Andrew Wind

1 week ago | wcfcourier.com | Andrew Wind

WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College faculty will receive a 3.5% salary increase after the board of trustees Monday approved a two-year contract. The contract begins with the 2025-26 academic year and continues in 2026-27, when the salary increase will be 2.75%. It includes a change in the distribution of the raises that allows for variation in the size of the salary boost for individuals rather than a uniform percentage increase.

1 month ago | wcfcourier.com | Andrew Wind

WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College's board of trustees Tuesday approved an $89.6 million budget for 2025-26, including an 8.1% increase in property tax askings. A total of $15.04 million in property and utility replacement taxes is expected to be collected in the college’s 10-county service area during the fiscal year starting July 1. That is $1.13 million more than was estimated for the current year.

1 month ago | wcfcourier.com | Andrew Wind

WATERLOO — Millions of dollars in funding for job training was approved Tuesday by the Hawkeye Community College board of trustees. Trustees approved issuing $4.39 million in industrial new jobs training certificates to Piper Sandler & Co. of Minneapolis, one of three bidders. The bid has a true interest rate of 4.68%, meaning the college will repay the certificates at an additional cost of $1.14 million over 10 years.

1 month ago | wcfcourier.com | Andrew Wind

WATERLOO — Things are looking up this spring at Hawkeye Community College. Enrollment for spring semester is at 5,115, an increase of 434 students or 9.27% from a year ago. Nina Grant, vice president of student affairs, said it is the “first time that we were over 5,000 students” since 2020. She noted the student count that year took place just before COVID-19 hit Iowa.

2 months ago | newspressnow.com | Andrew Wind

CEDAR FALLS — A transformed educational space opened in the fall at the new Cedar Falls High School. With 300,000 square feet, the building at 2701 W. 27th St. is designed to offer greater possibilities for students in academics, the arts and athletics than the aging school it replaced on Division Street. A stadium and other sports fields outside the school’s walls help ensure student athletic needs can be met on the 70-acre campus.