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![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.
![Jana McCurdy](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/janamccurdy.jpg?itok=znC0i1eH×tamp=1650048216)
Congratulations to Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Social Sciences, Jana McCurdy, College of Western Idaho’s Faculty of Distinction for March 2022.
![LGBTQ+ Panel Discussion and Q&A](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/lbgtq.jpg?itok=7aQvSXdC×tamp=1650057416)
College of Western Idaho’s Social Work Club is excited to present a community education panel and Q&A event focused on LBGTQ+ identities and experiences April 26.
![Grad Fest 2022](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/grad-fest_2022_article.jpg?itok=mdaClGvK×tamp=1649968557)
Gather your friends, family, and classmates, and plan to join us for a good time and good eats during this year’s Grad Fest, May 4.
![A conceptual design for CWI's proposed Boise campus development. A conceptual design for CWI's proposed Boise campus development.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/cwi_boise_center_perspective_002.jpg?itok=b_Lt5m0A×tamp=1649951193)
College of Western Idaho's Board of Trustees voted to approve the strategic direction proposed through the Campus Visioning and Planning process.
![CWI History students touring Idaho State Archives](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/history.jpg?itok=RreNxJUw×tamp=1649445501)
Students in their final semester of College of Western Idaho’s History program enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of the Idaho State Archives facility in March.
![Cory Leinberger, Information Technology Manager](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/cory.jpg?itok=DwBCs4J_×tamp=1649440953)
Congratulations to Information Technology Manager, Cory Leinberger, College of Western Idaho’s Staff of the Month for March 2022.
![College of Western Idaho's Landscape Maintenance: Irrigation class installing irrigation](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/irrigation.jpg?itok=93c33jjs×tamp=1649435378)
College of Western Idaho’s Landscape Maintenance Irrigation class has been hard at work this semester gaining irrigation design, renovation, and installation skills assisting with projects right here in our community.
![Trevi Hardy](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/trevi.jpg?itok=c1zDi-lI×tamp=1649434667)
Congratulations to College of Western Idaho employee, Trevi Hardy, selected by the Coalition on Adult Basic Education as a 2022 State Advocate for Adult Education Fellow representing Idaho.
![2022 Shakespearience presents Romeo & Juliet](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/romeojuliet_tours-2022pc_1920x1080-1024x576.jpg?itok=nfIg5mWd×tamp=1649427829)
College of Western Idaho’s Visiting Artist Series is proud to welcome Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespearience for a performance of Romeo & Juliet April 14.
![Student in computer lab with headphones in](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/img_20180613_stu_apinmsc_27.jpg?itok=E3cEqKvs×tamp=1649371672)
Increase your awareness in cybersecurity by participating in a free, online training provided through Amazon.
![Nationally-renown author and expert, Mike Domitrz Nationally-renown author and expert, Mike Domitrz](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/mikedomitrz.jpg?itok=UsgQGBF5×tamp=1647016553)
Join College of Western Idaho April 20 as we raise awareness on issues relevant to dating, intimacy, and sexual assault with nationally-renown author and expert, Mike Domitrz.
![Students sitting outside Nampa Campus Academic Building with a laptop](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/registration_0.jpg?itok=Ky5Y80Wt×tamp=1649185970)
Registration for all new, returning, or continuing students for Fall 2022 semester opens April 18.
![Group of students sitting in the Nampa Campus Micron Education Center lobby](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/img_2022_0120_mkt_wdshoot_86.jpg?itok=tFbovAOK×tamp=1648758333)
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![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.
![Illustration of rotorcraft landers](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/dragonfly.jpg?itok=Ax88FfZx×tamp=1648751886)
Join University of Idaho professor, Jason Barnes, April 13 to learn more about the Dragonfly space mission, a project to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
![Otter in grass by a river](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/adobestock_199903068.jpeg?itok=EUSQfEDx×tamp=1647029069)
In continuing the mascot research development, it is now time to bring the otter to life with a name! Participate in the Mascot Naming Survey by April 8.
![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...