The governor has appointed a University of Northern Iowa student to the Board of Regents. Lucy Gipple is an elementary education major with a minor in social and emotional learning who is a New Sharon native. She is a graduate of North Mahaska High School where she...
Enrollment at the three state universities has been holding steady recently, but there are some challenges ahead. Regents associate academic officer Jason Pontius says enrollment remains down from the record peak in the fall of 2016. “Forty percent of that drop...
A update from the staff of the Board of Regents shows they are ahead of schedule in complying with a new law that requires cutting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (D-E-I) programs. Regent Christine Hensley says she is pleased with the work done on the issue and was...
Two of the three state universities will submit requests next week for no increase in state funding. The University of Iowa and Iowa State University are asking for same amount of state funding. For the UI that was around $223 million and for ISU around $178...
The University of Iowa is moving ahead on a project to expand and renovate the Tippie College of Business after getting approval from the Board of Regents. UI vice president, Rod Lehnertz, says the budget is projected between 45 and 60 million dollars. “Was...
