Tag: Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood adapts continuing ed to changing market
Sparks fly as a Kirkwood Community College student completes a weld in an Accelerated Welding class. PHOTO JOHN BEYER
By Dave DeWitte
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Adjusting to the lifelong...
Best Place for a Corporate Event/Party: The Hotel at Kirkwood
Just as in football, “You can’t take a play off,” says Lee Belfield, general manager of The Hotel at Kirkwood, explaining the facility’s second...
CR HBA reaches out to commercial builders
A look at a tiny house built out of a shipping container by area high school students through a program at Kirkwood Community College....
Kirkwood’s Starcevich to retire in 2018
Kirkwood President Mick Starcevich discusses the economic impact of the college during a 50th anniversary event held last year. PHOTO/JOE PHOTO
By Chase Castle
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Mick Starcevich,...
Governor’s office renews push for computer science ed
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited with students and education leaders from the Corridor during a Nov. 15 tour of the Kirkwood Regional Center at...
Celebrating the 2016 Workforce Awards
Eleven Corridor companies were honored for their successful recruitment and retention strategies during a Nov. 17 breakfast. The full list can be found in...
Marcel Kielkucki
Age: 36
Occupation: Director of High School Completion Programs, Kirkwood Community College
What’s the best advice you ever received?
When I was in elementary school, my mom...
Wingman program takes off in Corridor
By Adam Moore
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After months of flying under the radar, the latest initiative dedicated to helping Corridor companies retain new recruits to the area is...
Kirkwood continuing ed praised as ‘model program’
Iowa fire departments sent hundreds of volunteer firefighters last week to fire school training, hosted by the Central Iowa Training Association. PHOTO/KIM FENSTERMAN
By Chase...
Modine workers settle in for final summer
Training, transitions underway as workers prep for plant closure
By Emery Styron
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The global marketplace applies both to goods and labor – a fact employees at...