Meet Iowa State's distance learning student and faculty bloggers

Anne, a grandmother from Denver, Colorado pursuing a master's in gerontology

Matt, a teacher in eastern Iowa working on a master's in education technology

Brian from Orlando, Florida working on a master's in community development

Professor Steffen Schmidt from political science

The blogs are part of a retention and recruitment grant from the Iowa State University Professional and Scientific Council. Grant goals that apply specifically to distance learning students are the creation of support networks and elimination of barriers to nontraditional students.

The student blog writers are enrolled in Iowa State degree or certificate programs.

The faculty blog writers are teaching by distance education this semester.