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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.

AWC Fall Choral Concert “Music Under the Harvest Moon”

The Arizona Western College Fall Choral Concert “Music Under the Harvest Moon” will take place on Friday, October 7 at 7pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (corner of 16th St and 14th Ave in Yuma) and on Sunday, October 9 at 4pm at Trinity United Methodist Church (3030 South 8th Avenue).  The concert will feature the AWC Chamber Singers, Youth Choir and Yuma Chorale. 

AWC Communications & Marketing Win Big

Four AWC departments brought home regional marketing awards the last week of September, recognizing innovative efforts to sell the benefits of higher education in Yuma and La Paz counties.

Members of the AWC Web, College Publications, Marketing & Public Relations, and Admissions, Outreach and Recruitment teams racked up 10 wins in the 2016 National Council of Marketing & Public Relations District 6 Medallion Awards.

Join Us for San Luis Family Fun Night on October 5

Arizona Western College Alicia Valdez San Luis Learning Center is excited to announce their upcoming Educational Family Night on Wednesday, October 5 from 4:30pm to 7:30pm.  The event will take place at the AWC Alicia Valdez San Luis Center located at 1340 N 8th Ave, San Luis, Arizona.

Family Night will highlight the college and community services, programs and degrees in a fun and informative event for students, family and friends.  There will be a parade, food, games, transfer fair, performances and so much more. 

AWC Scholastic Book Fair from Sept 30 to Oct 7

The Dr. Kathryn A. Watson Child Development Learning Lab (CDLL) at Arizona Western College will be hosting their annual Scholastic Book Fair on Friday, September 30th to October 7th.  All book sales benefit the CDLL.  They will earn Scholastic Dollars from the sale that can be put towards items for the center.

AWC Helps Students Get Money for College

AWC’s Office of Financial Aid and the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education (ACPE) are teaming up for their Annual College Goal FAFSA.  College bound students are encouraged to attend College Goal FAFSA on Friday, October 14 from 3pm-6pm at the AWC Downtown Center (1351 S. Redondo Center Dr. in Yuma) or on Friday, November 18 from 3pm-6pm at the AWC San Luis Center. 

Former Astronaut Mike Foreman Visits Arizona Western College

Former astronaut Mike Foreman visited Arizona Western College on Thursday, September 22nd to talk to AWC students and students from the area about working in space. He spoke with the students in the Schoening Conference Center in the College Community Center (3C) on the Yuma Campus.

Foreman is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. One of his NASA missions was to deliver the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulate to the International Space Station. In November 2009, he served as a crewmember for the STS-129 mission.