Greg Yoder

If you have ever been to a Hawkeye sporting event, you may have seen the camera work of Guidance Counselor Greg Yoder. Yoder is a camera operator for HawkVision, a program that provides live big-screen coverage at University of Iowa sporting events. He has spent 24 years covering football as well as 15 years filming at basketball, volleyball and gymnastics events. Filming has brought Yoder a deeper appreciation for athletes’ hard work and the energy of fellow sports fans.

“There’s 70,000 people in attendance [at football games], and just the amount of enthusiasm and electricity in the air is pretty cool,” Yoder said.

Matt Harding

Outside of the classroom and off of the soccer field, science teacher and soccer coach Matt Harding applies his physics knowledge to repair vintage pinball machines. Over the course of 15 years, his repair work has ended up in Paris, the East Coast and around the Midwest.

“It’s very satisfying when something works that didn’t work … A fair bit of my repair knowledge is based on magic and good luck,” Harding said. 

Harding has also played electric guitar since he was in high school; he currently plays in the band Plastic Relations along with English teacher Nate Frese. Recent shows have included a fundraiser for the Domestic Violence Intervention Program and Willowwind Elementary’s 50th-anniversary celebration. 

Jon Bach

Four years ago, math teacher Jon Bach started a lawn-mowing business to help his nephew make money over the summer. Now, Bach continues to mow about 25 lawns consistently each summer, with the largest lawn taking two hours and 15 minutes to complete. On days when Bach uses his riding mower, one might see him driving it from the Weber area to Walnut Ridge going seven miles per hour.

Bach’s other summer jobs include painting houses, staining decks and teaching advanced math courses at the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center.