William Kloster and Arnie Grummer
You may not know their names, but you surely know their song — together, William Kloster and Arnold “Arnie” Grummer crafted the UNI Alma Mater that is still being sung decades later.
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The Verdin Company
If you’ve enjoyed the magic of a carillon concert on the UNI campus, you should know The Verdin Company played a major role in making it happen.
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H.C. Hemenway
Herman C. Hemenway’s ability to navigate the legislative process earned him the title “Father of the Normal School.”
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Edward Gee Miller
Edward Gee Miller saw potential where others didn’t — transforming an old orphan home into Iowa’s first normal school, the seed of today’s University of Northern Iowa.
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Murda Beason & Vivian Smith
In a time when opportunity was scarce for African American women, Vivian Smith and Murda Beason opened the doors of higher education — and walked through them together.
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Jane Elliott
The morning after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, teacher Jane Elliott walked into her classroom determined to confront hate head on — and the lesson she gave would impact her students and the nation forever.
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