Archive for September 2018
Oct. 5: October Coffee Connection
Host: FemCity Des Moines
About: Join FemCity Des Moines for the group’s October Coffee Connection. This event is come-and-go as you please and informal in nature. Stop by to meet women in a wide variety …
Oct. 25: Taking the Road Less Traveled conferences
Host: Iowa State University
About: Taking the Road Less Traveled (TRLT) is a one-day conference on the Iowa State campus for middle school and high school girls to learn about STEM fields and how to …
Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 9-17-18
IOWA
Keeping it local and fresh is the goal for Roots in Bloom, a new florist in Marion. Owner Cassie Hammarmeister sources flowers locally and domestically only. Corridor Business Journal
Debra Backes has been presented the …
Read More25 career insights from enlightened business leaders
The 2018 MBA Women’s Leadership Conference held in Atlanta in June was full of wisdom from energetic entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, gender equality experts, seasoned MBAs from different industries, and others. The Forte Foundation compiled a …
Read MoreDon’t underestimate the power of women supporting each other at work
Conversations between women can have huge benefits to an organization, writes Anne Welsh McNulty for Harvard Business Review. The lack of women at the top can sometimes be a cultural problem, she continues, one that …
Read MoreOn The Rise: 9-17-18
Amber Piper (pictured)
PIPAC Life Brokerage
Promoted to group health department manager
Cedar Falls
Alexandra Harder
Joined the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art board of directors
Cedar Rapids
Lisa Ramlo
Joined the Cedar Rapids Museum …
Plans to produce first medical cannabis oil products in Iowa on schedule
MedPharm Iowa says the company’s facility in Des Moines will be ready to deliver medical cannabis oil, an extraction of marijuana, in December, reports Radio Iowa. Lucas Nelson, spokesperson for MedPharm Iowa, said work on the …
Read MoreIowa Methodist, UI Hospitals rank high in national list for consumer loyalty
Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines was one of two Iowa hospitals that were ranked among the top 100 in the country for consumer loyalty by patient experience firm NRC Health. The inaugural annual …
Read MoreISU announces second finalist for life sciences dean
Iowa State University announced its second of three finalists who will interview to become the next endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Titus Awokuse, professor and chair of the Department of …
Read MoreISU Extension to play bigger role in addressing education disparities
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is seeking to play a bigger role in addressing education disparities faced by African-American youths in Polk County.
The Enhancing African American Youth Academic Success project, sponsored by ISU Extension and …