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Federal Home Loan Bank launches internship program

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines has partnered with Des Moines’ North High School to offer internship opportunities to students interested in careers in the financial services industry. Four North High interns, including …

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Loras College to start business school, seeks dean

Loras College in Dubuque announced today it is launching a business school that will begin accepting students for the fall 2018 semester. The Francis J. Noonan School of Business is named after the late Francis …

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Iowa Association of School Boards releases legislative agenda

The Iowa Association of School Boards expressed strong support for a legislative extension of the statewide penny sales tax for school infrastructure during its annual delegate assembly in Des Moines. More than 200 IASB delegates …

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Ripley named dean of DMU College of Osteopathic Medicine

Des Moines University has appointed Dr. Bret Ripley as dean of the university’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, effective Jan. 1. Ripley, chair of DMU’s Family and Internal Medicine Department since 2013, was named interim dean …

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Report card shows progress on Partnership’s 75/25 education goal

Greater Des Moines is making progress toward a regional goal to broaden the education level of its workforce, according to the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The Partnership released a report card on its Education Drives our Greater …

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New registered apprenticeship seeks career climbers

One of Iowa’s newest apprenticeship programs will enable participants to experience what it’s like to work hundreds of feet off the ground. Murphy Tower Service LLC, a Carlisle-based company, has developed a registered apprenticeship program …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: A new HR idea: Flexible public holidays

The music streaming service Spotify just implemented a new policy that will enable its workforce, which is made up of 90 nationalities and is based in countries all over the world, to select their own …

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ISU VP Gregory resigns

Kate Gregory, Iowa State University’s senior vice president for university services, will leave the university Nov. 22. Gregory, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, joined the university in July 2016 in a restructuring that followed …

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Registered apprenticeships up; events scheduled

Iowans can explore registered apprenticeship opportunities at events scheduled across the state Nov. 13-17. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation on Nov. 2 to recognize the purpose and value of registered apprenticeship training and to …

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Longtime Ames chemistry teacher named state Teacher of the Year

Ames High School chemistry teacher Aileen Sullivan is the 2018 Iowa Teacher of the Year, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday. Sullivan, 43, has taught at Ames High School since 1996 and is known for challenging …