July 7-16, 2027, Kirkwood Community College will once again host its Guatemala Study Abroad with ImagininGuatemala for students to take for credit while also experiencing the culture and life in Guatemala. The partnership between ImagininGuatemala and Kirkwood originally began with now retired Kirkwood Professor Lisa Hebl and her [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The Sundberg Library in Benton Hall and the Learning Commons in Cedar Hall are joining together Oct. 5-9 to offer a week of academic support and stress relief to help you be successful in your upcoming midterms – and beyond. Stop by each day for a little stress [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]On Friday, Sept. 18, Kirkwood Community College issued an alert warning that a sexual assault had occurred on campus at approximately 3:15 p.m. the day prior. According to the Kirkwood Alert, “The reporting party stated that they met an individual in the area around Ballantyne Auditorium and later [Continue Reading »]
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“Being aware of suicide is very important,” said Amelia Peterson, mechanical engineering major and member of Kirkwood Community College’s Active Minds organization. “Because not only do many college students deal with that themselves, but if it’s not them, it’s their friends; it’s their family. It’s something that’s really [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]“There’s something kind of indelible, if inscrutable, about human voice and the way it gets expressed in writing” said Tim Robbins, assistant English professor, during the Faculty Lecture series on Sept. 10 at Kirkwood Community College. Robbins said he had been thinking a lot about the effects [Continue Reading »]
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The construction of two data centers in the Big Cedar Industrial area raises concern among Kirkwood Community College students and faculty, who worry the effects of the large data campuses will hurt local communities and the environment. The $576 million Google data center and a second $750 [Continue Reading »]
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Twenty-five years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the lessons carried forward remain rooted in family, coworkers and a community united in the face of tragedy. Cortez Davis and Lucas Rundle, firefighters for the city of Cedar Rapids, both said that family became a core value in their lives since 9/11. Rundle graduated [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College, University of Iowa, and Ellsworth Community College Join as First MembersIowa Conservation Education Coalition (ICEC) is excited to announce a brand-new Student ChapterOrganization Membership designed specifically for colleges and universities preparing the next generation of educators and informal learning professionals.With an annual membership of just [Continue Reading »]
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On April 21, the Respiratory Therapy Symposium took place in Linn Hall. First-year students of respiratory physiology displayed their projects on trifolds placed around the room. Professor of Respiratory Physiology Susan Parvin said her students have been working on these projects since the beginning of the semester. This [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]At many colleges and universities across the United States, a debate is raging over the student accommodation system, as the number of students who qualify for these services are increasing, including at Kirkwood Community College. “The numbers have been increasing over the past four to five years,” [Continue Reading »]
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