Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday, Hawkeyes! This week meet alumna Claire Honsey (B.A. ’18 Elementary Education with endorsements in K-6 Reading and Math). Originally from Davenport, Iowa, Honsey works as a fourth-grade teacher at South Prairie Elementary in Grimes, Iowa where she just completed her first year of teaching. Honsey has worked at South Prairie Elementary for two years, where she...

We hope you are having a great “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday, Hawkeyes! This week meet alumna Stacy Karam (B.A. ’97 Elementary Education with an endorsement in reading). Karam, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been teaching for 23 years. She works as the Program Manager for the Program for Academic and Creative Talent (P.A.C.T.) at McKinley STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids. She has been working at...

The Institute of Education Sciences has awarded the next five-year National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCRGE) to a collaborative team of researchers from universities across the nation, including the University of Iowa.

College of Education Educational Policy and Leadership Studies faculty write an open letter detailing the repercussions of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s announcement requiring international students to leave the country if their education is solely online.

Kendall Bradford, Elementary Education alumna and first-grade teacher at Waukee Elementary, developed a summer reading board game that focuses on diversity and representation. The board game challenges players to read a book that includes another language, read a book with POC characters, and more. The game is available via Google Drive.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday, Hawkeyes! This week meet alumna Alisa Meggitt (B.A. ’92 Global Studies, B.A. ’02 Elementary Education with a social studies endorsement). Originally from Inverness, Illinois, Meggitt has been teaching for 18 years in the Iowa City Community School District. She currently works as a seventh-grade Global Studies instructor. Meggitt loves bringing students and...

Brett Caskey (M.A. ’17 Educational Policy and Leadership Studies: Higher Education and Student Affairs), originally from Crescent, Iowa, works as a College Success Advisor at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

A collaboration between the University of Iowa and Southern University looks to develop and implement a culturally responsive HIV and SUDs prevention program in Louisiana.

Meet alumna Genevieve Harnack (BA ’09 Communication Studies and Mass Communication, ’14 certificate in Elementary Education with an endorsement in science, MA' 19 in Educational Policy & Leadership Studies), who works as Hills Elementary School as a sixth-grade teacher.

The Iowa Association for College Admission Counseling named UI College of Education alumna Sheryl Cline Counselor of the Year.