UNI Fact Sheet

Rod Library---Special Collections

This guide provides quick, factual information about UNI. For more detailed information and a discussion of the sources, you may wish to consult "Sources of Information about UNI," a library user's guide available in the distribution rack near the Reference Desk and as a Web document.

Institutional Names

UNI is a statutory rather than a chartered institution. For the legislation that established UNI, see Iowa Acts and Joint Resolutions Ref K 345.12 I65 v. 16 1876.

1876-1909 Iowa State Normal School
1909-1961 Iowa State Teachers College
1961-1967 State College of Iowa
1967-present University of Northern Iowa

Presidents

UNI has had nine chief executive officers. Click on a name to be linked to a brief biographical sketch.

1876-1886 James Cleland Gilchrist
1886-1928 Homer Horatio Seerley
1928-1940 Orval Ray Latham
1940-1950 Malcolm Poyer Price
1951-1970 James William Maucker
1970-1983 John Joseph Kamerick
1983-1995 Constantine William Curris
1995-2006 Robert D. Koob
2006-present Benjamin J. Allen

Size of Campus

Approximately 900 acres

Faculty and Staff--Fall 2004

Full-time

Faculty and Institutional Officers: 617
Professional & Scientific Staff: 476
General Service Staff: 569

Part-time

Faculty and Institutional Officers: 14
Professional & Scientific: 33
General Service Staff: 60

Total: 1769

Student Demographic Data--Fall 2006

12,260 students
10,702 undergraduates; 1558 graduates
11,129 (91%) Iowa residents
377 African-American; 205 Hispanic; 147 Asian; 31 American Indians
432 international students

Tuition and Fees--Resident Undergraduate

1910=$5/term
1920=$5/term
1930=$20-$30/term
1940=$26-$32/quarter
1950=$35/quarter
1960=$220/semester
1970=$300/semester
1980=$387/semester
1985=$621/semester
1986=$682/semester
1987=$774/semester
1988=$845/semester
1989=$905/semester
1990=$940/semester
1991=$976/semester
1992=$1044/semester
1993=$1096/semester
1994=$1146/semester
1995=$1193/semester
1996=$1235/semester
1997=$1283/semester
1998=$1333/semester
1999=$1393/semester
2000=$1453/semester
2001=$1558/semester
2002=$1846/semester
2003=$2458/semester
2004=$2693/semester
2005=$2801/semester
2006=$3056/semester
2007=$3095/semester

Alumni - Fall 2004

Total living alumni: 94,541

Degrees Awarded - 2005/2006

Baccalaureate (Bachelor's): 2423
Master's: 485
Specialist: 7
Doctorate: 18
Total: 2933

Buildings: Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically

By current name; with date when construction began. Click on highlighted items to be linked to building history with images or to short biographical sketches of people for whom certain buildings are named.

Alphabetical List

Administration Building (1894, razed 1984)
Baker Hall (1935)
Bartlett Hall (1914)
Bender Hall (1967)
Biology Botanical Center (1938)
Biology Research Complex (1972)
Business and Community Services Building (2005)
Campanile (1924)
Campbell Hall (1950)
Center for Energy and Environmental Education [1993]
Central Hall (1869, burned 1965)
College Courts (1955)
Commons (1932)
Communication Arts Center (1975)
Curris Business Building (1988)
Dancer Hall (1968)
Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (1997)
Gilchrist Hall (1882, burned 1972)
Gilchrist Hall (new administration building) (1963)
Hagemann Hall (1964)
Health Center (1960)
Hillside Courts (1970)
Honors Cottage (1890)
Industrial Technology Center (1974)
Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (formerly East Gymnasium) (1903)
International Services Center (1906)
Jacobson Human Performance Complex (2006)
Kamerick Art Building (1983)
Lang Hall (formerly Old Auditorium 1900)
Latham Hall (1948)
Lawther Hall (1939)
McCollum Science Hall (1966)
McLeod Center (2004)
Maucker Union (1967)
Noehren Hall (1965)
O. R. Latham Stadium and Stadium Hall (1936, razed 1987)
Parking Facility (proposed)
Physical Education Center (1969)
Physics Building (1903)
Power Plant (Original) (c. 1896, razed c. 1933)
Power Plant #1 (1931, razed 1988)
Power Plant #2 (1969)
President's House (1908)
Prexy's Pond (1935)
Price Laboratory School (1950)
Redeker Center (1964)
Residence on the Hill (1992): Eiklor; Holmes; McGovern; Pendergraft
Regents Complex (1960)
Rider Hall (1960)
Rod Library (1963)
Russell Hall (1960)
Sabin Hall (1912)
Schindler Education Center (1970)
Seerley Hall (1908)
Seerley Hall for Men (1937)
Shull Hall (1963)
South Courts (1963)
Strayer-Wood Theatre (1975)
Sunset Village (1946)
Towers (1967)
UNI-Dome (1974)
Visitor Information Center (1985)
Wellness and Recreation Center (1995)
West Gymnasium (1925)
Wright Hall (1915)

Chronological List

1869 Central Hall (burned 1965)
1882 Gilchrist Hall (burned 1972)
1890 Honors Cottage
1894 Administration Building (razed 1984)
c. 1896 Power Plant (Original) (razed c. 1933)
1900 Lang Hall (formerly Old Auditorium)
1903 Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (formerly East Gymnasium)
1903 Physics Building
1906 International Services Center
1908 Seerley Hall
1908 President's House
1912 Sabin Hall
1914 Bartlett Hall
1915 Wright Hall
1924 Campanile
1925 West Gymnasium
1931 Power Plant #1 (razed 1988)
1932 Commons
1935 Baker Hall
1935 Prexy's Pond
1936 O. R. Latham Stadium and Stadium Hall (razed 1987)
1937 Seerley Hall for Men
1938 Biology Botanical Center
1939 Lawther Hall
1946 Sunset Village
1948 Latham Hall
1950 Campbell Hall
1950 Price Laboratory School
1955 College Courts
1960 Health Center
1960 Rider Hall
1960 Russell Hall
1963 Rod Library
1963 Shull Hall
1963 Gilchrist Hall (new administration building)
1963 South Courts
1964 Hagemann Hall
1964 Redeker Center
1965 Noehren Hall
1966 McCollum Science Hall
1967 Towers
1967 Maucker Union
1967 Bender Hall
1968 Dancer Hall
1969 Power Plant #2
1969 Physical Education Center
1970 Hillside Courts
1970 Schindler Education Center
1972 Biology Research Complex
1974 Industrial Technology Center
1974 UNI-Dome
1975 Communication Arts Center
1975 Strayer-Wood Theatre
1983 Kamerick Art Building
1985 Visitor Information Center
1988 Curris Business Building
1992 Residence on the Hill: Eiklor; Holmes; McGovern; Pendergraft
1993 Center for Energy and Environmental Education
1995 Wellness and Recreation Center
1997 Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
2004 McLeod Center
2005 Business and Community Services Building
2006 Jacobson Human Performance Complex
(Proposed) Parking Facility

Enrollment---Fall Term

1880 . . . . . 233
1890 . . . . . 529
1900 . . . . . 911
1910 . . . . .1108
1920 . . . . .1402
1930 . . . . .2169
1940 . . . . .1745
1950 . . . . .2688
1960 . . . . .3616
1970 . . . . .9723
1980 . . . . 11020
1990 . . . . 12638
1991 . . . . 13163
1992 . . . . 13045
1993 . . . . 12717
1994 . . . . 12572
1995 . . . . 12802
1996 . . . . 12957
1997 . . . . 13108
1998 . . . . 13329
1999 . . . . 13553
2000 . . . . 13774
2001 . . . . 14070
2002 . . . . 13926
2003 . . . . 13441
2004 . . . . 12824
2005 . . . . 12513
2006 . . . . 12260
2007 . . . . 12609
2008 . . . . 12908

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