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Global Ties Iowa brings international leaders to the Corridor

By: Richard Pratt|August 28, 2024 |
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    • Dawn Wood, director of global learning at Kirkwood Community College, speaks Aug 9 at the opening of the "Impact of Exchange" photo exhibit at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

    Dawn Wood, director of global learning at Kirkwood Community College, speaks Aug 9 at the opening of the "Impact of Exchange" photo exhibit at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

    Ever since she began working with Global Ties Iowa in February 2021, Amy Alice Chastain has focused many of her efforts on raising the organization’s profile in Eastern Iowa.

    But ironically, after first coming to Iowa in 2016 for a teaching position at the University of Iowa, it took Ms. Chastain some time to learn of the existence of the very program she now leads.

    “I…

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