DES MOINES, IOWA (October 16, 2024) — Fifteen Iowa community-college presidents met Wednesday, September 25, in Des Moines to approve the Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee admission agreement with the Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative that aims to streamline the transfer process for Iowa community college and qualifying* high-school students to private four-year institutions.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 15, 2024) — Dag Blanck, director of Augustana College’s Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center and honorary professor of Swedish-American studies, will present a lecture titled “Trump and Harris from Abroad: How the American Election is seen in Sweden,” at 4PM, Wednesday, October 30.

PELLA, IOWA (October 14, 2024) — Pillars of a Central College education are community service and civic engagement. In Fall 2024, Central students participate in a community-engaged learning opportunity to build civic engagement.

Raegan Downing of Muscatine (52761) is helping Pella Public Libray-Geri-Fit Program in Pella, Iowa. Downing is in the Class of 2025.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 9, 2024) — Rachel Mansk, a student in the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, recently completed a remote, eight-week research internship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The project, offered through DMU's Department of Global Health, centered on understanding the effects of climate change on maternal health outcomes.