Months of rigorous study culminated on Monday, May 1, in presentations by six Kirkwood Community College Honors students. Coming together via a Zoom meeting, the event was a time for students to share the honors projects they have been working on all semester. The Honors Program is [Continue Reading »]
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On Tuesday, March 21, students from both Kirkwood and area high schools gathered in Iowa Hall for the college’s first-ever Project Management Day. The event, designed to provide students with insight into the field of project management, consisted of several activities to get people engaged. The event began [Continue Reading »]
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As students began filtering back onto campus with the start of the fall semester, one particularly noticeable change was apparent – the renovation of Iowa Hall brought many new perks; along with those came community-oriented lounges. Now hosting a Pride Lounge, Multicultural Lounge and Veterans Lounge students are [Continue Reading »]
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Many college students have had to engage in at least one late-night study session in preparation for an intense exam. On the evening of Friday, Feb. 10, students burned the midnight oil under a slightly different type of pressure: They needed to write an original script for a [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]As students brave the frigid temperatures and bone-chilling winds connecting parking lots to campus buildings, everyone in sight is bundled up to fend off the winter weather. Students have started classes once again, but that is the only thing this time of year has in common with August, [Continue Reading »]
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Ballantyne Auditorium was filled on Saturday night with the poetic lyrics of the Elizabethan Era, bound together by smooth harmonies. An assortment of jazz tunes also made their way to the stage for Kirkwood’s winter choir concert, which showcased Jazz Express, the Concert Choir and Jazz Transit. [Continue Reading »]
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On Saturday, Kirkwood’s instrumental jazz ensembles—the Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble and the CR Jazz Big Band—gathered in Ballantyne Auditorium to perform a concert that’s been in the works since the start of the semester. The two bands opened with contemporary jazz tunes before being joined by Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, this [Continue Reading »]
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Tuesday, Nov. 1, Kirkwood’s main campus hosted a Día de los Muertos celebration on the second floor of Iowa Hall during activity hour. An accompanying display included necessary elements of any traditional Día de los Muertos celebration, including an ofrenda covered with symbolic items, papel picado and several [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College welcomed Chibbi Orduña, a spoken word poet born in Mexico and raised in Texas, on Tuesday, Oct. 11. His work centers around his identity as someone who is both Queer and Latino and how these characteristics have shaped the way he views the world. Chibbi’s [Continue Reading »]
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