Yuma Fine Arts Association (YFAA) have elected to donate their 400 piece Permanent Art Collection to the Arizona Western College Foundation that will be curated at the College. AWC is honored to be a recipient of this collection that will move over to campus during the month of January 2017.
The Arizona Western College Ernest Lopez Welding Institute team competed in the 2016 Welders Without Borders: Welding Thunder Team Fabrication competition, bringing home gold post-secondary fabrication and gold for the STEM award.
Arizona Western College Volleyball will be hosting their Winter Volleyball Camp for boys and girls that are ages 9-15. The camp takes place January 3rd-January 5th from 9am to 1pm in the AWC Gym. The cost is $75 on/or before December 22nd or $90 at the door.
AWC Parker Learning Center Ribbon Cutting
1.8 Million Dollar Expansion Marks Historic Community Partnership
On Monday, December 12th, the Arizona Western College Parker Community Center was officially opened. Dignitaries and AWC officials gathered to cut the ceremonial ribbon on the newest facility in the La Paz area. It was time to celebrate a history of community partnerships and a future of collaborations.
Arizona Western College Men’s Basketball will be having their 2016 Holiday Basketball Camp for boys and girls that are in grades K-12. The two day camp takes place on Monday, December 19 and Tuesday, December 20 from 8am to 12pm in the AWC Gym. The cost is $50 until December 15th and then the cost will be $60 the day of registration.
AWC Jazz Ensemble Presents their Fall Concert on December 7
Yuma, AZ (December 6, 2016)-The Arizona Western College Jazz Ensemble will be having their Fall Concert on Wednesday, December 7. The concert will take place at the AWC Theater on the Yuma Campus at 7:00 pm.
This concert is free and open to the public, but donations are encouraged and accepted. For more information, please contact Professor Pollard at (928) 344-7573 or louis.pollard@azwestern.edu.
AWC Campus Journalism Group Launches New Website
Yuma, AZ (December 6, 2016) -- Western Voice, the in-print and online publication of the AWC journalism program, launched a new website this week. The site will work well on mobile devices as well as desktop computers, and it is supported on major browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer 9 and above.
CTE Presents the Noon Discovery Series 2.0
Towards a More Peaceful Human Animal by Dr. Dan Davis
Mexican Consulate and the AWC Foundation Join Efforts with the IME-Becas Scholarship Program
Yuma, AZ (November 17, 2016)-A strong collaboration between the Arizona Western College Foundation and the Consulate of Mexico in Yuma, Arizona was established on October 18, 2006 during a ceremony when a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with an objective of increasing the educational level of Mexicans or Mexican origin living in the United States through the program “IME-Becas”