Lisa Lacher, director of media relations and public relations at Drake University, will resign to accept a position Strategic America, a local advertising and public relations agency. Lacher, who has served as Drake’s director of …
The Des Moines Public Charter School Foundation has received a $50,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Leadership Circle.
The Leadership Circle granted the foundation $200,000 in 2010 for start-up costs. The …
Volunteer mentors are needed for the Post-Secondary Education Retention Program being launched by Iowa Homeless Youth Centers. Beginning this summer, 10 youths will be accepted and enrolled in college through the program, which seeks to …
As recent college graduates prepare to enter the job market, those who graduated with an engineering-related degree should be in good shape to earn a high salary over their lifetime, with business majors not far …
Submittal Exchange of Waukee and ITAGroup Inc. of West Des Moines have been named winners of the 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces competition sponsored by Inc. magazine and Winning Workplaces. The annual contest recognizes the …
The loss of top performers is of growing concern to employers in the Midwest, according to a report by Right Management Inc. A survey of 700 U.S. companies found that 30 percent of respondents expect …
The University of Iowa is putting added emphasis on leveraging its strengths outside the school’s Iowa City borders.
The university’s strategic plan for 2010 through 2016 lists public outreach as a goal. Included in that …
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will receive a U.S. Department of Labor grant to fund its YouthBuild Program, Sen. Tom Harkin announced.Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) will receive a U.S. Department of Labor …
William Penn University’s College for Working Adults will send off hundreds of buckets of food, school supplies, notes and clothing to children in Afghanistan tomorrow.
Headed by university instructor Rob Elgin, volunteers and local businesses …
The Iowa Small Business Development Centers recently elected four members to its state advisory board: Maureen Elbert, Kirsten Running, Pat Grassley and Kristin Kunert.
Elbert is the executive director for Kossuth and Palo Alto Economic …
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