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Buena Vista University, United Bank of Iowa form strategic partnership

Buena Vista University and United Bank of Iowa have entered into a strategic partnership to provide educational benefits to the bank’s 330 employees. The collaboration offers grant funding that will reduce the costs of classes …

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Drake College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences announces upcoming retirement of dean

After more than three decades working in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, including the last eight years as dean, Renae Chesnut will step down from her deanship on Jan. 31, 2024, completing …

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Drake University providing management services to Iowa HOSA

Drake University is partnering with the Iowa chapter of HOSA Future Health Professionals, formerly Health Occupations Students of America, in an effort to help reshape the landscape of health sciences education in the state. Through …

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Portion of former DMU campus to house shared regional health care training facility

A press conference was held Tuesday to announce a collaboration to establish a regional health care simulation center on the former Des Moines University campus, located at 3200 Grand Ave. Pictured from left is Adreain…
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Applications open for DMACC TechWise program

The deadline to apply for the third cohort of Des Moines Area Community College’s TechWise program, which is scheduled to begin in March 2024, is Jan. 9, 2024. The training is free, and all students …

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Iowa State University offers accounting analytics master’s degree program online

The Iowa State University Ivy College of Business is now offering an online Master of Accounting Analytics program that will be available full time or part time to accounting professionals and alumni who have recently …

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Mayberry-Mayes named executive director of Grand View’s Jacobson Institute

Grand View University has hired Skylar Mayberry-Mayes as executive director of the Jacobson Institute. Mayberry-Mayes most recently served as senior strategist of the Principal Foundation and community relations at Principal Financial Group. He is also …

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$1.1 million raised for Roosevelt innovation, learning center

An Innovation and Learning Center will replace Des Moines Roosevelt High School’s existing library, which was built in 1962. Demolition of the library space will begin this month and construction of the new Innovation and…
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By Degrees Foundation’s asset-building program supports long-term saving for post-secondary education

Engaging students with their options for post-secondary education and the workforce as early as kindergarten has been part of the By Degrees Foundation’s philosophy since its founding in 1990.

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The education nonprofit, formerly …

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Indianola, Simpson College launch committee to enhance community partnerships

Simpson College and the city of Indianola have formed the Indianola-Simpson Town and Gown Committee to find new ways to enhance and expand community partnerships, according to a news release. The committee, led by co-chairs …