Community Engagement and Involvement Centers/Programs at UNI by Focus Area
Education
Name
Web Address
Contact(s)
Camp Adventure
http://www.uni.edu/campadv/
Center for Disability Studies
in Literacy, Language and
Learning
http://www.uni.edu/accessliteracy/
Center for Early Education in
Science, Technology,
Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM)
http://www.uni.edu/coe/special-programs/regents-center-earlydevelopmental-education/ceestem
Center for Early Education in
Science, Technology,
Sustainable Tourism
Environment Program (STEP)
www.uni.edu/step/
Center for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning
www.uni.edu/provost/cetl
Susan Hill, Director
Susan.Hill@uni.edu
Center for Teaching &
Learning Mathematics
http://www.uni.edu/ctlm/
Vicki Oleson, Director
Vicki.Oleson@uni.edu
Chris Edginton, Founder,
Christopher.Edginton@uni.edu
Susan Edginton, Program Manager,
Susan.Edginton@uni.edu
Evette Edmister, Co-Director
Evette.Edmister@uni.edu
Jennifer Garrett, Co-Director
Jennifer.Garrett@uni.edu
Christopher Kliewer, Co-Director
Christopher.Kliewer@uni.edu
Amy Petersen, Co-Director
Amy.Petersen@uni.edu
Amy Staples, Co-Director
Amy.Staples@uni.edu
Betty Zan, Director
Betty.Zan@uni.edu
Sam Lankford, director
Sam.Lankford@uni.edu
Early Childhood Motor
Laboratory (Kindergym)
http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/school-health-physicaleducation-leisure-services/partnerships-projects/early-childhood-
Educational Opportunity
Center
https://uni.edu/eop/educational-opportunity-center
Institute for Educational
Leadership
http://www.uni.edu/coe/iel/
Iowa Educational Technology
and Training Institute (IETTI)
http://www.uni.edu/ietti/ietti.html
Iowa Superintendents
Finance and Leadership
Consortium
http://www.uni.edu/isflc/
Iowa Writing Project
https://www.uni.edu/continuinged/iwp/
International Programs
www.uni.edu/internationalprograms/
Multi-Cultural Initiatives in
Teaching (MIT)
www.uni.edu/coe/special-programs/multiculture-initiatives-teaching
National Program for
Playground Safety
http://playgroundsafety.org/
Physics Resources &
Instructional Strategies for
Motivating Students
www.uni.edu/prisms/
Julie Simonson, Director
Julie.Simonson@cfschools.org
Robert Smith, Director
Robert.Smith@uni.edu
Kathy Martin, Assistant Director
Kathy.Martin@uni.edu
Dave Else, Director
David.Else@uni.edu
Marilyn Drury, Director
Marilyn.Drury@uni.edu
Dave Else, Director
David.Else@uni.edu
Jim Davis, Director
James.Davis@uni.edu
Craig Klafter, Associate Provost for
International Programs
Craig.Klafter@uni.edu
Richard Webb, Coordinator
Richard.Webb@uni.edu
Donna Thompson, Executive Director
Donna.Thompson@uni.edu
Susan Hudson,Educational Diector
Susan.Hudson@uni.edu
Heather Olsen, Assistant Director
Heather.Olsen@uni.edu
Lawrence Escalada, Director
Lawrence.Escalada@uni.edu
(PRISMS)
Reading Clinic
www.uni.edu/coe/special-programs/reading-clinic
Reading Recovery Center of
Iowa
http://www.uni.edu/coe/rrci
Regents’ Center for Early
Developmental Education
http://www.uni.edu/coe/special-programs/regents-center-earlydevelopmental-education
Sarah VanderZanden, Director
Sarah.Vanderzanden@uni.edu
Salli Forbes, Director
Salli.Forbes@uni.edu
Betty Zan, Director
Betty.Zan@uni.edu
Richard O. Jacobson Center
for Comprehensive Literacy
http://www.uni.edu/coe/special-programs/richard-o-jacobson-center- Rick Traw, Co-Director
comprehensive-literacy
Rick.Traw@uni.edu
Salli Forbes, Co-Director
Salli.Forbes@uni.edu
School of Health, Physical
Education & Leisure Services
http://www.uni.edu/coe/hpels/Partnerships_Projects/JFK/index.shtml Sam Lankford, Director
Sam.Lankford@uni.edu
Chris Kowalski, Director
Chris.Kowalski@uni.edu
Sci Ed Resource Center
http://www.science-ed.uni.edu/sci-ed-resource-center
UNI Child Development
Center (CDC)
www.uni.edu/cdc/
UNI-CUE Center for Urban
Education
https://uni.edu/eop/uni-cue
Cherin Lee, Chair
Cherin.Lee@uni.edu
Allison Pattee, Coordinator
Allison.Pattee@uni.edu
Robert Smith, Executive Director
Robert.Smith@uni.edu
Nancy Scoggins-Rose, Assistant Director
Nancy.Soggins@uni.edu
Science and Environment
Name
Web Address
Contact(s)
Artic Social and
Environmental Systems
(ARCSES)
http://www.uni.edu/apetrov/arcses/
Center for Energy and
Environmental Education
http://www.uni.edu/ceee/
http://www.uni.edu/chas/academics/CEEE
Geographic Alliance of Iowa
http://www.uni.edu/gai/
Alex Oberle, Coordinator
Alex.Oberle@uni.edu
GEOTree – GeoInformatics
Training, Research,
Education, and Extension
Center
www.geotree.uni.edu
John DeGroote, Director
John.DeGroote@uni.edu
Iowa Space Grant Consortium
http://www.iaspacegrant.org/
Iowa Waste Reduction
Center
http://iwrc.org/
Andrey Petrov, Director
Andrey.Petrov@uni.edu
Kamyar Enshayan, Director
Kamyar.Enshayan@uni.edu
Jeff Beneke, Program Manager
Jeff.Beneke@uni.edu
Jacque Bilyeu-Holmes, Program Manager
Jacque.Bilyeu@uni.edu
Susan Salterberg, Program Manager
Susan.Salterberg@uni.edu
Rachel.Wobeter, Program Manager
Rachel.Wobeter@uni.edu
Ashley Wolter, Green Iowa AmeriCorps
Director
greeniowadirector@gmail.com
Carole Yates, Program Manager
Carole.Yates@uni.edu
Ramanathan Sugumaran, Director
Ramanathan.Sugumaran@uni.edu
Dan Nickey, Associate Director
Daniel.Nickey@uni.edu
Jim Olson, Director
James.Olson@uni.edu
Metal Casting Center
http://www.uni.edu/chas/academics/metal-casting-center
Gerard Thiel, Director
Gerard.Thiel@uni.edu
National Ag-Based Lubricants
Center
CLOSING end of 2013
http://www.uni.edu/nabl/
Lou Honary, Director
Lou.Honary@uni.edu
Wes James, Associate Director
Wes.James@uni.edu
Recycling & Reuse
Technology Transfer Center
http://www.rrttc.com/mis
Catherine Zeman, Director
Catherine.Zeman@uni.edu
Science Center for Teaching,
Outreach & Research on
Meteorology (STORM)
www.uni.edu/storm/
Alan Czarnetzki, Director
Alan.Czarnetzki@uni.edu
Tallgrass Prairie Center
http://www.uni.edu/chas/academics/tallgrass-prairie-center
Laura Jackson, Director
Laura.L.Jackson@uni.edu
Business
Name
Web Address
Institute for Decision Making
http://www.bcs.uni.edu/idm/
Business & Community
Services
http://www.bcs.uni.edu/
Center for Professional
Readiness
http://business.uni.edu/web/pages/professional/readinessprogramcenter.cfm
Innovation Incubator
http://www.uniincubator.com/
Contact(s)
Randy Pilkington, Director
Randy.Pilkington@uni.edu
LaDene Bowen, Associate Director
Ladene.Bowen@uni.edu
Randy Pilkington, Director
Randy.Pilkington@uni.edu
Katie Hillyer, Director
Katie.Hillyer@uni.edu
Dan Beenken, Manager
Dan.Beenken@uni.edu
Iowa Center for Immigrant
Leadership and Integration
http://www.bcs.uni.edu/icili/
Iowa Small Business
Development Centers
http://www.iowasbdc.org/services/regional-centers/waterloo-cedarfalls
John Pappajohn
Entrepreneurial Center
http://www.jpec.org
Strategic Marketing Services
www.sms.uni.edu
Mark Grey, Program Director
Mark.Grey@uni.edu
Dan Beenken, Regional Director
Dan.Beenken@uni.edu
Katherine Cota-Uyar, Director
Katherine.Cota@uni.edu
Ron Padavich, Director
Ron. Padavich@uni.edu
Greg Gerjerts, Senior Program Manager
Greg.Gerjerts@uni.edu
Arts
Name
Web Address
Contact(s)
Gallagher-Bluedorn
Performing Arts Center
www.gbpac.com
Kaleidoscope
http://www.gbpac.com/kaleidoscope/outreach.aspx
Amy Hunzelman, Director
Amy.Hunzelman@uni.edu
UNI Community Music
School
http://www.uni.edu/music/communitymusicschool/
Cindi Mason, CMS Director
Cynthia.Mason@uni.edu
Tricia Freeman, Kindermusik Director
Tricia.Freeman@uni.edu
Michelle Swanson, UNICC Director
Michelle.Swanson@uni.edu
UNI Suzuki Schools
www.uni.edu/music/suzuki/
Steve Carignan, Executive Director
Steve.Carignan@uni.edu
Ute Brandenburg, Director
Ute.Brandenburg@uni.edu
Social Sciences/Social Issues
Name
Web Address
Contact(s)
Center for Holocaust &
Genocide Education
http://www.uni.edu/chas/academics/CHGE
Stephen Gaies, Director
Stephen.Gaies@uni.edu
Center for International
Peace Security Studies
http://www.uni.edu/csbs/polisci/center-international-peace-securitystudies
Lindsay Cohn, Co-Diector
Lindsay.Cohn@uni.edu
Laura Janik, Co-Director
Laura.Janik@uni.edu
Center for Social and
Behavioral Research (CSBR)
https://www.uni.edu/csbr/
Center for Violence
Prevention
http://www.uni.edu/cvp/
Iowa Center on Health
Disparities
www.iowahealthdisparities.org
New Iowans Center
www.newiowans.com
Women’s and Gender Studies
Program
www.uni.edu/csbs/womenstudies/
Gene Lutz, Director
Gene.Lutz@uni.edu
Mary Losch, Assistant Director
Mary.Losch@uni.edu
Annette Lynch, Director
Annette.Lynch@uni.edu
Alan Heisterkamp, Director
Alan.Heisterkamp@uni.edu
Michele Devlin, Executive Director
Michele.Devlin@uni.edu
Mark Grey, Associate Director
Mark.Grey@uni.edu
Mark Grey, Director
Mark.Grey@uni.edu
Catheine.MacGillivray, Director
Catherine.MacGillivray@uni.edu
Please note: This list may contain omissions or errors. It is a draft document only.