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CWI will offer a new structure for remedial math instruction, replacing three courses with one course delivered in an emporium-style model.
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The 2015 Boise Music Festival was hot, hot, hot with the best music Boise has seen since the River Festival line ups! It was triple digit heat but music lovers turned out by the thousands to enjoy the variety of music. CWI’s Street Teams were right in the middle of all the fun sharing...
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Lisette Baer secured a silver medal finish at the 51st-annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Basic Skills instructor Brendan Keating touched every person he met in some way. His family has established a way for his legacy to continue at CWI.
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For every ticket sold using the special offer code $2 will be donated to support CWI student scholarships.
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The Boise Music Festival is turning up the heat with some big names in music at Expo Idaho June 27th with Shaggy, Gloriana, Nick Jonas and, Rob Thomas. Six stages round up every music genre, the carnival is back and, new this year is a kid zone, including a Family Variety stage; truly...
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The number of high school students earning college credits at CWI continues to rise, including incredible growth at partnering alternative schools.
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CWI welcomed over 150 educators to the Micron Center for Professional Technical Education this week for the Treasure Valley I-STEM event.
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CWI offices and buildings will be closed in observance of the holiday.
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The CWI Board of Trustees approved a motion to move forward with closing on the 32.5 acres on the north boundary of the Nampa Campus.
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The Meridian Dairy Days opened at the Speedway with CWI Night and the Horticulture Street Team was part of the action!
With temperatures rising, the carnival all set and Dairy Days ready to begin, the event kicked off with kid’s bike races followed by the evening's racing....
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It’s summer and if there ever was a season for science in Idaho, it’s summer! Most people think that science is only something that can be accomplished in the laboratory or under carefully guided field exercises. Did you know there are many different opportunities to participate in...
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In June CWI launched its second #cwIupgrade social media contest to celebrate personal milestones of current and future CWI students.
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CWI’s Center for Invertebrate Science and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are partnering to share information and review the conservation status of invertebrate animals in Idaho. It’s been almost a decade since natural resource managers took a hard look at the status of...
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For the Reynolds Family, paying it forward seems to be the name of the game when it comes to education. For the past few generations, each one has paid it forward for the next. A few years ago, the Reynolds decided it was time to share outside of their family. Their generosity branched out and...
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The Summer is off to a hot start and the CWI Street Teams are looking forward to another fun summer of community events! Be sure to look for the Art, Horticulture, Media and Exercise Health Science clubs sporting their neon orange, green, yellow, and pink shirts out and about at the events...
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Every week, the data at Drought Monitor (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu) are updated and I like to visit the site to learn how the country is doing, as far as drought is concerned. It helps me better understand the climate of the United States.
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Rick Babcock of the CWI Facilities Management Department has been named the College’s Staff of the Month for June.