Bert's Alerts - June 23, 2017
In the Spotlight
Media arts students from the College of Western Idaho (CWI) spent the week documenting Southwest District Health’s (SDH) ReadyKamp. This year’s program trained 35 middle school students, from around the Treasure Valley, valuable disaster preparedness skills. The student film crew was on scene to document a mock school bus crash and building fire on the last day of the camp. They have been posting daily highlight videos on SDH’s Facebook page and they will use content collected for PSA’s — which the organization can use to generate interest in the community for next year’s camp.
News Highlights
CWI Announces Malepeai-Rhodes as Director of Institutional Effectiveness
College of Western Idaho (CWI) is excited to announce Alexis Malepeai-Rhodes as the new Director of Institutional Effectiveness. She will join CWI and lead the team’s efforts in planning, information, analysis, and assessment to support continuous improvement and effectiveness in achievement of institutional goals and mission fulfillment at the college.
Alexis is a native Idahoan, born and raised in Pocatello. She lived in Washington, D.C. for eight years, worked for BearingPoint and Deloitte consulting firms as a strategic business management consultant, and implemented large-scale, transformative changes agency- and department-wide for federal agencies. As a consultant, Alexis conducted strategic planning, project management, change management, customer relationship management, and business process re-engineering to streamline business processes and maximize efficiency and transparency.
For the past six years, Alexis was the Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning, and Research (IEPR) at Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, KY. As the Director of IEPR, Alexis was responsible for strategic planning, institutional effectiveness accreditation activities, assessment, business process re-engineering, and continuous process improvement. She holds a Political Science degree from Brown University.
Alexis is ecstatic to be returning to her Idaho roots and joining the CWI team. Please join us in welcoming Alexis to CWI!
CWI Celebrates Law Enforcement Graduates
Hundreds of family and friends attended College of Western Idaho’s (CWI) Law Enforcement Program graduation on Tuesday, June 20. The ceremony, held at the Nampa Civic Center, honored 31 students ranging in age from 18 to 48.
The event included highlight videos — showing law enforcement students as they completed weapons training, tactical driving exercises and hand-to-hand fighting. The graduates and crowd shared a laugh while they watched some of the blooper reels in the video. After the ceremony, a number of students gathered with family and friends as they celebrated in the lobby and posed for group photos.
“It was awesome, it’s a great opportunity for anyone who’s really interested in law enforcement, you have a lot of fun and grow with everyone — I love my brothers and sisters throughout this program,” said Almedina Sakanovic.
LeRoy Forsman, CWI Law Enforcement Program Chair, spoke during the ceremony and the keynote speaker was Sgt. Jamie Burns of the Nampa Police Department.
Each graduate received a CWI Law Enforcement Challenge Coin and the top performing students in academics, shooting and driving training received a plaque recognizing their stellar performance in those disciplines. At the end of the program, Forsman administered the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics as the students pledged to follow the strict guidelines outlined for officer’s behavior and conduct.
The CWI Law Enforcement Program is a comprehensive, hands-on training program accredited by Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Students in the program complete all POST requirements. “This ultimately allows students to become very competitive regarding employment in the law enforcement profession,” communicates Brett Reid, Law Enforcement Program Coordinator. Eighteen graduates from this year’s class have already secured jobs or are in the final stages of the hiring process with various agencies.
