For Kirkwood Community College student Mona Barthold-Gehy, the massive earthquake in Haiti hit home. Barthold-Gehy, a 41-year-old Web graphic design major, is from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The poor Caribbean nation was rocked by a magnitude-7 earthquake Jan.
Commingled recycling, which expands the kinds of materials that can be recycled, is under way at Kirkwood Community College's main campus With commingling, which started earlier this month, all types of plastics, paper and metals can be placed in one receptacle and recycled.
Kirkwood Community College students can expect to pay more per credit hour. And some longtime faculty members will be taking advantage of a new retirement incentive. Those are two of the ways in which Kirkwood is dealing with a budget squeeze, according to President Mick Starcevich.
IOWA CITY - "Eyes are afraid, while hands start doing" is a Russian saying Olga Petrova, an assistant professor at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa City, made her motto. According to Petrova, you shouldn't allow your eyes to decide what you can't accomplish because they may deceive you; start doing with your hands and you'll accomplish anything.
IOWA CITY - For the past 21 years Jon Weih has been working at Kirkwood Community College. He started working with Distance Learning and Media at the main campus in Cedar Rapids. He is now the director of Student Services and Student Life at the Iowa City campus.
IOWA CITY - Kirkwood Community College's Iowa City campus will be participating in the Big Read in Johnson County, which will be focusing on the classic novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. According to Kate Hess, Iowa City campus librarian, the library has copies of the book available for students, staff and faculty members who want to join a book discussion group and to faculty who want to check out copies for their classes.