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(From left) Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa's 31st Cedar Valley Business Hall of Fame awardees Wayne Magee, Eric P. Petersen, Max C. Klein and Bill J. Bradford.

Junior Achievement honors four business leaders at Cedar Valley Hall of Fame ceremony

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa honored four business leaders at its 31st annual Cedar Valley Business Hall of Fame ceremony Oct. 30 at the Bien VenU Event Center in Cedar Falls. First Interstate Bank presented the event, which recognized three…

Prairie Creek first school to host JA BizTown Mobile learning program

Learning “real-world” skills just got a little easier for some Iowa students. Junior Achievement of…

JA BizTown Mobile

College Community Schools to pilot JA BizTown Mobile

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Wells Fargo and MidAmerican Energy have teamed up to provide…

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa and Jersey Mike's is partnering during the month of March. CREDIT JAEI

University of Iowa metaversity geared toward prospective, current students

A collection of avatars attended a ribbon cutting event for a virtual University of Iowa…

Jim Chaffee and Tippie student Isabel Anderson work with some of the college’s virtual reality technology.

ICABP, ICAD announce 2023 Innovation in Education awards

The Iowa City Area Business Partnership (ICABP) and the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD)…

Bankers Trust, Horizons partner on homebuyer education programs

Bankers Trust and Horizons, A Family Service Alliance are partnering to address a need for…

First time homebuyers

ISU research park to build Alliant Energy agriculture innovation lab

The Iowa State University Research Park (ISURP) and Alliant Energy announced on March 23 a…

Coe College receives Prison Learning Initiative grant

Coe College in Cedar Rapids has received an Associated Colleges of the Midwest grant to…

Kirkwood releases results from area workforce survey

Kirkwood Community College has released the results from the Skills 2024 Survey, a report created…

Kirkwood Community College

Newly-formed local nonprofit to support skilled trades

A new local nonprofit organization, Foundation for the Trades, has been formed in Iowa City…

Foundation for the Trades

Hills Bank providing financial literacy education to students

Hills Bank and Trust Company is giving 15,000 students across 43 schools in Eastern Iowa…

Students in seven counties in Eastern Iowa will have access to online financial literacy courses, thanks to a partnership between Hills Bank and Banzai.

Coe College recognized for having the best career services in Iowa

Coe College is the only Iowa college or university to be nationally recognized by The…

UScellular donates $30K to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor

UScellular has announced a $30,000 investment in the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor…

UScellular hotspots

UI Tippie College of Business introduces new risk management and insurance major

A new risk management and insurance major will be offered at the University of Iowa’s…

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Kirkwood, Mercy partner to offer financial assistance to nursing students

Kirkwood Community College and Mercy Medical Center have announced a new partnership that will help…

Scanlan Family Foundation gives largest gift in UI College of Education’s history

The Iowa Center for School Mental Health in the University of Iowa College of Education will be renamed…

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