05 Nov 2014

Local students elected Central College leaders

By Laura Billingsley

PELLA, (11/05/2014)(readMedia)-- Area students have been elected to leadership positions in student government at Central College.

Dan Dankert of Davenport has been elected as a senator to student senate at Central College.

Karl Weaver of Davenport has been elected as a senator to student senate at Central College.

Central College is a residential liberal arts college dedicated to the education of 1,500 undergraduate students. Founded in 1853, the college is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and NCAA Division III athletics. Central is a recognized leader in study abroad as a result of its international, residential programs. The college is located in Pella, Iowa, a thriving community of 10,000 two minutes from the state's largest lake and 40 minutes southeast of Des Moines. Learn more at www.central.edu.

05 Nov 2014

Kirkwood Community College Earns NIMS Accreditation

By Catherine Ross
Fairfax, VA - NIMS is pleased to announce accreditation of the CNC Machining Technology Program at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA.  Officially accredited as of September 25, 2014, the staff and faculty at Kirkwood have met NIMS standards and will continue to set the bar for exceptional metalworking training for higher education in the state of Iowa.

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04 Nov 2014

Wartburg inducts 68 into Phi Eta Sigma first-year honor society

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IA (11/03/2014)(readMedia)-- Wartburg College recently inducted 68 students into Phi Eta Sigma, the national honor society for college freshman.

Inductees include :

Emma Evans-Peck, daughter of Dennis Peck and Christine Evans of Geneseo, majoring in Music Therapy.

Breanna Walczyk, daughter of Dr. Jeffrey S. and Paula K. Walczyk of Bettendorf, majoring in Business Administration.

Phi Eta Sigma is the oldest and largest freshman honor society. A student must achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 and be in the top 20 percent of their class by the end of their first year.

Wartburg College's Phi Eta Sigma members have the opportunity to win additional scholarships through the honor society as well as participate in a variety of social and service events on campus.

Wartburg, a four-year liberal arts college internationally recognized for community engagement, enrolls about 1,700 students. Wartburg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and named after the castle in Germany where Martin Luther took refuge disguised as a knight during the stormy days of the Reformation, while translating the Bible from Greek into German.

03 Nov 2014

Jordan Catholic School Celebrates All Saints Day & Mexican Day of the Dead on Monday November 3, 2014

By Janine Parr

Today, Students and Staff of Jordan Catholic School celebrated "All Saints Day" (November 1st) and honored the "Day of the Dead" (November 2nd) celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries. This is a wonderful way to share the Mexican/Latin culture of many within our Jordan Catholic School community and in our Quad Cities community.

The note below was sent home to our Jordan Catholic School families from Ms. Salavarria and explains more about our celebration:

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican Holiday that is celebrated in honor of those who have passed away. The celebration begins on the last week of October and culminates on All Soul's Day, November 2nd. The tradition is to create an altar with memories of those in our family who have died and to pray for them, for them to watch over us and protect us. Along with many decorations, food and drink; the altar is composed of pictures of family members for whom we pray.

This year, we are creating a school-wide altar for the Day of the Dead. We encourage your family to participate, as our school community, to acknowledge this wonderful holiday. Please send with your child/children a picture or pictures of family members for whom you would like to pray for. Also, please list below names of deceased family members that you would like for us to sign into our prayer book. We will locate the altar at the entrance of the school by Ms. Leonard's office. Please have pictures brought to school between October 31 and November 7.

The Day of the Dead helps us acknowledge that we must live our lives with awareness and meaning. It expresses appreciation for life, the cycle of life and beauty for all of the blessings from God. May we too celebrate the life God has given us and remember in prayer those who have departed.
03 Nov 2014

Today is 3rd Anniversary of Former Top Iowa Educator Glass' Call to Action

By Jonathan Narcisse

 

DES MOINES, IOWA | November 1, 2014 -  "Three years after former Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass announced 'We have a system problem that we need to address,' Iowa's education system still needs reform," says Jonathan Narcisse.

[Below these comments is the November 1, 2011 news release issued by the Iowa Department of Education.]

Narcisse, is running for governor on the Iowa Party ticket and has been a long time observer and critic of Iowa's education system. He has called for the end of over $500 million of annual funding for public school students that do not exist.  While on the Des Moines School Board, he exposed the lack of transparency and accuracy in drop out and graduation statistical reporting.  And, his "Restoring Iowa's World Class Education System" white-paper includes a state education funding mechanism that follows the teacher and empowers families to take responsibility for their children's futures.  Click here to download white paper.

"Jason Glass was one of the few 'merit' hires in the most recent Branstad administration," says Narcisse referring to the national search conducted to find the top educator in America. "Three  years ago today, he issued a call to action in light of Iowa's massive stagnation, and he cited the fact that white kids were falling behind kids nationally, too."

Less than two years after this call to action, Jason Glass left his position as Education Director to be a superintendent of schools in Colorado.  "Jason Glass told the truth and he was shown the door for his honesty," says Narcisse. "No education chief leaves the state that has the school house on it's quarter to be a superintendent by choice," says Narcissse.
In an open letter to Iowa Educators, Narcisse outlined the top three reasons to vote for him and summarized Restoring Iowa's World Class Education System under ten categories:

1. Opting out of No Child Left Behind
2. Ending Common Core
3. Restoring True Local Control
4. Shifting from Age Grade Progression to Skill Based Progression
5. Restoring Balance Shifting the Focus From Funding High Priced Bureaucrats to Investing in Principals and Teachers As Instructional Leaders
6. Investing in Vocational and Technical Education
7. Expanding to K-14 and then Front Loading
8. Funding Should Reach The Classroom, Not Just the District Level
9. End The Over-Building Boom!
10. Provide No Cost College Education in Exchange for Community Service, and a Residency Commitment

Iowa Department of Education News Release
For Immediate Release
Nov. 1, 2011
For More Information:
Staci Hupp
Director Glass: Iowa's NAEP results are a call to action
Des Moines, IA - The nation's students took significant strides on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, while Iowa's results show a continued pattern of stagnation, Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass said today.
"I had hoped that today's results would show the tide is turning in Iowa - that the state had begun accelerating and improving on these key measures," Glass said. "Unfortunately, that's not the case."
NAEP, known as the nation's report card, is the only state-by-state comparison of student progress. Assessments are administered to a sampling of students periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography and U.S. history.
Today's NAEP results cover mathematics and reading for grades 4 and 8. The nation's results show substantial gains in those key measures from 2009 to 2011. The long-term trend for Iowa shows a troubling pattern of students falling to the middle of the pack across the board, from disadvantaged and minority students to white, relatively affluent students, since the early 1990s.
White students, who make up about 80 percent of Iowa's student population, have fallen behind their white peers nationally. This problem persists across the assessed grade levels and content areas.
"No single demographic group is to blame for our relative stagnation," Glass said. "We have a system problem that we need to address."
Findings from today's 2011 NAEP results include :
·         Iowa's average score in fourth-grade reading (221) is lower than the state's score in 1992 (225) and is unchanged from the state's score in 2009 (221).
·         Iowa has posted a two-point gain in eighth-grade mathematics since 1992, the smallest increase in the country. The largest gains have been made in North Carolina (28 points) and in Texas and Massachusetts (26 points).
·         Iowa's white students rank in the bottom 10 percent of states and jurisdictions nationally in eighth-grade reading and in the bottom 25 percent in fourth-grade reading, fourth-grade math and eighth-grade math.
·         The gap in achievement between students in Iowa with and without disabilities is among the worst in the nation.
The 2011 NAEP results represent a call to action. On Oct. 3, the Branstad-Reynolds administration and Director Glass introduced a bold set of reforms to improve Iowa's education system. The education blueprint focused on great teachers and leaders, high expectations for students with fair measures, and rekindling a spirit of innovation in schools.
Assessments on NAEP are administered to about 3,000 students in 100 schools in Iowa and other states for each grade and subject - a large enough sample to draw valid inferences about Iowa's population in comparison to other states.
"We should never over-rely on any standardized measure to tell us the complete story of the quality of a school system, but NAEP gives us the best state-to-state comparison information available," Glass said. "When we have several years of data consistently pointing in the same direction, we must take note and act on results."
NAEP 2011 results can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.

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03 Nov 2014

Jim Jelinske at Jordan Catholic School

By Janine Parr
On Tuesday and Wednesday October 28th and 29th, Nationally renowned speaker on the prevention of bullying and harassment, Jim Jelinske, spoke to parents, staff, and students of Jordan Catholic School. The students learned to say STOP!, to THINK of a plan, and to REPORT to adults any incidents of bullying and harassment.
03 Nov 2014

Governor Quinn and Mayor Emanuel Thank New Safe Passage Workers

By Katie Hickey

Nearly 700 Additional Workers Hired This Year to Serve 133 Schools, 69,000 Students Across the City

CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials to welcome hundreds of newly-hired workers to the Safe Passage program at a rally today. The latest expansion to Safe Passage, a student safety program that has grown significantly under Mayor Emanuel, was made possible by a $10 million investment from Governor Quinn and the state of Illinois. This investment, on top of an additional investment made by Mayor Emanuel, will add nearly 700 workers at 133 schools to protect student safety on the walk to and from school.

"Nothing is more important than ensuring our students get to school safely each and every day," Governor Quinn said. "Our new Safe Passage workers will join the many others helping protect our children and give them the opportunity for a bright, positive future so that they can succeed and go onto college, career and beyond."

"The 700 new Safe Passage workers are joining a tremendous team of residents who help ensure our children can come school each day ready to learn, and focused on their studies, not their safety," Mayor Emanuel said. "I want to thank the Governor for helping expand this important program for our children and families because Safe Passage is about more than a route to school, it is about a route to college, a career and the world-class education they deserve."

Combined with other investments the City is making, there will be 40 new Safe Passage routes this school year, up from 93 routes last year, and tripling the number of routes since the Mayor took office in 2011. More than 69,000 students will be served under the overall expansion.

The Safe Haven program, a partnership between CPS and the Faith Community, is also expanding to an additional 40 after-school sites as part of Governor Quinn and the State of Illinois' commitment. The Safe Haven program, housed in the Office of Faith Based Initiatives of CPS, provides a "safe haven" for students during out-of-school time. The program is both a reliable and no-cost alternative place for students and parents.

"Ensuring that every child has access to a safe and nurturing learning environment is our top priority, which is why we continue to invest in our successful Safe Passage program," CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said. "It is with the dedication of our Safe Passage workers that we are able to deepen engagement in communities across the city and remove safety barriers that could keep students from the classroom where they belong."

Safe passage workers support students by not only being an extra set of eyes and ears to proactively identify and report safety risks, but also by building relationships with students and if necessary, de-escalating situations to prevent serious incidents from happening in the first place.

The District collaborates with 23 various community organizations, known as "Safe Passage vendors," to hire residents from the community to staff routes that ensure students get to and from school safely. The success of the program is credited to the positive engagement of Safe Passage workers with the students they serve.

Safe Passage has been successfully keeping Chicago school children safe as they travel to and from specific schools since its inception in 2009. Last year, the Safe Passage program doubled to provide 53 new routes to accommodate nearly 12,000 students transitioning to welcoming schools. Following this transition, there had been no major incidents involving students on Safe Passage routes near schools during the program's operational hours.

Chicago Public Schools serves 400,000 students in 664 schools. It is the nation's third-largest school district.

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03 Nov 2014

Rivermont Collegiate 1st Quarter Honor Roll

By Brittany Marietta

Congratulations to the following students who have made the Rivermont Collegiate 1st Quarter Honor Roll!

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

 

High Honors (All grades B+ or higher or B or higher for courses designated as Upper School level)

Asha Alla

Harris Ciaccio

Elizabeth Decker?

Annika Didelot

Sean Dougherty

Jessica Elliott

Aislinn Geedey

Jacob Hansen

Emad Haque

Mary Aisling McDowell

Sarah McVey

Jozef Porubcin

Nandini Reddy

Grace Sampson

Ava Satterfield

Anna Senjem

Genevieve Strasser

Allison Swiger

Claire Westphal

Jack Westphal

Alexander Xiao

 

Honors (All grades B- or higher or C+ or higher for courses designated as Upper School level)

Rohan Abernathy-Wee

Christopher Cumberbatch

Michael Cumberbatch

Evan Didelot

Jaden Fee

Chirag Gowda

Sofia Hunner

Angela Jones

Allyson Lewis

Dwira Nandini

Davis Priest

Lauren Schroeder

Peyton Seberg

Kadin Shaheen

Elias Sheumaker

 

Upper School (Grades 9-12)

 

Headmaster's List (GPA 3.85-4.00)

Adam Dada

Clayton Douglas

Faith Douglas

Maram El-Geneidy

Shivani Ganesh

Hayley Moran

Benjamin Nordick

Manasa Pagadala

Emilia Porubcin

Michal Porubcin

Alexander Skillin

Loring Telleen

Gwyneth Vollman

 

Distinction (GPA 3.50-3.84)

Spencer Brown

Hema Chimpidi

Anastasia Eganova?

Carly Gott

Ryan Howell

Tejasvi Kotte

Thomas Rodgers
Suhas Seshadri

Nadezhda Sinutkina?

Pavel Yashurkin

 

 

Merit (GPA 3.00-3.49)

Christian Elliott

Jacob Engelke

Kenton Fee

Jesus Fuentes

Aditya Gohain

Molly Lewis

Brittany McDonald

Nathan McVey

Bhavana Purighalla

Joseph Rodgers

Nikhil Wagher
03 Nov 2014

Upper Iowa University announces August 2014 graduates

By Monica Bayer Heaton

FAYETTE, IA (10/31/2014)(readMedia)-- Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its August 2014 graduates, followed by the degree earned and respective honors.

Bridget Keegan of DeWitt, IA, graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Human Services from UIU's Online Undergraduate location.

Amanda Shreve of Davenport, IA, graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from UIU's Quad Cities location.

About Upper Iowa University Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, not-for-profit university providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 5,800 students-nationally and internationally-at its Fayette campus, 25 U.S. education centers, as well as centers in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Upper Iowa University is a recognized innovator in offering accredited, quality programs through flexible, multiple delivery systems, including online and self-paced degree programs. With a focus on developing leaders and lifelong learners, UIU provides dual enrollment programs for high school students as well as continuing education and professional development opportunities for learners of any age. For more information, visit www.uiu.edu.

03 Nov 2014

Local students are members of the University of Iowa Class of 2018

By Lin Larson

IOWA CITY, IA (10/31/2014)(readMedia)-- Students from your area are officially members of the University of Iowa's Class of 2018.

The undergraduate class is the largest (4,666 students) and most diverse first-year class in UI history and is extremely academically accomplished.

Local students include :

 

Aaron Gehrke of Davenport (52803)

Abagail Karwoski of Davenport (52803)

Abdualrahman Ismail of Bettendorf (52722)

Abigail Elceser of Bettendorf (52722)

Abigail Morrow of Eldridge (52748)

Adam O'Brien of Bettendorf (52722)

Adrian Templeton of De Witt (52742)

Akshaya Warrier of Bettendorf (52722)

Alex Hardcastle of Rock Island (61201)

Alexander Bert of Bettendorf (52722)

Alexander McCammant of Eldridge (52748)

Alexandra Doner of Davenport (52804)

Alexis Sachleben of Blue Grass (52726)

Alicia Freiburg of Rock Island (61201)

Allison Archer of Davenport (52806)

Allison Lienen of Davenport (52807)

Allison Weis of Davenport (52807)

Alyssa Ray of Moline (61265)

Alyssa Wagenknecht of Leclaire (52753)

Amelia Jones of Bettendorf (52722)

Anastasia Jones-Townser of Rock Island (61201)

Anastasia Sweeney of Davenport (52806)

Andrea Dutton of East Moline (61244)

Andrew Corlett of Davenport (52803)

Andrew Matkovich of Muscatine (52761)

Andrew Quested of Davenport (52806)

Andrew Shipman of Davenport (52804)

Angela Olvera of Moline (61265)

Anna Noll of Muscatine (52761)

Anna Roa of Bettendorf (52722)

Anna Rodriguez of Bettendorf (52722)

Anna Wells of Davenport (52804)

Annalise Castro of Bettendorf (52722)

Anselmo Dansou of Muscatine (52761)

Anthony Yang of Bettendorf (52722)

Ashten Sherman of Le Claire (52753)

Athena Dinh of Davenport (52802)

Aubrie Rivera of Bettendorf (52722)

Austin Hackfort of Bettendorf (52722)

Austin Moss of Muscatine (52761)

Austin Schwarzkopf of East Moline (61244)

Austin Slade of Bettendorf (52722)

Baibhav Poudel of Bettendorf (52722)

Bailey Carroll of Bettendorf (52722)

Bailey Ormsby of Bettendorf (52722)

Bailey Schmidt of Bettendorf (52722)

Bailey Trondson of Milan (61264)

Ben Vinar of Davenport (52806)

Benjamin Spector of Bettendorf (52722)

Benson Nguyen of Davenport (52806)

Bharabi Pandit of Bettendorf (52722)

Brady Moeller of Davenport (52803)

Brandy Sanders of Moline (61265)

Brett Austin of Silvis (61282)

Breyana Williams of Davenport (52806)

Brian Miner of Davenport (52803)

Brittany Clary of Leclaire (52753)

Brock Saunders of Bettendorf (52722)

Brooke Garnica of Davenport (52804)

Bryce Brien of Bettendorf (52722)

Bryce Kerney of Davenport (52807)

Caleb Kahley of Davenport (52804)

Callen Tatge of Blue Grass (52726)

Caroline Emory of Davenport (52806)

Carter Cahill of De Witt (52742)

Casey Gaylord of Davenport (52804)

Cassandra Shetler of Moline (61265)

Catherine Goodall of Davenport (52804)

Cesar Martinez of Moline (61265)

Charles Carlson of Bettendorf (52722)

Chase Cahalan of Bettendorf (52722)

Chelsea Lagrone-Mason of Davenport (52806)

Chelsea McGill of Muscatine (52761)

Chelsea Munday of Davenport (52803)

Chi Dong of Davenport (52806)

Christopher Bush of Davenport (52807)

Claire Honsey of Davenport (52807)

Claire Schluensen of Bettendorf (52722)

Cody Green of Milan (61264)

Cody Pribble of Davenport (52804)

Colleen Gannon of De Witt (52742)

Connor Aden of Davenport (52806)

Connor Allchin of Eldridge (52748)

Connor Vandersnick of Geneseo (61254)

Cori Hobart of Davenport (52804)

Dakota Matje of Bettendorf (52722)

Dan Moss of Leclaire (52753)

Dana Weinstein of Davenport (52807)

Daniel Fitzsimmons of Bettendorf (52722)

Daniel Granados of Bettendorf (52722)

Daniel Rodriguez of Bettendorf (52722)

Daniel Van Camp of Davenport (52807)

Danielle Cabel of Bettendorf (52722)

Darby Sutherland of Bettendorf (52722)

David Harb of Davenport (52807)

David Mayes-Butler of Davenport (52806)

David Solbrig of Davenport (52804)

Deepon Sarkar of Bettendorf (52722)

Delaney Brainerd of De Witt (52742)

Delaney Olcott of Davenport (52804)

Derek Wagner of Muscatine (52761)

Diana Hernandez of East Moline (61244)

Dilon Thompson of Bettendorf (52722)

Dominick Pena of Davenport (52803)

Drew Hagen of Walcott (52773)

Duncan Wyrwas of Bettendorf (52722)

Dylan French of Bettendorf (52722)

Elexxis Coyle of Davenport (52804)

Elizabeth Deasy of Bettendorf (52722)

Elizabeth Ehlers of Moline (61265)

Ellen Nelson of Davenport (52804)

Ellen Reynolds of Eldridge (52748)

Emily Hoeper of Blue Grass (52726)

Emily Huber of Davenport (52804)

Emily Jefferson of Bettendorf (52722)

Emily McCormick of Muscatine (52761)

Emily Muegge of Bettendorf (52722)

Emily Schoer of Muscatine (52761)

Emon Collazo of Bettendorf (52722)

Eric Hale of Bettendorf (52722)

Erica Miller of Bettendorf (52722)

Ethan Duong of Davenport (52803)

Gabrielle Hoeksema of Davenport (52803)

Grace Kim of Bettendorf (52722)

Gregory Gunther of Bettendorf (52722)

Greta Treiber of Muscatine (52761)

Haleigh Tucker of Moline (61265)

Haley Bankson of Bettendorf (52722)

Haley Bugos of Bettendorf (52722)

Haley Tisor of Davenport (52804)

Hannah Keimig of Davenport (52804)

Hogan Knott of Bettendorf (52722)

Isabella Koranda of Davenport (52806)

Isabella Marchiori of Bettendorf (52722)

Isabella Naab of Rock Island (61201)

Isaiah McClellan of Davenport (52804)

Jacob Behrendt of Davenport (52807)

Jacob Waugaman of Davenport (52807)

Jacynthia West of Davenport (52806)

Jake Gervase of Davenport (52807)

Jameila Smith of Rock Island (61201)

James Murty of Davenport (52803)

Jamie Bakeris of Bettendorf (52722)

Janita Pegram of Davenport (52807)

Jared DeFauw of Davenport (52806)

Jared Matthews of Geneseo (61254)

Jasmine Montgomery of Bettendorf (52722)

Jennah Davison of Eldridge (52748)

Jennifer Ziemer of Reynolds (61279)

Jessica Ralfs of Davenport (52804)

John McLaughlin of Bettendorf (52722)

Jordan Buster of Muscatine (52761)

Jordan Raso of Davenport (52807)

Joseph Schuler of Le Claire (52753)

Joseph Spector of Bettendorf (52722)

Joseph Thomas of Geneseo (61254)

Joshua Haack of De Witt (52742)

Joshua Sumhlei of Bettendorf (52722)

Joshua Thiessen of Davenport (52804)

Joshua Wilken of Bettendorf (52722)

Julie Nguyen of Davenport (52803)

Justin Seyfert of Davenport (52807)

Justyn Schnipkoweit of Davenport (52806)

Kacie Carstens of Davenport (52802)

Kambridge Haynes of Davenport (52806)

Karanveer Gill of Davenport (52807)

Karyn Klimes of Muscatine (52761)

Katherine Chanez of Bettendorf (52722)

Katherine Finch of Moline (61265)

Kathryn Walker of Bettendorf (52722)

Kaylie Barnett of Davenport (52807)

Keaton Christiansen of Moline (61265)

Kellie Nelson of Davenport (52804)

Kelly Martin of Bettendorf (52722)

Kendal Ritchie of Davenport (52807)

Kennedy Bradley of Leclaire (52753)

Kenneth Chandler of Muscatine (52761)

Kevin Meyer of Eldridge (52748)

Kolton O'Day of Eldridge (52748)

Kristyn Hoffman of Bettendorf (52722)

Kyle Warren of Blue Grass (52726)

Landon Kuhlmann of Davenport (52807)

Laryn Ingram of Davenport (52804)

Laura Kakert of Moline (61265)

Lauren Montgomery of Bettendorf (52722)

Logan Mougin of Davenport (52807)

Logan Ryan of Bettendorf (52722)

Lucas Zupancic of Leclaire (52753)

Lydia Ahrens of De Witt (52742)

Lynsey Medd of Bettendorf (52722)

Mackenzie Kennedy of Bettendorf (52722)

Madeleine Hassler of Muscatine (52761)

Madeline Frommelt of Davenport (52807)

Madeline Hurning of Leclaire (52753)

Madeline LaPage of Eldridge (52748)

Madison Glanz-Guessford of Davenport (52807)

Malik Salsberry of Davenport (52804)

Mark McLaughlin of Moline (61265)

Marri Van Dyke of Muscatine (52761)

Martino Le of Davenport (52804)

Mason Happel of Davenport (52806)

Mason Krueger of Bettendorf (52722)

Matthew Heim of Davenport (52806)

Matthew Kettelkamp of Bettendorf (52722)

Matthew Moran of Davenport (52803)

Matthew Smith of Davenport (52803)

Matthew Van Horn of Bettendorf (52722)

Megan DuBois of Geneseo (61254)

Megan Tebbe of Bettendorf (52722)

Melody Schick of Bettendorf (52722)

Michael Bernard of Davenport (52807)

Michael Garneau of Davenport (52803)

Michael Phan of Davenport (52804)

Michael Reising of Davenport (52806)

Michelle Amling of Long Grove (52756)

Mick Baker of Davenport (52804)

Mikayla Coyle of De Witt (52742)

Mitchell Bowman of Donahue (52746)

Mitchell Hintermeister of Davenport (52806)

Mitchell Portz of Davenport (52803)

Molly Eirinberg of Rock Island (61201)

Molly Monroe of Davenport (52807)

Morgan Mahon of Davenport (52803)

Morgan Murphy of Coal Valley (61240)

Myles Ollinger of Davenport (52807)

Natalia Welzenbach-Marcu of Davenport (52803)

Natalie Arth of Davenport (52807)

Nathan Marks of Davenport (52806)

Nathan Midey of Davenport (52804)

Nathan Tilka of Bettendorf (52722)

Nicholas Baer of Bettendorf (52722)

Nicholas Slavens of Bettendorf (52722)

Nick Lewis of Moline (61265)

Nicklas Lawton of Davenport (52803)

Nicole Childers of Bettendorf (52722)

Nidia Villalpando of Rock Island (61201)

Noah Bryant of Bettendorf (52722)

Oleksandr Yarema of East Moline (61244)

Olivia Ray of Moline (61265)

Paige Ludman of Muscatine (52761)

Peter Keegan of De Witt (52742)

Pierce Ingold of Bettendorf (52722)

Quentin Yarolem of Bettendorf (52722)

Rachael Bertolino of De Witt (52742)

Rachel Clay of Davenport (52807)

Rachel Kettelkamp of Bettendorf (52722)

Regan Odegard of Leclaire (52753)

Regina Henderson of Bettendorf (52722)

Reilly Bierhaus of Bettendorf (52722)

Renee Zinser of Davenport (52806)

Rodkeesha Jackson of Davenport (52804)

Rose Ripslinger of Davenport (52806)

Ryan Broderson of Muscatine (52761)

Ryan Cahalan of Silvis (61282)

Samantha Costello of De Witt (52742)

Samantha Kueter of Bettendorf (52722)

Samantha Petkunas of Muscatine (52761)

Samuel Bennett of Bettendorf (52722)

Samuel Sierra of Davenport (52806)

Samuel Wheat of Bettendorf (52722)

Sara Olds of Davenport (52804)

Sarah Meeusen of Bettendorf (52722)

Scott Winter of Davenport (52804)

Scotty Heuer of Davenport (52807)

Selena Thomas of Muscatine (52761)

Shelby Meyer of Bettendorf (52722)

Stephanie Dang of East Moline (61244)

Stephanie Hesse of Bettendorf (52722)

Stephanie Lussman of Muscatine (52761)

Stephanie Moore of Bettendorf (52722)

Stephen Golden of Silvis (61282)

Sunaina Ramesh of Bettendorf (52722)

Sydne Thomas of Eldridge (52748)

Sydney Even of Riverdale (52722)

Sydney Verdi of Davenport (52807)

Taylor Bishop of Muscatine (52761)

Taylor Snyder of Davenport (52804)

Tillie Sitz of Davenport (52803)

Trey Van Hemert of Muscatine (52761)

Troy Weiman of Davenport (52804)

Tuan Tran of Davenport (52804)

Tylar Buck of Davenport (52804)

Tyler Harper of Bettendorf (52722)

Tyler Kovach of Muscatine (52761)

Van Mielenhausen of Davenport (52803)

Victoria Castelluccio of Davenport (52803)

Vivian Medithi of Bettendorf (52722)

Wade Rollins of Davenport (52806)

William Diedrich of Davenport (52807)

William Kandis of East Moline (61244)

Zach Shepherd of Bettendorf (52722)

Zachary Krueger of Taylor Ridge (61284)

Zachary Mortenson of Muscatine (52761)

Zachary Waskowiak of Davenport (52803)

Zoe Lindskog of East Moline (61244)

Among the record-setting academic achievements of the first-year class includes having 523 Old Gold Scholarship recipients, compared to 398 in 2013. Old Gold Scholars must have a 30 ACT, (or combined SAT critical reading and math score of 1330), as well as a 3.80 GPA on a 4.00 scale. The first-year class also has the highest ever average high school GPA of 3.63, compared with 3.62 in 2013.

"We're very pleased with the make-up of our incoming class," said University of Iowa President Sally Mason. "This is a fantastic class, and I couldn't be more proud that these first-year students have chosen to be Hawkeyes. I have no doubt the Class of 2018 will enrich the smart, talented, and successful student body at the University of Iowa."

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