2025 Year in Review at Coe

We kicked off the year with our first group visit of 2025 — Admitted Student Day! Future Kohawks explored what makes Coe special, from meeting with accessible professors to hearing directly from students about their Coe experience. 

Coe faculty were selected as recipients of four ACM FaCE grants designed to increase collaboration to enhance teaching and learning. Read more about these projects.

Daniel Kraft spoke at Coe College as the featured guest of the 21st annual Contemporary Issues Forum. Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard-trained doctor with over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation. Kraft frequently addresses the future of health, medicine and technology and has delivered four TED and two TEDMED Talks. He is the founder and board member of several Fortune 50 and digital health-related startups and is the inventor of the MarrowMiner, an FDA-approved device for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow. Also an avid pilot, Kraft has served in the Massachusetts and California Air National Guard as an officer and flight surgeon and was a finalist for astronaut selection with NASA.

We welcomed future aviators to our aeronautical field station for an aviation visit day. Prospective students experienced discovery flights, received a tour of the Eastern Iowa Airport and met professors, AFROTC Detachment 255 and Revv Aviation instructors. 

Coe welcomed visitors from the Consulate of the Republic of Kosovo, Iowa National Guard, Iowa International Center and the Iowa Economic Development Authority. We celebrated a burgeoning partnership between Kosovo and Iowa, and discussed how Coe students can assist with international community engagement. Coe is working with the Consulate of the Republic of Kosovo to develop a new diplomatic collaboration opportunity for Kohawks.

The Justice Learning Initiative's reentry simulation is an eye-opening educational experience. Attendees role-played scenarios recently incarcerated individuals experience upon release, which helps build awareness and understanding regarding the challenges they face.

The Spring 2025 edition of the Courier was released!

The Kohawk wrestling team finished in a tie for sixth at the NCAA DIII Championships, with four wrestlers earning All-American status — Bryce Parke (second), Brayden Parke (fifth), LJ Richardson (sixth) and Jared Voss (seventh) all were on the podium.

Track and field thrower Chris Baker earned a second team All-American honor in the weight throw competition at the national indoor meet!

After guiding Kohawks in their pursuit of national fellowships, Dr. Amber Shaw has earned her own prestigious academic fellowship. She has been named an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Academic Leadership Fellow.

This year's Flunk Day was all about Dis-Coe Fever. Kohawks had a groovy time celebrating a day away from classes and the semester wrapping up.

We celebrated Coe’s 11th annual Day of Giving, our biggest fundraiser of the year!

Students displayed and discussed original research, performed compositions and read creative writings at the annual Student Research & Discovery Symposium. 

Current students imparted wisdom, tour guides handed out vibes and local restaurants provided literal taste of what it's like to live in Cedar Rapids for future Kohawks at our April Admitted Student Day,

During the Taste of Cedar Rapids event on campus, Kohawks got a literal taste of what some of the 100+ locally-owned restaurants in the city cook up.

The Class of 2025 rang the Victory Bell, walked the stage for Commencement and will now get to spread their wings and take flight into their next endeavors. Remember, once a Kohawk, always a Kohawk!

Tyler Salrin ’25 was Coe’s fifth National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the past five years. His story is one of faith, passion, dedication and opportunity.

Katherine Davis ’27 was Coe’s sixth Gilman scholar in the last five years. The scholarship will take Davis to Japan this fall, where they’ll seek out the best in every person. 

Coe participated in the Young Eagles Flight Rally, which helped local students explore aviation and even take a free test flight at the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID).