WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (November 17, 2025) — Aiden Fleetwood from Bettendorf, Iowa, who is studying Arts and Science AAS at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is part of the men's wheelchair basketball team for the 2025-26 season.

The UW-Whitewater men's wheelchair basketball program is a club sport that competes nationally. The Warhawks have won fourteen national championships since 1982, most recently in 2024 and including a three-peat in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Robert Robison of Island Lake, Illinois, shown here in a scene from last year's production of Love/SIck, will play the role of George Gibbs in Our Town

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 13, 2025) — Every day of the year, Thornton Wilder's Our Town is performed somewhere in the US.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (November 12, 2025) — Three faculty members from Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences were awarded the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine inaugural Compassionate Community Grant.

The grant program, launched in connection with the Educating Leaders 2025 Friday Forum, provides small grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to pre-accredited and accredited Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine to spark actionable culture change.

PELLA, IOWA (November 12, 2025) — Central College will introduce a new multimedia design major beginning in Fall 2026.

"In today's digital-first world, captivating an audience requires a powerful blend of artistry and technical skill across many industries," says Mat Kelly, who holds the Kenneth J Weller Distinguished Professorship of the Liberal Arts and serves as chair of the department of visual and performing arts.