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Dr. Thema Bryant speaks on racial healing at 10th annual Robert L. Polk Lecture

On Wednesday, April 9, Doane University held its 10th annual Robert L. Polk Lecture on Race & Social Justice with guest lecturer Dr. Thema Bryant in the Heckman Auditorium. The lecture series is named after Rev. Dr. Polk, who was the first Black graduate from Doane in 1952. As part of his legacy at Doane, […]

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Changes to the Department of Education: What does this mean for Doane?

President Donald Trump’s White House has promised sweeping changes to multiple agencies and departments, ranging from the National Park Service, USAID and the Department of Transportation. One of President Trump’s largest proposed changes, however, is to the Department of Education (DOE), appointing Linda McMahon to head the department. President Trump has promised to shut down

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We can live in abundance

We are constantly told that we can’t live in abundance, especially in America, whether it’s accessible public transportation, low-income housing, cheap medicine and environmentally safe energy. If you advocate for any of these things you’re going to be called a socialist who doesn’t believe in capitalism, that the free market will in time provide all

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Professor Weitl announces Thinking and Writing With AI Certificate program

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the technology of the future and is poised to change not only higher education but also the job market. Due to the emerging technology, several programs are evaluating how they will change with the times. But for the English Department at Doane, they’re poised to embrace AI. Professor and Chair

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Everything happens so much

Despite Twitter’s hellish descent into an app full of extremists and propagandists, it still remains a storied website. Rich with history, cultural moments and foundational texts, one of those texts being from the now-defunct account @Horse_ebooks. The account was a spambot, pulling text from e-commerce websites and posting it as marketing for books, catalogs and

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Graphic design capstone projects displayed in Rall Gallery

A senior capstone project is the culmination of years of hard work and is the final project many students complete before they walk the stage on graduation. These projects are often semester-long endeavors and can sometimes be started as early as a student’s sophomore year and are oftentimes the culmination of years of accumulated skills.

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