FAYETTE, IOWA (October 14, 2021) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its August 2021 graduates:

Davenport, IA — Leigh Cornell, Teacher Leadership Emphasis major;

Milan, IL — Julia Dawson, General Management Emphasis major;

CLINTON, IOWA (October 14, 2021) — Don DoucetteChancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), will retire on July 1, 2022, at the end of his current employment contract. Doucette has served as chancellor since July 2011. The EICC Board of Trustees plans to conduct a national search for his successor.

DES MOINES, Iowa (October 14, 2021) — The following local students graduated from Drake University at the end of the spring 2021 semester.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR(S)

Bettendorf, IA

Meghan Dixon, Bachelor of Science, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied

Le Claire, IA

Lindsey Swanson, Master of Business Administration, Business Administration

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (October 14, 2021) — Morgan Galloway, a native of Muscatine, Iowa, and graduate of Muscatine High School, will compete for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's swimming and diving team during the 2021-22 season, which begins this Saturday.

FAYETTE, IOWA (October 14, 2021) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its July 2021 graduates. The honored students included:

Davenport, IA Jazmynn Arensdorf, Human Resources Mgmt Emphasis major;

CLINTON, IOWA (October 12, 2021) — With an eye on the future and supporting career and technical education training throughout the region, Clinton Community College (CCC), an Eastern Iowa Community Colleges campus, is celebrating the start of construction for the Career and Technical Education Center on Wednesday, October 20, 10AM, 1210 11th Ave S, Clinton, IA.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 11, 2021) — In 1987, Monmouth College literature and language professor Israel Rolon-Barada had a magical moment. While pursuing his master's degree at Georgetown University, he attended a talk given by Spanish author Carmen Laforet. The event would change the course of his academic life and Laforet's literary legacy.

The Central College 2021 Homecoming Court, from left to right: Terry Hefel, Megan Reem, Cassidy Frana, Thomas Spoehr, Brayden Egli and John Zeitler.

PELLA, IOWA (October 8, 2021) — Megan Reem of Davenport, Iowa, was selected to the Homecoming court at Central College on Friday, October 1.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (October 8, 2021) — Lisa Truong of Davenport, Iowa, is a member of the University of Iowa's Homecoming 2021 executive council, a collection of 17 student leaders whose responsibility is to collaborate with the entire UI campus and Iowa City community to plan and execute activities that span seven days and culminate in the annual Homecoming Parade.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (October 7, 2021) — A University of Iowa student team that includes Sydney Prochaska of Bettendorf, Iowa, recently placed among the top entries in an international competition called the Fulbright Canada Post-COVID Challenge.

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