Kirkwood Community College Industrial Technologies

04/25/2025

Our faculty and staff on our Partnerships and Outreach Committees are making an incredible impact by connecting students to bright futures through a variety of events and initiatives. Their efforts are helping students build real-world connections, expand their opportunities, and see the relevance of their education in new ways. These successes are made possible by the strong, collaborative relationships our faculty and staff have built with industry partners, allowing them to create experiences that are meaningful and lasting. Faculty involved in this work often share how rewarding it is to watch students grow in confidence and ambition as a result of these experiences. Their dedication deserves to be recognized and celebrated!

02/27/2025

Our NAHB Student Chapters Competition Team won first place in Associate Programs at The International Builders' Show (IBS) in Las Vegas. Congratulations Tommy Connolly, Brayden Duden, Jayden Grams, Trent Hicks, Abbi Stransky, & Emma Wilkerson. Thanks to our Team Instructors: Dave Becicka, Bryan Hansen, & Aaron McGlynn. This is the 4th year in a row that our team has brought home the trophy and we are so proud! 🎉🎉🎉

Kirkwood Community College The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association

02/26/2025

This week students from the Construction Management program had the opportunity hear from various businesses in the area related to surveying. They leaned about soil sampling and its importance in preparing for a project as well as some of the other tools and equipment such as total stations, drones and other GPS surveying equipment.

02/25/2025

Today our National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter Competition Team presenting at The International Builders' Show (IBS) in Las Vegas. These are students in our Architectural Technology and Construction Management Programs. Their competition will be streamed live at 1:30pm CT on the The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association page. If you are able please cheer on our students Virtually.

Let's Bring that trophy home again!!!! Good luck Tommy Connolly, Brayden Duden, Jayden Grams, Trent Hicks, Abbi Stransky, & Emma Wilkerson!🎉

12/13/2024

📢 Celebrating Service and Education in Action!

We are incredibly proud to share that one of our exceptional faculty members, Steve Hanisch, has been honored with a Volunteer Award for his remarkable contributions to Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity.

This long-standing partnership is one we highly value, as it provides our students with hands-on, real-world carpentry experiences that make a significant impact in our community. It’s an excellent example of the power of education and service coming together.

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, and thank you for inspiring us all!

10/30/2024

DONUT FEAR
SPOOKTACULAR TREATS ARE HERE!!!
Now until 11:00am
Outside Jones Hall 101
🦇💀👻🎃
Can’t come today, don’t worry there will be more tomorrow!!

10/24/2024

DONUT FEAR: SPOOKTACULAR TREATS ARE HERE!👻🎃🍩
October 30th & 31st
9:00AM-11:00AM
OUTSIDE JONES HALL 101

10/23/2024

Approximately 3500 students from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids school districts attended the Junior Achievement Career Inspire event held yesterday and today at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse. Construction Management Instructors and Students partnered with Industry Partners like Suburban Lumber, Hodge Construction, and the Greater Iowa City Home Builders Association to give  high school freshman real world construction experience. They were able to compete in a nail driving competition as well as measure, install, and remove a window in a framed opening.

10/23/2024

Approximately 3500 students from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids school districts attended the Junior Achievement Career Inspire event held yesterday and today at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse. Construction Management Instructors and Students partnered with Industry Partners like Suburban Lumber, Hodge Construction, and the Greater Iowa City Home Builders Association to give high school freshman real world construction experience. They were able to compete in a nail driving competition as well as measure, install, and remove a window in a framed opening.

10/03/2024

Sean Weise is a 2nd year student in Automotive Technology. We encourage you to read this great article that shares a little bit of Sean's success here at Kirkwood and in life.

Your doing amazing things Sean, we are very proud of you.

Kirkwood Community College

The last thing Wiese remembered was being on the phone inside B&B Automotive -- the Riverside auto repair shop where he worked -- and hanging up so he could get back to it. He remembered looking at the shop door and his boss, who was working on a car with its driver-side headlight out. And then noth...