Truman State University Announces Spring 2014 President's List

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (May 30, 2014) - Truman State University has released the Spring 2014 President's List. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 4.0 grade point average and must complete 12 semester hours of credit.

Area students include : Allison Fullenkamp, Exercise Science; Kayleen Green, History and Pre-Education/Secondary; and Scott McKillip, Business Administration - all from Davenport.

Truman State University Announces Spring 2014 Provost and Vice President List

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (May 30, 2014) - Truman State University has released the Spring 2014 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs List. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 3.50-3.99 grade point average and must complete 12 semester hours of credit.

Area students include : Simone Collins, Rock Island, Psychology and Pre-Education/Secondary; and William Daniel, Davenport, Business Administration.

Founded in 1867, Truman has the highest graduation rate among the state's public colleges and universities and approximately 50 percent of Truman students pursue an advanced degree immediately upon graduating. U.S. News & World Report has rated Truman as the No. 1 public university in the Midwest region for 17 consecutive years. The Princeton Review named Truman as the No. 9 best value college in the nation among public schools and Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine places Truman at No. 12 in the nation on its list of "100 Best Values in Public Colleges."

CHAMPAIGN, IL (05/29/2014)(readMedia)-- CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Geovanni Tlalpan of Silvis, Illinois, a recent graduate of the Ford ASSET Program at Parkland College, has been hired as entry-level service technician by Sexton Ford Sales in Moline.

About the Ford ASSET Program

The two-year Ford ASSET Program trains students to diagnose, service, and maintain Ford automotive products using recommended procedures, special tools, and Ford service publications. Classroom work and additional technical training combine with periods of real-world work experience to complete the training. Graduates of Parkland's program enter the workforce as entry-level service technicians with the same Ford Motor Co. certifications that a technician would receive by going to a Ford Training Center, for a fraction of the cost at private schools. Graduates also earn the Associate in Applied Science degree in Automotive Service Technology and often opt to transfer their earned credits toward a bachelor's degree.

Parkland College is a fully accredited public community college serving the needs of District 505, Illinois' third largest community college district. Offering 120+ degree and certificate options for career placement or academic transfer, Parkland has provided vocational/technical skills training and traditional academic instruction to more than 270,000 people since 1967. The mission of Parkland College is to engage the community in learning.

(DES MOINES) - Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today launched EducationLeadership.Iowa.gov, a website for the second Iowa Teacher and Principal Leadership Symposium, which will be held on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at the FFA Enrichment Center at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny. Featured speakers include Vivien Stewart from the Asia Society, Ee-Ling Low from the National Institute of Education in Singapore, and Barnett Berry from the Center for Teaching Quality. Also featured are Iowa's first 39 school districts to launch teacher leadership systems in 2014-15 as part of Iowa's landmark 2013 education reform package, two Iowa school districts - Central Decatur and Saydel - that started teacher leadership systems in 2013-14 with the help of a federal grant, and a student panel on the difference great teaching makes.

The event is open to the public, with the goal of attracting a broad cross section of Iowans, including educators, parents, school board members, business leaders and legislators. The website includes the agenda, speaker biographies, sponsors and information on how to register.

REGISTER NOW FOR THE IOWA TEACHER AND LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

The purpose of the symposium is to continue the public conversation about the critical role teacher and principal leadership will play as Iowans work to give students a world-class education.

  

"Iowa has many exceptional teachers, and the 2013 transformational education reform elevates the profession to a higher level by recognizing how teacher leadership can improve instruction to raise student achievement," said Branstad. "We look forward to learning from those who have started to experience the teacher leadership and compensation system as well as experts from outside Iowa who are steeped in this work."  

 

"We want to ensure the Teacher Leadership and Compensation System is as successful as possible, and the symposium is one way to continue the dialogue and make certain our children are prepared to be competitive in a global, knowledge-based economy," added Reynolds.

Click here to register for the symposium. Registration for the day is $30, with room for about 465 attendees.

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KENOSHA, WI (05/29/2014)(readMedia)-- Sarah Anderson of Moline, IL graduated from Carthage College on Sunday, May 25. A total of 602 students participated in the ceremony in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center Field House.

Established in 1847, Carthage is a college of the liberal arts and sciences affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Situated on the Lake Michigan shore, midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, the College enrolls 2,500 undergraduate students.