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What's next for Iowa Wesleyan University students as the college prepares for closure
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIowa Wesleyan University was the only college freshman Emma Soukup applied to and visited, her heart...
Opinion: Iowa colleges could learn from an official Iowa Wesleyan postmortem
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOn May 31 of this year, one of Iowa’s oldest universities closed in the face of “financial...
Upper Iowa University closing six regional centers in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUpper Iowa University is closing seven of its 22 regional education centers, including six in...
Vilsack says USDA will look for new uses for campus as Iowa Wesleyan University closes
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in an Ames appearance Thursday that the Department of...
Letters: Basic respect seems out of style in Iowa
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFinite resources for worthy causes As a 30-year P.E.O. member, I can appreciate Hugh Stafford’s perspective in a May 14 letter on the closing of Iowa...
Iowa Wesleyan to close after 181 years
Ottumwa Courier, Iowa via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 28—MOUNT PLEASANT — The oldest college west of the Mississippi River is shutting its doors, seemingly for good. Iowa Wesleyan University, a four-year private liberal arts university, will ...
Long-struggling Iowa Wesleyan to close due to budget shortfall; USDA to take over campus
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne of Iowa's oldest universities, older than the state itself, will close its doors later this year after years of budgetary struggles. The move to close Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant ...
Declaring 'financial exigency,' Upper Iowa makes more cuts, laying off professors, deans
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDeclaring "financial exigency" as it faces declining enrollment and a need to increase its cash on...
Iowa History Month: Moulton’s Nellie V. Walker’s remarkable life on ladders
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNellie Verne Walker (1874-1973) was born at Red Oak in southwest Iowa and grew up in Moulton in...
Letters: Hands-free bill should have been a slam dunk
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStop migrants in Mexico’s south Let’s collaborate with Mexico and Central American countries. Put US...