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Wellmark Foundation, Drake establish employee health care scholarships for Bright College

The Wellmark Foundation and Drake University announced today they will fund two-year scholarships for local health care employees or their family members through the new John Dee Bright Wellmark Health Care Appreciation Scholarship. The organizations …

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Grand View pays $3.1 million for former Eastgate property

Grand View University has purchased 17 acres of the former Eastgate Plaza site, paying $3.1 million for the northeast Des Moines property, Polk County real estate records show.

“We are excited to acquire the Eastgate …

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Workplace learning program focuses on teachers to help close labor gap

Educators and students from several schools in the Northeast Iowa Community College region participate in a Worksite Exploratory Event at Zip’s in New Hampton that was coordinated by the Iowa Intermediary Network. Photo submitted by Iowa …

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Wartburg College hires first female president

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Wartburg College has hired its first-ever female president after a five-month search. Rebecca Neiduski, formerly the dean of the School of Health Sciences at Elon University in North Carolina, was introduced Monday. She …

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State awards $500,000 to train teachers in computer science

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education announced Tuesday more than $500,000 in awards from the Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund to train K-12 teachers in public and private schools to teach computer …

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Grand View University names Keck as 14th president

For the first time in its 125-year history, Grand View University’s president will be a woman.

Rachelle Keck, currently president of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, was announced today as the 14th president of the …

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Urbandale High students recognized for documentary in C-SPAN StudentCam contest

Three Urbandale High School students received national recognition by C-SPAN in the nonprofit cable network’s 2022 StudentCam competition. The students, seniors Luis Jimenez, Will Schumacher and Cody Iwig, were awarded an Honorable Mention and a …

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Des Moines Art Center partners with By Degrees Foundation on youth art program

The Des Moines Art Center and the By Degrees Foundation are piloting a youth art program with corporate support from the Principal Foundation. The “My Voice” program will offer 12 students from three Des Moines …

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$2M in federal funding to expand Iowa College and Career Transition Counselor program

Iowa’s community colleges will receive $2 million in federal funding for the College and Career Transition Counselor program, which will enable the colleges to expand the program. The community project funding, part of the omnibus spending bill …

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Boys’ basketball student-athlete scholarships announced by IBA

Four Iowa high school seniors received a 2022 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award during the Iowa High School Boys Basketball State Tournament on Friday in Des Moines. One student from each class received …