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DMACC’s CiLive gears up for year 13

It’s time again to mark the calendar for Des Moines Area Community College’s ciLive (Celebrate Innovation Live) event. The two-day speaker series titled “Go Boldly,” is heading into its 13th year of convening a group …

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Black and Brown Business Summit pitch competition applications close March 1

The pitch competition at the second annual Athene Black and Brown Business Summit is accepting applications through 5 p.m. on March 1. Any business that is at least 51% minority-owned can apply, including nationwide and …

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Manchester student athlete receives Iowa Bankers achievement award, scholarship

The Iowa Bankers Association recently honored Jadyn Peyton, right, a senior at West Delaware High School in Manchester, as the 2022 recipient of the IBA’s Student Athlete Achievement Award in wrestling. The Student Athlete Achievement Awards are …

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A Closer Look: Mary Hunter

For the past 15 months, Mary Hunter has used a large whiteboard in her office as an evolving outline of the turnaround strategy that she has led as president and CEO of Goodwill of Central …

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Youth Leadership Initiative applications now open for 2023 class

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is currently accepting applications for the Youth Leadership Initiative Class of 2023. Current high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors are invited to apply. The YLI provides students from public and private …

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Leaders reflect

Editor’s note: In our 2021 Pillars of Philanthropy publication, we asked 10 philanthropy leaders to write about what they’ve learned from these challenging times. What would they have told themselves in December of 2019 that …

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Iowa philanthropist Henry B. Tippie remembered

Henry B. Tippie, one of the University of Iowa’s most significant supporters and benefactors, died on Sunday at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 95.

Tippie once said that if he felt he could…
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Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence gets grant for financial empowerment program

The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence has received a three-year, $135,000 grant from GreenState Credit Union. The grant will support the coalition’s financial empowerment program that empowers survivors of domestic violence to move into long-term …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Even business school students have doubts about capitalism

It might not be surprising that today’s undergraduate students have qualms with capitalism, but it’s a bit more surprising that some MBA students do, writes Glenn Hubbard, an economics and finance professor at Columbia University. In …

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6 takeaways from our Power Breakfast on the future of downtown

Panelists from left to right: Tiffany Tauscheck, Erin Olson-Douglas, TJ Jacobs, Staci Bennett, Marquas Ashworth

View all photos from the event on Facebook. Photo by Duane Tinkey

In our 2021 Leaders Survey, 73% of respondents said …