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CWI Speech and Debate sent 25 students to compete at the Fran Tanner Invitational hosted by College of Southern Idaho, Sept. 26-27.
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CWI and Boise State have launched a new program designed for transfer students.
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Marc Swinney has been selected to lead the Business and Manufacturing Programs through CWI's Workforce Development division.
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This semester, enrollment in CWI's apprenticeship programs is the highest in five years with total enrollment reaching 452 students.
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CWI is accepting applications through Oct. 10 for its Medical Assistant-Credit program, in which student can earn an Associate of Applied Science degree.
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Photo gallery from CWI's celebration event to introduce the new Western States CAT Technician program.
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CWI Student Enrichment is asking employees to help promote next week's Career Fair.
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On Monday (Sept. 15) CWI will host a celebration event to introduce the new Western States CAT Technician program.
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The CWI Visiting Scientist Series will return, Sept. 10, with a discussion led by Dr. Sara Heggland from The College of Idaho.
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Two CWI Board of Trustee seats are up for election this year and will be held as part of the general election on Nov. 4.
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CWI has joined the world of online blogging with the launch of three faculty blog posts by the College’s STEM Department.
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CWI will host an information session for the Workforce Development Medical Assistant program on Sept. 17 in Boise.
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The CWI Machine Tool Technology program has received another generous donation from Micro 100 Tool Corporation.
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As the Department Chairs have considered the changes to General Education within our institution, we’ve had some wonderful discussions about which courses we want to include within the General Education Core and which don’t really belong. The Idaho State Board of Education has...
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There are many idealized versions of what scientific research looks like. It usually involves clean cut methods that work on the first try, and provide unquestionable data. This romanticized version of laboratory work is rarely realized. I am a fourth year Ph.D. student at Idaho State...
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The main objective of cryptography, a field of study for both mathematicians and computer scientists, is to provide a way for two people (often characterized as Alice and Bob) to be able to send a message over an insecure channel in such a way that an opponent (often called Oscar) cannot...
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The CWI Library is pleased to welcome Jean-Louise Zancanella as the library’s first public services librarian.
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A recording of the College of Western Idaho’s 2014 Fall State of the College Address is available to view online.