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A Closer Look: Skylar Mayberry-Mayes

Skylar Mayberry-Mayes gives a lot of credit to the board game Monopoly for initiating his career in finance and real estate. He said he wasn’t planning to attend college as he prepared to graduate from …

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DMU president receives CASE Chief Executive Leadership Award

Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, was honored April 16 with the 2024 Chief Executive Leadership Award for District 6 of the Council …

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Roosevelt High School announces Hall of Fame inductees

The Theodore Roosevelt High School Foundation will induct three honorees into its Hall of Fame during an awards ceremony on Wednesday. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt auditorium. The 2024 …

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United Way of Central Iowa’s Stuff the Bus gathers books for Central Iowa children

United Way of Central Iowa will host its annual Stuff the Bus book drive from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 14 at Athene USA in West Des Moines. The event is part of …

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Gray named assistant dean at Ivy College of Business

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Natallia Gray has been named assistant dean at the Iowa State University Ivy College of Business, where she has been leading the college’s undergraduate initiatives in health care. Gray started her duties on …

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A Closer Look: Matt Reed

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, along with his wife, Ruth, founded the Harkin Institute in 2013 as a nonpartisan policy nonprofit focused on labor and employment, people with disabilities, retirement security, and wellness and nutrition. …

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Iowa awards grants for 2024 Summer Youth Internship Program

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced awards totaling $321,080 to help jumpstart six projects in Des Moines, Carroll, Indianola, Ankeny, Marshalltown and Mount Ayr that are projected to provide 115 summer internships to youths across Iowa. …

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Drake University unveils new teacher intern program

Drake University’s School of Education announced April 11 the introduction of a new Teacher Intern Program. The program will allow individuals with a bachelor’s degree in another field and three years of post-bachelor work experience …

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IWD awards Registered Apprenticeship grants

Iowa Workforce Development has announced new awards for its annual Registered Apprenticeship grants. The grant funds, which involve two different programs, will support both existing and new programs in Registered Apprenticeship. Approximately $3.6 million total …

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Iowa education department awards $1.7 million in grants to help students earn industry-recognized credentials

The Iowa Department of Education recently awarded over $1.7 million in competitive grants to 20 Iowa school districts, including the districts of Johnston, Waukee and Indianola, to align secondary career and technical education programs with …