Kirkwood Community College
Eastern Iowa Airport opens aviation workforce campus to address labor shortages
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) has launched a new Aviation Workforce Development Campus aimed at addressing growing labor shortages across the aviation industry. The initiative, which includes academic partnerships with Coe College and Kirkwood Community College, is designed to train…
Economic forecast 2018: Big growth, big risks
Deere & Co. economist Luke Chandler predicted big growth and big risks at the CBJ’s…
Forecasting the business trends of 2018
Compiled by Adam Moore & Katharine Carlon [email protected] In early December, we asked a handful…
Kirkwood adapts continuing ed to changing market
Sparks fly as a Kirkwood Community College student completes a weld in an Accelerated Welding…
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…
CR HBA reaches out to commercial builders
A look at a tiny house built out of a shipping container by area…
Kirkwood’s Starcevich to retire in 2018
Kirkwood President Mick Starcevich discusses the economic impact of the college during a 50th anniversary…
Governor’s office renews push for computer science ed
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited with students and education leaders from the Corridor during a…
Celebrating the 2016 Workforce Awards
Eleven Corridor companies were honored for their successful recruitment and retention strategies during a Nov.…
Marcel Kielkucki
Age: 36 Occupation: Director of High School Completion Programs, Kirkwood Community College What’s the best…
Wingman program takes off in Corridor
By Adam Moore [email protected] After months of flying under the radar, the latest initiative dedicated…
Kirkwood continuing ed praised as ‘model program’
Iowa fire departments sent hundreds of volunteer firefighters last week to fire school training, hosted…
Modine workers settle in for final summer
Training, transitions underway as workers prep for plant closure By Emery Styron [email protected] The…
Kirkwood looks back at 50
Kirkwood President Mick Starcevich discusses the community college’s nearly $1 billion economic impact in the…
Employees seeking more as conditions improve
By Angela Holmes [email protected] CEDAR RAPIDS—As the economy continues to recover from the Great Recession,…
