The Kirkwood Community College Library has opened up their wall space to some artistic creativity during the renovations that are taking place on part of the library and what was known formerly as Iowa Hall and is now being renovated into a new Student Center here at Kirkwood. [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]CONTRIBUTED: In a new step this fall the Kirkwood-Iowa City Library is joining with other libraries in Johnson County to bring best-selling and award-winning authors to the county. The consortium, called Local Libraries LIT (listen, initiate, talk) is made up of the Kirkwood-Iowa City Library, the Iowa [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College offers more than 130 programs and majors. One of these programs is the Apparel Merchandising and Design program, which has grown from an average 13 students to 23 students in recent years. According to Elisha Stanley, the only instructor and advisor to the program, “Within [Continue Reading »]
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Thirty to forty years ago mental health and wellbeing was a taboo topic, something that got swept under the rug — dismissed because the general public knew little to nothing about these disorders and how to treat them, so people with mental illness suffered in silence. Karol White, [Continue Reading »]
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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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