Work as a student broadcaster led University of Iowa alumnus Jordan Loperena to his dream job at the Big Ten Network. “The University of Iowa provided me with countless opportunities and resources—to the point where I felt I was already beginning to build my future career while I was still in college,” he says.

Karsten Temme, who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the UI College of Engineering, is the co-founder of Pivot Bio, a startup that is on the verge of revolutionizing agriculture by offering farmers a new crop nutrition tool for corn.