Archive for June 2016
Programs to help women entrepreneurs find funding
Event Sept. 23: GROW Conference for young women returns to Iowa
Drake prof Johnson receives 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award
Guest Opinion: Simply showing up speaks volumes
2016 Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame inductees announced
Four women are to be inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame, the Iowa Department of Human Rights and the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women announced.
The 2016 inductees are (pictured at…Read More
Iowa’s women-led households struggle financially
That was among several findings released in the 2016 She Matters report, which focuses on…Read More
VIDEO: What works for women at work – part 2
More jobs, higher pay ahead from nation’s metropolitan areas
Metropolitan areas accounted for 96.5 percent of new jobs created in 2015 — the most since 2000 — and nearly 99 percent of the increase in gross domestic product, according to a report released today …
Read MoreHubbell paid $19 million for apartments in Urbandale
Hubbell Realty Co. paid $18.9 million for two Urbandale apartment complexes, the company’s first large multifamily acquisitions since 2007, when it bought about 1,600 units in Greater Des Moines and Sioux Falls, S.D., from Clarke …
Read MoreWolff to lead scholarship foundation for foster kids
Thomas Wolff has been hired as the new executive director for the Guardian Scholars Foundation, a nonprofit scholarship program for youths aging out of foster care. Wolff replaces Katherine Henderson, who moved out of state. …
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