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In the news: UI alum's summer reading program focuses on diversity

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...

Alumna Alisa Meggitt poses with a student against a gold background.

"Where Do You Work?" Wednesday: Alisa Meggitt

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...

"Where Do You Work?" Wednesday: Brett Caskey

We hope you’re having a great “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday, Hawkeyes! This week meet alumnus Brett Caskey ( M.A. ’17 Educational Policy and Leadership Studies: Higher Education and Student Affairs ). Originally from Crescent, Iowa, Caskey works as a College Success Advisor at Iowa Western...

Ebonee Johnson smiles at her desk

Johnson helps develop HIV, SUDs prevention program

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.

"Where Do You Work?" Wednesday: Genevieve Harnack

Happy “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday Hawkeyes! This week 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 ). Harnack, originally from...

Alumna Sheryl Cline poses with three other school counselors at the Iowa School Counseling Association Confrence.

Alumna named Iowa Counselor of the Year

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

SUSAN ASSOULINE, WITH THOMAS NICKIL-JOCKSCHAT, JACOB MICHAELSON, AND TED ABEL

Hiding in plain sight

A twice-exceptional (2e) child’s giftedness can overshadow their disability—or vice versa. The UI team, including Susan Assouline , director of the UI Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education & Talent Development, is taking a multidisciplinary approach to creating a full picture and...

"Where Do You Work?" Wednesday: Anna Haller

Meet alumna Anna Haller, a high school social studies teacher.

Stephen Dunbar

Dunbar receives 2019 Regents Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards

Stephen Dunbar , professor in Educational Measurement and Statistics , was one of 12 honored with the 2019 Regents Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards. Each year, the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, honors six faculty and six staff at the University of Iowa for their extraordinary contributions...