Arizona Western College received an Exemplary Practices Award from the Community College Business Officers (CCBO) at their 2016 annual conference in Orlando, Florida for the Chiller Optimization Project. Steve Eckert, AWC Director of Facilities Management, accepted the award on behalf of AWC and also gave an hour long presentation on the project at the conference.
Arizona Western College will be holding their 2nd Annual English Symposium on Friday, November 18 from 9am to 12pm in BA 111. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) and the AWC English Faculty.
CTE Presents the Noon Discovery Series 2.0
For the Love of the Laborer: Historical Influences and Current Work by Angel Luna
AWCTheatre presents “The Laramie Project” by Moises Kaufman and directed by Ann Wilkinson. The play opens on Thursday, October 20th at 7:30 pm. Additional performances are on October 21, 22 and 27-30. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 pm and the Sunday matinee is at 2:30 pm. The performances will be held in the AWC Theatre on the Yuma Campus.
The public has two chances to meet the three finalists for the job of AWC Associate Dean of South County. Public forums are scheduled for the week of Oct 17 in both San Luis and Somerton.
October 18, 2016
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.
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.
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.
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.