MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI (June 27, 2024) — Drew Micek, of Bettendorf, Iowa, was named to the Mississippi State University (MSU) Spring 2024 Deans' List.

Micek is among 2,364 students who attained this honor.

To be named to the Deans' List, a student must have achieved a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least twelve semester hours of coursework with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 27, 2024) — Nine young apprentices from the Quad Cities have spent the past several weeks writing and shooting two original short films at Augustana College as part of the Quad City Arts’ Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program. The students are under the direction of Augustana Associate Professor Stacy Barton.

LAMONI, IOWA (June 27, 2024) — Graceland University has announced the Spring 2024 graduation list. Graduates from around the country and the world have been recognized for earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from Graceland University between December 14, 2023, through April 28, 2024.

Kyla Cox of Moline

Camry Dillie of Davenport

Alec Gelande of Le Claire

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (June 27, 2024) — Former Cedar Rapids Community School District Superintendent, Dr Dave Markward, sits down to talk about his stirring and enlightening memoir with local thought leader and civil-rights advocate, Karl Cassell. This program commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.