DUBUQUE, IOWA (August 28, 2026) — After several years of significant growth and change, this academic year the University of Dubuque (UD) implemented a recalibrated Office of Academic Affairs structure that will enhance both longstanding and new programs. The recalibration moved UD from one seminary, one college, and seventeen departments to one seminary, two colleges, and five schools.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (August 27, 2026) — Hannah Highberger of Bettendorf, Iowa, a recent graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, is among 41 incoming first-year students selected to join the Nebraska Business Honors Academy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall. Comprising the academy's fourteenth cohort, the students hail from eight US states and sixteen Nebraska communities.

Highberger is majoring in accounting.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 25, 2026) — Augustana College’s Bachelor of Science degree program in Engineering has been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, a non-profit, ISO 9001-certified quality-assurance organization. Through the accreditation of academic programs, recognition of credentials, and assessment of student learning, ABET supports excellence in education worldwide. The accreditation is effective October 1, 2024.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (August 24, 2026) — The University of Dubuque has received official approval from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) to offer a Master of Arts in industrial and organizational psychology. Launching this fall, the program will prepare students for professional service, leadership, and transformation in the workplace through the study of hiring and selection, training, performance, motivation, work design, organizational development, and consumer behavior.