Graduation Fair It’s that time of year, Kirkwood Community College students are preparing for graduation and reflecting on their time at the college. The commencement ceremony will be held May 13, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids. The ceremony will include hundreds [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The arrival of spring and warmer weather usually brings the start of Severe Weather season here in Iowa, but not so in 2023. The first event was in January, and according to the National Weather Service these were the first tornadoes reported in Iowa in the month of [Continue Reading »]
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According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website, “Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) calls attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and impacts every person in the community…Systems of oppression such as racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ageism, ableism, etc. contribute to higher rates of sexual [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College’s counselors Angie Ziesman Weiler and Mary Gesing held a meeting with students several years ago to talk about stress. They discussed the 4Ms; mindfulness, mastery, movement and meaningful connections that are still helpful in 2023. Mindfulness is to live in the moment instead of focusing [Continue Reading »]
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Exam Cram Students are invited to participate in several activities and enjoy snacks to help relieve some stress as finals week approaches. The activities will be held at the Library (Benton Hall) and Tutoring Services (2nd Floor, Cedar Hall) on Thursday, April 27, from 8 a.m. – 8 [Continue Reading »]
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New articulation agreement
[Continue Reading »]Thursday, April 20, the Information Technology department will be sponsoring an event in Iowa Hall showcasing “Women in Technology” during the student activity hour (11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.). The goal of this event is to highlight the many contributions women have made in the fields of technology [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 »]
[Continue Reading »]It was early 1945 when 6 year-old Tova Friedman and her mother escaped the extermination camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau in occupied Poland after hiding under corpses in a women’s infirmary. Liberating Russian troops had arrived and Nazi soldiers, attempting to erase their crimes, were killing prisoners, for, as [Continue Reading »]
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