Kirkwood Community College hosts events multiple days a week for its students, and research supports that students who attend events have a better college experience. Seth VanderTuig, director of Student Life, said he believes it is of utmost importance to have an event for every student. According to [Continue Reading »]
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Offering a subversive glimpse into femininity by dressing common household items, jewelry, and clothing in girly glamor to the point of excessiveness, Ali Hval showcases the extreme and often suffocating and restrictive work that goes into performing femininity and all the roles that come with it. The [Continue Reading »]
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[Continue Reading »]Kirkwood Community College’s Student Life is hosting two movie nights this semester with a competition between students in Leadership Council and their advisors. Each side is assigned to bring as many students as they can, so all Kirkwood students can get involved by attending one of the [Continue Reading »]
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The Culinary Arts program took over The Café at Kirkwood Community College, serving three-course meals for $14 from Oct. 22-24, and featured a menu based on the fall season. This is the third “dry run” where Jeremy Ralph, professor of hospitality, and Michael Barshis, associate professor of hospitality, [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Looking to see your art featured in Kirkwood Community College’s collection? How about winning $300 while you do it? Well, here’s your chance – Kirkwood is hosting an art competition and all students are invited to participate. Five to six winning submissions will be chosen for a [Continue Reading »]
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How did the club get started? Active Minds is a national student-run organization started by Alison Malmon after losing her brother to suicide. The Kirkwood Active Minds club was started in the spring of 2012 by the Kirkwood counseling staff in an effort to open up the conversation about [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College hosted a Voting 101 course on Oct. 1 to educate students, many of whom are eligible to vote for the first time this year, on the concepts and importance of voting. The event was hosted by Assistant Professor of English Shawnacy Kiker-Perez and the Civic [Continue Reading »]
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The Kirkwood Community College choir, led by Fred Kiser, associate professor of music, is working with students to prepare for the upcoming fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m. in Ballantyne Auditorium. Kiser said the choir is working on a variety of opera pieces for the [Continue Reading »]
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Participation can lead to Eagle Leadership Certificate On Sept. 4, the Student Leadership Kickoff Series event began and students gathered in Iowa Hall to learn more about the activities planned for this year. Student Leadership includes three clubs: Student Ambassadors, Student Leadership Council and Dance Marathon. [Continue Reading »]
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