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Newsroom 515 highlights recruiting in tight labor market

Our most recent Newsroom 515 discussion, on labor, pointed to one key – and familiar – issue: The labor market is tight and everyone needs workers. Leaders discussed key tips like expediting the hiring process …

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Tallgrass Theatre Company looks for new home

After 13 years at Rex Mathes Elementary School’s auditorium in West Des Moines, the Tallgrass Theatre Company is looking for a new home for shows beginning next year. The company had debated whether the auditorium would be …

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Kristof-Brown named interim dean of Tippie

The University of Iowa has named Amy Kristof-Brown interim dean of the Tippie College of Business effective March 1, pending Board of Regents approval. She is senior associate dean and Henry B. Tippie Research Professor in Management …

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ISU eyes national cybersecurity center

Iowa State University has applied to the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a new cybersecurity center in what could be an $86.7 million national effort with other unnamed universities and other partners. The Iowa …

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Six student-athletes receive Iowa Bankers Association scholarships

Six Iowa student-athletes received a 2019 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award during the Iowa high school state football championship games Nov. 21-22 in Cedar Falls. One student from each class was presented with …

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Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation opens classroom grant application

The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation will award up to 175 grants to support the integration of agriculture into classroom instruction or after-school programs with an academic focus, the foundation announced this week. The Agriculture in …

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More than $6.6 million in Last Dollar Scholarships awarded for fall

More than 5,800 Iowa students have received the new Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship for fall 2019, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today. Early numbers show more than $6.6 million has been awarded for the fall semester, which …

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Kingland contributes $3 million to Gerdin Business Building expansion

Iowa State University announced today that Clear Lake-based software company Kingland and David and Deb Kingland have committed $3 million in support of an expansion to the Gerdin Business Building. David Kingland, the company’s chief innovation officer …

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Grand View launches 3+2 master’s in athletic training

Grand View University announced the launch of a 3+2 Master’s Degree in Athletic Training. This master’s degree program began at Grand View in fall 2017, meeting the new requirements by the Commission on Accreditation of …

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Iowa students who attended defunct ITT Tech may see loan debts quashed

Radio Iowa: Iowa’s attorney general is joining his counterparts in 21 other states in calling for the forgiving of loans to former ITT Tech students. Tom Miller and the other attorneys general are calling on the …