by Brion Hurley In June 2020, former University of Iowa football players raised concerns about the mistreatment of Black players in the program. As a former player at Iowa, this news impacted me personally, and I’ve been following this story since it first came out. Just to be clear, I am white, and was born […]
Former NFL Kicker Nate Kaeding talks to Jess Schamberger, Vice President of Operations at Goodwill of the Heartland about her background, along with the programs that Goodwill provides to create training and employment opportunities to help those overcome barriers to independence Jess has previous experience running the contract manufacturing business for Goodwill, which handles light assembly […]
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The Iowa Lean Consortium’s (ILC) two annual awards for 2017 both went to the University of Iowa in recognition of numerous campus efficiency efforts, which saved money and staff time and greatly reduced error rates. ILC named the UI’s Transparent Inclusive Efficiency Review (TIER) Implementation Team as winner of the Iowa Partners in Efficiency Award, and […]
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The objective of the Value Stream Mapping event for the Iowa DNR was to understand existing priorities, basic functions, associated partners and audiences for each of the river programs in the Department. They developed a transformation plan that included website updates, health alerts, modeling and flood recovery programs. Download the report out presentation at: https://dom.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2016/11/DNR-Iowa-River-Programs-Report-Out-2015-02-12.pdf
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