Yuma, AZ (October 24, 2017) – Arizona Western College District residents in Yuma and La Paz counties will notice a savings on their property taxes this year. Residents will see a onetime cost savings of 44.24% on the secondary property tax levy, due to over $2.4 million in reserve funds being applied to tax payer bond obligations.
2017 AWC Hall of Fame Inductees Lynne Pancrazi and Bengie Molina to be honored
The Arizona Western College Jazz Ensemble will be performing during an upcoming Take-Over Concert at Lutes Casino, 221 S. Main St.
The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Lutes Casino will donate a percentage of every food order to benefit the Jazz Ensemble.
The Arizona Western College Majors Fair will be on Wednesday, November 1st from 9am to 1pm in the Schoening Conference Center (3C) on the Yuma Campus. This event informs AWC students and high school seniors about the more than 60 academic disciplines available at AWC and encourage them to begin the process of selecting a major.
Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
Arizona Western College is excited to announce a renewed collaboration with colleagues and artists of San Luis Rio Colorado. Sponsored by Martha Martinez, Division Chair of Modern Languages and Dr. Eric Lee, Division Chair of Communications, Poetas Migrantes will feature poetry from over twenty different poets from all corners of the Latin American world. Poetas Migrantes is a collective of poets that is organized and curated by Manuel Cuen.
AWC’s Office of Financial Aid and the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education (ACPE) are teaming up for their annual College Goal FAFSA event.
All college bound students are encouraged to attend College Goal FAFSA on Saturday, Nov. 4, in Meeting Room A at the Yuma Main Library, 2951 S. 21st Drive, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Parker, AZ (October 16, 2017) – Sidney Has No Horses, a senior from Parker High School in the Arizona Western College Upward Bound program, was recently awarded a $20,000 scholarship during MTV’s TRL show.
Yuma, AZ (October 16, 2017) – The public is invited to attend AWC Theater’s performance of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” a play written by Steve Martin.
The show will be held at the AWC Theatre on the Yuma Main Campus, 2020 S. Ave. 8E, and will run from Thursday, Oct. 19 to Saturday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. as well as on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2:30 p.m.
Yuma, AZ (October 12, 2017) - The Arizona Western College Community Band will be having its Fall Concert on Monday, October 30. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. at Mary Elizabeth Post Auditorium, 400 W. 5th St.
Two of the works that will be performed during the concert are by Percy Grainger, a virtuoso pianist from the early-to-mid twentieth century, who was also known for his band compositions.
The concert is free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted.