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With half of recent college grads jobless or under-employed, it’s time to re-evaluate the two traditional post-high school career paths.
As you can tell by looking at the front pages this week, it’s graduation season. Excited, eager young graduates decked out in caps and...
In a testimonial to the College of Western Idaho’s rapidly expanding programs, about 450 students walked in the community college’s commencement ceremony Saturday at Taco Bell Arena in Boise.
The ceremony featured student speaker Sephora Law, a Treasure Valley native...
When Kayla Grim walked across the stage to accept her diploma from the College of Western Idaho Saturday, it was the first time she has participated in a graduation ceremony.
Grim was five months pregnant when she graduated from Nampa Christian High School in the spring of 2009 and wasn...
MEDIA ADVISORY – On May 12, the College of Western Idaho will honor the 2012 graduating class in a comprehensive commencement ceremony. CWI’s commencement honors the success of those students who have achieved an Associate of Art or Science degree, obtained a Professional Technical...
MEDIA ADVISORY - Wednesday (May 9), College of Western Idaho (CWI) is proud to unveil a redesigned website of its main site at cwi.edu. The new site provides a more dynamic platform for showcasing all the College has to offer and an improved, user-friendly navigation to help make...
MEDIA ADVISORY – Nine College of Western Idaho (CWI) students traveled to Chicago, Ill. April 25-29 to take part in the 2012 Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference. CWI saw several students excel in their respective individual competitions; taking home three...
A Geographic Information System is an application of computer hardware and software that allows users to capture, analyze and display geospatial data.
If you have used MapQuest or Google Earth on the Internet, you have used a basic form of GIS. In more elaborate systems, GIS technologies...
Local chefs and College of Western Idaho culinary students team up for a lunchtime cook-off
MEDIA ADVISORY - In celebration of its commitment to education and great-tasting, humanely raised meats, Niman Ranch is challenging teams of local chefs and College of Western Idaho (CWI) culinary...
MEDIA ADVISORY – The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Sociology Club is hoping to put a spotlight on suicide awareness and prevention this month with a pair of events aimed at suicide awareness and prevention.
April 21 (Saturday) 5:00-7:00 p.m. The...
Twelve technical programs from the Boise State University campus and one from the College of Western Idaho’s Canyon County Center will transition this summer to the new CWI Micron Center for Professional Technical Education, where classes will begin in the fall.
Student services...
Gov. Otter completed his CWI welding class this week. But he’s not about to quit his day job. “I couldn’t get a job,” said Gov. Butch Otter. But he does now have confidence he won’t be ruining any more horse trailers.
The College of Western Idaho Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to keep tuition and fees at $136 per credit for the next school year. In the spring of 2011, the trustees voted to bump the cost per credit by $7 to its current level. In 2010 they raised the cost by $10.
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CWI’s Ariel Kizer Led the Team with Three Individual Awards at the National Tournament
MEDIA ADVISORY – The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Speech and Debate team claimed the National Championship once again, after winning the Community College Title...
Event will Raise Money for Childhood Cancer Research
MEDIA ADVISORY – On Wednesday (March 14) the Associated Students of the College of Western Idaho (ASCWI) will host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraising event, in which volunteers will shave...
Taxes for small businesses and new organizations can be quite tricky. While entrepreneurs may be experts in the field of the businesses they’re opening, often they are far from familiar with the world of scary tax codes. Because of the complex nature of business taxes, the best action a...
Motive Power would like to strike up a relationship with local colleges. The Boise locomotive manufacturer wants to meet some engineering students. It wants to pose problems to the school’s faculty and students and hear their ideas for solutions. It would like research that could help the...
Five Students will Compete in the Upcoming National Tournament
MEDIA ADVISORY - The College of Western Idaho Speech and Debate Team has qualified five students to the Pi Kappa Delta National Speech and Debate Championships following a dominating performance last Saturday (Feb....
The gift to College of Western Idaho will help complete renovations at the former Sam’s Club store in Nampa, which is becoming a new vocational school.
As a result, the $16.9 million Professional Technical Education Center will be named after Micron.