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NCCC Corps Class 21 Spotlight: Bill Landis

Bill Landis from Schenectady, New York is serving on team Maple 4 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. He arrived in Vinton in February of 2015 to start his 10-month service term with the program. M...

NCCC Cedar 4 Educates youth, adults at Headwaters Science Center

NCCC member Calen of Cedar 4 showcases one of the many reptiles The Headwaters Science Center. By Nicholas Geiger As Cedar 4 continues serving with their second round project at the Headwaters Science Center and the Bedmidji Community Food shelf, members are excited to see how their eff...

NCCC Team Travels to Camp Courageous and Northwestern Ohio

Gabe Dzurny and Cameron Chiles have fun with the mulch pile that was used to make a trail. By: Tyler Wroblewski On April 30, NCCC team Oak 5 piled into their van and embarked on a seven and a half hour journey to Whitehouse, Ohio, a small town in the Toledo metropolitan area, where ...

NCCC Team Maple 6 maintains, expands urban farm for Matthew 25’s Cultivate Hope

By: Luke Bowes and Megan Crissy Maple 6 is serving in Cedar Rapids with Cultivate Hope, a program within the nonprofit organization Matthew 25. The team sees the effects of poverty and obesity ...

NAMED TO GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY DEAN'S LIST

Recognition for outstanding academic achievement has been given to the following Grand View University students for the 2015 spring semester. The students are named to the Dean's List for...

Hailey Benson of Newhall presents new research

Central College student Hailey Benson of Newhall presented during an Undergraduate Research Symposium May 5-6. Benson presented "Determination of L-dopa in Mucuna pruriens using HPLC: A Green...

Jordan Kearns, Recognized at Upper Iowa University 2015 Honors

Upper Iowa University recently held its 30th annual Scholarships and Awards Recognition Banquet and awarded 129 scholarships to students across the University. Recipients were selected by the UIU ...

NCCC Corps Class 21 Spotlight: Brandy Meador

By: Marilyn Ponce Name: Brandy Meador Hometown: Richmond, Virginia Brandy Meador from Richmond, Virginia is serving on team Oak 3 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. She arrived in Vint...

Three area students graduate from Upper Iowa University

Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its December 2014 graduates, followed by the degree earned and respective honors. Phillip Close of Dysart,IA, with a Bachelor of Scien...

SCOUT PACK 27 DONATION OF $2000 TO EASTERN IOWA HONOR FLIGHT

And now (for those of you who remember Paul Harvey) for the rest of the story. About a month of so ago, we were invited out to St Pius in Cedar Rapids to talk to the school about Hono...