Dr. vs. Dr. Scholarship Event

March 20th is the annual Dr. vs Dr. Cook-off. If you have any questions, please contact Ruth Whisler.

Waitlist & Priority Registration

I want thank everyone who participated in our last division meeting regarding the waitlist discussion. While I’m sure there will be problems once it is fully implemented, I think in the end it will help make things easier for both the students and AWC employees. The general consensus of our division was to use waitlist through the time period of add/drop.

Blad's monthly report

Click here to read monthly report.

New DGB representative

Charlie Balch was recently elected by faculty to represent faculty on the District Governing Board for 2010-2011. After the election, Beth Tibbs, our current Faculty DGB rep, decided to step down after years of exemplary service. The Faculty Senate elected to have the Faculty elect DGB rep complete her term.

President's office issues new org chart

Click here to see new org chart

General guidelines for summer schedule

New Mural @ Dr. Watson's CDLL

Committees

If you are currently serving on a committee and you are not interested in completing your term, please send me a quick email indicting this. Everyone should be serving on at least one committee. If you are not, please let me know by the end of this week.

College for 5th graders

On February 25th, Public Relations will be hosting a “mini college” event. Roughly, 100 fifth graders will be coming onto main campus, attending orientation, classes and a mini commencement. This is a pilot program.

Faculty In-service

From Director of CTE:

It's almost time for our annual Faculty In-service. Our theme this year is "Write On‼" and our keynote speaker will be our own AWC President, Dr. Marc Nigliazzo, whose

Professional development

The Director of CTE, Nancy Blitz, has arranged a series of seminars for FT/PT faculty. Please click here to see what is available. Please see the post above for more information on our annual Faculty In-service. Dr. Marc will be giving the keynote address this year.

2010-11 academic calendar and holiday schedule.

The President's office has approved and disseminated the 2010-2011 academic and holiday calendar. If you have any questions please call the President’s office. Click here for CALENDAR & here for HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.

3C Map

I have added a map of the 3C building under AWC links -- this will help you when you are planning your conferences. In the same area you will find a map of the campus.

Coaches helping faculty

Like the last three semester, all of the coaches have agreed to assist faculty with any student athlete who is acting inappropriately within the classroom. In most cases, the coaches will resolve the issue within 24 hours. Please see below for the official guidelines.

Mandatory Training

Since 2008, Arizona Western College has been requiring that all employees of the college take the following two online courses: Preventing Sexual Harassment and Preventing Employment Discrimination.If you have not taken one or both of these online courses, please contact Cindi Graef this week. She can be reached by e-mailing her @ cindi.graef@azwestern.edu . Click here for instructions.

Note from bookstore.

Saying goodbye doesn't get easier

"Several weeks ago Melissa Behunin wrote an article for Family Focus for the Yuma Sun titled “Saying bye-bye to your child.” She talked about how difficult it can be for both parent and tot to part from one another and she shared some research that was helpful in easing the transition of leaving your child at day care.

Palestine and Israel: Is conflict inevitable?

Hosted and Moderated by Dr. Mohammad (Mo) Bahramzadeh. Sponsored by AWC Foundation & Business and Liberal Arts Division

Softball & Baseball season begins

Click here for Women's softball
Click here for Men's baseball

Chili Cook-Off

"Arizona Western College’s Classified Employee Association (CEA) is proud to announce the 9th Annual Classified Employee Association Chili Cook-Off. Click here to read more about it.    Click here to the International Chili Society. Please contact Corrine Gray (928) 344-7519 or email CEA directly at cea@azwestern.edu. Please support CEA!!!!!!

Political Science will be hosting roundtable political discussion

Monday, Feb 15/ AWC Theater/ 3:00 – 5: 00 PM/  Refreshments

Organized & Moderated by Dr Mohammed (Mo) Bahramzadeh, Prof of Political Science.

Sponsored by the AWC foundation and Business & Liberal Arts Division.

AWC hosted leadership conference.

Arizona Western College hosted a leadership conference for area students on January 22 and 23rd on the AWC main campus.

Local SkillsUSA Members Coming to AWC

The 35th Annual Region I SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Competition hosted for the 25th year by Arizona Western College and Tech Prep will be held Friday, February 5th, 2010 (from 9:30 am-3:30 pm) on the campus of Arizona Western College. Best of luck Larry & Noemi! Click here to read the rest of the story.

2 AWC students make All-USA academic team

'We're very proud of our students and hope our first team nominee advances to the national team,'" said Liz Renaud, honors and Phi Theta Kappa adviser. Click here to read about the great work that Liz is doing in honors. Along with Liz and Dr. Marc, in the photo,  are Mary Zuniga and Suyana Lozada.

Love and laugh with your grandchildren

"I have been thinking about grandparents lately. As I set my goals for the New Year, I decided I wanted to become more like my Grandma Lil. My grandparents were huge influences in my life. My grandma was one of my best friends. She taught me a lot about love and laughter."  Click here to read Christina's article.

Precautions can be made against identity theft

"Identity theft is a fraud that occurs when someone represents themselves with an identity that is not their own to get a benefit. Damages occur to the person whose identity is used when they are held responsible for the actions of the person who used their identity." Click here to read the rest of Charlie's article.

Connecting the past, future

Click here to read Karen's article.

ENT & BUS Conference

FCS hosts seminar/workshop.

Yuma, AZ (January 21, 2010)--- February is Relationship Awareness Month, and Arizona Western College’s Department of Family Studies is offering a couples seminar on the practice of keeping relationships alive. Click here for the rest of the AWC press release.

Monthly reports due

Please email your monthly report to the secretary by tomorrow. These reports get sent up to DOI & VP of Instruction. Thanks!

Class rosters

Please check rosters regularly to ensure that students are enrolled in your classes. If they are not officially enrolled in your class, please ask them to register for that particular class.

Contact Information

If you have changed your address (land or email), please contact both BLAD and HR.

Online classes

If you need any assistance with your online classses, please contact Jana Moore (317-6052) and she will probably be able to make some recommendations. Secondly, Online Early Alert: If you have students who have not logged in or have not started working, PLEASE SEND those names to Jana Moore or Carol Rinehart. They will contact those students and provide whatever assistance or orientation they require. Lastly, we will be scanning through the different BB shells to ascertain that everyone has the basic features up-and-running.

Associate Faculty

Associate faculty must take EDU 249 (free of charge) within the first two years of being employed @ AWC. Classes being offered now! Check the online schedule.

Thank You!

I appreciate all of you who turned in your 1st day handout and syllabus. FT faculty if you have not turned in your personal schedule or signed your load sheet, please do so ASAP. Thanks!