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Anne Panning will visit the Nampa Campus Academic Building on March 28 for a reading, reception, as well as a question and answer session.
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Declare Your Major Week is intended to help students who are still uncertain about their major and/or career.
![CWI Alumni Jason Billig, 2014 CWI Alumni Jason Billig, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_5487.1_1280x853.jpg?itok=D7ccKhVw×tamp=1571176364)
The CWI Electronics program helped Jason Billig transition from the United States Navy to a rewarding career building and wiring control panels.
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If you are a current CWI student, provide insight about your experience with the College and be entered for a chance to win some awesome prizes.
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Ahmad Awabed and Ali Kathem recently participated at the Idaho Association of Bilingual Educator's Conference.
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CWI students are welcome to submit their fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art to Basalt until March 11.
![CPR instructor at CWI completes EMT program; becomes nationally registered. Dana Hoyer (center) and two EMS students/classmates.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_5863.1.jpg?itok=WJqO57qG×tamp=1571176376)
The clinical coordinator for CWI's Emergency Medical Services programs is celebrating an major achievement as a student.
![Jacqueline Correnti, Horticulture student and Presidential Ambassador Jacqueline Correnti, Horticulture student and Presidential Ambassador](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/poinsettias_online.jpg?itok=psFurQkr×tamp=1571176393)
A large group effort helped deliver poinsettias to the CWI Foundation’s most loyal supporters.
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On Dec. 5, students from the Law Enforcement Program and Criminal Justice Club spent the morning at a local Kmart wrapping presents for children.
![CWI Veteran’s Association President Rachel Ball, Boise Valley POW/MIA Board Member Chris Vertrees, and Matt Haus](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/powflag_online.jpg?itok=nFAyo2Kf×tamp=1571176400)
On Nov. 30, the group was given a flag by the Boise Valley POW/MIA Corporation.
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On December 1st, The Student Nurses Association (SNA) met at Idaho Pizza in Meridian to help support Idaho Food bank by donating canned goods, and to meet the people that that have been part of the SNA mentorship program. The SNA mentorship program is where graduating nursing students...
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View photos and video from the event at CWI's Nampa Campus Academic Building.
![CWI Workforce Development Alumni Heather Griffin, 2011 CWI Alumni Heather Griffin, Advanced EMT, 2011](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_20150512_ems_40_heather_griffin.jpg?itok=dmciBYYi×tamp=1571176410)
Growing up, Heather Griffin never imagined she would be working from a mobile office while saving lives. And yet that is exactly what she does. A paramedic with Life Flight Network, she travels from Oregon to Utah and all points in between. Dispatched to...
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The CWI Student Nurses Association recently coordinated a project to collect donations for the Women’s and Children’s Alliance in Boise.
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College of Western Idaho (CWI) hosted a Trunk or Treat event on Thursday, Oct. 29, which brought over 1,000 CWI students, employees, and community members to the Nampa Campus Academic Building. The turnout was a tremendous success, with attendance growing from 250 attendees at last year’s...
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Without a doubt, Amber Shoopman has done a little bit of everything. Once quiet and very reserved, the College of Western Idaho (CWI) alumnae now spends her time interacting with a variety of people and presenting at conferences in large cities. Although she has come a long way from where she...
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The CWI Exercise and Health Science Club is collecting shoes as part of a repurpose partnership with Community Recycling.
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CWI will welcome Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku to campus for the second installment of the Student Activities Programming Board’s guest speaker series.