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Kaftan named superintendent of the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Iowa School for the Deaf

The Iowa Department of Education has announced Christopher Kaftan as the next superintendent for Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Iowa School for the Deaf. He is replacing John Cool, who …

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Drake University appoints Erik Maki as new dean of pharmacy college

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Drake University has selected long-time faculty member Erik Maki as the next dean of its College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Maki, who has been a professor at Drake since 2005 and is …

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Iowa education department awards nearly $6 million in grants for before- and after-school programming

The Iowa Department of Education awarded nearly $6 million in competitive Beyond the Bell grants to 67 Iowa schools to create, expand and sustain high-quality before-and-after school programs. The department announced in March it would …

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A Closer Look: Skylar Mayberry-Mayes

Skylar Mayberry-Mayes gives a lot of credit to the board game Monopoly for initiating his career in finance and real estate. He said he wasn’t planning to attend college as he prepared to graduate from …

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DMU president receives CASE Chief Executive Leadership Award

Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, was honored April 16 with the 2024 Chief Executive Leadership Award for District 6 of the Council …

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Roosevelt High School announces Hall of Fame inductees

The Theodore Roosevelt High School Foundation will induct three honorees into its Hall of Fame during an awards ceremony on Wednesday. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt auditorium. The 2024 …

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United Way of Central Iowa’s Stuff the Bus gathers books for Central Iowa children

United Way of Central Iowa will host its annual Stuff the Bus book drive from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 14 at Athene USA in West Des Moines. The event is part of …

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Gray named assistant dean at Ivy College of Business

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Natallia Gray has been named assistant dean at the Iowa State University Ivy College of Business, where she has been leading the college’s undergraduate initiatives in health care. Gray started her duties on …

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A Closer Look: Matt Reed

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, along with his wife, Ruth, founded the Harkin Institute in 2013 as a nonpartisan policy nonprofit focused on labor and employment, people with disabilities, retirement security, and wellness and nutrition. …

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Iowa awards grants for 2024 Summer Youth Internship Program

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced awards totaling $321,080 to help jumpstart six projects in Des Moines, Carroll, Indianola, Ankeny, Marshalltown and Mount Ayr that are projected to provide 115 summer internships to youths across Iowa. …

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