:42, p.4 |
The Film Appreciation Club, in collaboration with the Philosophy Club and Green Project, hosted the "MountainFilm on Tour" screening event on March 6 in the Kamerick Art Building. The ten short films covered topics from India to mountain biking and bee keeping; photo. |
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4 | UNI community packs REC town hall Northern Iowan 116:22, p.1 |
More than 200 students, faculty, and community members attended a town hall hosted by the UNI Racial and Ethnic Coalition (REC) at Maucker Union on November 11. REC summarized their formation and launch of the #UNIisnotanAlly campaign, directed at what they viewed as a failure of UNI's administration to act on goals to combat racism. REC took questions and invited students of color to share their experiences. An addition to the article titled "Related: REC, students from Iowa and ISU attend Board of Regents meeting" covers the Board of Regents November 13 meeting that REC and representatives from Iowa and Iowa State attended to call for a town hall meeting with the regents; photos. |
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5 | NISG election voting results released Northern Iowan 115:42, p.2 |
Further Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) election results were announced; student body president and vice president Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites were announced February 28. Senators elected included Joe Link, Katie Wempen, Ethan A. Vance, Kristin Rasmussen, Elle Boeding, Timothy Dirksen, Trevor Fletcher, Alissa Wade, Laura Jimenez, Allison Noggle, Lucas Gremler, Chad Schafer, Sasha Nagle, Mahlia Brown, and Ryan Frank; photo. |
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6 | UNI student recounts fleeing civil war Northern Iowan 115:40, p.2 |
Student FourtyTwo Yet spoke about growing up in Sudan, leaving during the Second Sudanese Civil War, and living as a refugee as part of a Hot Wings, Hot Topics event hosted by the Center for Multicultural Education on March 1. Professs Stephen Gaies and Yasemin Sari were also on the panel; photo. |
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7 | NISG hosts 2018 election debate Northern Iowan 114:40, p.1 |
NISG candidates faced off in the annual debate. Both presidential and senatorial candidates spoke. |