It’s still early on a sunny Monday morning when Kirkwood Community College Public Safety Officer Randy Jones receives a transmission from dispatch requesting he head to Linn Hall. Someone found a pair of eyeglasses over the weekend and left them in an office. Jones describes how he is [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]At Kirkwood there is a program that recognizes first-generation students and helps them learn important skills and tricks for college. What determines a first-generation student? Any student whose parents did not graduate from a four-year college is a first-generation student. That means even if students have older siblings who have graduated [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College has many resources to offer students but one that students may not know about is the opportunity to interact with a therapy dog, named Dex. Dr. Alissa R. King, associate professor of sociology at Kirkwood, is the owner, trainer and handler of two great Dane [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The Facilities department has more than 75 employees and an operational budget of $11 million a year leading it to be one of the biggest spenders on the Kirkwood Community College campus. They are also in charge of all eight Kirkwood campuses and 14 locations. From custodial work [Continue Reading »]
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Anyone of us can probably list off a litany of things we missed, had to give up, or couldn’t do while “riding out the storm” that is COVID-19. With the many obvious negative consequences from this pandemic, we hope to focus on the positive lessons learned amidst all [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: It’s been a long strange year and this semester we’ll all still have to remain flexible. Expect there to be changes both around the main campus and around Library Services. We are no longer taking k-numbers at the door. A lot of our furniture is back and more than one person per [Continue Reading »]
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On Sept. 11, 2001, four airplanes were highjacked with the intention of causing mass fatalities. Two planes were crashed into the Twin Towers, in New York City, New York. A third plane, Flight 93, crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Investigators believe that Flight 93 was meant to [Continue Reading »]
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Ever since the Derecho hit Cedar Rapids last year, the conversation about the significance of trees has expanded. The fact that the city’s logo is a tree, puts the impact of loss and destruction into perspective. According to City Arborist Todd Fagan, Cedar Rapids lost close to 80,000 [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: Home to roughly 2,500 students, hailing from 82 different countries, taking classes online and in-person, Kirkwood Community College’s Iowa City Campus boasts smaller class sizes, professors who can work with students one on one and extracurricular activities including a robust Student Life department, according to Kirkwood’s Student [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: Farming is a major part of everyone’s lives, whether they know it or not. Every item of food, clothing, or other major products can be sourced to farming. With how big farming has become, it is obvious that it has changed the world. The Main Ways Farming [Continue Reading »]
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