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![2022 Juried Art Exhibition winner, Christy Runion, right, alongside the model for her photography submission on display at the Nampa Campus Academic Building 2022 Juried Art Exhibition winner, Christy Runion, right, alongside the model for her photography submission on display at the N](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/runion.jpg?itok=1i6QKhcu×tamp=1652378886)
Congratulations to Christy Runion and Ashley Dale, winners of College of Western Idaho’s 2022 Juried Art Exhibition.
![Students presenting a readers theater presentation in a classroom](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/comm1.jpg?itok=zJ_1xEZb×tamp=1651768721)
Multimedia Storytelling, Mass Communication, and Audio Production students host an eclectic evening centered around how communication can make the world a better place.
![CWI students, Kylee Malouf, left, Mercedes Nelson, and Timothy Buckles with world-renowned social psychologist, Roy Baumeister. CWI students, Kylee Malouf, left, Mercedes Nelson, and Timothy Buckles with world-renowned social psychologist, Roy Baumeister.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/psychology.jpg?itok=ZuJ_0HPB×tamp=1651256520)
Current and former College of Western Idaho Psychology students represented the College at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual Convention April 7 – 9.
![Connections Project Awards Ceremony at Nampa Campus Academic Building](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/pwa_0.jpg?itok=W6eeDp73×tamp=1651254624)
Congratulations to winners of this annual competition recognizing excellence in writing from all disciplines and perspectives.
![Connections Excellence Award winners with Professor Heather Schoenherr](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/conncections.jpg?itok=_zrXh-Lu×tamp=1651251495)
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Connections Excellence Awards!
![Students pose for a photo at Student Leadership Banquet](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/slb_6.jpg?itok=URiIw5t0×tamp=1650653753)
Students at College of Western Idaho were recognized and celebrated for their leadership on campus and in the community at the Student Leadership Banquet Friday, April 15.
![Images of Studio Art graduate art](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/artcapstone.jpg?itok=AqBkqJqi×tamp=1650579491)
Celebrate the artistic and academic achievements of College of Western Idaho’s 2022 Studio Art graduates at the exhibit, New Narratives, through May 8.
![Lower Gear Cycles Team / Photo credit: Boise State University, Sean Evans Photography Lower Gear Cycles team accepting prize money on state at Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/iec_0.jpg?itok=D_gn8NIm×tamp=1650052520)
College of Western Idaho students joined students from across the state this spring to compete for more than $50,000 in prize money and services to advance their startups.
![CWI graduate and 2022 New Century Transfer Scholar, Karina McKay CWI graduate and 2022 New Century Transfer Scholar, Karina McKay](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/karina.jpg?itok=-zoTEpAB×tamp=1648754513)
Congratulations to CWI Media Arts graduate, Karina McKay, named a 2022 New Century Transfer Scholar and recipient of a $2,250 scholarship.
![College of Western Idaho Cybersecurity students, Alex Mitchell and Cameron White, joined Tatum Jones from Boise State University to take first place and a cash prize of $12,000 in the Cyber Entrepreneur Challenge. College of Western Idaho Cybersecurity students win competition.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/cyber.jpg?itok=6QBW0VPB×tamp=1648477329)
College of Western Idaho (CWI) Cybersecurity students, Alex Mitchell and Cameron White, joined up to take first place and a cash prize of $12,000 in the Cyber Entrepreneur Challenge.
The team, which also included Tatum Jones from Boise State University, focused on ways to integrate...
![Brianna Daniels, winner of College of Western Idaho's 2022 Connections Project Logo Contest](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/brianna.jpg?itok=pG-0EaG1×tamp=1644005034)
Congratulations to Business major, Brianna Daniels, winner of College of Western Idaho’s 2022 Connections Project Logo Contest.
![Liza Long showing off her students' online book, Beginnings and Endings, on her laptop](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/english211.jpg?itok=39_ZHqFL×tamp=1643385064)
A course that teaches application of literary theory to texts may sound abstract and even impractical at first, but for students in Liza Long’s class, their final project offered a real-world publishing opportunity.
![Live broadcast behind-the-scenes of Global Live Idaho in CWI's media lab](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/studiocwi_6.jpg?itok=yRGrxGcv×tamp=1642697874)
CWI’s new media lab will provide cutting-edge learning experiences for students while additionally supporting online course development for faculty.
![2021 Emerging Scholars](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/emergingscholars.jpeg?itok=OkPgVpiD×tamp=1638556361)
Congratulations to this elite group of students recognized for their commitment to learning, perseverance, innovative thinking, leadership, and professionalism.
![Assistant Professor of Art, Goran Fazil, and English Adjunct, Dževad Vrabac](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/fazil.jpg?itok=X5fBATX5×tamp=1637356460)
A short film created by Assistant Professor of Art, Goran Fazil, and English Adjunct, Dževad Vrabac, was accepted into the 2021 Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest.
![Psi Beta members and winners of Psi Beta's Emerging Researcher Award for 2021, Julie Meyer, left, and Sunny Braithwaite Psi Beta members, Julie Meyer, left, and Sunny Braithwaite](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/psibeta.png?itok=LE-Pkufg×tamp=1631297455)
Congratulations to Julie Meyer and Sunny Braithwaite, members of CWi’s Psi Beta Honor Society, who recently received the prestigious Emerging Researcher Award.
![2021 Graduate, Justina Sexton](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/justina_ja_edit.jpg?itok=xGCg9PRy×tamp=1628782502)
“CWI empowered me to become a more confident version of myself… Because of CWI, I am ready for the future.”
![2021 Graduate, Ashton Syed 2021 Graduate, Ashton Syed](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/ashtonsyed_ja.jpg?itok=5Ues-vpe×tamp=1627510929)
"Because of CWI, I was able to return to college as a non-traditional student having been out of high school for a decade, find my passion, make wonderful friends, gain influential mentors, and successfully graduate with honors and two science degrees."