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Iowa Department of Education announces $1.7M in grants for high schoolers pursuing industry credentials

The Iowa Department of Education announced $1.7 million in Credentials to Careers grants to support high school students earning industry-recognized credentials. The funds can be used by school districts to cover the costs of career …

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Applications for Bank of America’s Student Leaders program close Jan. 17

The 2024 application for Bank of America’s Student Leaders paid internship program is open through Jan. 17. The national program places 300 selected students in an eight-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization, and …

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Vision 2024 trends to watch

The Business Record works every day to find the pulse that’s driving business news throughout our state and to make sense of it and provide you, our audience, a variety of perspectives. Our newsroom aims …

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CIRAS adding supports for construction sector with new 5-year grant

The U.S. Economic Development Administration has chosen the Center for Industrial Research and Service to continue its role in the national University Center program. According to a news release, the designation, along with a five-year …

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Polk County Board of Supervisors awards $100,000 grant for construction of DMACC Transportation Institute

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has granted a $100,000 Community Development Grant to support the construction of the new Des Moines Area Community College Transportation Institute. The facility, part of a $9 million project, …

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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 …