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Taking a triathlon to a global level, literally

August 5, 2010 / 4 minutes of reading

Charlie Wittmack, a Des Moines attorney, embarked on this epic journey July 1 when he jumped into the River Thames to swim to the North Sea and across the English Channel. He’ll follow that with a 9,000-mile bike ride across mountains and deserts in Europe, Asia and Nepal. Next he’ll hop off the bike to run a 950-mile trail from sea level at the Bay of Bengal through the Himalayas to the summit of Mount Everest.

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515 Alive

August 5, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

Saturday, 12-12, is the annual urban music & art party known as 515 Alive. 60+ performers, 7 stages & lots of fun. Check it out! Big names this year include Shock G, Craze & DJ Scene. Here’s a whole schedule

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Walk to raise awareness about epilepsy

August 5, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

In a few weeks on Aug. 28, the Iowa Walk for Epilepsy will kick off at 8 a.m. at Merle Hay Mall. You should sign up, organize a team, donate or spread the word! DMU is a proud sponsor of

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DMU chosen as a “2010 Great College to Work For”

August 4, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

Des Moines University (DMU) was one of 97 schools chosen by The Chronicle of Higher Education’s new report “Great Colleges to Work For.” Results were based on surveys of more than 42,000 employees at 277 colleges and universities around the

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Let’s get oriented…

August 3, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

Welcome to campus! We promise you’ll figure out where everything is soon and be able to ditch the map & compass. We’re not a very huge campus, plus everyone’s friendly so feel free to ask a passer-by if you’re not

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Up, up & away!

July 29, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

Friday kicks off the national Hot Air Balloon Classic in Indianola, (a short hop south of Des Moines). This is such a fun, unique event. And if the weather is right, a great thing to do in the evening! It’s

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Summer bucket list

July 28, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

Summer is FLYING by way too fast, as it always does. At the start of the season, the best co-workers ever (my buddies here in the marketing department) & I started a “summer bucket list” on our office whiteboard so

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Stats to brag about!

July 20, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

DMU’s podiatric college had some great numbers recently related to the national board & surgical board qualification exams & I wanted to brag a bit about them… • The first-time pass rate on Part I of the National Board Exam

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CPMS board stats

July 12, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery had some great numbers recently related to the national board & surgical board qualification exams. As usual, our students and graduates are making us proud. • The first-time pass rate on Part I

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Our mobile clinic

July 7, 2010 / 1 minute of reading

Have you seen the big green machine? It’s our new mobile clinic! It’s yet another way we’re providing health outreach to our community. Our Homeless Camp Outreach group uses it and our friends at Free Clinics of Iowa use it

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