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Morningside College awards degrees to spring graduates

Morningside College presented degrees to more than 320 undergraduate and graduate students during its 117th spring commencement held on May 9. Morningside College is a private, coeducational,...

Cedar 5 builds trails with Lac Lawrann Conservancy

Lac Lawrann director Craig Hoeppner on a promontory overlooking Lac Lawrann.Entrance to a new trail by Dakota Bloom Cedar 5 has spent their second round serving with the Lac Lawrann Conservancy in West Bend, Wisconsin cutting trails, removing invasive plants, and performing prescribed burns....

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...