Thanks to the new Prior-Prior Year policy (PPY), beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, students will no longer need to wait until January to begin the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process. That’s because they’ll be able to file the FAFSA using tax information from two years prior (2015 tax info) and will now be able to apply for FASFA starting October 1, 2016.
Arizona Western College will be offering three Personal Development Workshops that are free and open to the AWC community this fall semester.
Guest Speaker is David Parker, Professor of Computer Science
During the end of June 2016, Arizona Western College Institute of Welding Technology students attended the SkillsUSA national conference and competition in Louisville, KY and came back as winners.
Grilled Salmon Dinner Set for September 22, 2016 Others to Follow
Please join students of the Arizona Western College Culinary Arts Program for formal dinner offerings that include an appetizer, soup or salad, a main dish with sides and dessert. A grilled salmon dinner is scheduled for Thursday, September 22, 2016 from 6 to 8 pm in the Learning Resources (LR) Building-Room LR109 at the AWC Yuma Campus.
Additional dinners will be offered every two weeks, on Thursdays. Each dinner will feature a different menu.
Former Astronaut Mike Foreman to Visit Arizona Western College
Yuma, AZ (September 6, 2016)-Former astronaut Mike Foreman will be visiting Arizona Western College on Thursday, September 22nd to talk to AWC students and students from the area about working in space. His presentation will take place in the Schoening Conference Center in the College Community Center (3C) on the Yuma Campus from 9:00 am -11:30 am.
Arizona Western College has announced two name changes that are effective immediately. The Main Campus at 24th Street and Avenue 8E will now be called the Yuma Campus; to differentiate it from AWC’s other learning centers in San Luis, Somerton, Parker, Quartzsite and Wellton.
The Arizona Western College (AWC) nursing program has received continuing accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) for 8 years and continued approval from the Arizona State Board of Nursing (AZBN). The AZBN will follow up in 2 years to review changes that AWC’s program has made.
Value of Yuma’s Higher Education to Local and Global Tranquility
The Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) at Arizona Western College presents the Noon Discovery Series 2.0 (NDS) for the AWC Community at large. The next upcoming presentation in the series is “Value of Yuma’s Higher Education to Local and Global Tranquility” featuring Dr. Frank Kidd, Faculty, NAU-Yuma Branch Campus. The presentation takes place on Wednesday, August 31st from 12:15pm to 1:30pm in AC 111 and via ITN SLLC CR, PLC 15 and QLC 15.