Iconic Spaces
$50M invested in campus facilities for the next generation
For nearly 150 years, UNI’s campus spaces have shaped the student experience and brought Panthers together. Through Our Tomorrow, donors helped renew and enhance facilities that welcome students and visitors, strengthen connections across campus and the community, and support UNI’s continued impact across the region and state.
The Campanile
For years, the Campanile has been the heart of many memories — campaniling, lovely music and gatherings with friends. As the Campanile nears 100 years in 2026, it is due for care to ensure that it can continue bringing the UNI community together for the next hundred years.
YOUR SUPPORT HAS renovated the Campanile, added and restored 56 bells and rejuvenated the Campanile Plaza.
Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
For 20+ years, the Gallagher Bluedorn has offered visitors a chance to experience the best performances. The center hosts hundreds of events serving more than 115,000 visitors yearly.
You helped reimagine the Gallagher Bluedorn experience from the moment patrons arrive. Guests can now gather in a dynamic new entry plaza, enjoy an expanded ticket office and concessions area, and connect before and after performances in the renovated Marquee Lounge.
Thanks to your support, the Gallagher Bluedorn has added 780 new seats, expanded restrooms, upgraded lighting and other enhancements throughout the building.
The UNI-Dome
Since it opened in 1976, our UNI-Dome has become so much more than just a building. It’s the home of Panther football, track and field and some of the most celebrated moments in UNI Athletics. It’s a landmark in Iowa, hosting community events, concerts and the high school football championships. It’s a vital to UNI and the Cedar Valley, and the front door to UNI for over 500,000 visitors every year.
You've helped make the most significant changes to the UNI-Dome since its construction. A new Teflon-coated fiberglass roof, upgraded seating and suites, expanded concessions and improved fan amenities elevated the game-day experience, all while covering the stadium in Panther Purple.
Applied Engineering Building
Driven by innovation and a passion to shape their own future, students in the Department of Applied Engineering & Technical Management gain experience learning – and working – in some of the nation’s fastest growing industries.
The AEB Modernization project has transformed the building to expand current spaces and expand the size of the facility by nearly 50%, delivered an industry-ready curriculum with technology enhanced labs that meet industry standards, increased economic development in high-need Iowa industries through the nationally-recognized Metal Casting and Foundry 4.0 centers and more.
Other impacted projects
Court Sport Training Facility
UNI received permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to begin planning a court sports training facility for the Panthers men’s and women’s basketball programs, as well as UNI’s volleyball team.
The development of this complex will provide a dedicated practice space to these programs that currently share court time at the McLeod Center and UNI’s Wellness and Recreation Center.
Wrestling Training Facility
University and UNI Athletics leadership are working with architects to develop detailed plans. The scope of this new wrestling space depends on the support of donors. The new facility will meet both existing and future needs. There will be room for mats, weight lifting, cardio, a locker room, a training room, rehabilitation space and an office for wrestling staff.