<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/a-love-letter-to-education-and-community-colleges.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>04/09/2025</pubDate><title>A Love Letter to Education — and Community Colleges</title><campus>Iowa Valley Community College District</campus><image><img src="/_migrated-binaries/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1SPI1949-AnneHowsareBoyens-240x300.jpg" alt="President-Anne-Howsare-Boyens"/></image><caption/><thumbnail/><description>April is Community College Month — a time to recognize the powerful role community colleges play in transforming lives, communities, and futures. For me, it’s not just a professional observance. It’s deeply personal. My life, my family, and my career have all been shaped by the belief that educat...</description><tags><tag>editorial</tag></tags></item>