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SHRM Central Iowa chapter receives Excel Platinum Award

The Society for Human Resource Management has awarded the Central Iowa SHRM chapter its prestigious Excel Platinum Award for the chapter’s accomplishments in 2018. The award, given at the bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels, …

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ACT expands social and emotional learning with new acquisition

Corridor Business Journal: Iowa City-based ACT announced today it has acquired Mawi Learning, a provider of educator professional development and student curriculum focused on building social and emotional skills. Mawi Learning, based in suburban Chicago, uses …

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Knapp on Drake project: ‘I’m so very optimistic about what’s going to happen here’

Drake University benefactor Bill Knapp sat among about 50 people today listening as Marty Martin, the university’s president, announced Drake’s partnership with a Cedar Falls firm to redevelop a two-block area east of campus.

“I …

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$63 million multiuse development planned adjacent to Drake University

Drake University is collaborating with a Cedar Falls firm to redevelop two city blocks into a residential and commercial district that will boost the neighborhood’s vibrancy and return a large parcel of land back to …

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Former Iowa State president Steven Leath out as Auburn University president

Des Moines Register/Montgomery Advertiser: Steven Leath, former Iowa State University president, is out as Auburn University president after two years on the job. He and members of the Alabama school’s board of trustees’ presidential assessment working …

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Drake University making major announcement at 1 p.m. today

Drake University is holding a news conference at 1 p.m. today at which President Marty Martin will make a major announcement, according to a news release from Drake. The Business Record will be at the …

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New plans for former AIB campus

Two Central Iowa residents with experience in real estate redevelopment and finance are buying the former AIB College of Business campus overlooking downtown and plan to rehabilitate former student housing for apartments and resell the …

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A Closer Look: Jennifer Zwagerman

Jennifer Zwagerman is stepping up one rung on the organizational chart at Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center, but it’s a big leap in the sense that she’s replacing a legend — center founder Neil Hamilton. …

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ISU genetics professor named Pew Scholar

Geetu Tuteja, an assistant professor in Iowa State University’s Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. She is the first Iowa State researcher …

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Drake taps first woman to lead board of directors

Drake University announced that Peggy Fisher, a 1970 alumna, has been named chair of the university’s board of trustees. Fisher, CEO of the Stelter Co. in Des Moines, will be the first woman to lead Drake’s …