Tag: diversity
Iowa College of Education grant to address teacher shortage
The University of Iowa College of Education aims to use a $1.26 million U.S. Department of Education grant to recruit and train elementary teachers,...
Universities respond to Board of Regents’ diversity and inclusion recommendations
Iowa’s regent universities are preparing groups to review their own diversity, equity and inclusion programming and respond to recommendations made by an Iowa Board...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Lisha Coffey with Travero
Today’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Lisha Coffey, President of Travero, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy that is providing freight solutions to keep...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Okpara Rice with Tanager Place
Today’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Okpara Rice, Chief Executive Officer of Tanager Place, the nonprofit providing services to children and families that...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Katie Castillo-Wilson of Tap On It
Today’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Katie Castillo-Wilson, Founder and CEO of Tap On It, a mobile database development company based in Davenport,...
Alliant Energy named to 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index
Alliant Energy was recently named to the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year.
The GEI is a weighted index developed by...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Tina Gridiron of ACT Center for Equity in Learning
Today’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Tina Gridiron, Vice President of the ACT Center for Equity in Learning.
Anthony and Sarika talk with Tina...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Maurice Nelson of Sacred Heart University
Today’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Maurice Nelson, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of Sacred Heart University.
Anthony and Sarika talk with Maurice about...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Joe Enriquez Henry with LULAC
This month’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Joe Enriquez Henry of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and Forward Latino.
Anthony and Sarika...
Diversity Straight Up Podcast: Janessa Calderon, QC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
This month’s guest on Diversity Straight Up is Janessa Calderon, executive director of the Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Anthony and Sarika talk...