At Kirkwood Community College, parks and natural resources students share a passion for conserving Iowa’s ecosystems. Land management of wetlands and tall grass prairies is a major part of the program’s curriculum as well as studying the native plants and animals that inhabit them. One way that students [Continue Reading »]
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The spring semester is off to a cold start, and the once-vibrant campus has given way to bare grass and negative wind chills. Still, green life thrives on the outer edges of the college. Inside the Horticulture building stands a 7,000-square-foot greenhouse that is home not only to [Continue Reading »]
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The saying goes “Virginia Beach is for Lovers,” but this November, Virginia Beach was for Kirkwood Community College. Ten Kirkwood parks and natural resources students attended the National Association of Interpreters conference in this coastal city. Each student who attended is a member of the Women in [Continue Reading »]
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