Iowa Western Community College is a

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Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The city is the most populous in Southwest Iowa, and is the third largest and a primary city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area. It is loc ...

. It was founded in 1967 and offers 84 programs in both vocational and technical areas as well as in liberal arts. It is also home to a flight school.

Campus

Aside from the main campus in Council Bluffs, the college has expanded into other parts of the district with the establishment of centers in Atlantic (Cass County Center), Harlan (Shelby County Center), Shenandoah (Page/Fremont County Center) and Clarinda (Clarinda Center). In late 2021, Iowa Western's trustees approved a new campus to serve students in adjacent Harrison County through a new career academy in Missouri Valley.

Academics

Iowa Western Community College is accredited by the

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(HLC).

Student life

IWCC hosts college/alternative radio station 89.7 The River, which serves the entire Omaha metropolitan area. IWCC offers Air Force ROTC through a cross-town agreement with the University of Nebraska-Omaha, the site of the ROTC classes.

Athletics

Iowa Western's sports teams are nicknamed the Reivers. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, soccer, wrestling, cross country, golf, shotgun sports, track & field, bowling and football. Women's sports include basketball, softball, soccer, bowling, cross country, golf, shotgun sports, track & field, and volleyball. Co-ed sports include cross country, track & field, cheerleading and golf. Reiver athletics also include cheer-leading and a dance team nicknamed the Sapphires. Iowa Western is a Division 1 school in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the

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(ICCAC). The men and women have 7 NJCAA National Championships between them. The men's National Championships were in football (2012), baseball (2010, 2012, 2014), and soccer (2013). The women's National Championships were in volleyball (2006) and soccer (2013). In addition to the NJCAA National Championships, the cheer-leading squad won the 2016 World University Championships.

Notable people

* Geronimo Allison, professional football player * Darrick Minner, professional MMA fighter * Ron Boone, Professional basketball player and announcer * Mark Brandenburg and Greg Forristall are Iowa State Representatives for the 15th and 22nd District respectively. * Nick Easley, professional football player * Don Jackson, professional football player * Isaiah Johnson, professional football player *

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, professional baseball player *

Derwin Kitchen Derwin Maurice Kitchen (born May 14, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Iowa Western Community College and Florida State University before playing professionally in Israel, Greece, Serbia, France ...

(born 1986), professional basketball player *

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(born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Michael S. Sanchez, attorney and politician who served in the New Mexico Senate * Tom Shipley, politician who serves in the

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, professional football player * Perrion Winfrey, professional football player

References

External links

* {{authority control Buildings and structures in Council Bluffs, Iowa Education in Pottawattamie County, Iowa Educational institutions established in 1967 Community colleges in Iowa NJCAA athletics