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Brook '91 named Clinton administrator
Matthew Brooke '91 is the new city administrator for Clinton, Iowa. A business major here, Brooke has an MBA from Iowa State University and a master's in education from American InterContinental University.
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Martin Luther King Jr. Day at uedbet体育官网 will include “Solidarity: Use Your Voice,” a community celebration and musical tribute at 6 p.m. at Centennial Hall.
A trip and the growth of human freedom
Dr. Umme Al-wazedi will take her students to India next year on a quest to join education with experience.
Pair of seniors named latest Academic All-Americans
Michael Daniels and Hannah Lohmeier are our newest Academic All-Americans. Daniels is a football lineman. Lohmeier, women's soccer captain, is a repeat selection.
Parkhurst '07 launches Social Fitness Club
John Parkhurst '07 is a psychologist and a former Vikings wrestler. Using knowledge from both experiences, he introduced a different kind of exercise class: Social Fitness Club.
$2.5M Carver gift will expand science building
A $2.5 million gift from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust will be used to expand Hanson Hall of Science. Construction is likely to begin in 2018.
Museum internship 'most rewarding thing'
Visitors to the German American Heritage Center in Davenport can see the curatorial work of uedbet体育官网 senior Rashaun DeBord.
Intro to Design and Cy the Coffee Guy
Introduction to Graphic Design is like a graphic designer's right of passage, says Vickie Phipps, assistant professor of art and graphic design.
Camp Kesem aims to host a record 150 children,
uedbet体育官网 uedbet体育官网's Camp Kesem chapter hopes to attract a record 150 children to its summer camp next July.
uedbet体育官网 art students show work at the Figge
Six uedbet体育官网 students are featured this year in the ninth annual uedbet体育官网 Invitational at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Their work can be viewed through Jan. 7.
Saladin becomes Illinois student laureate
uedbet体育官网's Chris Saladin was honored with the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award this month, making him a student laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
Smith '02 to succeed Hammer in Arctic hunt for dinosaurs
For a while, Nate Smith '02 wasn't sure where college would lead him. He came to uedbet体育官网 as a chemistry major, thinking he would go back to teach and coach at his old high school in Crystal Lake outside Chicago. Then he took an honors course with paleontologist Dr. William Hammer.
uedbet体育官网 receives $1.5M from John Deere Foundation for data analytics
uedbet体育官网 uedbet体育官网 will receive a $1.5 million grant from the John Deere Foundation to establish the Robert A. Hanson Endowed Chair in Data Analytics. He was a 1948 graduate of uedbet体育官网 who had a 40-year career with Deere and served as CEO from 1982-1990.
Frieze Lecture: 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration
Dr. William Hammer, Fritiof Fryxell Chair in Geology, notes that 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration. British naval Captain James Ross, commanding HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, discovered what they named the Victoria Barrier, and would later be renamed the Ross Ice Shelf. Hammer is the discoverer of the first dinosaur remains unearthed in Antarctica.
