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ISU researchers build app to connect excess food with those in need

A research team at Iowa State University is developing a mobile-friendly app to enable restaurants, grocery stores and individuals to post information about excess food they have to donate. Likewise, those in need will be …
By BPC Staff | Mar 7, 2018
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ISU students to compete in ‘pitch-off’-style contest Tuesday evening

Thirty-five Iowa State University students will have 90 seconds each to persuade the judges to buy in to their business on Tuesday evening. Seven competing students have already competed at the first College-by-College Pitch Off …
By BPC Staff | Mar 6, 2018
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Kaplan University to become Purdue Global

Corridor Business Journal: Kaplan University will officially become Purdue University Global after receiving final approval from the Higher Learning Commission, Purdue officials announced. Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Ind., last April announced its decision to …
By BPC Staff | Mar 6, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: A few nuggets from Iowa’s Condition of Education Report

For the sixth consecutive year, total enrollment has increased in Iowa’s public schools, following a 17-year decline, according to the recently released Annual Condition of Education Report by the Iowa Department of Education. There were …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 6, 2018
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DMACC expands apprenticeships program

DMACC is expanding 22 pre-apprenticeship programs after seeing a rise in enrollment from Central Iowa high school students. This year, 2,350 high school students are enrolled at work-based/pre-apprenticeship programs hosted at DMACC or high school campuses, …
By BPC Staff | Mar 2, 2018
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ISU student construction chapter named No. 1 in U.S.

Iowa State University was honored today as having the nation’s most outstanding student construction chapter of 2017 by the Associated General Contractors of America during its annual convention in New Orleans. The chapter was given …
By BPC Staff | Feb 28, 2018
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ISU proposes real estate grad degree

Iowa State University’s Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business has proposed a master’s degree in real estate science, a joint effort with the College of Design.

The degree, to be considered by the Board …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Feb 28, 2018
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Registration open for Business Horizons 2018

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation is now accepting applications for Business Horizons, a weeklong college and career summer program for high school students. During the week, participants gain unique hands-on experience in …
By BPC Staff | Feb 28, 2018
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A Closer Look: Wendy Wintersteen

Iowa State University’s first female president began her career with the university nearly 40 years ago as an extension specialist in integrated pest management. As dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Feb 27, 2018
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Paustian wins another book award

Author Tony Paustian, provost of Des Moines Area Community College’s campus in West Des Moines, has won a silver medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards for his book “A Quarter Million Steps: Creativity, Imagination and Leading Transformative …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 23, 2018