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Do you know students who are interested in a healthcare career? Send them over to the Healthcare Career Fair! Students will network with local and regional employers, and learn more about career opportunities in northeast Iowa.

Twenty employers are participating in the Calmar event, and 27 employers will be on hand at Peosta. Students should dress business casual and bring professional copies of their resumes.

Students who would like a review of their resumes are encouraged to contact Career Services.

A Pew Research Center Internet & Technology report published in February 2018 explored the patterns and trends that have shaped the “mobile revolution.” The study reported, “The vast majority of Americans – 95 percent – now own a cellphone of some kind. The share of Americans that own smartphones is now 77 percent, up from just 35 percent in Pew Research Center’s first survey of smartphone ownership conducted in 2011.” Researchers polled US adults to produce data on: mobile phone ownership in 2018 compared to data collected in 2004; cell phone and smartphone owners by gender, age, race, household income and educational attainment; and differences in ownership among urban, suburban and rural areas in the country. One of the study’s findings examined smartphone dependent groups (i.e., individuals who do not use broadband at home and only rely on smartphones for online access). This data indicates that, in 2018, adults with less than a high school diploma comprise the highest percentage of smartphone dependent users, at 39 percent. Only 10 percent of college graduates were reported as smartphone dependent in the study.

In academic year 2018, more then 90 percent of all credit student financial aid offered was awarded to meet a demonstrated student financial need. Ninety-eight percent of first-time, full-time students with demonstrated need were offered some form of aid, with two-thirds of these students receiving a need-based grant or scholarship. The table at right shows the total aid awarded and the percentage by category that went to meet a demonstrated financial need.

Congratulations to the Financial Aid team for their hard work and dedication to meeting our students' needs and helping them on their road to success!