Twenty-one members of the University of Iowa Health Care community, UI administration, or Board of Regents have been appointed to a committee tasked with finding the campus’ next vice president for medical affairs and dean of its Carver College of Medicine.
Four of five University of Iowa undergraduates feel they belong on campus, but percentages drop among minority students — with a quarter of multiracial, Asian, and underrepresented undergrads, and 40 percent of transgender or gender-nonconforming students, saying they don’t feel a sense of belonging
Six years after joining Coe College as provost, Pauline O’Loughlin – also serving as interim dean of students, Title IX coordinator, and collaborator on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts -- is leaving to become provost for another private campus.
Instead of granting the Board of Regents’ ask for an additional $15 million in general education appropriations for the 2023 budget year – bringing the state’s total regents higher-ed allocation to $501 million – the House has suggested keeping gen-ed funding flat while putting $12 million into a new “Iowa Workforce Grant and Incentive Program.”
Facing unsettling headwinds like sliding enrollment, surging costs, and shrinking demand for “general education” courses, Iowa State University’s second-largest college is reporting a current deficit of $11.4 million and expectations that shortfall will swell to $15 million in three years.
The University of Iowa will continue to make an annual allocation of $750,000 to Hancher Auditorium’s facilities and maintenance costs, even though it is in the process of weaning the venue off a $1.5 million contribution by 2024 of general education funding used for salaries and benefits.
Public celebration slated for Aug. 26 at new University of Iowa jewel.
David McCartney’s route to becoming University of Iowa archivist was circuitous, taking him from Wisconsin, through Anchorage, to Portland and then Maryland in 1994 for a master’s in history and library science.
Under the new program, Mercy Medical will provide financial assistance and salaries to Mount Mercy University nursing students, and in exchange, those students will work at the hospital after graduation.
An Iowa State University “Sport Clubs Review Committee” formed in the wake of a Crew Club accident a year ago that left two students dead has developed eight recommendations aimed at improving club safety — including new mandates expected to reduce the number of “high-risk” clubs.
Another University of Iowa fraternity has been suspended – but this time not by UI officials but by its international headquarters.
After a surprise last-minute withdrawal of all opposition to a new Steindler North Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center – including from a group of surgeons that previously vowed legal action to halt the endeavor – a state council Monday unanimously granted a certificate the project needs to proceed.
Kirkwood Community College’s Certified Nursing Assistant program, whether hybrid or traditional, runs between four and 10 weeks, and the school has programs that can help with tuition assistance, too.
University of Iowa freshman, Nathan Polancyak, 18, is the first man on the Iowa Dance Team, a prestigious 21-member squad that performs at sporting events and competes at the College Dance Team National Championship in Orlando.
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