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![Kimmer Jackson, 2017 CWI Graduate Kimmer Jackson, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0146.jpg?itok=2PruYUAv×tamp=1571175847)
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...
![Grace Lovera, 2017 CWI Graduate Grace Lovera, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_1224_1.jpg?itok=Xsdf91-p×tamp=1571175847)
Grace Lovera will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) on May 13, 2017. After graduating high school in 2007, Lovera spent several years working, traveling, and living on her own before she decided it was time to further her love for learning and attend college.
Writing was an...
![Idaho Steelheads present CWI Foundation with $500](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/score_big.jpg?itok=3l3mCgFW×tamp=1571175849)
Idaho Steelheads present CWI Foundation with $500
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CWI Assessment & Testing received National College Testing Association certification.
![Eva Streicher awarded scholarship by the Treasure Valley Artist Alliance.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/tvaa_scholarship.jpg?itok=XxL5eQoP×tamp=1571175849)
Eva Streicher awarded scholarship by the Treasure Valley Artist Alliance.
![Collage of students with Because of CWI signs with personal messages](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/student-succes-collage.jpg?itok=rPoTyZ9p×tamp=1571175849)
College of Western Idaho (CWI) has been sharing stories of success from several of this year’s graduates as we countdown to the 2017 commencement ceremony. The road traveled by students to arrive at CWI and the experiences along their education journey are all amazing and inspiring in...
![Source - Ruben Alexander Which Came First – The Chicken or The Egg?](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/4494147652_b3295a629e_o.jpg?itok=yefpxtsS×tamp=1571175849)
This age-old question seemingly proposes a conundrum that is not easily answered.
![Shauna Lileks, 2017 CWI Graduate Shauna Lileks, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0165_web.jpg?itok=EINzr2nF×tamp=1571175849)
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.
![Kelsey Wilber CWI Student](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0707.jpg?itok=qwRL2m5H×tamp=1571175849)
Kelsey Wilber, who will graduate on May 13, 2017, came to CWI in 2014 to pursue her education after feeling “intellectually unsatisfied” and desiring a means to find her true potential.
![Michael Morrison, 2017 CWI Graduate Michael Morrison, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0963.jpg?itok=r8SDqs4o×tamp=1571175851)
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.
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MEDIA ADVISORY – May 9, 2017
Contact:
Mark Browning
(208) 562-3508
markbrowning@cwi.edu
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![Jennifer Paulus, 2017 CWI Graduate Jennifer Paulus, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0149_1.jpg?itok=ycnw5aXp×tamp=1571175851)
Meet Jennifer. Jennifer will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) with an Associate of Science degree in Biology with an emphasis in Healthcare on May 13, 2017. Jennifer, a wife of 19 years and mother of five, has struggled with low self-esteem and depression most of her life. Through...
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Nampa- The locally elected Board of Trustees for the College of Western Idaho (CWI) will hold a series of public listening sessions in May and June 2017.
Scattered over eight (8) various locations throughout the entirety of Ada and Canyon counties, each session will feature a brief...
![Remington Grunewald, 2017 CWI Graduate Remington Grunewald, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_1236_1.jpg?itok=GxsxqqYH×tamp=1571175851)
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.
![Katherine Fleshman, 2017 CWI Graduate Katherine Fleshman, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_1230_1.jpg?itok=m_Zq6kAB×tamp=1571175853)
Meet Katherine. Katherine will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) with an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts on May 13, 2017. Katherine’s biggest accomplishment at CWI was becoming a published author!
![La Vera Hutchinson, 2017 CWI Graduate La Vera Hutchinson, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0441.jpg?itok=4toOzImW×tamp=1571175853)
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.
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CWI Board of Trustees holding eight Listening Sessions to facilitate public input and discussion relative to the future plans for the college.