CONTRIBUTED by The Active Minds Club The Kirkwood Active Minds club is hosting a You Matter Walk on Thursday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kirkwood Rec Center*. We would love to have you join us. Take one minute, right now and block off [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]You Matter Walk The Kirkwood Active Minds club is hosting a “You Matter Walk” on Thursday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the outdoor track around the baseball and softball fields. They will have snacks, an affirmation board, conversation cards and games/activities. Students, faculty and [Continue Reading »]
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The Kirkwood Associate Degree Nursing Program has achieved initial NLN Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) for six years. This allows the graduates of the two-year program to work at hospitals that require accredited degrees and make it easier for students to transfer to earn their four-year [Continue Reading »]
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Event aims to increase participation and graduation of women in IT and related fields On March 8, Kirkwood Community College, in collaboration with Pearson’s, hosted a Women in Technology event. This event consisted of a panel in which they disproved stereotypes about women in IT, collaborated on how [Continue Reading »]
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One in five college females and one in sixteen college males are sexually assaulted during their time at college, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). According to the NSVRC, sexual violence or assault is any type of unwanted sexual contact. This does include any [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]April is Autism Awareness Month. According to the Autism Research Center, one in 54 school-aged students have autism. According to Kirkwood’s Learning Services Autism Advocate AJ Richard, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that effects how people with autism experience the world. Richard explained how autism [Continue Reading »]
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The Kirkwood women’s basketball team was crowned NJCAA national champs against Morton College on March 19. This caps off a fantastic one-loss season for the Eagles. This also marks Kirkwood’s 8th national title win. With two All-American selections in Ashley Tull and Kortney Drake and the NJCAA [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]College mourns passing of major contributor According to a college press release, Henry B. Tippie’s contributions to Kirkwood spanned nearly three decades. Tippie died on Feb. 20, at the age of 95. 1993 – Major contributor for Kirkwood’s Tippie-Mansfield Center in Belle Plaine. 1996 – Created endowed scholarships [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Dance Marathon raises more than $15,000 for U of I children’s hospital Dance Marathon returned to an in-person event at Kirkwood for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020. Kirkwood is the only community college in Iowa to host its own Dance Marathon and one [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]NextEra Energy Resources donation to provide hands-on training for Kirkwood students Kirkwood Community College’s Energy Production and Distribution Technologies program recently received a donation of approximately 330 solar panels from NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The panels are aimed at helping the college’s Energy Production and Distribution Technologies (renewable [Continue Reading »]
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