Allen College News

Atlanta is poised to become the nation's poster child for how to kill off a burgeoning industry.

THE MOMENTOUS 1865 end of slavery in Texas brought freedom for the roughly 200,000 people of African descent who had spent their lives in chattel bondage, but freedom did not ensure a future of equal opportunity, economic progress or a guarantee of full civil rights.

Amber Edwards, daughter of Doug and Jane Edwards of Albert Lea, graduated from Allen College in Waterloo, Iowa, Aug.

Dean's list Justin Arment, 2008 graduate of Ankeny High School, was named to the dean's list at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher to make the dean's list.

Drake University has announced its spring semester dean's list. Ankeny students included are: Alex Ausenhus, Rawand Chabayta, Adaeze Duncan, Susan Fry, Korrie Gould, Meredith Lamberti, Eric Rauch and Lyra Wikert.

VEC representatives have called for assurances that the chosen site for any pre-fab classrooms at Lough Allen College, Drumkeerin will be outside the planned location of the new extension and are also seeking guarantees that the proposed extension and PE hall will remain a priority.

VEC members have expressed their anger and frustration at the Government's decision to effectively reduce the number of PLC places in the county in the coming year despite growing demand for such training.

Retired Wichita Falls Teacher dies at 76. Callie M. Young of Wichita Falls died Thursday, June 25, 2009, in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Nearly a quarter of a million dollars is coming to three Iowa colleges to help improve the number of nurses.

" Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded competitive grants totaling $499,879 to Allen College in Waterloo, Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa and to the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Just what is Twitter good for? Sure, it's good for getting Tweets about your favorite celebrities like Miley Cyrus with updates like 'daddys giving me therapy.

David and Beverly Klar of Sandstone, Minn., along with Richard and Bonnie Scherer of Mason, are announcing the engagement of their children Michelle Klar of Cedar Falls, Mich., to Benjamin Scherer of Bolingbrook, Ill.

Members of Leitrim VEC were left confused and in disbelief at the monthly meeting held on Monday at the contrast between Post Leaving Cert courses sanctioned in the county and the number of students allowed to attend the courses this year.