DES MOINES – Thousands of elementary, middle school and high school students across Iowa participated in Secretary of State Paul Pate’s 2017 Iowa Youth Straw Poll on Wednesday. The Straw Poll is an exercise designed to inspire civic engagement among Iowa’s youth and give them a feel for how the electoral process works.

AMES, Iowa (October 31, 2017) - The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University has awarded more than 2,250 scholarships to students for the 2017-18 academic year. The college and its departments award more than $3 million in scholarships each year. Students interested in applying for scholarships should go to https://www.scholarships.cals.iastate.edu for more information and deadlines.

AMES, IA (10/28/2017)-- Please Note: These students are more recent additions to a release that was originally published on Oct. 18.

Iowa State University announces scholarships awarded by the College of Human Science to graduate students for the 2017-18 academic year.

Matthew Jefferson of Andalusia, IL (61232), has received the Catharine Maurice Carroll Graduate Scholarship. Jefferson is a graduate student studying kinesiology.

Celebrates the positive impact of quality after-school programs

SPRINGFIELD (Oct. 25, 2017) — Noting the importance of student learning extending beyond school hours, Gov. Bruce Rauner today proclaimed Oct. 26, 2017, as Lights On Afterschool Day in Illinois.

He was joined by officials from ACT Now Coalition and the Springfield Urban League to recognize the importance of student learning beyond the school day.