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![Group of students from the Entrepreneurs and Exercise and Health Science clubs.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/exercisescience_online.jpg?itok=YZGhGWKX×tamp=1571176433)
Students with CWI’s Entrepreneurs and Exercise and Health Science clubs recently took part in a memorable trip to Salt Lake City, Utah.
![CWI Scholarship Recipient Karee Wilson CWI Alumni/Student Karee Wilson, Liberal Arts/Nursing](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2124.1_resize.jpg?itok=1P9EKBtr×tamp=1571176433)
Ever since Karee Wilson was a little girl, she wanted to be a nurse. Born into a family of people who have chosen health care as a profession, becoming a nurse was a natural step. Things were going according to plan, but then life took her a little off track. She found out she was going to...
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CWI’s Math Solutions Center will host open house events next Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct. 6-7) in Boise and Nampa.
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CWI will host its annual fall Career Fair next week with the event being held at three different locations over three days.
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The Visioning concepts for a proposed CWI Boise campus are available online through Oct. 7 to view and provide feedback.
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CWI brought home the top community college honors at the event, as well as a second place finish among all schools.
![CWI Student/Scholarship Recipient David Mpoyi CWI Student David Mpoyi, Biology-Healthcare](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_1749.1.jpg?itok=UpmY-0kC×tamp=1571176437)
Quiet and observative, David Mpoyi is on a mission. Raised to value hard work and the importance of being educated, the Biology-Healthcare program student works full time and attends the College of Western Idaho (CWI) full time. He is doing...
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The CWI Entrepreneurs Club is happy to present the event on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Nampa Campus Academic Building.
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CWI will be home to some family friendly Halloween fun in October with a movie night and trunk or treat scheduled.
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Over seventy-five CWI students took the opportunity to discover and develop their leadership abilities at the College's first EmpowerMe Workshop.
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CTA Architects Engineers hosted workshops last week, providing a chance for input on potential development of a permanent CWI campus in Boise.
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CWI's new Student Activities Programming Board is proud to present its first Speaker Series event on Oct. 9.
![CWI Alumni Morgan, 2014 CWI Alumni Morgan Harris, Psychology, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0453.12.jpg?itok=Lwnepg4h×tamp=1571176441)
When Morgan Harris completed high school, it wasn’t a question of whether she would attend college or not—it was simply a matter of where. Between being homeschooled and attending a private school in Garden City, she graduated with a 3.8 grade point average. Being an athlete with...
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Over five years, Zions Bank has provided $30,000 in support to CWI’s English as a Second Language program.
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Tessa Calip, an academic advisor at CWI, has received the College’s monthly staff honor.
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CWI invites community members to provide feedback on early concepts for the College’s potential urban campus in Boise on Sept. 22.
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College of Western Idaho (CWI) is accepting students for a new Masonry Apprenticeship program that is set to begin classes in October. CWI will accept 30 students into the first class of the three-year program. The College will host an open house on Sept. 29 for anyone interested in learning...
![CWI Student/Scholarship Recipient Laura Grout CWI Student Laura Grout, Biology-Healthcare](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0204.12.jpg?itok=dyjJxrC6×tamp=1571176444)
For Laura Grout, going to college was always an option. Although it took her almost 20 years to enroll in the Biology-Healthcare program at the College of Western Idaho, she has never lost sight of becoming a formally-trained midwife. After years of...