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ISU Extension offers free online programs for early literacy, language development

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Polk County is highlighting the importance of children’s early literacy and language development by offering two free online programs, both beginning in mid-April. The “Our Bookshelf” program helps parents …

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Guest commentary: Maybe you shouldn’t always ‘start with why’ when making strategic decisions

Submitted by Carl Vieregger, associate professor of management, Drake University

If you are like most executives and managers I know, you’re familiar with Simon Sinek’s bestseller, “Start With Why.” (If not, his TED Talk is …

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Iowa Senate passes school radon testing and mitigation act

The Iowa Senate today passed HF 2412, the Gail Orcutt School Radon Safety Act, which would require all Iowa public schools to test their attendance centers for radon and if necessary, mitigate radon in their schools. …

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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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