Student Focus

Ben Carlson
Student Focus: Ben Carlson

Major: Instrumental Music Education
Hometown: Clive, IA
Planned Graduation Date: Fall 2023

Jackson Newhouse
Student Focus: Jackson Newhouse

Major: Performing Arts, emphasis on Theatrical Design and Technology; minor in World Film Studies
Hometown: Owatonna, Minnesota
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2023

Sophia Pike
Student Focus: Sophia Pike

Major: Vocal Music Education
Hometown: Bettendorf, IA/Quad Cities
Planned Graduation Date: Fall 2023

Piper Smith
Student Focus: Piper Smith

Major: Performing Arts
Hometown: Oskaloosa, IA
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2022

Lydia Lee
Student Focus: Lydia Lee

Major: Music and English
Hometown: Inwood, IA
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2024

Grant Tetmeyer
Student Focus: Grant Tetmeyer

Major: Performing Arts and Journalism
Hometown: Johnston, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022

So-Yeoun Lee
Student Focus: So-Yeoun Lee

Major: Vocal Music Education
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022

Elise Cameron
Student Focus: Elise Cameron

Major: Performing Arts with emphases in Acting and Directing and Musical Theatre; Music BM
Hometown: Arcadia, IA
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022

Heaven Booker
Student Focus: Heaven Booker

Major: Performing Arts with an emphasis in Musical Theatre and Acting and Directing
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022

Student Focus: Kyle Grossnickle

Major: Music Education, Bass Trombone
Hometown: Gilbert, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2023

Jonathan O'Neill Rojas
Student Focus: Jonathan O'Neill Rojas

Major: Management & Performing Arts (Acting/Directing) 
Hometown: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2021

Michael Banwarth
Student Focus: Michael Banwarth

Major: Piano Performance
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2021

Abbigail Markus
Student Focus: Abbigail Markus

Major: Performing Arts & Statistics 
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: May 2022

Lexi Roelke
Student Focus: Lexi Roelke

Major: Flute Performance
Hometown: Eagan, Minnesota
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2021

Calvin Clark
Student Focus: Calvin Clark

Major: Performing Arts and Journalism
Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: Summer 2021

Abby Freymuth
Student Focus: Abby Freymuth

Major: Music Education
Hometown: Mahomet, Il 
Planned Graduation Date: Spring of '23

Lena Menefee-Cook
Student Focus: Lena Menefee-Cook

Major: Performing Arts, Art & Design, and International Studies
Hometown: Prescott, Arizona
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2021

Matt Lowe
Student Focus: Matt Lowe

Major: Instrumental Music Education
Hometown: West Des Moines, IA
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2021

Bethmari Márquez Barreto
Student Focus: Bethmari Márquez Barreto

Major: Performing Arts
Hometown: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Graduation date: Spring 2021

Zachary Smith
Student Focus: Zachary Smith

Major: Vocal Music Performance
Hometown: Waukee, Iowa
Planned Graduation Date: Spring 2020

Libby Peterson
Student Focus: Libby Peterson

Major: Performing Arts
Hometown: Cherokee, IA
Planned Graduation Date: December 2019

PJ VanDerWeide
Student Focus: PJ VanDerWeide

Major: Instrumental Music Education
Hometown: Ames, IA
Planned graduation date: May 2020

Tyler Bainter
Student Focus: Tyler Bainter - Senior Flute Performance Major

Major: Flute Performance
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Planned Graduate Date: Spring 2019

Sydney Lapsley
Student Focus: Sydni Lapsley '21

Majors: Performing Arts and Psychology
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Graduation: May 2021 (Planned)