Articles Tagged: Kirkwood

Kirkwood Community College aims to connect adults, employers to virtual reality tools with new lab

Following years of atypical student experiences characterized by separate and dispersed learning environments connected via screens, Kirkwood Community College last week celebrated the completion of its new on-campus $34 million student center aimed at connection and collaboration.

The Atherton Wetland, named to honor longtime Kirkwood Community College instructor Steve Atherton, who died in 2008, has 210 acres of prairie converted from farmland growing corn and soybeans.

Recap of news from across the state

Tuition rates for Kirkwood Community College students this fall are 7.5 percent above last fall — marking the steepest increase among community colleges in the state, according to college documents.

Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital have announced additional partnerships with area nursing programs in an effort to recruit more locally trained nurses in the midst of ongoing staff challenges.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources last month awarded Carroll the Brass Bluegill award from its Fish Iowa! program. The award has been presented every year since 1996 to an outstanding local program.

As a high school student in North Liberty, Emma Hall wasn’t sure exactly what career she wanted to pursue, but …

Early childhood educators and paraprofessionals are two career fields facing workforce shortages.

Kirkwood student Haji Ali is building a well in his hometown in Ethiopia to provide clean water for its community, using a $10,000 grant and other donations. The well is is expected to be completed this year and will operate on solar power.

Truck drivers around the nation are seeing pay increases in the tens of thousands, and students are being offered six-figure salaries when they finish training programs.

“Joe Eats World” and “The Gaycation Travel Show” film pilots here because of city’s culinary scene, hospitality.

Kirkwood hopes to continue expanding program by reaching more students of color, potential first-generation college students

Measure would eliminate requirement for instructor

CEDAR RAPIDS – Recruiting is all about relationships, connections and a little bit of good luck. Kirkwood Community College enticed …