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![Instructors and students in a lab on campus](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/hvac.jpg?itok=JmdGontu×tamp=1623813582)
Workforce Development is excited to announce a new streamlined registration process for students to quickly find and enroll in classes at the College.
![Occupational Therapy Assistant program partners with community group for children's dance camp.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/ota_use.jpg?itok=HaSvCSD5×tamp=1623708204)
CWI's Occupational Therapy Assistant program is collaborating with the Treasure Valley Institute of Children’s Arts (TRICA), to provide an adaptive dance camp for children.
![Be Safe Be Mighty at College of Western Idaho graphic](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/news-article_besafe_1.jpg?itok=q096Pt8M×tamp=1621630126)
In response to the latest CDC guidance, CWI’s mask and face covering protocol is now optional effective May 19.
![Andrea Ascuena, top left; Charles Dickinson, top middle; Christian Purvis-Aldrich, top right; Heather Schoenherr, bottom left; Susan Aydelotte, middle; Linda Otto, middle bottom; and Reggie Jayne, bottom right Seven College of Western Idaho (CWI) faculty members who now hold the faculty rank title of full Professor.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/professors.png?itok=AUFsG41t×tamp=1621630380)
Congratulations to the inaugural group of CWI faculty who now hold the rank title of Professor.
![Social work students partner with Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/social_work_.jpg?itok=rLm567Y3×tamp=1621629602)
Social work students have been busy this year working in partnership with the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections.
![Students with arms around each other smiling and laughing](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/img_20190531_iac_campus_life_101_0.jpg?itok=51ZS2Q7M×tamp=1654086717)
Student Leadership Banquet celebrates student contributions in helping to develop and maintain a feeling of community at the College.
![CWI's Nampa Campus Aspen Classroom Building exterior](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/5b9c14ecc3cfe.image__0.jpg?itok=HNqNzRuu×tamp=1621615045)
CWI Board of Trustees has formed a search committee for a new president.
![Sean Muldoon, College of Western Idaho's Staff of the Month for April 2021 Sean Muldoon, College of Western Idaho's Staff of the Month for April 2021](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/muldoon.jpg?itok=NkjSpA2o×tamp=1621606517)
Congratulations to Sean Muldoon, College of Western Idaho’s Staff of the Month for April 2021.
![CWI's Sarah Strickley, right, participates in an Onramp event at the Idaho Digital Learning Alliance in 2019.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/onrampsarah.jpg?itok=1fh9SUSc×tamp=1621605839)
CWI joined Boise State University to celebrate student success during Onramp's 2021 Spring Showcase.
![CWI Fire Service Technology graduates listen to Mark Niemeyer, Chief of the Boise Fire Department, during the ceremony. CWI Fire Service Technology graduates listen to Mark Niemeyer, Chief of the Boise Fire Department, during the ceremony.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/3_0.jpg?itok=7ocYY9QF×tamp=1621030863)
Fourteen Fire Service Technology students participated in a graduation ceremony at the Nampa Civic Center on May 6.
!["Grove Street Illuminated and Boise Canal" by Amy Westover "Grove Street Illuminated and Boise Canal" by Amy Westover](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/image001.jpg?itok=3q9Trkxp×tamp=1621027141)
Local artist, Amy Westover, met with CWI’s Studio Art Capstone class Monday, May 3, as part of the College’s Visiting Artist Series.
![Zone 3 Trustee, Jim Reames Zone 3 Trustee, Jim Reames](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/1_reames.jpg?itok=YFpIVBi0×tamp=1621026620)
CWI Board of Trustees welcomed Jim Reames as the new trustee for Zone 3 during their monthly meeting on Thursday, May 13.
![BPA members, Abdulaziz Kodirov, Alexa Adams, and Winton Watkins. Not pictured: Kassandra Peralta and Bryson Bailey. BPA members, Abdulaziz Kodirov, Alexa Adams, and Winton Watkins](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/bpa.jpg?itok=RgAZxXU-×tamp=1621024284)
Congratulations to members of Business Professionals of America who represented CWI at the 2021 Virtual National Leadership Conference.
![SNA President, Melissa Brown, left, and Lizzie Glafke, SNA Project Coordinator, donating backpacks to the Nampa School District’s Family and Community Resource Center SNA President, Melissa Brown, left, and Lizzie Glafke, SNA Project Coordinator, donating backpacks](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/sna_1.jpg?itok=sEu1s7EX×tamp=1621022009)
CWI’s Student Nurses Association recently donated 33 backpacks full of supplies to the Nampa School District’s Family and Community Resource Center.
![Nursing Faculty, Jen Mimish, speaks during the Nurse Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, May 13. Nursing Faculty, Jen Mimish, speaks during the Nurse Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, May 13.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/jen_nurse_pinning.jpg?itok=mXaBNR-C×tamp=1621020878)
The celebrations continued this week at CWI with the Virtual Nurse Pinning Ceremony on May 13.
![Law Enforcement graduates pledging to follow the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics Law Enforcement graduates pledging to follow the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/le_001.jpg?itok=6XTJw_s2×tamp=1621013515)
Classes 9 and 10 of College of Western Idaho’s Law Enforcement program were recognized during a ceremony May 6.
![Artwork from 2021 Studio Art graduates](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/studio_art_show.jpg?itok=9CvnaeuZ×tamp=1621010401)
Artwork from this year’s Studio Art graduates has been on display at Boise State University and can now be viewed virtually.
![Provost Denise Aberle-Cannata](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/cwi-aberle-cannatadenise.jpg?itok=89R3tVNN×tamp=1620939392)
CWI Board of Trustees voted unanimously during their meeting on Thursday, May 13, to appoint Provost Denise Aberle-Cannata as CWI’s Interim President effective May 16.