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From poodle skirts to traditional African wrap skirts and head ties the students at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Theatre of Color class tell a story of their school and city s history from segregation to present-day all in a matter of 40 minutes. DA HANDS, the first production from the theater class, is a devised piece that tells the story of the school s namesake, local civil rights activist Douglas Anderson. It celebrates Black culture and progress in Jacksonville with a mix of traditional African dancing, powerful monologues and nuance. We visit current Douglas Anderson, we jump to the Fifties when it was an all-Black school and then we jump to the Twenties when our amazing school was founded by Douglas Anderson, a Black man, said Danyel Clark, a senior who plays the role of Robin.
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.
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WATERLOOÂ â U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst got an education on college access programs Thursday morning during a visit to UNI-CUE.
The Republican was joined by University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook at the downtown Waterloo Center for Urban Education along with its staff members, including executive director Robert Smith. She made the stop as part of her 99-county visits across the state. I don t know what UNI would be without UNI-CUE, Nook told Ernst. The center focuses on students from low-income families who would be the first generation going to college.
It includes federally funded Trio programs to prepare students in school for continuing on to post-secondary education. It also works with adults who want to start or continue their college education.Â