A desire to change lives. This is an internal motivation that has driven me for several years but flourished through my involvement with the University of Iowa Dance Marathon. The student-led organization...
As I write this, I am on a bus with 53 Iowa students heading toward Memphis to begin a three-day field trip involving career exploration, networking, facility tours, and meetings with sports-industry executives....
I distinctly remember being 14 years old and reading through article after article about Leelah Alcorn, a young transgender girl who killed herself in December 2014. It was the first of many deaths, murders,...
Each year, 12 million people are trained by the American Heart Association on the basics of CPR. CPR saves lives in the event of a heart attack — one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Another...
When I moved onto campus nearly four years ago, I never imagined that I’d thank Phil for providing me with my most treasured collegiate memory. Honestly, I didn’t even know what Phil stood for at the...
As students at the University of Iowa, you are on a path of transformation and change every day. You are learning new ideas, growing from new experiences, and working toward goals that a college education...
It’s that time of year again; the University of Iowa Student Government elections are right around the corner, and your timeline is flooded with people you have never heard of promising to make...
On March 21, President Trump signed an executive order protecting free speech on college campuses. You probably didn’t hear very much about it because the mainstream media outlets barely gave it any...
The age of #MeToo has woven a resilient community made up of silence-breakers and freedom fighters that spans generations and geographic location. Yet — while the wave of #MeToo has given people a place...
“Deepen your compassion for the messy structures of other humans,” my Co-Star app tells me at 11:12 a.m. on a Wednesday, which is a strange time to receive such a message. I do not know what this means,...
