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![College of Western Idaho Listening Tour Concludes](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/tour.jpg?itok=f24gf_Do×tamp=1571175820)
College of Western Idaho (CWI) Board of Trustees and Administration visited eight communities to gather input on the future direction of the College.
CWI Board of Trustees and Administration concluded the first Listening Tour with the final event at Kuna High School on June 1. During the...
![CWI Employee Step Up Challenge begins June 12!](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/step-up-challenge-flyer_2017.jpg?itok=Ec6Uv_6C×tamp=1571175820)
The Culture and Employee Engagement Committee (CEEC) would like to announce its second annual Step Up Challenge! Beginning June 12, 2017 all employees are invited to challenge themselves and their co-workers to get as many steps as possible in the month of June. At the end of the month prizes...
![Saturday One Stop (SOS) Service in Ada County](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/cwi.jpg?itok=zWA_H6mM×tamp=1571175828)
Ada County Campus One Stop is excited to offer Saturday One Stop (SOS) Service! Start your summer worry free and finalize your plans to start college at College of Western Idaho (CWI) this fall! Join us on Saturday, June 3, at the Ada County Campus Lynx Building One Stop Student Services...
![Beta Sigma Pi wins multiple awards](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/bsp_award.jpg?itok=j1rXuhKJ×tamp=1571175830)
Nampa, Idaho—College of Western Idaho’s Beta Sigma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, has returned from their international and regional conferences with many awards and accolades.
The International Conference, PTK Catalyst, was held this year in Nashville,...
![IBR Award](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/bert.biz_.award_.2.jpg?itok=C32APdDp×tamp=1571175833)
College of Western Idaho President, Bert Glandon, was honored with an Idaho Business Review CEO of Influence award on May 23, during an event in Boise.
Glandon was one of 10 CEO’s recognized in the region. The winners were judged for their leadership, vision, innovation and...
![Jenn Crowder joins CWI](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/jenn.crowder.jpg?itok=_xZmg1ES×tamp=1571175830)
College of Western Idaho (CWI) welcomes Jenn Crowder as the newest member of its leadership team. Crowder has been hired as the Dean of Students; a new position for CWI, however Crowder is not new to student services. Crowder formerly held the position of Assistant Director of Residence Life,...
![Fire School](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/fire.training.1.jpg?itok=Ll-JMzd1×tamp=1571175833)
Under a cloudless sky, rookie wildland firefighters feverishly dug a fire line as a wall of flames approached.
The flames were fictitious, created with long lines of red spray paint in a field north of the Nampa Campus Academic Building at the College of Western Idaho (CWI). The exercise...
![Students on yoga balls in the Physical Therapist Assistant program](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/pta_program.jpg?itok=v_gPCuJ0×tamp=1571175839)
College of Western Idaho’s Physical Therapist Assistant program announces full accreditation status.
![CWI Listening Tour](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/mark.jpg?itok=WFeERoiP×tamp=1571175839)
College of Western Idaho (CWI) kicked off the first Listening Tour this week with three events. The CWI trustees and members of the executive team were on hand to listen to those in the community to formulate the future direction of the college.
This week’s events included...
![Eastern Idaho Technical College](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/eitc.jpg?itok=1luHx2w7×tamp=1571175841)
Eastern Idaho Technical College was recently established as a community college.
![#CWIGraduation](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/graduation_social_media.jpg?itok=lt0VTJTF×tamp=1571175841)
CWI’s social media platforms experienced an exciting jump in traffic, and engagement, during commencement week.
![CWI Biology Instructors](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/nw_bio_group_-_1.jpg?itok=sK5uHtAO×tamp=1571175839)
Five members of CWI’s Life Sciences Department recently attended the 2017 Northwest Biology Educators Conference in Tacoma, Washington.
![Dr. Yolanda Barnes, Program Chair for the Administrative Specialist program](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/barnes.jpg?itok=46h_1VKz×tamp=1571175837)
Dr. Yolanda Barnes, Program Chair for the Administrative Specialist program at College of Western Idaho, recently presented doctoral work at the National Technology and Social Science Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
![Kimmer Jackson, 2017 CWI Graduate Kimmer Jackson, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0146.jpg?itok=2PruYUAv×tamp=1571175847)
Kimmer Jackson will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) on May 13, 2017. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 2005, Jackson said she spent the next ten years “floundering” unable to find something she really wanted to do. She came to CWI in 2014 after the...
![Grace Lovera, 2017 CWI Graduate Grace Lovera, 2017 CWI Graduate](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_1224_1.jpg?itok=Xsdf91-p×tamp=1571175847)
Grace Lovera will graduate from College of Western Idaho (CWI) on May 13, 2017. After graduating high school in 2007, Lovera spent several years working, traveling, and living on her own before she decided it was time to further her love for learning and attend college.
Writing was an...
![Idaho Steelheads present CWI Foundation with $500](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/score_big.jpg?itok=3l3mCgFW×tamp=1571175849)
Idaho Steelheads present CWI Foundation with $500
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CWI Assessment & Testing received National College Testing Association certification.