Iowa community colleges push equipment buys for retraining
Iowa’s merged area schools and technical institutes face funding gaps that hinder new equipment for retraining workers amid a slow economy. Administrators seek tax transfers, donations, and industry cooperation to expand programs while expanding collaborations with universities and other colleges.
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Kurt Rogahn
Gazette Education Wite
John Hawse
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Waterloo
Don Avenson
Doelwein
Iowa
House
Kirkwood Board
Sharon Kromminga
Monticello
David Popelka
Kirkwood Community College
Michael Crawford
Eastern Iowa Community College
Bettendorf
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy
Thomas Feld
Kirkwood
Feld
University of Iowa
Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Hawkeye Tech
UNI
Hawse
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Clyde Kramer
Northeast Iowa Technical Institute
Calmar
Peosia
Hawkeye
NITI
Kramer
Indian Hills
Charles Moench
Area Schools Division
Kirkwood finds new ways to get new equipment
Kirkwood Community College uses long term buyback and loan deals to access modern teaching tools. CAST Inc and CRST arrangements let the college use a semitrailer and truck drivers with minimal cost while the manufacturers benefit from staged returns and reduced wear. Sharon Kromminga urged the approach. Steve Ovel leads facilitation and paperwork.
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Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College
Cast Inc
CRST
U.S
Sharon Kromminga
Monticello
Steve Ovel
Linn advocates face disorderly conduct charges in DHS meeting
Three Linn County Welfare Rights members including chairman Fred Barrick are charged with disorderly conduct after a CBS meeting at the Cedar Rapids DHS office ended with shouting and threats. Accused Luann Streeter and Virginia Robertson receive summonses. Cedar Rapids police dispersed the disruption at 221 Fourth Ave SE.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Human Services
Fred Barrick
Linn County Welfare Rights
Luann Streeter
Ninth Ave
Virginia Robertson
Robins
Linn District Court
DHS
Dixie Clark
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Clark
Fourth Ave. SE
Evan Picone
Simonelli
Yorkfair
Westdale