Medical student Bitisho Matamura performs a dance at the Black History Month celebration at the Iowa City Campus on Feb. 21, 2023. PHOTO BY ALEX NIERMANN
Students decorate mugs during the Cocoa and Crafts event in Iowa Hall on Thursday, March 2, 2023. PHOTOS BY SHAELY ODEAN
Ceramics Professor Zach Wollert demonstrates a glaze dipping technique in the Art and Theater Annex while students observe on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. PHOTO BY SHAELY ODEAN
Members of the Hiawatha Fire Department work to open the hood of a car and extinguish a fire in the engine compartment on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2022 at the Central Iowa Training Association (CITA) fire school. PHOTO BY JEFF SIGMUND
George Dorman, a news producer for KCCK, works on a segment in the KCCK Studio on the second floor of Linn Hall on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. PHOTO BY DEBRA MCROBERTS
No. 2 Allison Bonnette jumps to block as No. 3 Gracie Ehret assists in covering at the national tournament in Cedar Rapids. The Eagles placed eighth overall. PHOTO BY JESSICA MCWILLIAMS
Students ice skate at the ImOn Ice Area at one of the many Student Life sponsored free events for students. PHOTO BY DEBRA MCROBERTS
Kirkwood golf team members Gannon Hall, left, from Cedar Rapids, and Jack Phipps, right, from Ireland, practice on a mild spring day at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion. PHOTO BY MAX LOCHER
At the Global Learning Coffee and Tea Time on Nov. 15, 2021, Gehad Mahmoud, early childhood education, shares shai b laban, a tea from her home country in Egypt. The name of the tea translates to “milk tea.” The event took place as part of International Education Week. PHOTO BY JESSICA MCWILLIAMSKirkwood student Luis Felipe Acevedo plays his Gaita, a traditional Colombian instrument, at the International Showcase in the lobby of Linn Hall on Nov. 16, 2021. The showcase was part of International Education Week. PHOTO BY JESSICA MCWILLIAMS
Jessica is in the Digital Arts program and previously graduated with an AA in Liberal Arts and a Bakery Certificate. She enjoys cooking, hiking with her dog, Daisy, taking pictures and spending time with her family.