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An additional $1 million in state support to the College of Western Idaho will help the Nampa-based community college meet the needs of its “exponential” growth in enrollment, according to President Bert Glandon.
Responding to Gov. Butch Otter’s announcement during...
As we start the new year with great ambitions of improving our personal well-being and growing our businesses, we begin to explore how we can operate smarter and become “lean machines” generating positive results.
With continued challenges in the economy, businesses large and...
Our take: Otter’s State of the State address offered a checklist of goals – from tax relief to education funding to employee raises – but was sketchy and lacking detail.
If you listened to Otter’s State of the State and budget address you probably felt a bit...
It’s the time of year for college graduations, but the graduation at the Hispanic Cultural Center in Nampa Friday was a little different.
The graduates are not just another group entering the workforce. That’s because they’re already in it. And their graduation might...
Kayla is an aspiring chef. But she has never been in a kitchen quite like this. First stop is CWI’s Culinary program bakery.
MEDIA ADVISORY – Seventy-nine of the more than 500 workers laid off last June when XL Four-Star closed its beef processing plant in Nampa are completing an English as a Second Language (ESL) course that will make them more employable as they look for new jobs.
Bert Glandon,...
When I began my first online course as a student more than 10 years ago, I was excited to see how a traditional class would adapt to a new virtual environment. A month into the class, the sparkle faded. It was clear the course was not much beyond a self-study exercise. I felt cheated out of the...
The 2007 election in Ada and Canyon counties to launch what would become the College of Western Idaho was practically won before the May election day.
Backers handed out tens of thousands of brochures with cards that voters could use to request absentee ballots. Thousands did. By...
The College of Western Idaho is short $4 million it needs to move into its new professional-technical center at the former Sam's Club store near CWI's campus in Nampa.
The shortfall means the school could have to dip into its general operating revenues to finish the work. School...
A $25,000 grant from Bank of America will support critical healthcare workforce training.
MEDIA ADVISORY – College of Western Idaho today announced it has received a $25,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support the Multicultural...
MEDIA ADVISORY - The College will host a faculty job information session on November 15
Overview:
The College of Western Idaho is actively seeking qualified part-time instructors to teach classes in the following disciplines, where a master’s...
BOISE -- A local organization dedicated to helping put wounded veterans through college faced an unexpected challenge with its first group of five student veterans: Three of them are visually impaired and require extra training, tools, and technology before they can even set foot in a...
Work is progressing on turning the former Sam’s Club store into the College of Western Idaho Professional Technical Education Center. The 134,000-square-foot building is at 5725 E. Franklin Road in northeast Nampa.
The project remains on schedule for programs to take courses there...
MEDIA ADVISORY – College of Western Idaho will be hosting multiple observance activities in honor of Veterans Day,
November 11. The special ceremonies will honor student and employee veterans of CWI and pay special tribute to all who serve in the United States Armed Forces....
A layoff creates a tumultuous time in a person’s life, filled with doubt, uncertainty and frustration. With major Idaho companies having cut back so much and hiring coming hesitantly, it can also be a time for introspection, for addressing weaknesses and even reinventing yourself.
It seems like every recreation and home-improvement magazine I pick up highlights a new engine that is more efficient, with increased capability, yet still downright powerful…argh argh argh, more power, as Tim Allen might say.
With all the luxuries available in these new...
The CWI Street Teams returned this past weekend for the first of several community outreach events this summer. The Street Teams made their first appearance of 2013 at Meridian Speedway on Saturday, May 15.
The CWI Street Team made its rounds at Firebird Raceway, Saturday (June 22), as fans enjoyed the high speed action of the 36th annual Fox Hunt event. Attendees saw record breaking times, lightning speeds of over 240 mph, and CWI ambassadors spreading the word about all the College has to offer.