Education

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 …

After two years of sharp declines in hiring, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) students are having more success landing jobs – and getting them earlier – than during the depths of the financial crisis, The …

The pace of downsizing remained virtually unchanged in May, as employers nationwide announced plans to cut 37,135 positions from their payrolls during the month. That figure is just 1.8 percent more than the 36,490 job …

Sen. Tom Harkin announced that Des Moines and Dubuque will receive $98,770 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Public Housing – Family Self Sufficiency Program.

The funding is designed to hire …