2008 Woodie Awards
Feeling like you are being followed home from a late night class should not be a scenario for students to worry about at Kirkwood Community College. Security measures at Kirkwood have been increased over the past years with security taking another step at Kirkwood.
It's an artificial human but can still get sick. The new Health Simulator is the nursing department's new teaching tool. The Director of Nursing at Kirkwood Community College, Sandra Cooper, said the simulator will help respiratory therapy, medical assistant and paramedical students learn how to care for patients.
As hundreds of new students walk through the doors of Kirkwood Community College on the first day of school many questions will be asked. "Where is my classroom?" "Where's the bathroom?" "How do I get to the bookstore?" "Where can I get change for the vending machine?" Margaret Duffy who works at the Information Booth, located in the Linn Hall lobby, will be able to answer those questions.
It was 3:04 a.m. Two firemen knocked on the front door and told the residents they had to leave their home because the river was reaching dangerously high levels. They had just 20 minutes to pack pieces of their lives into a suitcase, with little knowledge of how long it would be before they could return.