PANTHERBEAT

University of Northern Iowa Men’s Basketball All-Time Highlights P. 19

Staying Healthy

Where and How the UNI Students and

Athletes Stay FitBy Molly Davison

December 18, 2013

PLUS

Panther Nation: See How We Are UNIted

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Table OfContents

Letter from the Editor: The making and reason for The Panther Beat

UNIam Staying Healthy: The Wellness and Recreation Service and how it provides fitness as well as jobs to stu-dents at University of Northern Iowa

PANTHER NATION: A look at UNI’s many men’s and women’s sports teams, as well as the loyal Panther fans

UNI Men’s Hoop Highlights: Men’s Basketball All-Time Highlights

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P. 5

P. 9

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Letter from the Editor

As a student at University of Northern Iowa, I’m a huge panther fan. From men’s basketball and football to women’s swimming and diving, I’ve seen them all. Not only am I a huge sports fan here at the University and love myself a good interlude dance, I’m also an employee at the WRC. The Wellness and Recreation Center is a facility on campus that provides the students with a place to workout, and also provides many programs about mental and physical health. I can honestly say I couldn’t imagine a better on-campus job. I get to work in the office with all the scientific professionals, as well as interact with all the students that come in to the facility to get a good workout in. Since we are such a small campus, I see athletes around daily. Though the student athletes have a seperate weight room and practice times, many of them spend time in the WRC whether it’s bettering themselves mentally through classes or bettering themselves physically. Athletics at UNI are pretty awesome, and I really hope more students here would see all the dif-ferent sports that are provided here. Between all the men and women’s sports games and meets, there is never a dull moment here on campus. Yet, not only do the athletes participate in sports, there are great intramural programs that are out of the WRC. I myself have played basketball, as well as soccer, and had nothing but a blast during both. Sometimes, athletes out of season even participate! Basically, UNI is a great campus when it comes to sports and fitness. There are so many opportunities to better yourself, as well as cheer on and encourage other students that are following their athletic dreams. With that, all I have to say is...

WE AREUNIted

Molly Davison

UNII AM

WRC Story and Photos by Molly Davison

STAYING

HEALTHYThank you for calling

Wellness and Recreation Services. This is Phyllis.”

The office sounds of a slight hum from the furnace, along with creaking of the automatic

door opening while students filter in and out. The printer is constantly pumping out printed-paper, while the microwave beeps after someone’s lunch has just finished reheating.

“I tricked them, that’s how I got the job,” said Phyllis Beauchamp laughing, head secretary of Wellness and Recreation Services at the WRC. “I had worked on UNI’s campus here in human resources before, and when this job came up, I applied. Thank-fully, I got it.”

The front desk’s phone rings, and a student worker answers it. While one student worker talks on the phone while registering a University of Northern Iowa student for a fitness class, another student worker files numerous releases of liability forms from the past weekend event at the

Wellness and Recreation Center.Beauchamp is the head secre-

tary in the office of the WRC, room 101 and works with all the student workers, as well as all professional and scientific staffs. She sits at the desk behind the front desk where the student workers are secretaries. One or two students work at a time, answering the phone, filing papers, and helping people fill out registra-tion forms.

One of her duties at work includes coordinating both in person and online registrations for fitness class-es. Beauchamp makes sure every student is put in the correct fitness class they signed up for, plus makes sure they have paid the correct due to be enrolled in class.

She has numerous Excel spread-sheets open on her computer desktop at all times coordinating and orga-nizing fitness class and WRC user registrations to keep this center in order. Beauchamp also manages the students who work with her at the front desk.

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Beauchamp assists them with any questions they have while working. When student work-ers are not able to work, she takes over as the front desk secretary, as well as the profession-al and scientific staff’s secretary.

She works for the director of the WRS Kathy Green, the associate director of recre-

ation Tim Klatt, the associate director of facilities and op-erations Chris Denison, the associate director of student wellness Mark Rowe-Barth, and many other coordinators in the main office of the WRC.

For the professional and scientific staff, she answers and transfers calls, and also does any secretary tasks they ask of her.

“Sometimes I will have three of my ten different boss-es all asking me to do something at the same time. That’s when my job gets challenging. I can easily get over-whelmed with my own personal duties and also what the professional staff are all asking of me,” said Beauchamp.

The WRC is a facility that the university has to offer with a lap pool, a leisure pool, a climbing wall, racquet-

ball courts, basketball courts, weight rooms, and a large fitness area.

Their mission is “to enhance the personal, profes-sional and academic lives of students, faculty and staff through structured and self-directed activities, educational programs and services, skill- and leadership-building activities, and campus-wide initiatives.”

Wellness and Recreation Services has a history rooted in long standing traditional recreation programs and health services. As the wellness philosophy was born and has evolved, so has the breadth and depth of their services. They strive to build upon their strong history as they con-tinue to adapt to meet the needs and interests of the ever-changing campus community.

Her secretary position can also be difficult when the people that call her or come into the office are unhappy. They often take out their anger and frustrations out on her.

“Working at the WRC is

everything!”Yaw Kyeremateng

Above: Student worker Yaw Kyeremateng in WRC 101

“The WRC isn’t open to the public. It’s open to UNI students or Hawkeye students living on campus, faculty, and affiliates. Some people have a hard time when I tell them that we aren’t open to the public and they get frustrated with me. I don’t make the WRC rules, I just have to enforce them.”

Working with the students at the front desk makes her job most en-joyable. Beauchamp enjoys getting to know them on a personal level.

“I love the holiday work parties when I get to spend time with the student workers outside of work. They’re all really great people, and I see them going far in life. I also enjoy keeping in touch with the students after they have graduated,” said Beauchamp.

Beauchamp worked on campus before in human relations, and then no longer worked at UNI once she got married. After a divorce, she needed a full-time job, and thought this secretary job at the WRC would be a perfect fit. Though Beauchamp enjoys her job at the WRC, her ideal job would be to stay at home and relax.

She lives a busy lifestyle between working at the WRC during the week, and at Hobby Lobby on the weekends. She has one daughter who lives in Oregon with her spouse and Phyllis’s granddaughter. Since they live across the nation, she doesn’t get to visit them often, but when she does, those are some of the best times in her life.

Her love for the job has grown every year, as she has made connections with people through-out her job. Beauchamp has held this position as the secretary for Wellness and Recreation Services for 12 years. Beauchamp works nine hours days, five days a week, yet never fails to greet and farewell those who stop in or call the WRC with a warm voice.

Top: Leisure Pool at the WRCAbove: Office 101 where Beauchamp works, along with student staffLeft: Student worker Brooke Hansen in WRC 101

PANTHERNATION

Hail our panthers, we are ever loyalThe University of Northern Iowa students are not

only dedicated to their school through their education, but also dedicated through athletics. UNI has loyal fans that attend all athletic events for both genders. The ath-letes are also dedicated to bringing home a win for their community, their school, and their fans. The athletes work hard all year long, especially in the off season to make sure they are at their best in season.

The school’s nickname is the Panther. They partic-ipate in the NCAA’s Division I (I-FCS for football) in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the Missou-ri Valley Conference for most other sports, and the

Mid-American Conference for wrestling. The major arena on campus is the UNI-Dome currently the home of the football team. The Dome also serves as a venue for many local concerts, high school football playoffs, trade shows, and other events. In 2006, the University opened a new arena, the McLeod Center, to serve as the home for several athletic programs, including volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball.

These boys and girls are dedicated athletes to the UNI Panthers, as well as the fans of all ages that attend each and event throughout the year.

Left: TC and TK, UNI pan-ther mascots, bring joy to the crowd and pump up the fans during a football game.

Right: Dedicated fans dressed in purple and gold cheer on the Panther foot-ball team during a game in

the UNI-Dome.

Below: UNI wrestler is aiming to pin the opponent to bring a win to the team

Left: Ali Farokhmanesh celebrates a last second 3-point shot to bring a win to UNI against Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament

Right: UNI Panther fans in the McLeod

Center cheering on the Men’s Basketball Team

Right: UNI Women’s Volleyball Team celebrate after #20 hits an ace

Left: UNI Women’s Soccer team dicusses the game plan in a huddle during a time out in their game in the UNI-Dome

Below UNI Women’s Track team member competes in the shotput at a Division I Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

Right: Men’s UNI Track team Daniel Gooris com-petes in the decathlon in

the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field

Championships

Left: Panther Fan’s do the famous “Inter-lude,” an all inclusive dance that was started by a group in the student section at basket-ball games during the 2010-2011 season

Below: Panther women tennis players discuss their success in a doubles match

Below: UNI Women’s softball team celebrate a win during a Missouri Valley Conference game

Below: TC and Panther Cheerleaders cheer on the Men’s Basketball team during the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament

University of Northern Iowa’s Division I football team run out of their tun-nel in the UNI-Dome, where it’s always sunny and 72 degrees, before a win against McNeese State, an opponent in the Missouri Valley Conference

MEN’S HOOP HIGHLIGHTS

1901

The first UNI men’s basketball

team had no coach and their record

was 1-3

1962

Team made it in the college

division to the NCAA Final Four

Tournament

The Northern Iowa Panthers men’s basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. UNI is a member of the Missouri Valley Confer-ence. When basketball started in 1901, UNI was still called Iowa State Normal School. Since the beginning of basketball at University of Northern Iowa, there have been 21 head coaches, as well as 3 different periods that there was no coach, and one year from 1944-1945 that there was no basketball team. UNI Men’s Basketball have 12 regular conference season championships, as well as 3 conference tournament championships. The team has appeared in 9 NCAA Tournaments, once in the elite eight, once in the final four, and most recently in the sweet sixteen for only the second time in school history.

MEN’S HOOP HIGHLIGHTS

2006

New arena McLeod Center opened to serve home for men’s

basketball

2009

Men won the Mis-souri Valley Con-ference for the

second time, fol-lowing 2004

2010

Defeated top seed, favored to

win Kansas to ad-vance to the NCAA

Sweet Sixteen

The Northern Iowa Panthers men’s basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. UNI is a member of the Missouri Valley Confer-ence. When basketball started in 1901, UNI was still called Iowa State Normal School. Since the beginning of basketball at University of Northern Iowa, there have been 21 head coaches, as well as 3 different periods that there was no coach, and one year from 1944-1945 that there was no basketball team. UNI Men’s Basketball have 12 regular conference season championships, as well as 3 conference tournament championships. The team has appeared in 9 NCAA Tournaments, once in the elite eight, once in the final four, and most recently in the sweet sixteen for only the second time in school history.