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Director of Quad Cities Career Connections announced
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Press release submitted by United Way of the Quad Cities Area New position is part of a new, unique collaboration to increase career awareness for students by linking businesses and schools DAVENPORT, Iowa – Ryan Bobst has been named the Director of the Quad Cities Career Connections, a partnership between Black Hawk College, Eastern Iowa Community College, Western Illinois University, Community Foundation of the Great River Bend and United Way of the Quad City Area. This partnership's goal is to match volunteers from all sectors with at-risk students to give them real-world experiences that show the importance of staying in school. Volunteers will give classroom presentations, workplace tours and other interactive learning opportunities that take the concepts in the classroom (e.g., writing and math) and show how they are necessary to gain and keep employment. Quad Cities Career Connections is one of the ways Achieve Quad Cities is working to increase the graduation rate. This partnership is an example of the cutting-edge work Achieve is doing because it brings together non-traditional partners and capitalizes on already-existing resources to wrap support services around students to encourage them to graduate from high school and think about their future, specifically to plan for college or post-high school training. Achieve recently won an international award from United Way Worldwide for creating community-wide change in education. Learn more at http://www.unitedway.org/pages/united-way-common-good-awards. About Ryan Bobst, MSW, LMSW Ryan has professional experience in community planning, organizing and program development and currently serves as an Adjunct Instructor through the University of Iowa's School of Social Work. Ryan received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Iowa in 2009. Ryan received his Master's in Social Work from the University of Iowa in 2011. About Achieve Quad Cities Achieve Quad Cities is a community-wide, cross-sector partnership with the goal to increase the high school graduation rate in our community led by United Way of the Quad Cities Area and the Community Foundation of the Great River Bend. The collaboration has developed mentoring and career exploration opportunities in schools and has now moved toward collecting regional data to guide and align the most effective, efficient strategies to keep students in school. Learn more at www.achieveqc.org. 
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Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2013. There are 221 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A military escort will be at the square at 9 a.m. tomorrow forthe funeral of Lieut. Joseph Eaton. The county judge is absent in Chicago, which willaccount for his not being in the procession.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Rock Island's City Council last night appropriated $95,000 forexpenses for the 1888 and 1889 fiscal year.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Mrs. F.W. Reimers last night was re-elected president of the RockIsland Musical Club at a meeting in the New Harper Hotel.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Seven members of Boy Scout Troop 21 got their Eagle badges lastnight. They were Ralph Hurt, Robert Nelson, Howard Schersten, Cecil Nelson, RobertFryxell, Clarence Stone and Rollin Hurt.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Mayor Morris Muhleman has resorted to a form letter in an effort toanswer objections to the wheel tax increase. "It was my hope that I could, in some way,restore the faith of the citizens in our city. In order to do this I knew I must face the factthat I would become very unpopular."All they are trying to do is protect the citizensproperty and build their town.
1988 -- 25 years ago: RICCA, the Rock Island County Council on Addictions, inconjunction with the Quad City Downs, will hold its annual "Night at the Races" June 2.The benefit "Night at the Races" will raise funds locally to assist in maintaining the twohalfway houses, New Hope Lodge (for women) and Beacon House (for men).
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