Alumni Profile
categories: Alumni Profile, Volume 12, Issue 1
Health care reformers
Meet four LAS alumni who chose different health care paths but arrived at the same destination — helping others live well.
categories: Alumni Profile, Volume 11, Issue 1
Change of heart
Kaitlin Heinen-Sharma's ('14 political science, chemistry) long-held career plan of working in intellectual property law took a sudden turn when she felt called to legally represent families and individuals facing eviction from their homes.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link, Volume 11, Issue 1
Changing it up with CYstarters
From inventing electrifying band equipment, to creating a more inclusive approach to professional photography, to launching a mentoring program, these young Cyclone innovators are changing things up.
categories: Alumni Profile, Volume 8 Issue 2
Changing the world, one student at a time
Sarah Brown Wessling (’98 English, MS ’03) has earned a plethora of teaching awards over the years, but she is most proud of her students' accomplishments.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Spring 2017
An original innovator
Rajesh Parekh was using artificial intelligence before artificial intelligence was cool.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Spring 2017
Eight LAS alumni receive ISU STATEment Maker Awards
From the Peace Corps to Seattle start-ups to ESPN, these alumni accomplishments make a statement.
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From Iowa to Germany: An adventure in opera
Meet Jennifer Porto, a professional opera singer with an established international career in Berlin.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Fall 2016
A mirror to the soul
When Suzanne Verma restores a patient’s outward features, she restores an identity.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Winter 2015
Alumna spotlight: Bettina Khanthongdy (math '14)
Khanthongdy's goal was to teach. Little did she know, that goal would take her to Indonesia to teach mathematics before returning to Iowa to teach Spanish.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Winter 2015
Alumna spotlight: Carrie Boyd (JLMC '09)
While double-majoring in journalism and mass communications and hotel, restaurant and institution management, Boyd was Ethos magazine’s editor in chief, a reporter for the Iowa State Daily, and an integral part of the annual Veishea Cherry Pies fundraiser. Today, she is an associate food editor for Meredith Corporation.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Winter 2015
From Jack Trice to Lambeau Field
Adam Hoebelheinrich, video editor for the Green Bay Packers, said the best part of his job is "meeting our ultimate goal: serving and entertaining fans.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Winter 2015
The tactics behind the touchdown
Dennis Lock, the director of the Miami Dolphins analytics department, provides probability and statistics for the team's football operations.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Fall 2014
Alumnus in the field: Alex Panchula (physics, ’96)
Panchula grew and studied single crystals of correlated electron materials based on rare earth elements with Professor Paul Canfield.
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Fall 2014
Alumna in the field: Stephanie Law (physics, '06)
Law said the most exciting thing about working with materials is the "sheer amount of choices available."
categories: Alumni Profile, Link Fall 2014
Fully focused on an experiential education
Jennifer Gribble, a junior in biochemistry, is a multiple scholarship award winner.