Arizona Innovation Alliance to support student success in Yuma


Sharing on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents.

February 11, 2021

Contact:
Sarah Harper, 602-229-2542, 602-402-1341 | Sarah.K.Harper@azregents.edu
Julie Newberg, 602-229-2534 | julie.newberg@azregents.edu

The Arizona Innovation Alliance (AIA), a tri-university partnership to enhance public higher education in Arizona, is launching a new project to support student success and increase educational opportunities in Yuma.

AWC to hold virtual groundbreaking ceremony for library expansion


Project Impact funded through National Endowment for the Humanities matching grant

WHEN:           Tuesday, February 9, 2021
                       12 p.m.

WHERE:         Arizona Western College, 2020 S. Avenue 8E, Learning Resources (LR) Building
                       The event will also be livestreamed at: www.facebook.com/ArizonaWesternCollege  

AWC to hold virtual Hall of Fame Celebration


Inductees include Dr. Jim Carruthers, Charlene Fernandez, and Gonzalo Huerta Sr.

Yuma, AZ (January 20, 2021) – Alumni and community partners are invited to join in online for the Arizona Western College Hall of Fame Celebration at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21.  AWC’s 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees Dr. Jim Carruthers, Charlene Fernandez, and Gonzalo Huerta Sr. will be honored during the virtual event on Facebook Live.

AWC to host Women in Workforce Facebook Live on Dec. 9


Event will include virtual panel and Q&A

Yuma, AZ (December 3, 2020) – Arizona Western College’s Career and Technical Education Department will be presenting a Women in Workforce Facebook Live event for the community to take part in.

AWC to offer Amazon Web Services certifications


Staff members receive training to teach cloud computing courses

Yuma, AZ (November 20, 2020) – As more organizations shift to utilizing online cloud technologies, employees with the necessary cloud computing skills to manage those services are in high demand. It’s for this reason that Arizona Western College will begin offering Amazon Web Services (AWS) certifications beginning Spring 2021.

College delays next Rad Tech program class to 2022


Yuma, AZ (Oct 8, 2020) – Typically at this time of year, the college Radiologic Technology program would be recruiting a new class to apply this coming January, to start in June 2021. Due to the college’s response to COVID-19, the college is unable to open applications for the next class of Radiologic Technology students until January of 2022, to begin in the summer of 2022.

La Paz and Mohave law enforcement develop partnerships with AWC academy


Contact:
Alfonso Zavala
Law Enforcement Training Academy Director
Arizona Western College
Alfonso.Zavala@azwestern.edu
(928) 317-7591

Contact:
Reetika Dhawan
Associate Vice President for Workforce Development and Career & Technical Education
Arizona Western College
Reetika.Dhawan@azwestern.edu
(928)344-7769

Former college president remembered for legacy of leadership


Contact:
Mandy Heil
Director of Communications and Marketing
Arizona Western College
Mandy.Heil@azwestern.edu
(928) 314-9594

Yuma, AZ (August 27, 2020) – The Arizona Western College community is saddened by the loss of former AWC President Dr.James “Jim” Carruthers. He passed away on July 22, at the age of 79.