To the UIU Family, Prospective Students, and Parents….
It is an honor and privilege to serve as Upper Iowa University’s 20 th President. This is an ascending institution, embodying the character and virtue of a traditional private liberal arts university while providing greater access to higher education through its extension activities and the use of technology. Upper Iowa University proudly provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs to a culturally diverse community of learners around the globe in a variety of delivery styles, without losing sight of its rich heritage and without compromise to the character and quality of its curriculum.
For almost 150 years men and women have looked to Upper Iowa University in search of their dreams. It’s no wonder that Upper Iowa University has produced a long and distinguished list of alumni who include one of the founders of the YMCA and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives west of the Mississippi River, a world famous archaeologist and scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a founder of a fortune 500 Company (Target stores), just to name a few. We are a lifelong partner to those who strive for excellence and success in a complex and ever-changing world.
Today, as you walk around the Fayette campus or any of our domestic and international centers, and talk to our students, faculty and staff, or take a virtual tour, you will notice there is a sense of pride, vision, and optimism at Upper Iowa University. As the largest private/independent university in Iowa, the only institution in Iowa to play Division II athletics, and with our growing portfolio of degrees through the masters, we have a very bright future before us.
Alan G. Walker
