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![Susan Knights, Director of the Math Solutions Center at the Ada County Campus, is one of the many CWI employees who support the Wishing Well Fund through automatic payroll deduction. Susan Knights, Director of the Math Solutions Center](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/wishing_well_article_image.jpg?itok=rhm7w5Qm×tamp=1571176311)
This past year, the CWI Foundation was able to award six Wishing Well Fund applications.
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College of Western Idaho’s (CWI) long-awaited art mural project has been officially unveiled. In a public ceremony on Thursday, April 14, the cover was pulled to reveal the College’s first public piece of art. The event, which was attended by nearly 100 people, took place in the...
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For the past several months, Boise artist Alma Gomez and CWI students have been working to create a one-of-a-kind painted mural.
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The CWI Foundation has received a $2,000 donation from the Idaho Gardener’s Association.
![CWI President and cabinet with JPMorgan Chase executives](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/jpmc_online.jpg?itok=nPWAMfi2×tamp=1571176366)
The effort to help CWI prepare for its future has received a $25,000 financial boost from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.
![Students looking at pork heart in classroom.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/pigheart_online2.jpg?itok=OaN1SmzG×tamp=1571176372)
Over the past two years, Independent Meat Company in Twin Falls has been donating pork hearts to CWI's Life Sciences Department.
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The company is stepping forward to help give CWI students a boost when it comes to paying for college.
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CWI is celebrating a newly-created partnership that will help military veterans pay for school.
![Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center and CWI representatives in classroom.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/img_5572.1.jpg?itok=QWSsbs3f×tamp=1571176382)
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise has donated a da Vinci Robotic Surgical System to CWI's Surgical Technology program.
![CWI Foundation donates two manikins to Valley County EMR and NA programs. CWI Foundation donates two manikins to Valley County EMR and NA programs.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/valleycountygrant.jpg?itok=ytOB27x2×tamp=1571176386)
CWI received a grant to purchase medical equipment for courses offered through community outreach programs at McCall-Donnelly High School.
![Nikki and Logan Thomas Houston](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/nikki.jpg?itok=PCv9ccvd×tamp=1571176390)
Believing everyone should have the ability to go to school, Nikki Houston created a scholarship to help single parents achieve their academic dreams.
![Jacqueline Correnti, Horticulture student and Presidential Ambassador Jacqueline Correnti, Horticulture student and Presidential Ambassador](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/poinsettias_online.jpg?itok=psFurQkr×tamp=1571176393)
A large group effort helped deliver poinsettias to the CWI Foundation’s most loyal supporters.
![Health Science Student in medical classroom](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/healthcaregrant_online.jpg?itok=1eZgkxE1×tamp=1571176393)
The CWI Foundation received a $2,000 grant from the John William Jackson Fund.
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On Nov. 20, the Consul of Mexico, Celso Humberto Delgado Ramirez, presented the CWI Foundation with the donation.
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The CWI Foundation has presented six applicants with funding.
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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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A new opportunity to help promote student success has been established through the CWI Foundation.
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Basic Skills instructor Brendan Keating touched every person he met in some way. His family has established a way for his legacy to continue at CWI.