The Arizona Western College Majors Fair will be on Wednesday, November 2nd from 9am to 1pm in the Schoening Conference Center (3C) on the Yuma Campus. This is an informational event to inform AWC students and high school seniors about the more than 60 academic disciplines available at AWC and encourage them to begin the process of selecting a major.
Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association (YFVA) presented a $10,000 check to the Arizona Western College Foundation to fund the Jacob Louis Daily Memorial Scholarship.
The Arizona Western College Community Band will be having their Fall Concert on Monday, October 24. The concert will take place at Mary Elizabeth Post Auditorium at 7:00pm. Donations will be accepted.
For more information, please contact Professor Pollard at (928) 344-7573 or louis.pollard@azwestern.edu.
Project Will Help Students Attain STEM Degrees in Informatics
Arizona’s Senator McCain and Congressman Gosar’s offices contacted Arizona Western College on September 27, 2016 to notify that the Informatics-STEMing Into New Careers for Today and Tomorrow (INSTINCT2) proposal had been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Hispanic Serving Institutions Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HIS-STEM) and Articulation Program.
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.
