Articles Tagged: Kirkwood

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 …

CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s a young team. In junior college basketball, it’s always a young team. But these Kirkwood Eagles …

Editor’s note: Hanna Roltgen will be a senior at Cedar Rapids Prairie in the fall. She is doing an internship …

CEDAR RAPIDS – It started out as a simple conversation among friends. Cedar Rapids native Jim Ecker asked his friend …

Kirkwood gave up just one run Thursday as it rolled to a district doubleheader sweep of host Dawson (Mont.) to …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Maddie Hansen has played on some special softball teams. She played on a World Series winner as …

CEDAR RAPIDS — The celebration was short and subdued. They held a plaque, posed for pictures and huddled quickly. Families …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Hot bats and a fast start. Kirkwood used that formula for another postseason victory and pulled within …

In the words of greats Cheech and Chong, Jason Pershing has a ‘basketball jones.” I’m not sure if he sleeps …