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Judson College in Marion is open for business this semester after alarms were raised last semester that the school was in danger of closing.
Students, faculty and staff at Judson College are now back on campus.
Although the prospect of the school not reopening for the spring semester was a real possibility just a few weeks ago.
“We’re very happy that the spring semester has arrived and that students are back on campus,” said President W. Mark Tew.
“We are excited about the opportunity to continue their education in the majors that they’ve selected.”
98-year-old woman urges those eligible to get Covid-19 vaccine
Janie Wood was given it last week. She lives in a Westminster Village in Spanish Fort.
Wood said, “Didn’t bother me at all. I just had to roll up my sleeve, let them shoot it.”
Wood has been quarantined inside her home of 17 years since last March. She’s only able to visit with some of her large family through a window or on an iPad.
“Right now the only members of my family I can see is through the window. It’s not very good but it’s better than not at all,” Wood said.
All-women colleges double down on mission as enrollment dwindles
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
Sandra J. Doran, President of Salem Academy and College on Friday, June 14, 2019 on campus in Winston Salem, NC
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Sandra Doran was emboldened by the power of an education as a middle schooler by watching her mother complete her college coursework for Nazareth College previously an all-women’s school while seated at the kitchen table.
Doran’s now the president of Bay Path University, an all-women college in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and remains resolute on her mission to educate women at different stages in life. In doing so her school has bucked discouraging enrollment trends plaguing much of higher ed and women’s colleges in particular by targeting adult learners in need of flexible options. Bay Path enrolled about 3,400 total students in
DES MOINES The Iowa Supreme Court again selected Justice Susan Christensen as chief on Friday.
The court in each odd-numbered year at its first meeting designates one justice as chief by a majority vote to serve a two-year term. Christensen was first selected as chief following the retirement of Acting Chief Justice David Wiggins in February of last year.
“After a very challenging first 10 months, I am honored to continue to serve as Chief Justice of Iowa’s court system,” Christensen said in a statement. “I have seen how the judges and employees of the judicial branch responded to the pandemic and derecho and I could not be more proud of their efforts. Everyone in the judicial branch faced both crises head on and responded quickly, doing whatever was needed to keep our courts open to the fullest extent, while keeping our people safe, and protecting our communities. I am humbled to lead such a resilient group of public servants.”
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