22 Aug 2019

School and City Elections Held on Same Day Beginning This Year; Candidate Filing Starts Monday

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 22, 2019) — City and school elections will be conducted simultaneously this year, on Tuesday, November 5. A law passed by the Iowa Legislature in 2017 ended the long-standing tradition of holding school board elections in September. 

Secretary of State Paul Pate hopes the combined elections will increase voter-participation.

22 Aug 2019

University of Dubuque Awarded $47,048 Grant to Purchase New Autoclave

By Stacey Ortman

DUBUQUE, IOWA (August 22, 2019) — University of Dubuque was awarded $47,048 from the Roy J Carver Charitable Trust to purchase a new autoclave that will primarily support UD’s biology and nursing programs as well as student-faculty research.

19 Aug 2019

STEM Council and Kemin Industries Open Teacher Award Nominations

By Lindy Ibeling

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 19, 2019) — The 

15 Aug 2019

Local Students Earn Degrees from Millikin University

By Dane Lisser

DECATUR, ILLINOIS (August 15, 2019) — More than 300 students earned degrees from Millikin University during the University's 115th commencement ceremony on May 19, 2019. Millikin's Spring 2019 commencement ceremony was held at the Decatur Civic Center in Decatur, Illinois.

Anna Masengarb of Muscatine, Iowa, earned a Bachelor of Science.

Delphine Iragena of Silvis, Illinois, earned a Bachelor of Science.

14 Aug 2019

Wheaton College (Illinois) Congratulates Class of 2019 Graduates

By Emily Bratcher

WHEATON, ILLINOIS (08/13/2019) — Wheaton College (Illinois) congratulates the class of 2019 graduates. Wheaton College graduates join a worldwide network of 45,000 alumni. Learn more at alumni.wheaton.edu.

The following students are from your coverage area:

Claire Waterman of Davenport, Iowa (52803), graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Art with a Community Art & Missions concentration.

12 Aug 2019

East Moline Native Justin Verlinden Completes Prestigious Research Center Internship

By Ashleigh Johnston

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 12, 2019) — Augustana College student Justin Verlinden of East Moline, Illinois, completed a presitigous research internship at the Baylor College of Medicine. He took part in testing novel brain-imaging methods as part of a larger Alzheimer's Disease research project taking place in the lab.

Verlinden, who is majoring in neuroscience and biology, will be a senior this fall.

06 Aug 2019

Monmouth College English Professor Says Toni Morrison's Works "Are Needed More Than Ever"

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 6, 2019) — The voice and writings of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison are more vital than ever.

That's the assessment of Monmouth College English professor Marlo Belschner, who wrote her master's degree thesis on Morrison.

Morrison died Monday at the age of 88.

06 Aug 2019

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Launches New Web Series to Teach Children Internet Safety

By Christine Barndt

 

06 Aug 2019

Missouri University of Science and Technology Announces Honors List

By link@iafalls.com

ROLLA, MISSOURI (August 5, 2019) — Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Spring 2019 semester.        To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0.       

05 Aug 2019

UW-Madison Announces Spring Graduates

By Mike Klein

MADISON. WISCONSIN (August 5, 2019) — Nearly 7,000 students received degrees during the University of Wisconsin-Madison's spring commencement ceremonies, May 10-11, 2019. The ceremony for doctoral, MFA and Medical Degree graduates was May 10 at the Kohl Center, bachelor's, master's and law graduates received their degrees May 11 at Camp Randall.

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