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Fashion-loving nurse becomes boutique owner in Coral Ridge Mall

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Christina Otte said her love of fashion began at an early age. Still, Otte obtained a nursing degree and trend-setting styles took a back seat to nurse’s scrubs as she pursued a …

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San Francisco Chronicle’s new editor youngest woman to lead major paper

Bizjournals.com: Hearst Newspapers announced Wednesday a new editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle: 37-year-old Audrey Cooper, the paper’s first female editor-in-chief in its 150-year history. Cooper is believed to also be the youngest woman to …

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A Light Lift: The most feminist moments of the 2015 Golden Globes


If the 2015 Golden Globes on Jan. 11 taught us anything, it’s that women’s stories matter — and that girls truly do rule. This year’s Globes gave us one awesome feminist moment after another. There were some less-than-ideal…
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Panel to focus on how to best engage women through social media

The Des Moines Social Media Club has organized an event for businesses interested in learning how to best engage women through social media channels. The event, scheduled Feb. 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., will …

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University of Iowa president to retire in August

University of Iowa President Sally Mason announced today that she will retire after eight years at the school’s helm. 

Mason, 64, became UI’s 20th president in August 2007, less than a year before the campus …

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Microsoft lags other tech companies in gender diversity

 

Microsoft Corp. last month released a report on the diversity of its workforce, and according to Fortune magazine, the company lags in gender diversity — both in overall workforce and in leadership.

 

Fortune in …

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Veridian Credit Union seeks directors for its board

 

Veridian Credit Union, based in Waterloo, is looking within its membership for candidates for its board of directors. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Feb. 6. Members will vote to elect new directors …

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Katie Stien to lead statewide travel group

Katie Stien, national sales manager at the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau and Des Moines Area Sports Commission, has been named volunteer president of the Iowa Group Travel Association board of directors. The …

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Speak Up: Why Harvard needs more women entrepreneurs

Forbes contributor Elaine Pofeldt drills into a study that finds a substantial number of female graduates of Harvard Business School are disappointed in their corporate careers. You’ll recognize the reasons.  Read more…

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Speak Up: Stop telling women to be more confident

Catalyst Librarian Cheryl Yanek suggests that instead of telling women the problem is they need to be more confident, maybe we should be asking why women are consistently held to higher standards than men. Read more…