CEDAR FALLS — Nobody understands better than Northern Iowa director of athletics David Harris that in order to achieve at a high level you can’t be afraid to measure yourself.
That was the overwhelming message Harris delivered Monday as he announced the implementation of Panthers Rising, a five-year strategic plan that strives to bring UNI athletics to unprecedented levels of success not only on the fields or courts, but in the classroom academically.
“Our goals and metrics are ambitious and cover a variety of areas and that is intentionally so,” Harris said. “We want this to be an aspirational document.