The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ A desire for access to a community Deaf and hard of hearing students in Iowa search for a sense of belonging in their hometown school. Sometimes they find that feeling at home, but other times they find it at the Iowa School for the Deaf. Graphic By Kate Doolittle BY KELSEY HARRELL Iowa School for the Deaf. Matt Jergens said he felt they had to “jump through a ton of [email protected] Being one of the few deaf or hard of hearing children in a hurdles” in order to get their daughter into the School for the classroom can cause feelings of loneliness, but those feelings Deaf and at each step they were met with a roadblock. Not being able to hear teachers coupled with feelings of isola- typically change when these kids are exposed to Iowa’s Deaf According to the Iowa School for the Deaf website, students’ tion from her classmates caused Nichole Jergens to start strug- community at the School for the Deaf. “individual education family service plans” (IFSP) or “individu- gling socially and academically in high school. Her parents, The Jergens’ 17-year-old daughter is deaf in one ear. Once she alized educational program” (IEP) — the plans that detail what Janet and Matt Jergens, were concerned upon learning their started fifth grade in the Eagle Grove School District, it became services a child should receive — need to state the placement for daughter was barely passing classes and showing signs of de- clear she wasn’t understanding everything being taught in her a student at the School for the Deaf. pression. classes. Nichole also had expressed she didn’t feel like she fit in Matt Jergens said the family’s local Area Education Associa- Access, communication, community, and a sense of belong- with her peers, Janet Jergens said. But switching to the Iowa ing are some of the reasons students like Nichole enroll at the School for the Deaf wasn’t easy. SEE ASL, 3 UI COVID-19 NUMBERS Number of self-reported cases for COVID-19 Community Students: 0 new cases, 3,108 Crow becomes student regent to-date Employees: 0 new cases, 493 to-date A second-year human physiology student will take the praises Wilson’s student seat on the state Board of Regents. New cases as of April 30, 2021 credentials Source: UI COVID-19 campus update The state Board of Regents ONLINE released survey results for the four Two cases of the India presidential candidates last week. variant of the COVID-19 Incoming UI President Barbara virus recently detected in Iowa Wilson received the highest The Iowa Department of Public approval ratings among the Health has identified two cases of the India variant of the candidates. coronavirus, formally called SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617, in Iowa. Two BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT new cases of the variant were [email protected] reported recently in Jefferson County, the department an- New University of Iowa president Barbara Wilson nounced Tuesday. This variant, was a popular choice on campus. first detected in India, first After watching four forums for the new president, showed up in the U.S. in early the UI community filled out surveys regarding the can- April. The variant is not yet didates. classified as a “variant of con- On April 28, the Barbara Wilson cern,” as there is no evidence UI’s Presidential of increased transmissibility or Search Committee received the highest more severe symptoms caused released a summary level of support of by the variant, IDPH said in the Kate Heston/The Daily Iowan of the surveys. In- release. University of Iowa student Abby Crow poses for a potrait on April 20. Crow is majoring in human physiology and is the new student regent coming UI President any candidate, with on the state Board of Regents. Barbara Wilson Go to dailyiowan.com to received the high- read more. est level of support BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT Before Crow’s appointment, ISU student Zach of any candidate, [email protected] Leist was a member of the regents from 2019-21. with 80 percent of 80% The last Hawkeye to have this position was Han- respondents say- On an otherwise uneventful night in January, Ab- nah Walsh, who served from 2012-15. Crow, who will ing they would support of respondents by Crow sat on the couch at her home in Tiffin, Iowa, be the fifth UI student to serve on the board while her selection. saying they would enjoying her winter break with her parents, when taking classes, was confirmed unanimously by the Eight percent of re- Tune in for LIVE her phone went off. Iowa Senate on April 28. spondents strongly dis- support her updates As a movie played on Netflix, she saw she had re- Crow, a second-year student studying human agreed with her potential selection. Watch for campus and city ceived an email from the University of Iowa’s Office physiology, is a resident assistant in Slater Resi- selection in the survey news, weather, and Hawkeye of the President, inviting her to interview for the dence Hall and works as a nursing assistant at UI results. sports coverage every day at chance to be the next student to serve on the state Hospitals and Clinics. Of the 321 answers to Wilson’s survey, 126 respon- dailyiowan.com. Board of Regents. Crow said she’s enjoyed uplifting people around dents were faculty members, 116 were staff members, “I saw an email that said, ‘Board of Regents’ and her and being a helper in every way she can ever and 28 were students. Surveys were also distributed to I thought it was interesting, so I clicked on it,” she since she was a kid. She said helping students will alumni, senior administrators, and other Hawkeye com- 2021 said. “Then I spent 30 minutes reading about the continue to be her main goal as she takes her seat munity members. position and doing research on Zack [Leist], the cur- as a regent. The majority of respondents evaluated finalists Hari rent student regent, and what this process was like. I “This position is a natural extension of the work I Osofsky, Barbara Wilson, Wendy Hensel, and Daniel told my parents and scheduled an interview with the do here on and off campus and at the hospital,” she Clay from their Curriculum Vitaes and the forums that UI Office of the President for the next day.” said. “My work is centered around helping others ... were held for each candidate. Crow was appointed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds I’ve always enjoyed listening and improving myself When current UI President Bruce Harreld was select- on April 16, who also reappointed Regents President to help others more effectively. I think there will be ed, 1.8 percent of faculty and 2.6 percent of other respon- Mike Richards and Greta Rouse, who previously some late nights, but it’s going to be a very reward- dents found Harreld to be qualified for the position. The served as a student regent from 2008-12. ing experience for me.” other three candidates in 2015 – Joseph Steinmetz, Mi- The student regent position was created in 1973 During her first few semesters on campus, Crow chael Bernstein, and Marvin Krislov – all each individu- following the Vietnam War, when former Iowa State was a senator in Undergraduate Student Govern- ally received confidence votes of more than 90 percent of University and UI student Steve Zumbach was ap- pointed by former Iowa Gov. Robert Ray. SEE CROW, 2 SEE WILSON, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 PAINT ME A RIVER Volume 153 The Daily Iowan Issue 64 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. .335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Executive Editor. .335-6030 CORRECTIONS Sarah Watson Call: 335-6030 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Managing Editors accuracy and fairness in the Zandra Skores reporting of news. 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