A year ago, Olivia Postman was an intern reading stories to preschoolers. Today, she’s a paraeducator at Regina Early Childhood Center—a testament to how UI REACH helps students turn their strengths and passions into rewarding careers.

New jobs? Promotions? Special awards and recognitions? Read on, reconnect, and catch up with fellow alumni.

Alumna Lauren Schafer is helping students with disabilities recognize their potential while answering a critical need for special education teachers. Scholarship support helped Schafer pursue her dream of teaching—and now she’s bringing confidence, compassion, and a Hawkeye education to the classroom.

Across classrooms, schools and communities, College of Education alumni and educators are advancing their careers—and expanding their impact—with support from the college’s grants, professional learning and research-based resources. Explore how lifelong learning is helping educators inspire students, strengthen schools, and shape the future of education.

Growing up in Marshalltown surrounded by educators, Uriel Campos-Padilla always knew he wanted to teach. At Iowa, he discovered that teaching is also about service—building relationships, helping students feel seen, and giving back to the community he now calls home as a first-grade teacher.

Thanks to the generous support of the Iowa Measurement Research Foundation, Edward Wolfe has been named the inaugural Iowa Testing Programs Faculty Chair. Formally invested during a Sept. 4 ceremony, the endowed position strengthens Iowa's legacy of leadership in educational measurement while advancing AI-driven innovation in assessment.

Telling Iowa’s story: From the Hawkeye Marching Band to Dance Marathon, College of Education Mathematics Education student Tye Miller can now add voice-over talent to his growing resume.

The newly launched University of Iowa Education Innovation Hub aims to create meaningful partnerships that connect research, service, professional learning, and innovation in ways that directly support Iowa schools and communities. 

The College of Education welcomes several new faculty who bring decades of expertise, cutting-edge research, and innovative teaching to our community.

With an emphasis on multidisciplinary teamwork, problem solving, and real-time group decision making under time and cost constraints, a team of UI students and faculty from the colleges of Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Engineering, recently traveled to Iceland, as part of an expedition that centered on designing, building, and launching near-space research balloons.