<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/iowa-valley-faculty-staff-receive-statewide-awards.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>12/05/2025</pubDate><title>Iowa Valley faculty, staff receive statewide awards</title><campus>Iowa Valley Community College District</campus><image><img src="/_migrated-binaries/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Iowa-Valley-Awardees-1024x683.jpg" alt="ivccd-award-winners"/></image><caption>Pictured from left to right: Matt Schmit, MCC Provost; Barb Klein, ECC Provost; Ed Geitz, Education Faculty; MaryAnne Nickle, Dean of Academic Affairs; and Dr. Anne Howsare Boyens, IVCCD President.</caption><thumbnail/><description>DES MOINES – Two Iowa Valley Community College District employees were honored with statewide awards for excellence during the Community Colleges for Iowa Awards Ceremony held in Des Moines. MaryAnne Nickle, Dean of Academic Affairs, received the Outstanding Staff Award, and Ed Geitz, and educati...</description><tags><tag>awards-honors</tag></tags></item>