Kimberly Wayne, a current Drake doctoral student, received the Diversity Champion Award at the Iowa Women of Innovation Awards on Nov. 10. Kimberly is the executive director and chair of Jewels Academy, a nonprofit that facilitates and STEM workshops for underrepresented girls in 4th–12th grade so they can gain a positive opinion about science, technology, engineering, and math.

—Submitted by Jan McMahill, Dean, School of Education