Students visiting AWC for High School Senior Day
October 18, 2022Yuma, AZ (October 18, 2022) – In an effort to eliminate barriers and make higher education accessible for all, Arizona Western College has created an event exclusively for high school seniors to visit the college.
Yuma County Public Health Services District to hold emergency response training at AWC
January 15, 2020Educational institutions from Yuma County and Mexico to participate in pandemic tabletop exercise
Yuma, AZ (January 15, 2020) – Educational institutions from around Yuma County and Mexico will be taking part in an emergency response training at Arizona Western College on Friday, Jan. 24.
The Yuma County Public Health Services District will be working with Yuma Regional Medical Center and the Yuma Fire Department to offer a tabletop exercise on how regional agencies and educational institutions would respond in the event of a pandemic scenario.
High school students can earn AWC Carpentry Certificate through pilot program
January 15, 2019Yuma, AZ (January 15, 2019) – Students now have the opportunity to obtain their Arizona Western College Occupational Certificate in Basic Carpentry while still in high school.
The final two courses necessary to earn the certification – Blueprint Reading for Construction and Concrete and Concrete Form Systems – are being offered to construction students at Kofa High School through an AWC pilot program. Students have previously had an opportunity to complete the first three dual-credit courses needed for the certification as well.
ASU’s American Dream Academy partners with AWC & YUHSD to get more students to college
December 11, 2018Participants can qualify for one-time promise award for $4,000 to ASU or $500 to AWC
Yuma, AZ (December 11, 2018) – Arizona State University’s American Dream Academy has ventured out of the Phoenix metropolitan area for the first time in the program’s 12-year history to partner with Arizona Western College and the Yuma Union High School District. The program acts as an additional support to help students and their families through the process of graduating from high school and continuing on to higher education.