Brought to you by the Pomerantz Career Center, the Career Impact Awards recognize and celebrate award-winning students, staff, faculty, and business partners who have gone above and beyond to provide Hawkeyes with career resources, guidance, and opportunities in support of career success.
2023 Ceremony
Highly Engaged Academic Departments
Accounting, Tippie College of Business | Geographical & Sustainability Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Marketing, Tippie College of Business | Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Business Analytics & Information Systems, Tippie College of Business | Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Finance, Tippie College of Business | Sociology & Criminology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Management & Entrepreneurship, Tippie College of Business | Elementary Education, College of Education |
Statistics & Actuarial Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Journalism & Mass Communication, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Public Health, College of Public Health |
Enterprise Leadership, Division of Interdisciplinary Studies |
Highly Engaged Employers
AmeriCorps | Iowa City Community School District |
Arrive Logistics | John Deere |
Avenue Logistics | Johnson County |
Beacon Hill Staffing Group | Leepfrog Technologies, Inc. |
BerganKDV | Mercy Hospital Iowa City |
Cedar Rapids Community School District | MoLo Solutions |
ChildServe | Northwestern Mutual - Eastern Iowa |
Collins Aerospace | Principal Financial Group- Corporate Headquarters |
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa | RHM Staffing Solutions |
Crew | RSM US LLP |
Des Moines Public Schools | State Farm Insurance Companies |
Echo Global Logistics | Swoon |
Eight Eleven Group - Parent Company of Brooksource, Medasource & Calculated Hire | Systems Unlimited, Inc |
EY LLP | Techtronic Industries, NA (TTI) |
Four Oaks Family & Children Services | The Hershey Company |
Gartner | Transamerica |
GEICO | USG |
Goosehead Insurance | Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield |
HNI Corporation |
Exceptional Campus Partner
This year's Exceptional Campus Partner award goes to the CLAS Advising Network.
Student Employee of the Year Awards
Student Employee of the Year: Overall WinnerErica Blaha, Office Assistant | |
Student Employee of the Year: Science, Health, & Engineering Category WinnerLauryn Renze, Student Laboratory Assistant/Eye Call Technician | |
Student Employee of the Year: Campus Services Category WinnerNatalie Davis, Admissions Representative, Student Event Assistant | |
Student Employee of the Year: Certificate of Distinction RecipientsDrew Dupont, Student Statistician Lauren Fergus, Student Team Leader C3G Natural History Study Jada McDonald, Outreach and Programming Assistant Isabella Mullins, Sustainability Intern Chase Thurman, Fitness Lead |
Student Supervisor of the Year Awards
Student Supervisor of the Year: Overall WinnerJim Hall | |
Student Supervisor of the Year: Certificates of Distinction RecipientsNicholas Bowman Ruth Chimenti Leslie Flynn Marie Gaine Genevieve Johnson Kate Ralston |
Closing the Gap Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the instructors awarded in the first round of course development funds to enhance or create experiential learning in their course or create a new experiential course.
Irene Lottini, Department of French and Italian, Faculty-led study abroad, ITAL:2330 – Mafia, Anti-Mafia, and Social Sustainability
Mark Bruckner, Department of Theater Arts, THTR:2690 – Sound Excursions: The Evolving Soundscape and the Reverberations of Human Activity
Matthew McGill, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, CBE:4460 – Process and Design for Technologies, Science Sensors, and Satellites
Paul Dilley, Department of Classics, CLSG:3001 – Archaic and Classical Periods
Nicholas Martini, Department of Political Science, POLI:3001 – Hawkeye Poll
Adam Brummett, Department of Chemistry, Faculty-led study abroad, ABRD:3049 – Sustainable Chemistry along the Rhine River: Germany, Switzerland, and France
Elizabeth Menninga, Department of Political Science, POLI:3527 – Civil War Research Lab
Beatrice Mkenda, Department of French and Italian, SWAH:2002 – Intermediate Swahili II
Ray Fagenbaum, Department of Health and Human Physiology, HHP:3700 – Healthcare Communications
Julie Gros-Louis, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, What Animals Can Teach Us about Being Human
Emilie Maurel-Destruel, Department of French and Italian, FREN:3007 – French Phonetics