Building Youth Leadership Capacity Through Project-Based Learning

“ The world needs people who can lead others to make a change for the better if anything is gonna change for the better.”

This is a reflection from a Davenport North High School junior, one of the first students to experience environmental science education through a pilot program called “The Watershed Project,” sponsored by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and administered by the Iowa Water Center (IWC).… Read More Building Youth Leadership Capacity Through Project-Based Learning

January 14, 2020 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Water Expert Directory

If you are an educator, policymaker, journalist, or a scientist seeking partners on a project, the Iowa Water Center has a directory of water resource specialists and scientists who can provide answers to all your water resource questions.… Read More Water Expert Directory

April 25, 2019 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Meet Joe Otto

Joe Otto joined the Iowa Water Center in November of 2018 as the Communications Specialist. His duties include academic researching, copy writing and editing, contributing to the Iowa Water Center blog, and engaging the public via meetings, educational presentations, and other professional outreach efforts. From Jasper County in central Iowa, Joe grew up on an… Read More Meet Joe Otto

November 13, 2018 hannatbatesLeave a comment

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes–Book Review

Post written by Hanna Bates, Program Coordinator for the Iowa Water Center I remember the first time I visited one of the Great Lakes. I was 14-years-old on a family vacation to Chicago, Illinois. Like everyone who goes to the Windy City, I took a trip up the 100-story John Hancock Tower in an ear-popping… Read More The Death and Life of the Great Lakes–Book Review

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Reflecting on the Iowa Water Center

[Editor’s Note: We would like to thank Tianna for all of her hard work while at the Iowa Water Center. We wish her the best on her next endeavors!] Post submitted by Tianna Griffin, the Iowa Water Center’s Special Projects Assistant As my time with the Iowa Water Center comes to an end, I would… Read More Reflecting on the Iowa Water Center

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 hannatbatesLeave a comment

2018 Iowa Water Conference (Photo Recap)

Photos from the 2018 Iowa Water Conference. Photos by Hanna Bates, Program Coordinator at the Iowa Water Center.

April 4, 2018May 3, 2018 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Meet our new Special Projects Assistant

Hello all, My name is Tianna Griffin and I am excited to announce that I am Iowa Water Center’s new Special Projects Assistant! I am pursuing an undergraduate degree in agronomy with an emphasis in agroecology and minoring in horticulture with an emphasis in fruit and vegetable production. I am from Davenport, Iowa, and I… Read More Meet our new Special Projects Assistant

December 28, 2017December 29, 2017 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Bringing citizens together to make a change

Post submitted by Rick Cruse, Director of the Iowa Water Center The Citizens Water Academy meets for four four-hour educational and participatory sessions. This seems a somewhat unique approach to addressing Iowa Water Quality issues. Bringing together diverse community members in an educational environment, particularly when addressing a somewhat controversial and divisive topic, seems to… Read More Bringing citizens together to make a change

November 20, 2017January 5, 2018 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Summer Update from the IWC Graduate Student Research Grant Program: Nathan Young

Post submitted by Nathan Young, a PhD student co-majoring in Geology and Environmental Science here at Iowa State University. Over the past 30 years, computer simulations of groundwater flow have become a standard tool for investigating water quality and quantity issues across the globe. Because of a number of limitations, ranging from data availability to… Read More Summer Update from the IWC Graduate Student Research Grant Program: Nathan Young

October 27, 2017December 29, 2017 hannatbatesLeave a comment

Project-Based Learning for future water leaders

Student project from the Bluestem Institute (left). Image of the Southfork Watershed Alliance sign (right). Story submitted by Melissa Miller, Associate Director for the Iowa Water Center In fall of 2015, I met with a group of 60 high school students at the headwaters of the South Fork of the Iowa River, right off the… Read More Project-Based Learning for future water leaders

October 20, 2017 hannatbatesLeave a comment

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