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Dirty Nerds Foam Fest!
The IQ Inc team Dirty Nerds took on it’s first challenge – a 5k Foam Fest! Though by the end of the race we all felt it should have been called a MUD fest! The event was tons of fun with obstacles scattered throughout the 5k race that the team tackled relentlessly. We triumphed and […]
Franklin Regional Robotics
IQ Employee Jarrett Stewart has been helping the Franklin Regional Robotics team design and build a robot to compete in the Pittsburgh Regional FIRST FRC tournament! This is the second year the Franklin Regional Robotics team – Frobotics – participated in the competition, and the first year that Jarrett has volunteered as a mentor. The […]
Go Red for Women
In 2003, the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute took action against a disease that was claiming the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year – a disease that women weren’t paying attention to. A disease they truly believed, and many still believe to this day, affects more men […]
Westmoreland County Winners’ Circle Seeking 2013 Nominations
Nominations due by Midnight, February 4 Greensburg, Pa. – The Westmoreland County Winners’ Circle Awards Program is calling for nominations for four awards that recognize women, men, businesses or organizations who inspire others and advocate for women, women-owned business and our community. Winners’ Circle awards include the prestigious ATHENA Award®, Seton Hill University Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, […]
2012 Christmas Party!
We recently held our annual IQ Christmas Party and it was a rousing success! Over 40 guests attended the celebration dinner at the Westmoreland Country Club on the evening of December 15th. The night started out with savory hou dourves, delicious drinks, and pleasing conversations. Then our President Barbara VanKirk gave a gracious speech and dinner […]
8 College Degrees with the Worst Return on Investment
College: Is it Worth It? What’s more expensive than going to college? Until recently, the answer was easy: not going to college. Numerous studies over the years have shown that individuals with college degrees significantly out-earn those with high school degrees by $1 million or more over the course of a lifetime. But as the […]
Women at Work
This great infographic from the website ProjectEve.com shows how women have advanced in the working world by providing “sound bites and statistics from women who lead.” Did you know that there are 187 million women worldwide who run a business enterprise? Or that by percentage of companies with female board members, America comes in 4th? This […]
Reflecting on IQ
An excerpt from our recent newsletter… Beate Salter has seen IQ Inc grow from the ground up. She moved into the Pittsburgh area in 1990 and met Barb while looking for a job. Barb saw something in Beate that made her think she was a good fit for US Steel, it worked wonderfully! When Beate’s […]
2012 Summer Picnic
To celebrate the ending of the summer we all gathered to have one last picnic party before the cold weather rolls in. There was plenty of delicious food and good conversation, and even though it was a bit chilly, the kids took a break from trampoline jumping and playing corn hole to take a dip […]