Crissa Stephens, a graduate student in the Department of Teaching and Learning, has been given a doctoral dissertation grant from the International Research Foundation (TIRF) for her research project called Language Policy and Multilingual Identity at Home and in School.

University of Iowa College of Education alumna Emily Wallace has been given the 2016 Teacher of Promise award by the Iowa World Language Association (IWLA).

UI College of Education alum Sara Johnston has earned the President’s Award for Interprofessional Teamwork from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where she serves as an assistant professor.

Lori Ihrig, supervisor for curriculum and instruction at the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, has earned the Yager Educational Accomplishment Honor.

Cindy Ann Kilgo, a doctoral candidate in educational policy and leadership studies, was one of six recipients to be given the Diversity Catalyst Award by the UI Chief Diversity Office.

Victoria Maneev has been honored as a Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow.

Patricia Bahr, Director of ICATER in the College of Education, has received a Distinguished Service Award from The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).

Efthymia Kapnoula, who received master's and doctorate degrees in psychology from the University of Iowa, has received the 2016 European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Early Career Publication Award.

A team of University of Iowa accounting students recently won the regional championship of a tax case study sponsored by Deloitte, a national accounting and consulting service.

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