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AWC Awarded $5.9M Over the Next Five Years

Project Will Help Students Attain STEM Degrees in Informatics

Arizona’s Senator McCain and Congressman Gosar’s offices contacted Arizona Western College on September 27, 2016 to notify that the Informatics-STEMing Into New Careers for Today and Tomorrow (INSTINCT2) proposal had been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Hispanic Serving Institutions Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HIS-STEM) and Articulation Program.

AWC Received Exemplary Award at National Conference for their Chiller Optimization Project

Arizona Western College received an Exemplary Practices Award from the Community College Business Officers (CCBO) at their 2016 annual conference in Orlando, Florida for the Chiller Optimization Project.  Steve Eckert, AWC Director of Facilities Management, accepted the award on behalf of AWC and also gave an hour long presentation on the project at the conference.

2nd Annual English Symposium on November 18

Arizona Western College will be holding their 2nd  Annual English Symposium on Friday, November 18 from 9am to 12pm in BA 111. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) and the AWC English Faculty.

For the Love of the Laborer: Historical Influences and Current Work by Angel Luna

CTE Presents the Noon Discovery Series 2.0

For the Love of the Laborer: Historical Influences and Current Work by Angel Luna

AWCTheatre Presents “The Laramie Project”

AWCTheatre presents “The Laramie Project” by Moises Kaufman and directed by Ann Wilkinson. The play opens on Thursday, October 20th at 7:30 pm. Additional performances are on October 21, 22 and 27-30. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 pm and the Sunday matinee is at 2:30 pm.  The performances will be held in the AWC Theatre on the Yuma Campus. 

AWC Announces Finalists for Associate Dean, South Yuma County

The public has two chances to meet the three finalists for the job of AWC Associate Dean of South County. Public forums are scheduled for the week of Oct 17 in both San Luis and Somerton.

October 18, 2016

AWC Talent Search Hosts First Steps to College for 7th Graders

Talent Search will be hosting First Steps to College for 7th graders on Tuesday, October 18th from 9am to 1pm on the Yuma Campus at Arizona Western College in South Schoening and the East Meeting Room.

First Steps to College is a Talent Search activity for 7th graders to come to the AWC Yuma Campus for the day.  Students that will be participating are from 4th Ave Jr High, Gila Vista Jr High, Wellton Elementary, and LePera Elementary and Wallace Jr High in Parker, AZ.

Calling all AWC Alumni for Celebration Breakfast

2016 AWC Hall of Fame Inductees Olivia Zepeda and C. Candy Camarena to be honored

Arizona Western College is inviting alumni to help kick off Homecoming week at the AWC Alumni Breakfast and Hall of Fame Celebration on Thursday, October 20, in the Schoening Conference Center from 8:00-9:00am. AWC’s 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees, Mrs. Olivia Zepeda and Mr. C. Candy Camarena, will be honored at the breakfast, as well as at the  Homecoming game on Saturday, October 29th.

Classical Pianist Dr. Raymond Ryder to Give a Free Concert at AWC

Arizona Western College is excited to have Raymond T. Ryder, a classical pianist, on campus on Wednesday, October 12. He is from Tucson, Arizona and will be giving a free concert on the Yuma Campus in the Music Building (Rm 102) at 6 PM.