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MEDIA ADVISORY - College of Western Idaho (CWI) sent 10 students to Orlando, Fla., May 8-12, to take part in the 2013 Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference. The students returned home with plenty to be proud of, as the group enjoyed success in several of their...
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MEDIA ADVISORY – College of Western Idaho (CWI) is proud to announce three winners of the inaugural CWI Business Student (s) of the Year Award: Wade Aldridge, Luis Escutia, and Wes Southard. The students are being recognized for their accomplishments in and out of the classroom....
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Riley Johnson is still in his first year of the machine tool technology program at the College of Western Idaho, but he is already working in the field and getting paid to do so.
Johnson has a paid internship at a local business where he can use what he learns in the classroom at CWI...
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CWI Diesel Technology students, Phillip and Travis Kildow, were recognized for their commitment to academic excellence on May 3 as recipients of $1,000 tools scholarships from the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. Each year the Foundation awards a pair of scholarships to Diesel Technology programs...
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For the third consecutive year, CWI students presented at the College of Idaho’s annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held April 27. Alycia Dickman and Ryan Summers presented their work with the Idaho Freshwater Mollusk Project – a collaborative effort between CWI, universities...
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The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Nampa Campus Academic Building served as a host site for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) once again this spring, which provided CWI students an opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience while giving back to the community. Seven CWI students...
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Spring is here and much like planting a few bulbs or young trees to enhance your yard at home, you may find this is a good time to enhance your business’ landscape. The changing season stimulates ideas and inspires people to make positive adjustments.
For those graduating from...
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MEDIA ADVISORY – On Wednesday, May 8, a group of College of Western Idaho (CWI) employees completed the last delivery of books to help fill a new library at the Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (COSSA) in Wilder. The books were donated as part of a three month long book drive...
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Two months after his second stroke, Mark Dunham did his first load of laundry, one of the uncountable small steps toward recovery. For his wife, Heather, it meant considerably more than other life skills Dunham was recapturing – putting on socks, using a pen or the business side of a knife...
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MEDIA ADVISORY – Five College of Western Idaho (CWI) students are headed to the SkillsUSA national competition following gold medal finishes at the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference last weekend (April 11-12). CWI captured 17 medals overall, thanks to seven second-place...
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As a child, Tyler Murphy had dreams of a military career so grand bases would be named after him and parades would be thrown in his honor. But that plan was put to a halt shortly after he enlisted at age 18. A rope snapped during training and Murphy fell 100 feet to the ground seriously injuring...
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Benjamin Franklin once said “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” In business, you probably think of investing in knowledge as continuing education, retraining or advanced skill development for technical and business expertise. Simply put, you have a need to continue...
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MEDIA ADVISORY – College of Western Idaho (CWI) Speech and Debate is back-to-back-to-back national champion following a third-consecutive first-place finish in the Community College Division of the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament in St. Louis, Mo. this past weekend (March 13-16). CWI...
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MEDIA ADVISORY – On Tuesday, March 19, during the monthly College of Western Idaho (CWI) Board of Trustee meeting, representatives from Idaho Power acknowledged CWI’s leadership for their forward-thinking efforts in energy-focused design and construction of the new Micron Center for...
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When MaKenzie Tiegs woke up Wednesday morning, she had shoulder-length blonde hair. But by about noon that same day, the College of Western Idaho student was – for a lack of a better word – bald.
Tiegs, of Nampa, shaved her locks during the third annual St. Baldrick’s...
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Jason Rush tinkered with a spark plug on an ATV at Carl's Cycle in Boise, where he works tuning engines, checking transmissions and changing oil.
"I like wrenching," said Rush, 30. Rush's day starts at 7:30 a.m. with classes in small-engine and powersports repair,...
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MEDIA ADVISORY – CWI will be sending 10 students to compete at the 2013 Business Professionals of America national competition thanks to a strong showing at the 45th-Annual State Leadership Conference last Friday (March 1) at Ada County Center. CWI captured individual titles in eight...
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College of Western Idaho (CWI) Student Enrichment is hosting a FREE one-day workshop, presented by Catalyst, designed to bring CWI students together to develop leadership skills. Registration is required for the the Catalyst program, which will be held:
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