Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Shelly Berkowitz (BA ’14 Art Education).

College of Education students gathered to listen to a panel on student teaching featuring Laurie Zaiger, a seasoned art education supervisor, Will Stockman, a math teacher at Benton High School, and Havilah Peters, an English teacher at City High School on Friday, Jan. 12.

The field of education is facing many challenges – but Lia Plakans, the new head of the department charged with preparing the next generation of teachers, remains upbeat about the profession’s future.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumnus Mark Bartlett (BA ’09 Elementary Education).

The University of Iowa College of Education’s Yareli Mendoza has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs advisory committee on women veterans.

Seventy-one students completed the Teacher Education Program to be recommended to the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners for teacher licensure on Thursday, Dec. 14 during the inaugural University of Iowa College of Education Commencement Ceremony.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Katie Radtke (MA ’15 Higher Education and Student Affairs).

Elizabeth Halverson (BA, major in English, English Education Teacher Education Program, TEP), who was chosen as the student speaker for the inaugural College of Education Commencement, wants to inspire her future students, just as former teachers inspired her.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Sierra Smith (BA ’14 Psychology, MA ’16 Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences, certificate in Online Teaching).

Ismenia Castelan's experiences as an English-language learner fueled her desire to work in a multilingual classroom – and her time at Iowa helped define her career path in elementary education.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky (M.A.’12 HESA).

Mary Cohen, associate professor of music education, shares how the Oakdale Prison Community Choir helps build communities of caring inside and outside prison walls.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Casey Leonard (BFA ’13 Studio Art and Art Education).

The Iowa World Language Association presented the 2017 Michael Oates Teacher of Promise Award to Elizabeth Schupp (MAT ’17), a German language teacher at Timberline School in Waukee, IA.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Kimberly Melloy (BA ’10 Elementary Education, endorsement in Special Education). This is Melloy’s second year working as a Grade 5 teacher and Grade 5 coordinator at Gems American Academy in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Prior to moving overseas, she worked for six years in the Iowa City Community School District as a 5th grade...

Building more support for female veterans is a high priority for Yareli Mendoza.

Jeremy Williams, a doctoral student in the UI College of Education's Higher Education and Student Affairs program, is being honored with a Distinguished Hawkeye Veterans Memorial Award to recognize his advocacy and service to all veterans.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Brooke Strahn-Koller (Ph.D. ’12 Educational Policy and Leadership Studies).

To honor his many contributions to education, Mitch Gross received one of the University of Iowa College of Education’s most prestigious awards, the Yager Educational Accomplishment Award, for his work in Iowa City schools.

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Madeleine DeHoff (BA ’14 Psychology, All Social Studies Secondary Education Certification). DeHoff is entering her third year of teaching as an Advanced Placement Psychology and U.S. history teacher at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. She also volunteers as the National Honor Society Advisor. “Working in a low-income school...