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11 Iowa High School Seniors Have Received Awards So FarIowa high school seniors have a chance to receive much-needed funds for college while learning ways to reduce college loan debt through a program offering $1,000 scholarships.Iowa high school seniors may register for the Iowa Financial Know-How Challenge: Senior Scholarship at www.IowaStudentLoan.

 Bone Deep               By Charles Bosworth, Jr.              and Joel J. Schwartz, DA                                                  Adult Non-Fiction                                                  True Crime/                                                   Murder Mystery                                                   Reviewed by                                                   Connie Bennett          Because this is a true story, told by the participants, we can't change the storyline, the characters, or the outcome.

Iowa Lakes Community College releases the Fall 2022 Honors Lists recognizing students who achieve the highest academic standards earning inclusion on the President's List or Dean's List. For the Fall 2022 semester, 109 students earned President's List, an honor achieved by those who recorded a "straight-A" or 4.0 GPA, and 227 students made the Dean's List of students who earned a 3.

 Loras College has announced the names of students who achieved Dean's List status for the 2022 fall semester. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours to be recognized. From Shellsburg, Madi Atkinson

A New Day                    Brad Meltzer                                                   Hardcover                                                   Children's Fiction                                                   Reviewed By                                                   Connie Bennett               "Sunday quit.

By NANCY DUNKELIowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation board member(January 16, 2023) - Chances are, you and your student will rely on multiple sources of funding for a college education. Common funding sources are your own savings and earnings, your student's savings and earnings, scholarships and loans. Make a resolution to reduce the amount of future student loans with these tips.

The Unhoneymooners                     By Christina Lauren                                                   Adult Fiction                                                   Hard PG-13 for                                                      language, sex,                                                      adult themes                                                   Reviewed by                                                   Connie Bennett         One reviewer said that this book was a story of "contemporary love", which does seem to fit with many of today's chaotic dating scenes.

Yesterday, Governor Kim Reynolds announced during her Condition of the State address a new $15 million round of funding targeted at growing Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs across high-demand fields in health care. The expanded Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Program will support more programs that help Iowa meet the demand of its health care workforce.

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa’s (CFNEIA) 2023 scholarship application process is now open, and students may apply for scholarships available through CFNEIA at www.cfneia.org/scholarships. The deadline to apply for 2023 scholarships is 8:00 p.m. on March 8. CFNEIA will host a Scholarships 101 webinar on Jan. 31 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.

Nearly 1,800 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University in December. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held Dec. 16-17 at Hilton Coliseum. Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, spoke at the graduate ceremony. Alumnus Suku Radia, who retired in 2017 as chief executive officer (CEO) of Bankers Trust and currently serves as an executive-in-residence in the Ivy College of Business, gave the undergraduate address.