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Supreme Court rules in anti-retaliation case

The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered the ability of employees to sue for retaliation, ruling in favor of a man who was fired after his fiancée complained about alleged sex discrimination at the same company, Bloomberg …

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Reich, former secretary of labor, will speak at Drake

Robert Reich, who served as secretary of labor in the Clinton administration and now teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak at 6 p.m. Feb. 2 in Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium in Old …

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Celebrate small wins


It is time to say goodbye to a difficult decade that began with the tragedy of 9/11 and the rise in terrorism and closed with the Great Recession and polarized political perspectives. In order to …

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A Closer Look: Rona Berinobis


Where are you from?

I’m originally from Honolulu, Hawaii; I was born there and moved to Iowa in the early ’60s. My father is Hawaiian, and my mother is Irish, from Waterloo. So when they …

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Principal donates $2.5 million to Drake campaign

Principal Financial Group Inc. will donate $2.5 million over the next five years to Drake University as part of the school’s distinctlyDrake $200 million fund-raising campaign.

Drake will change the name of its Center for …

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Drake exhibit opens today

A Drake University exhibit titled “Young Adult Identity and Consumption in Urban China” opens today at the university’s Cowles Library, 2507 University Ave.

The exhibit is designed to teach about Chinese young adults as consumers …

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Leadership Institute kicks off networking series

The first installment of the 2011 Daybreak Leadership: A Leadership Breakfast and Networking Series from the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute (GDMLI) will discuss the Greater Des Moines legislative update from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. …

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Maxwell receives executive leader award

David Maxwell, president of Drake University, received a Chief Executive Leader Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, a professional association that includes more than 3,400 colleges and universities, primary …

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Nine Iowa Credit Union execs join Global Women’s Leadership Network


Nine executives from the Iowa Credit Union League and its affiliated organizations are new enrollees into the Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), an international education and advocacy group created in 2009 by the World Council …

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Revitalize ethics


In 2004, shaken by one of the most scandal-ridden periods in American history, I co-wrote a book titled “The Transparent Leader.” We championed doing the right thing as a way of building an ethical foundation …