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![CWI Alumni and Scholarship Recipient Jayme Thomas, 2016 CWI Alumni and Scholarship Recipient Jayme Thomas, 2016](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_9345.1.jpg?itok=9B7PYe1j×tamp=1571176060)
For as long as Jayme Thomas can remember, she knew she wanted to work in medicine. Through CWI, her dream has finally come true.
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When Amy Shore graduated from high school, she chose the route many others do. She joined the U.S. Army with future plans to go to college. She ended up meeting her husband at her first duty station in Upstate New York and motherhood soon followed. A few years in to her job as a military...
![CWI Graduate/Dual Credit Student Katie Kelly CWI Graduate/Dual Credit Student Katie Kelly](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_9446.1.jpg?itok=nykiI1Ge×tamp=1571176109)
Katie Kelly is leaps and bounds ahead of her peers thanks to CWI’s Dual Credit program.
![CWI Alumni and Scholarship Recipient Steve Silva, 2016 CWI Alumni and Scholarship Recipient Steve Silva, 2016](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_9333.1_2_1280x853.jpg?itok=QJyWTbko×tamp=1571176278)
For CWI alum Steve Silva, a chance encounter turned into a golden opportunity when he decided to get involved with SkillsUSA.
![CWI Alumnae Shawn Gayner, 2016 CWI Alumnae Shawn Gayner, 2016](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_9414.1.jpg?itok=3LJOsuEg×tamp=1571176282)
Shawn Gayner, who graduated from CWI in May, is one of 30 students in the nation selected to attend Dartmouth College as a Veterans Posse Scholar.
![CWI Alumni Jason Billig, 2014 CWI Alumni Jason Billig, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_5487.1_1280x853.jpg?itok=D7ccKhVw×tamp=1571176364)
The CWI Electronics program helped Jason Billig transition from the United States Navy to a rewarding career building and wiring control panels.
![CPR instructor at CWI completes EMT program; becomes nationally registered. Dana Hoyer (center) and two EMS students/classmates.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_5863.1.jpg?itok=WJqO57qG×tamp=1571176376)
The clinical coordinator for CWI's Emergency Medical Services programs is celebrating an major achievement as a student.
![CWI Workforce Development Alumni Heather Griffin, 2011 CWI Alumni Heather Griffin, Advanced EMT, 2011](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_20150512_ems_40_heather_griffin.jpg?itok=dmciBYYi×tamp=1571176410)
Growing up, Heather Griffin never imagined she would be working from a mobile office while saving lives. And yet that is exactly what she does. A paramedic with Life Flight Network, she travels from Oregon to Utah and all points in between. Dispatched to...
![CWI Alumni Amber Shoopman, 2013 CWI Alumni Amber Shoopman, History, 2013](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2097.1.jpg?itok=YtqNpYxe×tamp=1571176418)
Without a doubt, Amber Shoopman has done a little bit of everything. Once quiet and very reserved, the College of Western Idaho (CWI) alumnae now spends her time interacting with a variety of people and presenting at conferences in large cities. Although she has come a long way from where she...
![CWI Workforce Development Alumni Ken Silvers, Medical Assistant, 2014 Workforce Development Alumni Ken Silvers, Medical Assistant, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2204.1.jpg?itok=plhXyKed×tamp=1571176429)
It took a while, but Ken Silvers is finally on a career path that he says makes a difference. After delivering medical supplies to a number of Treasure Valley clinics and hospitals for nearly a decade, Ken decided it was time to do something else. After saving enough money to pay for the classes...
![CWI Scholarship Recipient Karee Wilson CWI Alumni/Student Karee Wilson, Liberal Arts/Nursing](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_2124.1_resize.jpg?itok=1P9EKBtr×tamp=1571176433)
Ever since Karee Wilson was a little girl, she wanted to be a nurse. Born into a family of people who have chosen health care as a profession, becoming a nurse was a natural step. Things were going according to plan, but then life took her a little off track. She found out she was going to...
![CWI Alumni Morgan, 2014 CWI Alumni Morgan Harris, Psychology, 2014](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0453.12.jpg?itok=Lwnepg4h×tamp=1571176441)
When Morgan Harris completed high school, it wasn’t a question of whether she would attend college or not—it was simply a matter of where. Between being homeschooled and attending a private school in Garden City, she graduated with a 3.8 grade point average. Being an athlete with...
![CWI Alumni Davianne Astley, 2015 CWI Alumni Davianne Astley, Biology-Healthcare, 2015](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_8015.1.jpg?itok=nWjn1w-o×tamp=1571176450)
Davianne Astley is proof that scholarships work. The College of Western Idaho (CWI) alumna says if it weren’t for a scholarship she received from the CWI Foundation, she would not be where she is today....
![CWI Alumni Jose Nava, Applied Accounting, 2012 CWI Alumni Jose Nava, Applied Accounting, 2012](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/blog_ct/image/img_0428.1_1.jpg?itok=yh__btq8×tamp=1571176452)
When Jose Nava started his studies at the College of Western Idaho (CWI), he had no idea an accounting class assignment would lead him to an office with a view along the interstate in Nampa. Today he is doing a job he enjoys in a profession he loves. It’s a far cry from where he once was,...