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The Greater Des Moines Partnership will participate in a new national program to help strengthen chamber of commerce partnerships with community colleges and organizations to increase the number of people of color who earn credentials …
The state’s Artisanal Butchery Task Force is recommending the creation of a one-year artisanal butchery certificate program at the state’s community colleges. The task force was created during the 2021 legislative session to explore the …
Athene USA announced that the application period is now open for its 2022 Game Changers Scholars Program. Now in its second year, the program has been expanded and will award $80,000 in scholarships annually through …
Across the country, the number of first-year Black students in medical schools is up 21%, I read in a piece from GBH News. Representation among physicians is important, experts say, because statistics show it leads to …
Having grown up in the Mondamin Presidential neighborhood in Des Moines, Abena Rudison-Imhotep lived close to the Drake University campus. However, three decades ago, when she was a young girl in the once-redlined area of …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Protesters opposing mask requirements for students threatened to sue the Cedar Rapids school board if it does not repeal the mandate. Many protesters showed up at Monday’s school board meeting in matching T-shirts …
After moving around in both childhood and career, Peter Dorhout returned to a familiar place when he accepted the position of vice president of research at Iowa State University. He started the role in January …
Drake University will host its 151st commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Knapp Center. The university will award 363 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Masks are required for all attendees in compliance with …
Architectural technologies students at Des Moines Area Community College have a new and seamless path to earning a Bachelor of Architecture degree and pursuing a career as an architect through an articulation agreement recently signed …
The number of rural children enrolled in after-school programs has dropped nationally compared with a previous tally seven years ago, according to a new study released today by the Afterschool Alliance, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. Eleven percent …
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