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Wed. 4/16 @ 6PM - Well Earth: Spices and Sustainability w/DINNER
Thu. 5/1 @ 6:30PM - Reclaiming Heritage: Leadership in Restitution and Repatriation in Iowa @Shambaugh
Thu. 5/1 @ 6:30PM - Reclaiming Heritage: Leadership in Restitution and Repatriation in Iowa @Shambaugh
SPRING 2025 EVENTS
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Peter Gerlach in advance at 319-244-8886 or [email protected]
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PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FRONTIER CO-OP AND 100 GRANNIES
Since 2007, Frontier Co-op’s Well Earth program has been the foundation of the co-op’s responsible sourcing efforts, fostering long-term relationships with suppliers around the world. In this program, speakers share how the Norway, Iowa-based company ensures the long-term sustainability of its supply chain by investing in their partners and communities at origin to improve their social and environmental impact. Frontier Co-op empowers its suppliers, helping them increase their market share through investment in value-added processing, and in doing so, retain more of that value to support their businesses and communities. More information about the Well Earth program here.
Amy Colbert ([email protected]) is a Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business and a University of Iowa Distinguished Chair. She earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and human resource management from the University of Iowa, a master’s degree in decision sciences from Saint Louis University, and a B.S. in accounting and mathematics from Culver-Stockton College. Amy’s research focuses on the ways in which individuals connect with their work, their co-workers, and their organizations in ways that motivate and sustain them. She also studies the factors that contribute to effective leadership and the mechanisms by which leaders achieve results. Finally, she is interested how identity and identity transitions shape beliefs and decisions. Amy has published scholarly articles on these topics in top journals and writes about research and her own experiences in her Substack column, Who Am I Now? Amy teaches courses on leadership to MBA, executive, and Ph.D. students. She served as Department Executive Officer of Management & Entrepreneurship for four years and is currently the Faculty Director of Tippie’s Social Impact Community, a hub for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in the ways that business can make a positive impact on society.
Alicia Simmons is the Senior Sustainability Manager at Frontier Co-op in Norway, Iowa. In this role, she leads environmental stewardship efforts across the cooperative, including managing the Zero Waste program and initiatives related to packaging and EPR, energy and emissions, and natural resource usage. Since joining Frontier Co-op in 2017, Alicia has also directed the co-op’s corporate citizenship, including their annual giving programs which exceed $1 million in grants each year, supporting community-building projects in sourcing regions, partnering with local nonprofits to reduce employment barriers, and managing two signature giving programs focused on women’s empowerment and food security. Alicia oversees the co-op’s global giving and community-based partnerships around the world, including recently a three-year, $1 million project in rural India that established the region’s first farmer-owned tea collective. As a complement to her work, she also leads the co-op’s communications and public relations.
Beyond her professional role, Alicia is a committed advocate for sustainability and social responsibility, holding leadership positions with organizations such as the Indian Creek Nature Center, Iowa Sustainable Business Forum, and Hawkeye Area Community Action Program. She holds a BA from the University of Iowa, an MBA with a Quality Emphasis, and a Master of Strategic Leadership from Mount Mercy University.
Amy Colbert ([email protected]) is a Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business and a University of Iowa Distinguished Chair. She earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and human resource management from the University of Iowa, a master’s degree in decision sciences from Saint Louis University, and a B.S. in accounting and mathematics from Culver-Stockton College. Amy’s research focuses on the ways in which individuals connect with their work, their co-workers, and their organizations in ways that motivate and sustain them. She also studies the factors that contribute to effective leadership and the mechanisms by which leaders achieve results. Finally, she is interested how identity and identity transitions shape beliefs and decisions. Amy has published scholarly articles on these topics in top journals and writes about research and her own experiences in her Substack column, Who Am I Now? Amy teaches courses on leadership to MBA, executive, and Ph.D. students. She served as Department Executive Officer of Management & Entrepreneurship for four years and is currently the Faculty Director of Tippie’s Social Impact Community, a hub for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in the ways that business can make a positive impact on society.
Alicia Simmons is the Senior Sustainability Manager at Frontier Co-op in Norway, Iowa. In this role, she leads environmental stewardship efforts across the cooperative, including managing the Zero Waste program and initiatives related to packaging and EPR, energy and emissions, and natural resource usage. Since joining Frontier Co-op in 2017, Alicia has also directed the co-op’s corporate citizenship, including their annual giving programs which exceed $1 million in grants each year, supporting community-building projects in sourcing regions, partnering with local nonprofits to reduce employment barriers, and managing two signature giving programs focused on women’s empowerment and food security. Alicia oversees the co-op’s global giving and community-based partnerships around the world, including recently a three-year, $1 million project in rural India that established the region’s first farmer-owned tea collective. As a complement to her work, she also leads the co-op’s communications and public relations.
Beyond her professional role, Alicia is a committed advocate for sustainability and social responsibility, holding leadership positions with organizations such as the Indian Creek Nature Center, Iowa Sustainable Business Forum, and Hawkeye Area Community Action Program. She holds a BA from the University of Iowa, an MBA with a Quality Emphasis, and a Master of Strategic Leadership from Mount Mercy University.
Well Earth: Spices and Sustainability in Business and Agriculture w/DINNER
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00PM
Iowa City Public Library
Also Streaming Online
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00PM
Iowa City Public Library
Also Streaming Online
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PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STANLEY MUSEUM OF ART AND THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ARCHEOLOGIST OF IOWA
Join us for a thought-provoking and timely panel discussion featuring esteemed representatives from the Stanley Museum of Art, the Pentacrest Museums, and the Office of the State Archaeologist. Together, they will explore the University of Iowa’s leadership and evolving practices in the restitution and repatriation of African and Indigenous American cultural objects. This conversation sheds light on the critical role of institutions in addressing how objects became part of institutional collections and fostering meaningful dialogue about cultural heritage and accountability. As the opening event of a three-day Mellon-funded symposium, this session invites you to engage with experts at the forefront of this transformative work, setting the stage for deeper reflection and action.
Johnathan Buffalo (Historic Preservation Director, Meskwaki Nation) is the Director of the Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museumfor the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa (The Meskwaki Nation). He lives at the Meskwaki Settlement in Tama County, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in history.
Cory K. Gundlach, PhD, is a curator of African art, professor of museum studies and art history, and director of the African Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He began his museum career in 1998 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, California, where he was involved in his first repatriation project with the Wiyot Tribe of the Humboldt Bay region. Later working at the Fort Collins Museum (Colorado), his second repatriation project involved the return of human remains to representatives of the Cree Nation of North America.
Peju Layiwola, Ph.D, is a visual artist and researcher whose art and writing focus on restitution, history, and memory related to the siege of Benin in 1897 by British Soldiers and trading partners. Layiwola’s exhibition, Benin 1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question (2010), was the first solo exhibition to focus on the looting of Benin art in Nigeria and was instrumental in bringing back public discussion on restitution in Nigeria.
Lara Noldner is the Bioarchaeology Director at the Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa. Her primary responsibility is seeing to the protection of ancient human remains and burial sites in Iowa. This means working closely with Native American advisors, documenting known burial sites, investigating any inadvertent exposures of ancient human skeletal remains, working with developers so that known burial sites are not disturbed by construction projects, and promoting the importance of burial site stewardship. She also sees to the OSA’s compliance with NAGPRA and Iowa law in the repatriation and reburial of ancestors with descendant communities.
Cindy Opitz, Director of Research Collections at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum, oversees the curation, conservation, digitization, and management of 180,000+ zoological specimens and cultural objects at the second-oldest US natural history museum west of the Mississippi River and a National Historic Landmark building. Ms. Opitz also trains and mentors collection interns and volunteers, teaches museum object preservation in the UI Museum Studies Certificate Program, and serves as a volunteer in the Iowa Museums, Archives, and Libraries Emergency Response Team and as a National Heritage Responder.
Ciraj Rassool, PhD is Senior Professor of Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, and director of the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies. He has published widely on changing old museums & making new museums, race in museums, restitution, political movements and the politics of nonracialism. He served on the boards of the District Six Museum & Iziko Museums of South Africa and is a member of the South African National Advisory Board for Restitution and Repatriation.
Johnathan Buffalo (Historic Preservation Director, Meskwaki Nation) is the Director of the Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museumfor the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa (The Meskwaki Nation). He lives at the Meskwaki Settlement in Tama County, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in history.
Cory K. Gundlach, PhD, is a curator of African art, professor of museum studies and art history, and director of the African Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He began his museum career in 1998 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, California, where he was involved in his first repatriation project with the Wiyot Tribe of the Humboldt Bay region. Later working at the Fort Collins Museum (Colorado), his second repatriation project involved the return of human remains to representatives of the Cree Nation of North America.
Peju Layiwola, Ph.D, is a visual artist and researcher whose art and writing focus on restitution, history, and memory related to the siege of Benin in 1897 by British Soldiers and trading partners. Layiwola’s exhibition, Benin 1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question (2010), was the first solo exhibition to focus on the looting of Benin art in Nigeria and was instrumental in bringing back public discussion on restitution in Nigeria.
Lara Noldner is the Bioarchaeology Director at the Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa. Her primary responsibility is seeing to the protection of ancient human remains and burial sites in Iowa. This means working closely with Native American advisors, documenting known burial sites, investigating any inadvertent exposures of ancient human skeletal remains, working with developers so that known burial sites are not disturbed by construction projects, and promoting the importance of burial site stewardship. She also sees to the OSA’s compliance with NAGPRA and Iowa law in the repatriation and reburial of ancestors with descendant communities.
Cindy Opitz, Director of Research Collections at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum, oversees the curation, conservation, digitization, and management of 180,000+ zoological specimens and cultural objects at the second-oldest US natural history museum west of the Mississippi River and a National Historic Landmark building. Ms. Opitz also trains and mentors collection interns and volunteers, teaches museum object preservation in the UI Museum Studies Certificate Program, and serves as a volunteer in the Iowa Museums, Archives, and Libraries Emergency Response Team and as a National Heritage Responder.
Ciraj Rassool, PhD is Senior Professor of Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, and director of the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies. He has published widely on changing old museums & making new museums, race in museums, restitution, political movements and the politics of nonracialism. He served on the boards of the District Six Museum & Iziko Museums of South Africa and is a member of the South African National Advisory Board for Restitution and Repatriation.
Reclaiming Heritage: Leadership in Restitution and Repatriation in Iowa
Thursday, May 1, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00PM
UI Library, Shambaugh Auditorium
Thursday, May 1, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00PM
UI Library, Shambaugh Auditorium
