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Upper Iowa University

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Upper Iowa University (UIU) is a private institution of higher education with its residential campus located in northeast Iowa, United States near the Volga River in the rural community of Fayette, where around 900 students are enrolled. [1]

74 relations: Air National Guard, Alpha Chi, American Civil War, American football, American Red Cross, Army National Guard, Articles of incorporation, Blue, Campus, Carl Magee, Claude Welch, Council of Independent Colleges, David B. Henderson, Dead Sea Scrolls, Dick Clark (senator), Distance education, Fayette, Iowa, G.I. Bill, George Safford Parker, Gerald C. Olesen, Higher education, Higher Learning Commission, Hong Kong, Independent study, Indiana State Sycamores baseball, Inside Higher Ed, Iowa, Iowa Hawkeyes baseball, Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Iowa Senate, John Mott, Larry Nemmers, Lieutenant general (United States), Malaysia, Mary Lundby, Methodist Episcopal Church, Mike Eischeid, Mississippi, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Football League, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, Nobel Peace Prize, Northern Iowa Panthers, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, Parker Pen Company, Parking meter, Prairie, ..., Private university, Punter (football), Raymond F. Chandler, Rick Heller, Rob Taylor (politician), Roger C. Schultz, Roger Halvorson, Sergeant Major of the Army, Singapore, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. News & World Report, United States, United States Army, United States Senate, Upper Iowa Peacocks, Vancouver, Vietnam War, Volga River (Iowa), White, William F. Albright, William V. Allen, Wisconsin, World War I, World War II. Expand index (24 more) »

Air National Guard

The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force as well as the militia air force of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Alpha Chi

Alpha Chi National College Honor Society (or ΑΧ) is an American collegiate honor society recognizing achievements in general scholarship.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American Red Cross

The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.

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Army National Guard

The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is a militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States.

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Articles of incorporation

Articles of incorporation, also referred to as the certificate of incorporation or the corporate charter, is a document or charter that establishes the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada.

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Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model.

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Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated.

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Carl Magee

Carlton Cole "Carl" Magee (January 1872 – February 1946) was an American lawyer and publisher.

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Claude Welch

Claude Raymond Welch (March 10, 1922 in Genoa City, Wisconsin – November 6, 2009 in Freeport, Illinois) was a historical theologian specializing in Karl Barth and nineteenth-century theology.

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Council of Independent Colleges

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association in the United States of more than 650 independent, liberal arts colleges and universities and more than 100 higher education affiliates and organizations that work together to strengthen college and university leadership, sustain high-quality education, and enhance private higher education’s contributions to society.

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David B. Henderson

David Bremner Henderson (March 14, 1840 – February 25, 1906), a ten-term Republican Congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903.

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Dead Sea Scrolls

Dead Sea Scrolls (also Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish religious, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts found in the Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea.

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Dick Clark (senator)

Richard Clarence Clark (born September 14, 1928) is an American politician who represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979.

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Distance education

Distance education or long-distance learning is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school.

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Fayette, Iowa

Fayette is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, in the United States.

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G.I. Bill

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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George Safford Parker

George Safford Parker (November 1, 1863, in Shullsburg, Wisconsin – July 19, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois) was an American inventor and industrialist.

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Gerald C. Olesen

Gerald C. Olesen is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Air National Guard and former Assistant Adjutant General of Wisconsin for the Air.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Higher Learning Commission

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an organization tasked with the regional accreditation responsibilities for post-secondary education institutions in the central United States.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Independent study

Independent study is a form of education offered by many high schools, colleges, and other educational institutions.

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Indiana State Sycamores baseball

The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team is the NCAA Division I baseball program of Indiana State University, located in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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Inside Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed is a media company and online publication that provides news, opinion, resources, events and jobs focused on college and university topics.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Iowa Hawkeyes baseball

The Iowa Hawkeyes baseball program represents the University of Iowa in college baseball.

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Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate.

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Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) is an NCAA Division III athletic conference.

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Iowa Senate

The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States.

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John Mott

John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF).

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Larry Nemmers

Larry Nemmers is a retired educator and better known as a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL).

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Lieutenant general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force, lieutenant general (abbreviated LTG in the Army, Lt Gen in the Air Force, and LtGen in the Marine Corps) is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Mary Lundby

Mary Adelaide Lundby (February 2, 1948 – January 17, 2009) was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District.

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Methodist Episcopal Church

The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939.

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Mike Eischeid

Mike Eischeid is a former professional American football punter with a 9-year career in the American Football League and the National Football League from 1966 to 1974.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

Founded in 1976, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) is an organization of private US colleges and universities.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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NCAA Division II

Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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NCAA Division III

Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Northern Iowa Panthers

The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa.

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Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the western Midwestern United States.

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Parker Pen Company

The Parker Pen Company is a manufacturer of luxury pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States.

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Parking meter

A parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time.

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Prairie

Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.

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Private university

Private universities are typically not operated by governments, although many receive tax breaks, public student loans, and grants.

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Punter (football)

A punter (P) in American or Canadian football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage.

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Raymond F. Chandler

Raymond F. Chandler III (born August 25, 1962) was the 14th Sergeant Major of the Army in the United States.

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Rick Heller

Rick Heller is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team.

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Rob Taylor (politician)

Robert "Rob" Taylor (born March 6, 1971) is an American politician of the Republican Party serving a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the state's 44th district since 2013.

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Roger C. Schultz

Roger C. Schultz (born October 13, 1945) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as director of the Army National Guard.

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Roger Halvorson

Roger Halvorson (February 12, 1934 – November 2, 2014) was an American politician and businessman.

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Sergeant Major of the Army

The Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) is a unique non-commissioned rank and position of office in the United States Army.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Upper Iowa Peacocks

The Upper Iowa Peacocks (also UIU Peacocks) are the athletic teams that represent Upper Iowa University, located in Fayette, Iowa, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Volga River (Iowa)

The Volga River is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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White

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue), because it fully reflects and scatters all the visible wavelengths of light.

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William F. Albright

William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891 – September 19, 1971) was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics.

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William V. Allen

William Vincent Allen (January 28, 1847January 12, 1924) was an American jurist and twice a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Iowa_University

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