Student Success
Student success is a key part of the mission of the Public Policy Center. Research clearly shows that college students who have learning experiences outside the classroom – like doing research, working a job, participating in student orgs, or doing service-learning work – do better in school (higher GPA’s), are more likely to graduate, and are more successful later in their careers.
Sabrina Vlk, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, recently won the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award for her work on a team developing a soft tissue robot octopus in the College of Engineering's Cooperative Autonomous Systems Lab.
Meet Maxwell Hammond, a PhD student at the Cooperative Autonomous Systems Lab!
Meet Evan Doyle, second-year graduate student in the School of Planning and Public Affairs
Meet Anna Holub, undergraduate student from Urbandale, Iowa!