Wordless Wednesday: he’s doing what?
He’s doing WHAT?
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Public invited to hear Des Moines adventurer Charlie Wittmack on Jan. 13
Des Moines, IA – What’s it like to bike through 18 inches of sand, swim the English Channel and climb Mount Everest? It’s likely only one Des Moines man, Charlie Wittmack, can answer those questions. Wittmack was the first Iowan
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Des Moines University announces Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., as new university president
Des Moines, IA – Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., will be Des Moines University’s 15th president in the school’s 112-year history, the University’s board of trustees recently announced. A search committee has been working to fill the role since the
Happy thanksgiving!
Today I hope you are taking time to be thankful for your family, friends, home, job, education & the beauty around you. Take time to breath and appreciate. And have fun eating, playing/watching sports, shopping and enjoying the company of
Helping a hurting Haiti
Amy Borden takes notes on a Haitian family. Among the many memories DMU students acquired in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the visual images stick like one’s t-shirt in the island nation’s oven-like temperatures: the once-beautiful capitol building in ruins. People eating and
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Global health trip to Guatemala
In a mountainous village in Guatemala, Natalie Hinchcliffe positioned her stethoscope on a female patient’s chest. Not a sound from the woman’s left lung field. Now what?
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Healthier women = healthier everyone
In her Peace Corps work, education, research and practice, Jenell Stewart has strived to follow an uncle’s advice to “put a heartfelt effort into this life.”
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Thanksgiving plans?
Sometimes holiday plans are hard to schedule around school and students may not be able to travel home or make dinner on their own. For that reason, our Student Services department organizes a DMU Family Thanksgiving each year! The DMU
November is epilepsy month
How epilepsy-savvy are you? Take the quiz! I’d give you more info about what epilepsy is but then you’d have a foot up on the quiz so take it & report back on how you did! Help spread the word
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