Despite starting the season 33-0, the Kirkwood Eagles could not complete the perfect season to bring home their ninth national championship. Instead, they finished fourth in the nation. “Being undefeated heading into the nationals was a great achievement,” said head coach Kim Muhl. “It is extremely difficult for [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College students were formally introduced to the small but energetic country of Azerbaijan at the Global Spotlight earlier this month. Deniz Shahmammadova, tourism and hospitality management major, gave a thorough and informative presentation on her homeland. Azerbaijan is located between the Caucasus Mountains and the [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The Kirkwood Library began providing services to the college in 1967. At that time, we had about 5,200 books. We now have over 50,000 print books. That’s in addition to over three times that number of ebooks. The classification system we have been using for our print books [Continue Reading »]
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The Sundberg Library at Kirkwood Community College has added a seed library, a collection of seeds students can use to start their own home garden. To access the new seed library, students can go to the front desk in the library and ask to browse the seed collection. [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Students awake to an almost endless to-do list every day full of a variety of tasks. Study for this class, write a paper for that class, go to work, go to practice, do the dishes, make food for the week. If we’re walking the dog, taking the kids [Continue Reading »]
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Bake a cake and get the candles, it’s almost Van Gogh’s 172nd birthday. It’s also almost World Bipolar Day. A day meant for promoting awareness and reducing stigma surrounding bipolar disorder, World Bipolar Day is observed on Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday, March 30. Van Gogh is known for [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]According to a National Health Interview Survey conducted in 2019 by the CDC, adults aged 18-29 were more likely than any other age group to experience symptoms of depression. With 75% of students in college being between 18 and 24, according to the National Center for Education, depression [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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The Respiratory Therapy Club hosted the Think Before You Breathe Substance Awareness Event in Linn Hall on Mar. 24. The event was hosted in collaboration with the nonprofit Area Substance Abuse Council, which provides substance abuse and gambling addiction treatment in the state of Iowa. The event [Continue Reading »]
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