14 Mar 2025

Upper Iowa University Celebrates Giving Days

By Lynette Brandt

FAYETTE, IOWA (March 14, 2025) — Upper Iowa University (UIU) will celebrate its ninth annual Giving Days on Tuesday, March 25, and Wednesday, March 26, 2025. This exciting event provides alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends of the University the opportunity to positively impact future UIU students' lives. Adding to the excitement, National Peacock Day also falls on March 25, making it the perfect time to show our UIU pride.

13 Mar 2025

Monmouth College Art Exhibition is an Opportunity to Talk about Türkiye

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 13, 2025) — To be "in flux" is an expression that means something is in a state of constant change or instability.

For Türkiye — where even the official spelling of the country's name changed in 2021 — much of that instability is near its borders.

12 Mar 2025

Augustana College Surveying Women on Maternal Health-Care in the Quad Cities

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 12, 2025) — Augustana College’s Center for the Advancement of Community Health and Wellness is leading a project to better understand maternal health experiences and outcomes for women in the Quad Cities. 

Women between the ages of 18-45 who have been pregnant within the past two years are invited to take part in the survey.

11 Mar 2025

Augustana College Celebrates "Shades of Beauty" March 16

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 11, 2025) — Media are invited to Augustana College’s Shades of Beauty event 1-4PM, March 16, at the Gävle Rooms of the Gerber Center for Student Life.

11 Mar 2025

Rocky Vista University Welcomes Leadership Dixie for Exclusive Campus Tour

By Chris Olson

IVINS, UTAH (March 11, 2025) — Rocky Vista University (RVU) was honored to be a featured stop on Leadership Dixie's Education Day, providing participants an in-depth look at its innovative medical-education programs and commitment to health-care excellence. Leadership Dixie, a prestigious community-education program, has been developing informed and dynamic leaders for Washington County since 1998.

10 Mar 2025

Dom DeLaPaz Dominates for Dutch in Florida Baseball Opener

By Joseph Flaherty

AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA (March 10, 2025) — Designated hitter Dom DeLaPaz (senior, Davenport, West HS) had two home runs and six RBI to lead the Central College baseball team an eighteen-to-six win over Bethany College (West Virginia) Sunday afternoon to start the spring break week trip in Florida.

It was the first career multi-home-run game for DeLaPaz and a new career-high for RBI in a game. He also tied the school record for RBI in a game.

10 Mar 2025

Counting Down the Speakers: Monmouth College Class of '25 to Hear from Country Music's Lon Helton ('72)

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILINOIS (March 10, 2025) — During their four years on campus, Monmouth College's Class of 2025 has had the opportunity to hear some outstanding Commencement speakers.

Their freshman year, it was Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor, a 1997 Monmouth graduate. The next year featured former Congressman and presidential candidate Dick Gephardt. Last year, it was actress Sigourney Weaver and her husband, writer/director Jim Simpson.

07 Mar 2025

Eastern Iowa Community College and AAUW Host Legislative Forums for Community Engagement

By Elle Sweborg

BETTENDORF, IOWA (March 7, 2025) — Eastern Iowa Community College, in collaboration with the American Association of University Women (AAUW), is pleased to announce the second of two legislative forums designed to foster open dialogue and collaboration among community members and legislators.

The second forum is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, 10AM-12PM, also featuring a social hour, 10-10:30AM at the same location. Enter through the Welcome Center.

07 Mar 2025

Augustana College Swears in Officer Craig Weeks

By Nicole Lauer

Officers Ryan Tone, Craig Weeks, and Braden Frazelle with Augustana Chief of Police Tom Phillis (second from right)

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 7, 2025) — Augustana College promoted Public Safety Officer Craig Weeks to sworn officer of Augustana’s Office of Police and Public Safety March 5.

05 Mar 2025

Bettendorf STEM Expo Features FUN Activities for Kids, Saturday, March 8

By Celeste Miller

BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 25, 2025) — Join us for the Bett STEM Expo on Saturday, March 8, 10AM-1PM, at Bettendorf Middle School (2030 Middle Rd, Bettendorf).

This free event features over thirty hands-on exhibits in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) designed for kids and families to explore and learn together.

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