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![Two students working on laptops](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/swift_0.jpg?itok=S5vk6kWW×tamp=1608330063)
Multimedia Storytelling classes now to embed Everyone Can Create elements in the course.
![CWI Law Enforcement students helping wrap gifts at Shop With a Cop event](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/shop_with_a_cop_0.jpg?itok=Ah2ANcDY×tamp=1608325070)
Law Enforcement students help provide nearly 70 local children an opportunity to shop for gifts for their families this holiday season.
![2020-2021 Emerging Professional, Manuel Orozco 2020-2021 Emerging Professional, Manuel Orozco](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/manuel.jpg?itok=pfR-QVu2×tamp=1608324584)
Ten Career Technical Education students, nominated by their instructors, selected to receive $1,000 scholarships.
![Bookstore worker packing up textbook orders to send](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/bookstore.1.jpg?itok=BTrK_lCU×tamp=1608318550)
CWI’s Bookstore is geared up and ready to help students prepare for spring semester with online ordering.
![Student wearing a mask studying on campus on a laptop](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/wi-fi.jpg?itok=RRU29GKh×tamp=1608247565)
CWI’s campus Wi-Fi network connections, CWI-STUDENT and CWI-GUEST, will be combined to CWI-PUBLIC during Winter Break.
![Zoom logo](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/zoom.png?itok=q3iCRSxH×tamp=1608246131)
Celebrate Winter Break by updating your Zoom account to add new functionalities and security features.
![Fire Service Technology at Renaissance High School in Meridian](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/fire_service_at_renaissance.jpg?itok=4pz9Lg2s×tamp=1608244475)
CWI’s Fire Service Technology program provide Renaissance High School students a hands-on, live, fire-behavior training experience.
![CWI student, Kaw Paw CWI student, Kaw Paw](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/kaw_paw.jpg?itok=_ILwuXD1×tamp=1608238106)
CWI student, Kaw Paw, who came to America from a Thailand refugee camp, is pursuing an education to help herself, her family, and others.
![Future student at a computer preparing for a virtual event](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/college101-dec28_800x486.jpg?itok=nlgVBt_J×tamp=1608255415)
Planning to attend CWI this spring? Plan to attend our virtual recruitment event Monday, Dec. 28.
![R.A.D. Race and Diversity Talk](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/cover2.png.jpg?itok=kSDzk92c×tamp=1607624820)
More than 80 students in five different classes at CWI and Boise State are challenging you to Get RAD to help change the narrative about race.
![Nampa Campus Academic Building at dusk](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/winter_hours_3.jpg?itok=pAudOKMR×tamp=1607541322)
CWI buildings and One Stop Student Services offices will be open reduced hours during Winter Break, Dec. 21 through Jan. 1.
![2020 Emerging Scholars 2020 Emerging Scholars](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/2020_emerging_scholars.jpg?itok=-fBWjuYe×tamp=1607109457)
Students, nominated by faculty, were recognized for their commitment, perseverance, innovation, leadership, and professionalism.
![CWI Students, Kaw Paw, left, and Tawa Giwa CWI Students, Kaw Paw, left, and Tawa Giwa](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/meet_and_greet.jpg?itok=BLwlCKWx×tamp=1607103711)
This year’s virtual event featured interviews and a Q&A session with two, foreign-born CWI students, Kaw Paw and Tawa Giwa.
![Fii Hoynacki, winner of the 2020 Juried Art Show, alongside her oil painting, Not Enough. Fii Hoynacki, 2020 Juried Art Show Winner, alongside her oil painting, Not Enough](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/fii_and_art.jpg?itok=JKBhjw4y×tamp=1607037005)
Congratulations to Fii Hoynacki, winner of the 2020 Juried Art Show. Submissions for the 2021 show are now open!
![CWI will conduct an emergency alert test on Dec. 10, 2020. Blue light emergency phone outside of CWI Nampa Campus Academic Building](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/alert.jpg?itok=RgsRJ308×tamp=1607032246)
CWI will conduct a test of its alert notification system on Dec. 10 to help ensure the College community is notified of any potential emergency situations.
![CWI Crunch Week](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/crunch_week.jpg?itok=oWW8lplq×tamp=1607030086)
Students, staff, and faculty are invited to join in virtual events to celebrate the end of a challenging and rewarding semester.
![Important Dates Fall 2020 and Spring 2021](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/important-dates-fall-2020-spring-2021-rev1.jpg?itok=EFypcgDM×tamp=1606950066)
As CWI prepares to wrap up fall semester, we look forward to continuing to serve students this spring.
![Andrea Schumaker, College of Western Idaho's Faculty of Distinction for November 2020](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/andrea.jpg?itok=tI5Qj-yQ×tamp=1605897564)
Congratulations to Andrea Schumaker, College of Western Idaho’s Faculty of Distinction for November 2020.