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A Closer Look: Jim Hayes

Jim Hayes recently completed his first year as executive director of the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center, where he is also the spiritual director. He succeeded Ellery Duke, who retired in late 2016 after more …

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Drake hires Gerhard as liberal arts dean

Drake University has named Gesine Gerhard dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. Gerhard will succeed Joe Lenz, who on June 30 will step out of his role as dean and into a …

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Drake Law School team wins national arbitration competition

Drake University Law School’s team was crowned national champion at the American Bar Association Law School Division Arbitration Competition held Jan. 20 in Chicago. The team consisted of second-year student Olivia Brooks and third-year students …

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Waukee’s Showalter wins STEM Teacher Award

Holly Showalter, medical and bioscience research instructor at Waukee APEX, has won the I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award sponsored by Kemin Industries. The award was created in 2014 to recognize innovation. The acronym I.O.W.A. stands for …

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Rasmussen family donates $1.5 million to Grand View University

Grand View University announced today that it has received a $1.5 million gift to create the James E. Rasmussen and Duane M. Skow Chair in Pastoral Excellence at Grand View University. 

Through the gift from …

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Computer science task force begins work

An Iowa Department of Education task force has begun meeting to formulate computer science standards for Iowa’s schools. The Computer Science Standards Review Team, established as part of Senate File 274 enacted last year, met …

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NOTEBOOK: Services help with college application

Tuition and room/board at a top Ivy League university now run about $65,000 a year. Add in books, travel back to Iowa a few times a year, a mom-and-dad-funded spring break trip — and your …

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Reynolds: Hold off on UNI, ISU, Iowa construction projects

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Construction cranes that often dot the skylines at Iowa’s public university campuses could be seen less often under a budget proposal made this week by Gov. Kim Reynolds. She said legislators should zero …

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ISU to expand apprenticeships for youths with disabilities

Iowa State University this year will expand a program that helps youths with disabilities gain hands-on work experience — continuing the university’s leadership with an international program that hasn’t seen many internship sites in higher …

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Brookings report: Student debt crisis worse than we thought

As bad as the U.S. student debt problem appears today, it will likely be much worse five years from now, according to a report released today by the Brookings Institution.

Currently, at almost $1.4 trillion in …