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Moschenross to head student affairs at Grinnell College

Sarah Moschenross (pictured), dean of students at Grinnell College since 2015, has been promoted to associate vice president of student affairs at the college, beginning this summer. Moschenross succeeds Andrea Conner, who will leave Grinnell …

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Iowa State seeks to name first buildings after businesses

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa State University has secured the $5 million in donations needed to raze its existing Poultry Science Farm and erect a new one, and the school wants to name two of the farm’s …

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UI receives $21 million health research grant

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a $21 million grant to the University of Iowa that enables UI to expand its research to collect data from Iowans in their home communities. The Clinical and …

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NOTEBOOK: 2 business owners organize kids’ business fair

Two local women who are small-business owners and moms are organizing a kids’ business fair April 29. We in the Business Record newsroom had not heard of this happening before.

The idea came close to …

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NOTEBOOK: Only one-third of grads have good jobs waiting at graduation

Fewer than one-third of college students in the United States have a good job waiting for them upon graduation — a statistic that should make university presidents cringe. 

Among bachelor degree graduates from 2002 to…
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Linhart named director of DMACC Honors Program

Laurie Linhart of Urbandale has been appointed as the Honors Program director at Des Moines Area Community College. She replaces Sarah Waddle, who has been the Honors Program director since the summer of 2013. DMACC’s Honors …

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D.M. schools, Principal win national energy award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy have given Des Moines Public Schools the Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence for Energy Management award for its comprehensive energy …

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April 17: Bizucation

Host: West Des Moines Chamber and West Des Moines Community Schools
About: This partnership between business and education — between the West Des Moines Chamber and West Des Moines Community Schools — is described as …

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Microsoft donates $45,000 to W.D.M. schools’ learning network

Microsoft Corp. has donated $45,000 to the West Des Moines School District, which the district will use to help expand the Project-Based Learning Network that it launched two years ago. The West Des Moines schools began the …

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Simpson debate team captures national title — again

Simpson College has won the national debate title for the second time in three years. After finishing as runner-up last year, Simpson defeated 81 colleges and universities at Tennessee State University in Nashville on March …