Kirkwood gets NEH grant for vo tech humanities program
The National Endowment for the Humanities awards Kirkwood Community College a 296000 grant to modify career education programs and create three new humanities courses Working in America Technology and the Human Condition and Living in the Information Age. The plan aims to align humanities instruction with a more technological workplace and may serve as a model for other community colleges.
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National Endowment For the Humanities
Kirkwood Community College
America
Kirkwood
Joseph Collins
Collins
Bob Sessions
Communications Arts
Sessions
U.S
Rhonda Kekke
Mount Pleasant facility rejects worst label from report
Mount Pleasant Iowa administrators dispute a study calling their Mental Health Institute the worst among four state facilities. They say they are near capacity and question benchmarks, while AFSCME prosecutors urge better staff conditions and morale.
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Mount Pleasant
David Scurr
Scurr
Public Citizen Health Research Group
National Alliance For the
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Don McKee
Iowa
American Federation of State
McKee
Afscme
Mental Health Institute
Are drugs a problem for you call Narcotics Anonymous
Message urging individuals with drug problems to contact Narcotics Anonymous at 366-6640 for 24 hour support and help. The notice emphasizes confidential, around the clock access to recovery resources.
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Narcotics Anonymous
Des Moines man pleads innocent to eight forgery charges
Reynoldo Godfrey of Des Moines pleads innocent to an eight count federal indictment accusing him of forging seven checks totaling $62,169 drawn February to May 1987 on Continental Bank of Chicago and State Street Bank Boston for Craig Kielhofer a Drake University student. He also allegedly filed a change of address with the Postal Service to divert Kielhofer mail. Arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Ronald Longstaff, trial set for November.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
Reynoldo Godfrey
Continental Bank of Chicago
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston
Craig J. Kielhofer
Drake University
Godfrey
U.S. Postal Service
Kielhofer
U.S
Ronald Longstaff
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