CWI Compass Connect - Nov. 14, 2017
News Highlights
CWI and Eastern Oregon University Sign Transfer Agreement
Eastern Oregon University (EOU) strengthened its partnership with College of Western Idaho (CWI) through an expanded Memorandum of Understanding. The new articulation agreement became official during a formal signing ceremony Monday, Nov. 6, in Nampa.
EOU President, Tom Insko, and CWI President, Bert Glandon, signed the document in the President’s Conference Room at the Nampa Campus Administration Building.
James Jansen, CWI’s Dean of Extended Instruction, was present for the signing. Jansen said the agreement has been a long-time coming, a culmination of three years of work between EOU and CWI.
“EOU truly understands community college students and they really make an effort to reach out to schools in the region,” said Jansen. “EOU knows where our students are coming from and help guide them to achieve a baccalaureate degree,” he said.
The agreement provides an opportunity for CWI students to apply up to 80 hours of eligible lower division credits to an EOU bachelor’s degree and a smooth transfer without losing credits.
To learn more about transferring from CWI to different institutions visit: /future-students/transferring-cwi-0.
Watch KTVB's coverage of the signing here.
Nominate an Emerging Scholar
Nominations for Emerging Scholars are due March 23, 2018.
Emerging Scholars recognizes outstanding students for their commitment to learning, excelling in their discipline or program, creative approaches to assignments, and other qualities. Selection is based on perseverance, innovative thinking, and professionalism both in and outside the classroom—not primarily on academic status. Students are nominated by faculty.
During fall and spring semesters faculty identify and nominate students in their courses who exemplify these four main criteria: academic commitment, innovation, professional practice, and the demonstration of exceptional promise. Nominations are then reviewed and finalists selected by the Emerging Scholars Committee. Two Emerging Scholars are awarded in each of the schools of instruction with one Emerging Scholar being chosen at-large.
Thirteen students will receive one $600 scholarship to be applied towards their tuition at College of Western Idaho for the 2018-2019 academic year. Awards will be presented during the annual CWI Connections Project event held on campus in April.
Students receive their awards from the faculty who nominated them at a special awards ceremony in the spring, and apply the award to the following academic year including fall and spring semesters.
Nominations are open now and will be accepted through March 23, 2018. Recipients will be announced by April 16, 2018.
Nominate an Emerging Scholar today!
2017-2018 Emerging Scholars:
Ana Karen Arizmendi – nominated by Joy Palmer, Assistant Professor and English Department Chair
Aaron Connolly – nominated by Molly Wolk, Education Instructor
Cat Frazier – nominated by Liza Long, English Instructor
Francoises Garcia – nominated by Kim Johanek, Sociology and CWID Instructor
Taycia Grasmick – nominated by Suzanne Oppenheimer, Assistant Professor of Biology and Rick Coonrod, Supervisor of Tutoring Services
Dakota Keiser – nominated by Michelle Mahoney, Assistant Professor of Communication
Tony Trammel – nominated by Cathy Carson, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Azalia Perez – nominated by Michelle Fellows, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Niki Swanson – nominated by Christian Purvis-Aldrich, Associate Professor of English
Kadalyn Smith – nominated by Carol Billing, Assistant Professor of Education
Christina Hoefler – nominated by Liza Long, English instructor
CWI Students and Staff Help Rake Up Nampa
College of Western Idaho (CWI) Physical Therapy students and family members joined the Culture and Employee Engagement Committee (CEEC) at the Rake Up Nampa 2017 event on Saturday, Nov. 4. Crews made from the 800 volunteers, helped more than 100 senior citizens and disabled people clean their yards this year. CEEC sponsored the event and the group alternates between participating in Rake Up Nampa and Rake Up Boise events. CWI volunteers (left to right) were Judy Gibson, Britany Cunningham, Jason McKee, Kyla Hutchison, Jennifer Snow, and Juanita Manzo.
CWI Hires Chief Information Officer
College of Western Idaho is excited to have Michael Chacon join the College as Chief Information Officer. Chacon has 25 years of experience delivering high-quality strategies for IT and business management to organizations. In addition to technical and business management experience, Chacon has significant academic experience as an adjunct professor and professional educator for private organizations in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. Additionally, he has published several books and numerous peer reviewed articles in professional journals.
Chacon spends his free time as a musician, writing lyrics and songs which he records and distributes on CDs and online.
Priority Registration
College of Western Idaho (CWI) is excited to announce the debut of priority registration for continuing students for the Spring 2018 semester. This will allow returning students a chance to enroll in classes ahead of others in order to stay on track to graduate. Priority registration begins Monday, Nov. 13, at 9 a.m., while open registration starts Nov. 20.
- Students can register online anytime on or after their assigned registration time.
- Continuing students who enrolled any semester since fall 2015 are eligible.
- Assigned registration times are based on cumulative credits earned.
- Students can check myCWI and CWI email for their assigned time.
To learn more about registering for classes at CWI, please visit: /current-students/register-classes.
Wishing Well Funds Awarded for 2017-2018
The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Foundation, along with the Scholarship and Grants Committee, recently approved seven Wishing Well Fund applications for 2017-2018. Thanks to the generosity of employees and the support of community partners, nearly $7,000 in funding was awarded to directly benefit programs or departments at the College.
The Wishing Well Fund, established in 2015, was created to support small items and student learning opportunities not typically funded through department budgets. The funding is intended for resources and activities that enhance student development and learning experiences, but are not deemed necessary.
“It’s exciting that these grant opportunities exist for our students at CWI,” said Andrea Schumaker, Department Chair for Physical and Agricultural Sciences at the College and one of this year’s Wishing Well Fund recipients. “I am excited to have the funds to move forward with something that will provide agricultural educational experiences while helping to feed our CWI community!”
2017-2018 Wishing Well Awards:
Law Enforcement
• $313 to purchase a camcorder and tripod to record classes and training exercises
• $610 to purchase challenge coins for program graduates
Biological Sciences
• $1,500 to purchase protein modeling materials and kits
• $1,190 to purchase a bird bath, habitat certification sign, and monarch interpretive sign for the Native Plant
Garden located at the Nampa Campus Academic Building
• $1,161 to purchase You Plus the World kits to use in Making Sense of the Micro-Biotic-Me (MMBS 106) course
Physical and Agricultural Sciences
• $1,466 to build a campus garden and hold an outreach event
Visual and Performing Arts
• $730 to purchase materials and safety equipment to build and run a portable foundry
Boise State Professor to Lecture on Presidential Greatness
Dr. Justin Vaughn, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University and Director of the Center for Idaho History and Politics, will speak on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Nampa Campus Academic Building (NCAB).
Dr. Vaughn is an internationally recognized scholar on the subject of the American Presidency and has published numerous books and articles on the topic. This lecture focuses on the idea of presidential greatness, with an emphasis on the factors that explain why some presidents rate highly among academics and the public while others are ignored in the middle or stuck ignominiously at the bottom.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: 6-7 p.m.
Location: NCAB, 2nd Floor Atrium
Contact Professor Rob Harbaugh for more information at 208.562.3406 or robharbaugh@cwi.edu.
