U.S. Sen. Joni Enrst received a first-hand look last week at how a University of Northern Iowa program is helping low-income Cedar Valley students gain access to and succeed in higher education, while also learning how the program is growing to help more people.
The event Thursday at UNI’s Center for Urban Education (better known as UNI-CUE), which recently signed another 10-year-lease for it’s downtown Waterloo headquarters, brought attention to the broad range of programs on offer. Ernst met with UNI President Mark A. Nook, UNI-CUE Executive Director Robert Smith, UNI-CUE Assistant Director Megan Holbach, Educational Opportunity Center Assistant Director Nickole Dillard and two UNI students, Brianna Nash and Audrey Dillavou, who have used UNI-CUE’s programs.