University of Iowa
IOWA CITY – More than 1,700 current University of Iowa students including Elizabeth Fuller of Corning collaborated to raise almost $3 million in financial support for the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital as participants in the 25th annual UI Dance Marathon.
During the event Feb. 1-2 at the Iowa Memorial Union, student participants unveiled the total of $2,960,403.25, which supports pediatric oncology patients and their families at the hospital and advances cancer research.
In addition to raising money, the event celebrates the lives of survivors and recognizes those lost.
Dance Marathon is the UI’s largest student organization. It has raised almost $28 million since its first event in 1995.
To review a photo gallery of Dance Marathon 2019, go to now.uiowa.edu/2019/02/25th-annual-ui-dance-marathon-raises-nearly-3m.
The University of Iowa is one of the nation’s premier public research universities, dedicated to academic excellence, groundbreaking discoveries and creations, commitment to Iowa and the world and a culture that prizes community, diversity and opportunity.
The UI is known around the world for its leadership in the arts, sciences and humanities. It is home to the first and best creative writing program in the world, a world-class academic medical center and one of America’s top teaching hospitals, and a can-do culture that fosters a campus-wide dedication to student success.
To learn more about the University of Iowa, visit uiowa.edu.
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Central College
PELLA – Sixty-one Central College students are taking part in Rock-A-Pella, the A Cappella Choir’s annual fundraiser, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Cox-Snow Music Center. Local students participating are Brittany Sites of Bedford, Cody Jacobson of Fontanelle and Matthew Dickinson of Greenfield.
Thirty Central College students will perform in “Night of Broadway,” an evening of Broadway’s greatest solos and ensembles, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Douwstra Auditorium. Two local students participating are Jacobson and Sites.
Central College of Pella is a private, four-year liberal arts college. Central is known for its academic rigor, leadership and character development, global experiential learning, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and sustainability education, athletics and service. For more information about Central College, go to www.central.edu.