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The Career Center offers courses for students on topics such as exploring careers and majors, researching graduate school, job search strategies and courses for the Certificate in Leadership Studies. Students hoping to gain skills in leadership and workplace skills like teamwork, communication, and office etiquette will also find courses available and of interest to them.
Academic courses in career-related topics are available each semester for academic credit ranging from 1-3 s.h. per course.
Pomerantz Career Center Courses at a Glance
Career Center Programs
Courses for Career Success
Academic Courses and Leadership Programs
Professional development courses give students the opportunity to engage in practical, hands-on, skills-based instruction relevant to careers and leadership development. The topics and curricula for the following courses incorporate input from employers, who were surveyed about their experiences, real-world examples, guidance, and the skills they most often seek when hiring new graduates.
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Hawkeye Spotlight
Hawkeyes teach, coach kids in Vietnam
Two University of Iowa student-athletes participated over the summer in Coach for College, a global initiative that promotes higher education through sports. They expanded what they knew about the world and themselves.
Hawkeye lands role as a top storyteller for the NFL
Kimmi Chex says she shot for the stars and landed on them. The popular NFL on-air personality and analyst says what she learned at the University of Iowa helped get her there.
Taking the reins with confidence and compassion
At the University of Iowa, Guadalupe De La Rosa found an environment where she could push herself to be a leader, take part in the crucial cycle of mentorship, and better embrace her cultural background.
Meet Maria Sanchez, Iowa’s new community outreach officer
As a community outreach officer for the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety, Maria Sanchez works to increase community knowledge about safety and security across campus and build relationships between students and law enforcement. Read more about her and her goals for this new role on campus.
Overcoming life struggles to become ‘triple threat’
Thomas Pak, who will receive joint doctorate and medical degrees through the UI Medical Scientist Training Program, aims to combine his interests in medicine, research, and advocacy to advance the welfare for all patients, regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or health.
Learning to lead
Caleb Smith says the University of Iowa showed him that he can make a difference in the world—and he intends to do just that as he works towards his dream of becomeing a U.S. Senator.
Iowa, Yemen, and an Oscar nod
Scheuerman, a 1988 University of Iowa graduate, retired from his longtime career in information technology in 2018 and co-produced Hunger Ward, a documentary about the humanitarian disaster and famine caused by the brutal six-year civil war in Yemen. The film is one of five nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony
Hawkeye’s NFL gig is about more than a game
As the social content intern for the Denver Broncos, 2020 University of Iowa graduate Cole Cooper is combining his creative skills with his marketing education to help build the professional football team’s brand.
Playing a key role in crucial research
Evita Woolsey came from California to the University of Iowa to pursue her interest in speech and hearing science. Through her involvement in an NIH-funded research project, the undergraduate is assessing children across the state and making connections with researchers on campus and beyond.
Bringing a passion for policy to the classroom
University of Iowa graduate Carrie Schuettpelz wants to teach students how to effect change. She returned to campus in 2018 to share the perspectives she’s gained since leaving campus, ones that have come from living abroad, graduate study at Harvard, and federal work on homelessness.
A path seldom taken; an experience hardly forgotten
When Ashley Weide returned to higher education, she had some concerns about her nontraditional path. At the University of Iowa, she found a supportive community and an accounting degree program with a sterling reputation.
Sustainability, conservation efforts on display at 3MT competition
America needs farmers, and no state knows that more than Iowa.
Through her research, University of Iowa PhD student Emily Schmitz has found a bacterium in Iowa soil that makes farmer’s work more environmentally friendly—and they may not even know they are using it.
From setback to success
After tanking a business analytics midterm her first semester at the University of Iowa, Kethia Mulongo rebounded and is set to graduate with a business degree and an academic certificate. She found a lot of campus support along the way.
Meet the Staff
Amanda McFadden
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Director, Academic & Leadership Programs
Matt Augeri
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Senior Associate Director, Academic & Leadership Programs
Lisa McKirgan
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Academic & Leadership Programs Specialist
Susie Regan
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Associate Director, Academic & Leadership Programs