Archive for August 2015
Iowa falling behind other bike-friendly states
Iowa, despite its plethora of recreational trails and its history with one of the country’s most popular recreational bike rides, RAGBRAI, is falling behind other states in one rating of bike-friendliness, reported the Des Moines Sunday …
Read MoreThree questions with Happy Medium’s Katie Patterson
A Des Moines advertising agency recently was ranked the fastest-growing private company in the state, and was among 24 Iowa-based companies on the newest Inc. 5000 list released earlier this month by Inc. magazine.
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Guest Opinion: Internships offer valuable experience
BY ABIGAIL MEIER | Former intern, Iowa Women Lead Change
Editor’s note: Last week, Brianne Fitzgerald with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa wrote about the importance of companies providing emerging female talent with internship opportunities. Sticking…Read More
SPEAK UP:12 ways women unknowingly sabotage their success
Even ignoring statistics on continued gender bias in the workplace, Wendy Capland, author and CEO of Vision Quest Consulting, writes that a lot women do things that make things harder for themselves. Here are 12…Read More
Why women need career sponsors more than mentors
There’s a key ingredient for moving women wanting to move up the career ladder — one that typical mentor relationships lack, according to Fast Company — and that ingredient is capital. In other words, a…Read More
13-year-old actress shares insightful thoughts on ‘white feminism’
For a 13-year-old, “Girl Meets World” star Rowan Blanchard has some shockingly insightful opinions about the world of feminism and her place in all of it, writes AOL News. In a recent question sent to…Read More
On The Rise: 8-31-15
Shawn Kolb
Hired as autism program manager for ChildServe.
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Jacquelyn Rees Ulmer
Appointed chair of the supply chain and information systems department at Iowa State University.
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Syreeta Jordan-Dixon
Promoted to supervisor, operations…Read More
Third health insurance cooperative to shut down
Nevada’s nonprofit, member-owned health insurer will go out of business at the end of the year, sharing the same fate as the failed Iowa-based CoOportunity Health, which went out of business early this year, LifeHealthPro reported.…Read More
Technology Association of Iowa to award two scholarships
Nominations are currently open for two $2,500 scholarships to be given by the Technology Association of Iowa to the 2015 winners of the Youth Innovation and Leadership and the Collegian Innovation and Leadership awards. Nominations …
Read MoreDowntown Des Moines Chamber hosting Culture Crawl
Grab your top hats, suits, pearls and dancing shoes — the Downtown Des Moines Chamber of Commerce is inviting you to get decked out for the Metro Deco-themed Culture Crawl, on Sept. 10 at the …
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