Foster family sets up fellowship for Junior Accounting FacultyThe University of Northern Iowa holds a special place in the hearts’ of Rod and Heidi Foster. Rod started his long career in accounting because of his education at the College of Business. UNI is also where he met his wife, Heidi, a graduate of the chemistry program. |
Serial entrepreneur got his start at UNI’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial CenterTravis Steffen remembers the first time he contemplated building a business. An undergraduate student, he was sitting in his dorm room at Dancer Hall, chatting with his two roommates. They wanted to make bed lofts and sell them to incoming students. |
Cedar Valley native Eric Schaefer makes big impact for UNI entrepreneurial studentsEric Schaefer (middle) pictured with two UNI JPEC incubator tenants, Robert Sales, owner of Rob’s mini donuts (left) and Holis Wilson, co-founder of oldpeoplebrand (right). |
$1 million gift will help minority students earn degrees through UNI at DMACC programA new partnership between the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) aimed at helping location-bound students in Des Moines earn a college degree through UNI received a $1 million boost this week thanks to the generosity of UNI alumni. |
Years of impact: Larry Stewart gives back to help grow UNI business real estate programThe path to real estate certainly wasn’t straightforward for Larry Stewart. It started with a career in education, of all places. |
Jepson Forum shares a global vision with a local focusLawrence Jepson understood the importance of global economics long before many of his peers in the 1970s. A Wall Street businessman, Jepson used to say if a Zurich banker sneezed, someone in the United States caught a cold. |