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Drake collaboration for higher education sustainability gets $10M from Lilly Endowment

A collaboration among Drake University, Valparaiso University, the University of Evansville and North Central College received a total of $10 million in grant funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. through the third phase of its initiative …
By BPC Staff | Mar 26, 2021
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Iowa House passes bill easing creation of charter schools, after contentious debate

Des Moines Register: After a chaotic night of debate interrupted by an emergency committee meeting and an unsuccessful call for a public hearing, the Iowa House voted early this morning to create a new method of …
By BPC Staff | Mar 25, 2021
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Altoona students go deep to win Hy-Vee KidsFit squat challenge

You can’t say students at Clay Elementary School in Altoona don’t know squat about beating the competition. They have out-squatted everyone in the Midwest to win Hy-Vee’s KidsFit February Squat Challenge. According to a news …
By BPC Staff | Mar 24, 2021
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Drake to expand supervisory leadership program this spring

Drake University is expanding a virtual certificate course in supervisory leadership in the upcoming spring semester, after conducting a successful pilot of the program with an initial cohort of students this past fall.

The Supervisory …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 23, 2021
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Drake’s Griff Gives Back pet food drive begins Monday

The sixth annual Griff Gives Back pet food drive will begin Monday and run through April 24. This is Drake mascot Griff II’s first year at the helm of the effort to collect adult dog and cat …
By BPC Staff | Mar 19, 2021
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Iowa Bankers Association names Student Athlete Achievement Award winners

Four Iowa high school seniors received a 2021 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award during the Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament last week in Des Moines. One student from each class received …
By BPC Staff | Mar 18, 2021
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Applications now open for Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program Expansion Grant

Applications are now open for the Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program Expansion grant, a funding opportunity to support the expansion of Quality Pre-Apprenticeship programs, Iowa Workforce Development announced this week. The maximum award amount is $20,400, and …
By BPC Staff | Mar 18, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Drake’s Griff II gets limited-edition bobblehead

Bulldogs are known for being lazy but fierce, loving and protective, and having an insatiable appetite for both food and life.

But how about having their own bobblehead?

When I learned that Griff II, Drake …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Mar 16, 2021
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Foundation extends health care scholarship deadline to April 15

The application deadline for health care scholarships from the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation has been extended to April 15. A subsidiary of the Iowa Hospital Association, the foundation will award 60 health care …
By BPC Staff | Mar 15, 2021
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Iowa high schools encouraged to conduct voter registration drives

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging Iowa high schools to conduct voter registration drives on March 30. The date coincides with the 50th anniversary of Iowa ratifying the 26th Amendment to the U.S. …
By BPC Staff | Mar 11, 2021