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"Because of CWI, I set my family on the path to success!"

College of Western Idaho (CWI) alumna, Cherri Healea, attended Lincoln Elementary School in Caldwell, Idaho. It was there she met Miss Gray, her third-grade teacher.

“I remember little things about that class,” expressed Cherri. “It gives me lumps in my throat. I think I had her her...

Kimmer Jackson will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) on May 13, 2017. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 2005, Jackson said she spent the next ten years “floundering” unable to find something she really wanted to do. She came to CWI in 2014 after the...

Shauna Lileks will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) on May 13, 2017. The road to her college degree began two years after her youngest daughter, Charli, was born. Charli was a surprise, born 13 years after Lileks’s other three daughters. Lileks, who was working to start a photography business at the time, found keeping up with a little one again challenging.

Michael will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Applied Accounting on May 13, 2017. Michael came to CWI in 2015 in search of “something new, something different, something challenging” after being laid off unexpectedly from a career he had spent the last 30 years in.

Remington Grunewald will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) on May 13, 2017. Grunewald, who began his college career as a dual credit student, discovered an unexpected interest after enrolling in a required communication course leading him to one of the best decisions he has ever made.

La Vera Hutchinson will graduate from CWI with an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts on Saturday, May 13. La Vera came to CWI in 2013 in pursuit of a 20-year old dream to become a nurse and along the way found what matters most.