Screams echoed through the halls, bloodied nurses roamed the rooms and patients who should have been resting peacefully seemed to have other plans. Fortunately, the only real emergency was deciding whether to scream or laugh. The fourth annual Haunted Hospital brought plenty of both to the Katz Family [Continue Reading »]
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Before Pippin can find his “Corner of the Sky,” someone has to build it. This fall, Kirkwood Performing Arts will transform Ballantyne Auditorium into a vaudeville circus for its production of “Pippin,” opening Oct. 30. But long before audiences see the finished spectacle, students and faculty are constructing [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The first step toward a wrestling club at Kirkwood is finding out who wants to step onto the mat. Guynis Kanionga, a first-year interior and architecture design major, is in the early stages of trying to start a recreational wrestling club on campus. He is currently working to [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]A career rarely follows a perfectly straight path, and sometimes the most useful lessons come from hearing how others navigated theirs. Kirkwood’s Future Business Leaders of America will host an Industry Leadership Panel from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in Iowa Hall Room B. The free event [Continue Reading »]
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Munchi Mochi, a once-again thriving local café, is located just down the street from Kirkwood Community College’s main campus. It’s a café with primarily Asian foods, with a theme based off original characters created by the owner. When the owner, Kira Anthony, who is a current student at [Continue Reading »]
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Love, loss and a touch of magic came together in Kirkwood Community College’s recent production of “Almost, Maine.” The vignette-style play written by John Cariani explores relationships through a series of interconnected stories set on a cold winter night. Set in the fictional town of Almost, Maine, the [Continue Reading »]
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On Feb. 28, Prairie Lights Books & Café hosted a gallery featuring work by Kirkwood Community College alum Marloe Spencer. The event drew community members, current and former students and college faculty and staff for an evening that celebrated both creative growth and the power of pursuing passion [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College’s Respiratory Therapy Club gave visitors a lung-lasting scare as they transformed the Katz Family Simulation Center into a spine-chilling Haunted Hospital. Complete with a fog machine, bloodstained rooms and ghostly staff and patients, the annual event left people gasping for air as a way to [Continue Reading »]
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The Kirkwood Community College Veterinary Technician Program hosted an open house on Oct. 11 where it offered food, drinks and the opportunity to see dogs available for adoption. “We have this open house every year,” said Sophie Jennett, veterinary technician. “We usually get 10-ish dogs from the [Continue Reading »]
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