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Marie Gabbard has been selected CWI's Faculty of Distinction for July.
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CWI recognized employees for five years of service, as well as Staff and Faculty of the Year recipients.
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A new opportunity to help promote student success has been established through the CWI Foundation.
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The CWI Bookstore is proud to announce it is now offering price matching for purchased and rented textbooks.
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CTA Architects Engineers is kicking off its conceptual campus design process for CWI's Ada County Campus.
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The Idaho Department of Labor awarded the College of Western Idaho (CWI) $25,000 that will fund a new masonry program through Workforce Development at the college. The grant will be instrumental in training future workforce for the masonry industry.
The Treasure Valley’s ever-...
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Shelly Moore was selected for CWI’s Faculty of Distinction for June.
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VIDEO: A group with ties to CWI spent the summer at Lake Cascade, conducting research in conjunction with a pair of undergraduate programs.
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Graduates recently returned to CWI to give their input on what will become the Alumni Connection.
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Communication Faculty, Jim Gatfield, has been selected for CWI’s Faculty of Distinction for the month of August.
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CWI’s President will deliver the 2015 Fall State of the College Address to faculty, staff, students, and the public on Aug. 19.
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CWI is happy to introduce Welcome Wednesday as the College’s new Welcome Week event.
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The 2015 Canyon County Fair was full of families, 4H animals, carnival rides and, the College of Western Idaho. With backpacks full of sunglasses, chap sticks, hacky sacks, beach balls and fans, Saturday fair-goers were met with all kinds of CWI fun! In addition, the Street Team shared the...
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On Friday, July 31, CWI welcomed several employers to campus for a Workforce Development Job Fair.
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Yesterday, the internet exploded (as it does regularly) over an infographic about what a can of coke does to the human body after consumption. The original post was created by the website www.therenegadepharmacist.com. Unsurprisingly, fact...
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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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The action was deep in the pack at CWI’s Professional Truck Driving night at the Meridian Speedway this weekend. The CWI Street Stock race was exciting with Marv Weaver dominating the race and claiming the win. CWI’s High School Tuners fought a hard race with pack leaders...
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Doug Willard of CWI’s Information Technology Department has received the College’s monthly award.