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Graduates recently returned to CWI to give their input on what will become the Alumni Connection.
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Communication Faculty, Jim Gatfield, has been selected for CWI’s Faculty of Distinction for the month of August.
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CWI’s President will deliver the 2015 Fall State of the College Address to faculty, staff, students, and the public on Aug. 19.
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CWI is happy to introduce Welcome Wednesday as the College’s new Welcome Week event.
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The 2015 Canyon County Fair was full of families, 4H animals, carnival rides and, the College of Western Idaho. With backpacks full of sunglasses, chap sticks, hacky sacks, beach balls and fans, Saturday fair-goers were met with all kinds of CWI fun! In addition, the Street Team shared the...
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On Friday, July 31, CWI welcomed several employers to campus for a Workforce Development Job Fair.
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Yesterday, the internet exploded (as it does regularly) over an infographic about what a can of coke does to the human body after consumption. The original post was created by the website www.therenegadepharmacist.com. Unsurprisingly, fact...
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For Jessica Thomas the College of Western Idaho truly is the college of what if. The horticulture technology program student, who is steadily working to complete her associate degree, says she never pictured herself...
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The action was deep in the pack at CWI’s Professional Truck Driving night at the Meridian Speedway this weekend. The CWI Street Stock race was exciting with Marv Weaver dominating the race and claiming the win. CWI’s High School Tuners fought a hard race with pack leaders...
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Doug Willard of CWI’s Information Technology Department has received the College’s monthly award.
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CWI has received the completed appraisal on the property at Main and Whitewater Park Boulevard in Boise.
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It’s a busy week for the Street Teams; a quick turnaround from the Explore U.0 Event to the Meridian Speedway for more racing! The CWI Professional Truck Driving program will be leading the CWI pack this weekend with the Street Stock Class. However all programs and opportunities will be...
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CWI’s Street Team returns to campus this Wednesday for the Explore CWI event. The Street Team has been busy handing out hundreds of invitations to the community at all of the recent events and they are looking forward to seeing some familiar faces. With all of the conversations about...
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If you are like me, you’ve probably seen the (relatively) new milk commercials that have the 5 point promise...which is why of course it is the best…and you should buy it. Now the claims may be true, but what they don’t tell you—It is also true of most of the milk...
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The College of Western Idaho’s President, Bert Glandon, threw the first pitch of the night with the Street Team pitching free gifts to the crowd throughout the night at the Boise Hawks game against Everett’s Aquasox. The Hawks provided some early excitement but failed to find...
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Designer babies..? Pet dinosaurs..? Most people would brush-off these ideas as mere science-fiction fantasies. But let’s explore the possibilities---Are these technologies actually achievable and teetering on the cusp of reality?
Even the most progressive...
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This Saturday (July 11), is the annual Bogus Basin star party, at the Nordic Lodge at Bogus Basin Ski Resort. The event commences at 7 p.m. with solar viewing (using CWI’s solar telescope amongst others) until around 9 p.m. In the darkening twilight, Venus and Jupiter will make...
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Street Teams lead off in perfect position at the ball park this week! Thursday will kick off a five-game home stand for the Boise Hawks against the Northwest League’s North Division leading Everett AquaSox with CWI’s President Bert Glandon throwing out the first pitch of the night!...