Bert's Alerts—Jan.22, 2021
News Highlights
Beta Sigma Pi Chapter Earns Five Star Status
Congratulations to College of Western Idaho's Beta Sigma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa for achieving 5-Star Status for the third year running, the highest rank for chapters nationwide.
The team, led by officers Jody Ayers, Rebecca Shelman, and Yaquelin Romero, spent the last year participating in regional and national PTK events, promoting local activities, and developing their leadership skills.
The two hallmarks of this achievement are the College Project and the Honors in Action Project, both of which were completed despite having to meet, plan, and execute the projects over zoom. The College Project included a slideshow with a summary of minority experiences in Idaho and included a survey about understanding these experiences. The data informed their Honors in Action Project, which is a badge program about learning and practicing strategies of empathy. Both of these projects provided useful information to help empower students.
Giving Tree a Huge Success
The 12th annual Giving Tree gift drive was a tremendous success this year with more than 600 gifts donated - the biggest collection yet.
College of Western Idahos’s (CWI) Criminal Justice department, Psi Beta Honor Society, Psychology Club, and Veteran’s Association partnered with 3rd District Guardian Ad Litem Program, a non-profit program advocating for abused and neglected children, to gather gifts for children in foster care.
The organizers at CWI give a big thank you to the College community for helping spread joy to children this year!
Download CWI's Mobile App for Spring 2021
With the start of a new semester, students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to download CWI's mobile app – the perfect companion for a successful spring term.
Put CWI in your pocket with our app with features designed to help you navigate campus locations, view your schedule, and learn about news and events on campus. Additionally, the app includes a link to our Be Safe, Be Mighty webpage for up-to-date information related to COVID-19 procedures and guidelines, campus safety measures, student services availability, and resources.
Free Fitness Training Program for CWI Employees
The CWI Employee Wellness Challenge is excited to announce a partnership with the Department of Health Science and students from the EXHS-163 Fitness, Assessment, and Design course. This partnership will give students the critical hands-on experience to assess a client and design a fitness program while CWI employees get the benefit of a short-term individualized training program for free! This is a great opportunity for each group to work and learn from the other in a very personalized manner.
Program Details:
- 22 spots are available for CWI employees.
- The opportunity is open to anyone who wants to have a custom-made training plan created for them and/or wants to help our students gain experience.
- Participants must be available for five weeks starting in early April to meet regularly with a Student Personal Trainer and commit to a training plan.
- Program includes an initial consultation with student, fitness testing, training plan overview, in depth follow-up about training progression, and final consultation with student including a 2nd month’s training plan.
- Participants will be asked to submit an evaluation of their experience with the Student Personal Trainer.
- Participants may be requested to perform basic fitness testing on their own due to COVID-19 precautions. If this is the case, they will be provided written instructions and the tests will be appropriate for their current abilities. They will not be required to purchase any equipment.
Participant Qualifications:
- Must complete the PAR-Q+ survey and either not require medical clearance OR have a doctor’s note allowing participation in physical activity. Please note, if the survey asks you to continue forward and fill out the ePARmed-X+ form, you will need to do so in order to get an accurate result.
Ready to participate? Complete these simple steps to apply:
- Complete the PAR-Q+ survey.
- Fill out a Personal Training Form.
The deadline to apply for participation is March 19. Spots will be filled on a rolling basis as applications are submitted. Apply early!
Please contact Tim Curry, instructor for EXHS-163, with any questions you have about participating at 208.562.3077 or timcurry@cwi.edu.
