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![CWI Alumnae Shawn Gayner, 2016 CWI Alumnae Shawn Gayner, 2016](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_9414.1.jpg?itok=3LJOsuEg×tamp=1571176282)
Shawn Gayner, who graduated from CWI in May, is one of 30 students in the nation selected to attend Dartmouth College as a Veterans Posse Scholar.
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“In this day and age, we’re supposed to have our lives together,” he said. “What has kept me on this path is believing in myself, and knowing I’m an example as a leader in my community. I am entrusted with responsibility and I don’t want to fail—...
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Biology Instructor, Teresa Rich, has been named CWI’s Faculty of Distinction for June.
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The expanded training opportunities will accommodate an additional 90 students in five professional-technical programs.
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CWI will be sharing its message of education at over 10 community events this summer.
![CWI Student and Scholarship Recipient Libna Luevanos CWI Student and Scholarship Recipient Libna Luevanos](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_8371.1.jpg?itok=_tdBc7rR×tamp=1571176287)
When Libna Luevanos graduated from Boise High School in 2014 she wasn’t sure what would happen next. Her parents wanted her to work. She wanted to learn. Always fascinated with science and the human body, she was exposed to forensics in high school and thought criminal justice may be a...
![CWI Student and Scholarship Recipient Andrew Barrios CWI Student and Scholarship Recipient Andrew Barrios](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_8335_x.jpg?itok=yt8rRLBp×tamp=1571176289)
CWI student Andrew Barrios admits he was once heading down the wrong path. Now he is a self-driven individual and has turned his life around.
![CWI Student and Scholarship Recipient Liz Driml CWI Student and Scholarship Recipient Liz Driml](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_3084.12.jpg?itok=UbPeaokG×tamp=1571176289)
Liz Driml's goal of obtaining a GED quickly turned into the goal of earning a two-year degree at CWI.
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CWI's latest Career Focus Magazine is available online as more than 80,000 copies hit Treasure Valley mailboxes in early June.
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Oster Hernandez has earned a distinguished honor from his peers with the Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling.
![Casey Bosse, CWI student with his cell phone](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/bosse_casey.jpg?itok=NLv9Gh8A×tamp=1571176292)
Casey Bosse created a video using his cell phone that won the top honor for community college student submissions.
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CWI offices and buildings will be closed in observance of the holiday.
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As high schools around the valley go on summer vacation, the CWI Outreach team has modified the schedule for campus tours.
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CWI will host a week long donation drive, June 13-17, to help support the local organization.
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CWI students and alumni helped prepare over 200 individual income tax returns this spring.
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On June 29, CWI will host an event to help people complete the admission process and also answer questions about starting college.
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The CWI Board of Trustees reviewed and approved a proposed zone map to comply with a new state law, House Bill 512.
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Beginning this fall semester students will pay $139 per credit hour, up from $136.