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AWC is Working to Become More Bike Friendly

Yuma, AZ (May 15, 2017)-May is National Bike Month and Arizona Western College is working to become more bike friendly, so that they can help the city apply to be one of the Bike Friendly cities in America. 

AWC is in the planning stages of helping the campus become more bike friendly and will be working on the following items to help accomplish this goal:

-A campus map that details where bike lanes and/or bike marked roads are on campus.

-Adding safe places to ride on the Bike rack map.

-Cycling Club  

-Bike Sharing Program

AWC 2017 Commencement

Record Number of Degrees and Certificates to be Awarded

Yuma, AZ (May 8, 2017)-Arizona Western College, Northern Arizona-Yuma Branch Campus and University of Arizona announce the 2017 Commencement. The ceremony will take place at Veterans Memorial Stadium located at 7150 E. 24th Street, next to Gila Ridge High School, on Friday, May 19 at 8:00 PM.

AWC is Hosting Summer Science Camp for Ages 13 to 18

Arizona Western College will be hosting Summer Science Camp for ages 13-18.  The camp takes place on June 5th to June 9th from 9am to 12pm each day on the Yuma Campus in the AS building.  The cost is just $50, which covers all 5 days of the camp. Spaces are limited and the deadline to register is Monday, May 29th.  Registration can be done via telephone (928) 317-7674, online at ContinuingEd@azwestern.edu or by walk-in to the Redondo Center at 1351 S. Redondo Center Drive.

National Achievement and Recognition for Jacqueline Farley

Yuma, AZ (May 4, 2017)-On March 29th, 2017 Arizona Western College student Jacqueline Farley traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to receive two national writing awards from Sigma Kappa Delta, the National Two-Year College English Honor Society.

Jaqueline won 2nd and 3rd place prizes for the National Essay Writing Contest for her Pieces “I Asked for Extra Mayo and Got Mermaid” and “On Amonds.”

Two AWC Spring Concert Music Performances Coming Up

Yuma, AZ (May 1, 2017)-There are two spring music performances coming up at Arizona Western College.  First up is the AWC Community Band and Pep Band’s spring concert that will take place on Monday, May 1st at 7:00 pm in the AWC Theater.  Then the spring concert for the AWC Jazz Ensemble is on Wednesday, May 10th at 7pm in the AWC Theater.

Both concerts are free and open to the public (donations will be accepted).  For more information, please contact Professor Pollard at (928) 344-7573 or louis.pollard@azwestern.edu.

AWC Presents the Formal Student Recital on May 7

The Arizona Western College Music Department will have its Formal Student Recital at 1 pm on Sunday, May 7 in the AWC Theater on the Yuma Campus.  The Formal Student Recital is the end-of-the-semester performance presented by the music students taking private lessons.

Everyone is invited to attend the free recital.  For more information, please contact Professor Pollard at (928) 344-7573 or louis.pollard@azwestern.edu.

AWC’s Annual La Cosecha to Celebrate Education Major Graduates on May 4

Arizona Western College is pleased to invite the media to the Annual La Cosecha (The Harvest) Outstanding Graduates Banquet on Thursday, May 4th  in the Schoening Conference Center, located within the College Community Center (3C), on the Yuma Campus. Registration begins at 6:00 pm and the program starts at 6:30 pm.

Arizona Western College’s 2017 Teachers of the Year

This year’s Arizona Western College 2017 Teachers of the Year honorees are Reetika Dhawan, Professor of Mathematics, and Douglas Pearson, Adjunct Faculty of Business.  Both will be recognized at the Yuma County Education Foundation Teacher of the Year banquet at the Yuma Civic and Convention Center on April 25th.

As the Teacher of the Year, one of Reetika’s award responsibilities is to select a student who is a high school senior or a student already attending AWC for a scholarship.

Talent Search & Upward Bound to Host College Life for 10th Graders

Arizona Western College will be hosting College Life for 10th grade Talent Search and Upward Bound students on Wednesday, April 26th in the Schoening Center at 9 am on the Yuma Campus.

Tenth graders from area high schools will play the game of "College LIFE" as they learn

about ways to pay for college and how much college costs.  Each team of two students receives a play checkbook.  They earn scholarships and receive their financial aid and then go to Campus Life to pay for housing, the cashier to pay for tuition and the bookstore to buy books.