Honorary alumni recognized
Eldred Harman received an award of Honorary Alumni Status by the University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association board of directors for his commitment to UNI.
Eldred and Donna ‘47 Harman have provided leadership support to UNI’s Freeburg Early Childhood Program; have established a scholarship and lectureship in early childhood education; and support the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and Panther athletics. They have made significant contributions to the university that will lead to a lasting impact for generations of students.
 David R. Mason received an award of Honorary Alumni Status by the University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association board of directors for his leadership to the UNI Alumni Association as legal counsel and as a friend.
Mason’s willing and vocal advocacy, advice and counsel have lead to opportunities to build a strong and vibrant alumni association that represents 100,000 living UNI graduates. Mason, a partner in Redfern, Mason, Larsen & Moore, PLC, serves on the UNI Foundation board of trustees and is legal counsel for the UNI Alumni Association, UNI Foundation, Research Foundation and Properties Corporation. His wife, Cindi ‘98, M.A. ’05 is a member of the UNI School of Music faculty and director of UNI’s Community Music School. 
UNI Virtual Career Center launched
The top service expressed by alumni in the University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association’s comprehensive survey was a need for improved career advisory services.
The UNI Alumni Association and UNI Career Services are excited to announce our new, free, virtual career success center. We have partnered with CareerBeam®, LLC to bring you the best company and industry research tools, international databases and lead generation technology available in the market. Our success center also has a career development seminar series that has assessments, professional resume and cover-letter builders and search strategy resources. This service is free to UNI alumni and students.
A few highlights and features now available:
• Job Trigger technology that continually scans more than 20,000 business sources in more than 150 categories of “job trigger events” that indicate an actual job posting or opportunity. More than 25,000 of these new job triggers are produced every day. Triggers that match your criteria are e-mailed to you as job leads.
• Search Companies function that includes more than 17 million organizations containing company overview, key information and business intelligence. You’ll have access to 20 million industry contacts, many with biographies and contact information, which is great for connecting with alumni.
• Company Intelligence, including all Dun & Bradstreet information, for you to create specific Industry, Company and Geography targeted searches. There is also a “research on demand” feature that allows you to request research on companies not currently in the database.
• Track Companies & Manage Contacts features that assist you in finding new positions in target companies, storing key contacts, notes, resumes, cover letters, and position descriptions, and scheduling follow up calls and interviews.
• An industry research database covering more than 200 industries, saving you valuable research time, enhancing interview performance and giving you the competitive edge to win more offers.
• An international database covering more than 70 countries for career opportunities.
• Ten assessments/exercises that culminate with a personalized career report.
• Interactive seminar series with professional resume and cover-letter builders.
• Bi-weekly demonstration webinars to help you maximize your utilization of Career Beam.
The UNI alumni career page has links to all UNI resources, as well as statewide resources for career assistance and job searches. You must register to use this service. Your information will not be shared and will be held in complete confidence. To register, visit www.unialum.org/career.
Career Beam has more than 100 university and alumni association clients across the U.S., and is recognized as a leading provider of career assistance.
Your University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association
Sandy Stevens ’62 (profiled on p.2) is chair of the University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association board of directors. She has three goals for the UNI Alumni Association for her term, which runs until 2012:
1. To increase membership in the alumni association and alumni participation in events, resulting in our being able to do more for alumni and for UNI.
2. To encourage and enhance the Alumni Association’s connection with and support of other areas and departments of the university.
3. To provide opportunities for board members to serve and to be involved with their university beyond board meeting participation.
Her goals for the association are directly tied to the mission and vision.
|
University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association
Mission: The UNI Alumni Association provides effective leadership, service and value to the University of Northern Iowa, our constituencies and service areas. The UNI Alumni Association encourages, supports and advances life-long relationships between alma mater and its alumni and friends.
Vision: The UNI Alumni Association will provide extraordinary support to the University of Northern Iowa and its alumni; in doing so we will become leader in the delivery of creative services and programs.
Structure: The UNI Alumni Association is governed by a volunteer board of no more than 35 directors. Directors are elected based on expertise, energy, geographic location and/or activities as a student at UNI. They may serve two successive three-year terms. The board meets at least twice a year and is charged as a working and policy board. You must be a dues member of the association and a UNI graduate to serve. The board serves as both an advisory/policy group and a working group for events, programs and services.
If you are interested in serving on the board or becoming a constituency group representative, please contact Mark Jastorff at mark.jastorff@uni.edu or call 319-273-2355.
Members (number): Dues paying members of the association total nearly 25 percent of the student body (3,475); 2,295 life members and 4,640 annual members.
Our goal is to reach 25 percent of the alumni population as members. That would match the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. UNI is currently at around 8 percent - we think there needs to be more purple out there! All of the funds generated by membership are reinvested into UNI and Alumni Association programs and services.
Visit www.unialum.org to learn more about the UNI Alumni Association, its events, programs, services and benefits of membership.
|
