UI REACH Program - Your Future is within REACH

Meet employers and explore career opportunities at the UI REACH Career Fair next week!

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. To celebrate and recognize the advocacy work of our community, we're sharing more photos from our student council's visit to Des Moines earlier this year. #WeReHere #ThenNowAlways #DDAM2026

New online class! Refresh your workplace skills with nine concise modules with weekly live meetings. Class starts March 24th at 7:00pm CT. Learn more: bit.ly/49Ffv9t

Last week, students and mentors took a trip to the Coralville Mall, navigating the bus system to get there and hanging out in the food court!

Thanks to everyone who came to game night last week with UI REACH mentors! It was a lot of fun!

Last week, first-year students had mock interviews, practicing their job interviewing skills with real employers. Everyone did a great job! 🤝

Last week, we went to Bingo Night at Hamburg and even had a couple wins! 🏆 🍔 🍟

Last week, Kristi was invited to demonstrate the early American singing technique called "Shape Note Singing" to the School of Music’s Foundations of Music Education class. Nice work, Kristi!

Thank you to everyone who came out to sing and craft at cards and karaoke with the National Speech Language Hearing Association!

New online class! Refresh your workplace skills with nine concise modules with weekly live meetings. Topics include professional communication, time management, teamwork, and adaptability. Class starts March 24th at 7:00pm CT. Learn more: bit.ly/49Ffv9t

We've started the spring semester off strong in the classroom and in cooking lab! Here are just a few of the recent dishes students have been cooking up. 🌮

Creating tomorrow by dancing today! Great job to all of the students who participated in last week's Dance Marathon in support of youth cancer patients and their families.

UI REACH student council members recently visited Des Moines to share their stories and advocacy work with elected officials. Great work, students!

Last week, UI REACH staff and students, as well as students from National Speech Language Hearing Association, attended the Iowa Heartlanders game! 🏒

Congratulations Special Olympics Unified Sports Athletes on being named a champion school. The University of Iowa is one of 11 universities to reach this distinction. Des (current student) and Simon (alumni) were speakers at the ceremony to discuss their experience as athletes.

Tomorrow! Join us to learn about EXPLORE, a 10-month program for students wondering which direction they want to take after high school. Register for the free webinar now: tinyurl.com/EXPLOREwebinar

Join us for our annual summer ReConnect - a weekend for alumni, current students, and their families to come together! This summer, we'll meet in St. Louis on July 24-26 for a range of activities! Stay tuned for more info to come!

Thanks to everyone who came to play games at the recent Indoor Lawn Games Night!

Save the Date! The 2026 UI REACH Convocation Ceremony will be held Friday, May 9 at 4:30pm in auditorium W10 of the Pappajohn Business Building. We hope to see you there!

Join us on February 4 to learn about EXPLORE, a 10-month program for students wondering which direction they want to take after high school. Register for our free informational webinar now: tinyurl.com/EXPLOREwebinar