Persons in the photos (L-R); Dr. Mick Starcevich (Kirkwood President 2005-2018), Lois Bartleme (Board of Trustees president 2003-2017) and President Barack Obama. Obama was on the college campus to make a campaign speech in Johnson Hall on July 10,…
In 1966, the Area Ten Board selected a site one-half mile south of Highway 30 on Bowling Street for its new campus. The 315-acre site was purchased for $407,500 at an average cost of $1,300 per acre. In the summer of 1968 construction began on the…
Under Dr. Starcevich's leadership, innovation and partnerships continued or expanded. A few notable accomplishments in his 12 1/2-year tenure are: the construction of The Hotel (one of two teaching hotels in the country); construction of a wind…
A 50-page history of the first ten years of the college. It was incorporated into the 1976 annual report which was included in the Volume 6., No.2, Summer 1976 issue of the "Community Quarterly".
After a national search, the Board of Trustees selected Dr. Lori Sundberg as the Kirkwood's fifth president. Prior to Kirkwood, Dr. Sundberg was president of Carl Sandburg Community College in Galesburg, IL for eight years after holding various…
