One half of Kirkwood Community College’s Introduction to Glass students have already completed their work creating blown forms this semester. The class is one of many offered in this specialized medium and a required prerequisite for further advancement as a glass artist at Kirkwood. Although this semester saw [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College’s visual communication and design program will merge with the digital arts program, Dean of Arts and Humanities Jennifer Cunningham confirmed on Feb. 20. The degree program will no longer be available to new students starting in the fall of 2026. However, the classes that are [Continue Reading »]
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In a state where agriculture, transportation and heavy machinery power the economy, diesel technology remains a quiet but essential force. At Kirkwood Community College, the Diesel Technologies program is training students not to farm the land but to keep the machines that work that land and much more [Continue Reading »]
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The spring semester is off to a cold start, and the once-vibrant campus has given way to bare grass and negative wind chills. Still, green life thrives on the outer edges of the college. Inside the Horticulture building stands a 7,000-square-foot greenhouse that is home not only to [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College recently announced a new degree program in Cybersecurity and Compliance, which began this fall and the first students in the program are now beginning to make their way through it. The new program is intended to fulfill the rapidly growing need for cybersecurity professionals [Continue Reading »]
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