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![CWI Veteran’s Association President Rachel Ball, Boise Valley POW/MIA Board Member Chris Vertrees, and Matt Haus](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/powflag_online.jpg?itok=nFAyo2Kf×tamp=1571176400)
On Nov. 30, the group was given a flag by the Boise Valley POW/MIA Corporation.
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The CWI Bookstore’s Winter Holiday Sale will feature 25 percent off apparel and gift items, Dec. 9-11.
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On December 1st, The Student Nurses Association (SNA) met at Idaho Pizza in Meridian to help support Idaho Food bank by donating canned goods, and to meet the people that that have been part of the SNA mentorship program. The SNA mentorship program is where graduating nursing students...
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Students from CWI came together last month for a generous cause, collecting winter clothing donations for children in Caldwell.
![Heidi Mackenzie](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/mackenzieheidi_online.jpg?itok=ZpMmIIeG×tamp=1571176404)
CWI is happy to recognize Heidi Mackenzie as the College's Staff of the Month recipient for November.
![Angie Wachter, CWI's Faculty of the Month](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/wachterangie_online.jpg?itok=gisyI31g×tamp=1571176404)
CWI's Faculty of the Month for September has been given to Angie Wachter.
![Teresa Isom](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/teresaisom_online.jpg?itok=8YKRRaDE×tamp=1571176404)
Adjunct Math Faculty, Teresa Isom, has received CWI’s monthly faculty honor.
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CWI Speech and Debate continued a four-year undefeated streak at the Linfield College Mahaffey Memorial, Nov. 13-15.
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The CWI Foundation has presented six applicants with funding.
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College of Western Idaho offices will be closed Thursday-Friday (Nov. 26-27) in observance of Thanksgiving.
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CWI hosted an event on Saturday (Nov. 7) bringing 134 girls ages 10-15 to CWI’s Micron Center for Professional Technical Education.
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View photos and video from the event at CWI's Nampa Campus Academic Building.
![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...
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On Saturday, Nov. 7, nine College of Western Idaho (CWI) students and their instructor, representing the Allied Health, Education, and Biology Departments, hosted two different workshops at CWI’s annual STEM Out! Into PTE event. This event was designed to ignite the curiosities of...
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The CWI Student Nurses Association recently coordinated a project to collect donations for the Women’s and Children’s Alliance in Boise.
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On Nov. 7, the CWI Student Nurses Association participated in the “Walk a mile in my shoes” event hosted by the Boise/Ada County Homeless Coalition.
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The winners have been announced for the CWI Foundation’s annual Holiday Art Contest, which this year was themed: What Does Education Give You?
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The observance ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday (Nov. 11) at CWI’s Nampa Campus Academic Building.