Hi, I’m Angela Wendt, Morale Captain for Team Two. For this blog post I wanted to share my personal story as to why I dance.

My boyfriend Colton had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma when he was younger, 13 to be exact. I didn’t know him then but, he was certainly the talk of the school for a little while. He spent approximately a year at The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s hospital for appointments, chemotherapy, radiation, and more. Even though Colton was never a...

My first year of Dance Marathon I had no idea what Morale was except that I got to pick a Morale captain. I have now arrived at my last year at UNI and am a Morale captain myself! I’d like to give a little insight about what Morale is, does, and then hopefully you will seriously consider applying to be a captain next year! 

Coming from a new Morale captain I would describe Morale as a team that is very passionate about being for the kids. The team does thi...

Today, the first Monday in October, dancers will take part in Child Health Day. A day dedicated to raising awareness about protection and developing childrens’ health. Taking the time to educate others can help us come closer to ending hospital visits, treatments, and surgeries, and give more to the kids.

At UNI on Child Health Day, students can learn from Dance Marathon about advocating for the kids. Committee members, assistant directors, and executive direct...

Planning, organizing, supplying, and setting up the many UNI Dance Marathon events is quite the task, but the event planning committee has stepped up and has been doing it all year. Nicole Deir explains that the committee is constantly trying to come up with new events that they believe the organization will benefit from.

This is Nicole’s first year in Dance Marathon and is on the event planning committee, along with being a Morale Captain for team 30. She expl...

January’s Dancer of the Month is Annie Simmons!

Annie is on Hanna Hendricksen's morale team & also the media committee! She was nominated by both Carly Kinning and Dani Schultes, and then chosen by the leadership team.

Annie is a junior here at UNI and is a Leisure, Youth, and Human Services major, with a Nonprofit Emphasis. She is also pursuing a minor in Public Relations. Annie chose to be on the media committee because she knew she would be able to bring two...