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FORT DODGE – An Iowa community college has become the first in the nation to earn federal approval for the Workforce Pell Grant program, allowing students in its emergency medical technician program to receive federal dollars for their education. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Acting Secretary of […]
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Researchers at Iowa State University are working to increase interest in biomanufacturing with bioreactor kits that can be used at community colleges or high schools. Nigel Reuel, an associate professor and the Stanley Chair in interdisciplinary engineering at ISU, said students and parents understand more traditional career paths, like nursing or teaching, but usually are […]
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Grinnell College will use grant funding to connect its areas of arts education with emerging technologies through new campus space, programming and more. The Grinnell private college announced in a news release it received $600,000 from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to implement a four-year initiative that will involve the creation of an “intermedia space” as […]
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ALLEMAN – Hydrologic monitoring stations that help researchers compile flood and drought information useful for farmers and communities will soon be deployed across all of southwestern Iowa, following funding announced Friday by U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn. The $500,000 in federal funding will add 18 hydrologic monitoring stations to Iowa’s existing monitor network, and help establish […]
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds called for Iowans to donate blood amid a national shortage this summer — and said she would “lead by example” with a donation Wednesday at LifeServe Blood Center. In late July, the American Red Cross declared a “national blood supply crisis” in the U.S. after blood donations fell to a four-year […]