Education

Des Moines Independent Community School District announced that Thomas Ahart will serve as the district’s associate superintendent of teaching and learning. Ahart’s responsibilities will include overseeing childhood education, special education, and gifted and talented programs. …

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Foundation has announced the graduation of the Leadership Iowa class of 2010-11. A graduation ceremony was held last week in Dubuque during ABI’s annual Taking Care of …

Des Moines Area Community College will host the fourth annual DMACC CEO Golf Invitational June 21 at the Talons of Tuscany in Ankeny. About 120 golfers are expected for the event, including DMACC President Rob …

Kristi Knous, who was recently promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, was elected to a committee for Midwest Housing Equity Group Inc. (MHEG).

Knous will serve …

The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines announced that Kristi Knous has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of the organization, effective July 1.

Knous was promoted from her position of vice president …

Suku Radia, president and CEO of Bankers Trust Co., is among six people elected to lifetime positions with the Iowa State University Foundation, which provides volunteer and financial support to the university. Also elected governors …

AIB College of Business will have a groundbreaking ceremony at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday for a $1.5 million expansion of its 12-year-old activities center. Construction is expected to be completed this fall on additional locker rooms, …

Des Moines Roosevelt High School ranks No. 2 in the state when it comes to preparing students for post-secondary education, according to the High School Challenge index released by The Washington Post. The newspaper began …