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The winners of the annual student Holiday Art Contest have been selected.
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CWI’s Fall 2014 Facts at a Glance—a statistical overview of the College—is now available to view online.
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CWI returned to the Canyon County Festival of Trees with an entry in the annual fundraising event for the second consecutive year.
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Kim Bettencourt, manager of One Stop Student Services at Ada County Campus, has been honored with the monthly staff recognition.
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CWI Speech and Debate is celebrating a Division III title at the Mahaffey Memorial for the second consecutive year.
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Renovation of the CWI facility has been highlighted in Outstanding Designs by American Schools and Universities Magazine.
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CWI will be closed Nov. 27-28 for Thanksgiving and Bert's Alerts will not be sent on Nov. 28.
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CWI will waive the $25 application fee through Friday, Nov. 21.
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CWI will host the next installment of its Visiting Scientist Series, Thursday (Nov. 20), welcoming Dr. Cheryl Jorcyk from Boise State University.
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On Dec. 5, the CWI Visiting Artist Series will present three instructors from the Boise School of Rock for a special lecture and demonstration.
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Last month students from CWI’s Phlebotomy program volunteered at the Mountain Home Health and Wellness Day.
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A few months ago a new movie came out about a woman, who on exposure to some blue drugs, was able to start using more than the 10% of her brain that the rest of us are stuck with.
Wait, what?
Since when did people start using only 10% of their brains? This is just one of...
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CWI has submitted its Fall 2014 Enrollment Report to the State Board of Education.
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On Tuesday, Nov. 11, CWI will host a Veterans Day observance ceremony at the Nampa Campus Academic Building.
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On Tuesday, Nov. 4, two CWI Board of Trustee seats were elected by Ada and Canyon County voters.
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The College of Western Idaho’s Center for Invertebrate Science is pleased to welcome two new faculty affiliates. Assistant Professors Hollie Leavitt and Dusty Perkins both joined the Center in 2014 and are already contributing to our students’ success through new projects.
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Meagan Newberry has been honored with CWI’s monthly faculty recognition.
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The submission deadline is today, Nov. 17, for the third-annual student competition.