A Bold Vision Made Real
President Angela L. Walker Franklin inspires DMU to dream big.
DMU Receives $1.2M Rebate for Innovative and Sustainable Space
Des Moines University is fostering a cleaner, more sustainable future by implementing energy-efficient commercial systems in the buildings on its new West Des Moines campus at 8025 Grand Ave. The university moved its 10 graduate medical and health sciences degree …
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Prairie Meadows Becomes Presenting Sponsor of Des Moines University’s Glanton Event
Event Will Honor Mary and Suku Radia When Des Moines University celebrates the 20th anniversary of its annual Glanton Event on Nov. 2, 2023, the event’s presenting sponsor will be an organization that’s supported the Glanton Fund since its early …
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DMU Graduates Urged: “Use Your Superpowers”
While the vocalists who perform the national anthem at Des Moines University’s annual Commencement ceremony typically do so as soloists, a singing trio of graduating osteopathic medical students was more fitting for this year’s 123rd Commencement on June 1, 2023. …
DMU President and CEO to Speak at Tina Talks Event
Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., president and CEO of Des Moines University, will be among the six speakers at the second annual Tina Talks hosted by the West Des Moines, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce. The event will occur on June …
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“Change in health care begins with you and me”: Glanton 2022
A man arrived by ambulance at a Chicago emergency room, labeled as a suspected drug overdose case. He’d actually suffered a stroke resulting from sickle cell disease, but the hospital staff believed otherwise simply because he was Black. “I wish …
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DMU names “Franklin Way” in honor of its president and CEO
Growing up in McCormick, SC, Angela Walker Franklin, Ph.D., was surrounded by loving parents and grandparents who instilled in her core values of hard work, discipline and the golden rule. From them, she learned that education is the way – …
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Des Moines University named a “2022 Great College to Work For”
Des Moines University (DMU) is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to The Great Colleges to Work For® program. Even better, the University achieved an additional special designation as an Honor Roll institution. The …
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Des Moines University honors those who give the ultimate gift
Denton Hopkins wants you to know about his older brother, Canyon Dane Hopkins. Widely known as “Moose” in his community, Earlham, IA, he had a heart that matched his physical size and athletic ability, from how he befriended less-popular kids …
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