On April 8, Kirkwood Community College suffered a power outage at its main campus. The area surrounding the campus was also impacted, including the Kirkwood Apartments and the traffic lights on Kirkwood Boulevard. The outage occurred shortly before 2 p.m. and lasted approximately 42 minutes. According to [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Community colleges across 24 states offer students the option of earning a four-year degree, and Iowa is now exploring that option as well. Representative Taylor Collins, District 95, has asked the Community Colleges of Iowa, an organization that includes all 15 community colleges in the state, to research [Continue Reading »]
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It’s all over the news—food recall after food recall, outbreak after outbreak—leaving many stunned and wondering: Was it always this bad? On Jan. 27, the FDA issued a Class I recall on broccoli contaminated with listeria that was available at Walmarts in 20 different states. It feels like [Continue Reading »]
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A firefighter with 49 years of service wanted a way to honor and remember not only the 343 firefighters, but each of the 2,977 victims that were lost on Sept. 11, 2001. That became a reality for Kirkwood Community College instructor John Conyn, who, along with the [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Volunteering is a way to bring those around us together, which is what René Morris, compliance coordinator and nursing department assistant at Kirkwood Community College said she wanted to bring to life through the Kirkwood Staff Association (KSA). This year, KSA is participating in a highway clean-up [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Some unique events are happening in the sky this spring. A penumbral lunar eclipse, typically the most uneventful of all eclipse types, happened with the full moon on March 25. Next up will be the Total Solar Eclipse and the Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the Devil Comet, [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College recently partnered with the University of Northern Iowa to create a 2+2 music program. At Kirkwood, interest in the music program is increasing. The program includes more than 35 students each year, and 150 students from all programs at the college who participate in ensembles. [Continue Reading »]
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It happened – the Kirkwood Community College Eagles Women’s Basketball Team won the NJCAA DII National Championship for the second time in three years and the ninth time in program history. All nine championships have been under Hall of Fame Head Coach Kim Muhl since taking over [Continue Reading »]
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With a goal to raise $25,000 for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, and to beat last year’s donation of nearly $23,000, Kirkwood Community College students spread the word about Dance Marathon and surpassed their goal, raising a total of $28,124.14. “I hope that they’ll remember [Continue Reading »]
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During the early morning hours on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, a report of a large fire at the Iowa Raptor Project in Solon was first reported after someone driving near the site saw the flames. The fire was reported to officials around 4:24 a.m., according to David Conrads, [Continue Reading »]
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