Yuma, AZ (August 22, 2019) – Do you have what it takes to escape from the library at Arizona Western College?
Staff at the AWC/NAU Academic Library are offering a new instruction session based on an escape room experience this fall. Using critical thinking skills, students will have 60 minutes to solve puzzles and clues in order to escape from the library’s Instruction Room.
Yuma, AZ (August 22, 2019) – A new benefit of being an employee at Arizona Western College is the opportunity to use the Fitness Center free of charge. AWC students enrolled in courses and taking a minimum of at least one credit can also use the Fitness Center for free.
Funds to provide scholarships and services to support more than 400 students
Yuma, AZ (August 13, 2019) – Arizona Western College was recently announced as a subrecipient of a $2.7 million grant awarded to Northern Arizona University Yuma by the Helios Education Foundation to help high school students successfully transition into higher education and careers.
Yuma, AZ (August 12, 2019) – Arizona Western College students can stop by the campus library for a back-to-school event as they start up their classes this fall.
Staff members will be welcoming students at the AWC/NAU Academic Library on August 19-20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day with fun activities including food, a scavenger hunt, drawings, prizes, giveaways, and more.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Regarding the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Section 106 Review of Arizona Western College Renovation
Yuma, AZ (August 1, 2019) – Students at Arizona Western College hoping to attain a four-year degree can now prepare for a successful path to transfer as soon as they begin community college with the help of a new joint student success initiative in partnership with the college preparedness platform RaiseMe.
Yuma, AZ (July 23, 2019) – A report provided by the Arizona State System for Information on Student Transfer (ASSIST) earlier this month reflected a 33.5% transfer rate increase over the last five years at Arizona Western College, compared to a -1.4% transfer rate statewide.
Masonry graduate recently selected to teach at Arizona Department of Corrections Second Chance Center
Yuma, AZ (July 18, 2019) – In an effort to reduce recidivism, Arizona Western College currently has three Career and Technical Education (CTE) certificate programs for incarcerated students to enroll in at Arizona State Prison Complex - Yuma. Available programs for inmates at three of the five units at the facility include Masonry, Foundations of Construction, and Plumbing.
Funds to strengthen Arizona Western College’s middle and high school partnership programs
Yuma, AZ (July 16, 2019) – The Arizona Western College Foundation was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from United Way of Yuma County as part of the Math Matters Project.
