Bert's Alerts - March 17, 2017
In the Spotlight
College of Western Idaho's (CWI) Career Services will help students and community members connect with job opportunities at CWI’s 2017 Spring Job Fair. The event is open to the public and will focus on seasonal employment and jobs that may be ideal for students working their way through school. The fair, which is presented in partnership with the Idaho Department of Labor, will take place, Friday, March 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at CWI’s Nampa Campus Aspen Classroom Building.
News Highlights
Visiting Writer Series - Val Brelinski
College of Western Idaho (CWI) is bringing Storyfort to you! Join us Thursday, March 23, 7 p.m. at the CWI Nampa Campus Academic Building, room 102E, as fiction writer Val Brelinski kicks off Storyfort this year. Brelinski will read from her novel, "The Girl Who Slept with God," answer questions from the audience, and talk about her work as a writer.
Val Brelinski was born and raised in Nampa, the daughter of devout evangelical Christians. From 2003 to 2005, she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where she was also a Jones Lecturer in fiction writing. Some of her achievements include a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Virginia, and having her writings featured in Vogue, MORE, Salon, VQR, and The Rumpus.
The San Francisco Chronicle, The Charlottesville Weekly, and The Boise Weekly have awarded Berlinksi prizes for her fiction, and she was also a finalist for the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award.
Currently, Berlinski lives in northern California and teaches creative writing in Stanford's Continuing Studies Program.
CWI Visiting Writer Series
Thursday, March 23
7 p.m.
CWI Nampa Campus Academic Building
5500 E. Opportunity Dr, Nampa, ID 83687
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Get Your Tickets to CWI Night at Idaho Steelheads
Group sales for the CWI section at the Idaho Steelheads game March 31 are going well! A new section is opening up to accommodate the CWI community. Remember $5 from every ticket will go to support the SCORE Big Scholarship. This will mark CWI's fourth consecutive year of a partnership with the Steelheads, but a first year for the scholarship giveaway.
Dinner is included in the price of the ticket and a future CWI student will be selected to receive the $1,000 employee sponsored scholarship. Join the fun and get your ticket today:
Visit: www.igrouptix.com/idahosteelheads
Username: CWI
Password: STEELHEADS
$15 Includes Game Ticket and Dinner (hot dog, chips, Pepsi product).
$5 from every ticket will be donated to the SCORE Big Scholarship.
To support through employee giving, visit cwi.edu/give
Related Story – New Scholarship Sponsored by Employee Giving
CWI to Start Showcasing Programs in New Event Series
College of Western Idaho (CWI) is rolling out the ‘CWI Showcase’ series of events to spotlight current and new programs across the college. These showcase events will group programs by industry and/or disciplines to create similar areas of interest for future students of CWI to experience and engage with programs. Events will move between facilities depending on the focus and programs that are participating.
These events focus on the following objectives:
- Recruit future students
- Create awareness for programs at CWI within our community
- Get interested community members to events at CWI locations related to the programs
- Partner with local industry to support the value of programs at CWI
The development of the new CWI Showcase events has been a partnership between all areas of the college. The partnership is allowing all areas of the college from Outreach to Academic Transfer to focus on what they do best as we recruit new students to CWI.
The first of these events is the ‘CWI Showcase – Science and Healthcare’ at the Nampa Campus Academic Building on April 7, 4-7 p.m.
Be on the lookout for future events as we continue to put plans together for the second round of efforts.
March President’s Lunch Celebrates Employees
On Friday, March 10, College of Western Idaho (CWI) celebrated a group of employees who have been formally recognized by their peers for outstanding contributions to the College. CWI hosted a luncheon for the honorees from its "Valuable to the Core" initiative as well as Staff of the Month and Faculty of Distinction winners for the 2016-2017 school year. Seen here at the lunch are Martha Timberlake, Heather Grayson, Katie Price, Megan Carter, Laura Stavoe, Michelle Fellows, Mary Melkonian, Brittney Trimmer, Janet Gonzalez, Brenda Fisher, Kim Johanek, Lori Yellen, and President Bert Glandon.
"Valuable to the Core” nomination cards and stickers can be found at bulletin boards across campus. Employees are encouraged to help recognize colleagues who demonstrate CWI's core values.
NADM First Floor Offices Relocate During HVAC Project
As part of the construction project for the HVAC work in the Administration building, first floor occupants will be relocated during Spring Break. On Friday March 24 at 3 p.m., Facilities and the I.T. Help desk will assist those occupants in relocating their workstations. The Financial Aid office will be temporarily located to NASP room 126. The Registrar’s office will be located in NASP room 125. Human Resources will have administrative support on the second floor of NADM in room 200B, additional HR staff may be found in room 205 of the NCMP building. Communications and Marketing will be relocated to the faculty suite area in NASP, cubes 1-4. Desk phones will be transferring with each employee, therefore extensions shall remain the same, emails will be consistent and informational signs will be posted throughout the first floor of NADM during construction. Staff will be relocated back into their offices on Monday April 3 starting at 7 a.m. Thank you for being considerate and patient during this construction project.
CWI BPA Team Wins Big at State Competition
College of Western Idaho (CWI) had a successful 2017 Idaho Business Professionals of America (BPA) Leadership Conference, March 4, earning 40 top-five finishes, topping last year’s total. Twenty-one CWI students received awards, with 20 now qualified to compete at the BPA national competition. CWI students excelled in a number of accounting, business, and information technology competitions. The college took home three awards in Banking and Finance, one in Basic Office Procedures, one in College Accounting, seven in Computer Network Security, one in Computer Network Technology, two in Computer Networking, one in Computer Security, three in Contemporary Issues, one, Desktop Publishing, three in Excel, one in Fundamental Word, two in Intermediate Word, five in Network Administration using Microsoft, three in Payroll, one in PC Servicing and Repair, two in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting, and three in Systems Administration using CISCO.
CWI BPA Award Winners:
Kristin Burbidge
Intermediate Word – Second
Excel – Fourth
Destop Publishing - Second
Kayla Young
College Accounting – First
Excel - Third
Pam Roemer
Payroll – First
Banking and Finance – First
Intermediate Word - First
Micahel Morrison
Payroll – Fifth
Banking and Finance - Third
Laura Bagley
Fundamental Word – Second
Basic Office Procedures - Fifth
Charity Ader
Contemporary Issues - Third
C'line Duff
Contemporary Issues - First
Yvette Bley
Excel - Fifth
Michael Cruz
Contemporary Issues - Second
Evan Lewis
Payroll – Second
Banking and Finance - Second
Tony Velasco
PC servicing and Troubleshooting – Third
Computer Security - Fifth
Travis Clemmens
Computer Networking Security - Third
David Cahoon
Computer Network Security – First
Network Admin using Microsoft – Third
Systems Admin using CISCO - Second
Brian Law
PC servicing and Troubleshooting – Fifth
Network Admin using Microsoft – Fourth
Systems Admin using CISCO - Third
Wade Peterson
Computer Networking – Fourth
Systems Admin using CISCO - First
Gina Marie Skeen
Network Admin using Microsoft – Fifth
Computer Network Security - Fourth
