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![CPR instructor at CWI completes EMT program; becomes nationally registered. Dana Hoyer (center) and two EMS students/classmates.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_5863.1.jpg?itok=WJqO57qG×tamp=1571176376)
The clinical coordinator for CWI's Emergency Medical Services programs is celebrating an major achievement as a student.
![CWI Workforce Development Alumni Heather Griffin, 2011 CWI Alumni Heather Griffin, Advanced EMT, 2011](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_20150512_ems_40_heather_griffin.jpg?itok=dmciBYYi×tamp=1571176410)
Growing up, Heather Griffin never imagined she would be working from a mobile office while saving lives. And yet that is exactly what she does. A paramedic with Life Flight Network, she travels from Oregon to Utah and all points in between. Dispatched to...
![CWI Alumni Amber Shoopman, 2013 CWI Alumni Amber Shoopman, History, 2013](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2097.1.jpg?itok=YtqNpYxe×tamp=1571176418)
Without a doubt, Amber Shoopman has done a little bit of everything. Once quiet and very reserved, the College of Western Idaho (CWI) alumnae now spends her time interacting with a variety of people and presenting at conferences in large cities. Although she has come a long way from where she...
![CWI Student/Scholarship Recipient Terry Black CWI Student Terry Black, Secondary Education/Chemistry](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2254.1.jpg?itok=utkEGR4o×tamp=1571176425)
A CWI Foundation scholarship is helping Terry Black pursue his dream of becoming a teacher.
![CWI Student and Mike Moro Memorial Scholarship Recipient, Jacqueline Correnti CWI Student Jacqueline Correnti, Horticulture Technology](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2185.12_1280x853.jpg?itok=f7LMirGU×tamp=1571176429)
Horticulture student, Jacqueline Correnti, is honoring the memory of a former classmate through a CWI Foundation scholarship.
![CWI Workforce Development Alumni Ken Silvers, Medical Assistant, 2014 Workforce Development Alumni Ken Silvers, Medical Assistant, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2204.1.jpg?itok=plhXyKed×tamp=1571176429)
It took a while, but Ken Silvers is finally on a career path that he says makes a difference. After delivering medical supplies to a number of Treasure Valley clinics and hospitals for nearly a decade, Ken decided it was time to do something else. After saving enough money to pay for the classes...
![CWI Scholarship Recipient Karee Wilson CWI Alumni/Student Karee Wilson, Liberal Arts/Nursing](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2124.1_resize.jpg?itok=1P9EKBtr×tamp=1571176433)
Ever since Karee Wilson was a little girl, she wanted to be a nurse. Born into a family of people who have chosen health care as a profession, becoming a nurse was a natural step. Things were going according to plan, but then life took her a little off track. She found out she was going to...
![CWI Student/Scholarship Recipient David Mpoyi CWI Student David Mpoyi, Biology-Healthcare](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_1749.1.jpg?itok=UpmY-0kC×tamp=1571176437)
Quiet and observative, David Mpoyi is on a mission. Raised to value hard work and the importance of being educated, the Biology-Healthcare program student works full time and attends the College of Western Idaho (CWI) full time. He is doing...
![CWI Alumni Morgan, 2014 CWI Alumni Morgan Harris, Psychology, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0453.12.jpg?itok=Lwnepg4h×tamp=1571176441)
When Morgan Harris completed high school, it wasn’t a question of whether she would attend college or not—it was simply a matter of where. Between being homeschooled and attending a private school in Garden City, she graduated with a 3.8 grade point average. Being an athlete with...
![CWI Student/Scholarship Recipient Laura Grout CWI Student Laura Grout, Biology-Healthcare](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0204.12.jpg?itok=dyjJxrC6×tamp=1571176444)
For Laura Grout, going to college was always an option. Although it took her almost 20 years to enroll in the Biology-Healthcare program at the College of Western Idaho, she has never lost sight of becoming a formally-trained midwife. After years of...
![CWI Alumni Davianne Astley, 2015 CWI Alumni Davianne Astley, Biology-Healthcare, 2015](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_8015.1.jpg?itok=nWjn1w-o×tamp=1571176450)
Davianne Astley is proof that scholarships work. The College of Western Idaho (CWI) alumna says if it weren’t for a scholarship she received from the CWI Foundation, she would not be where she is today....
![CWI Alumni Jose Nava, Applied Accounting, 2012 CWI Alumni Jose Nava, Applied Accounting, 2012](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0428.1_1.jpg?itok=yh__btq8×tamp=1571176452)
When Jose Nava started his studies at the College of Western Idaho (CWI), he had no idea an accounting class assignment would lead him to an office with a view along the interstate in Nampa. Today he is doing a job he enjoys in a profession he loves. It’s a far cry from where he once was,...
![Horticulture students studying plant life](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/_mg_9148_x_0.jpg?itok=LTAZIbGY×tamp=1571176468)
For Jessica Thomas the College of Western Idaho truly is the college of what if. The horticulture technology program student, who is steadily working to complete her associate degree, says she never pictured herself...
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