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Matador Memories: Celebrating AWC's Golden Anniversary

Arizona Western College began offering learning opportunities to the residents of southwestern Arizona in the fall of 1963. KAWC joined the entire AWC community in 2013 in celebrating this golden anniversary. This page is an archive for Matador Memories that aired during Morning Edition and All Things Considered from people whose lives have been changed through Arizona Western College.

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    Brenda Smith Valenzuela, a graduate of AWC in 2001, who went on to receive her bachelors degree from NAU-Yuma and two masters degrees.Smith says her life…
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    Moses Camarena graduated from Arizona Western college in 1968. He says his decision to pursue higher education was inspired, in part, by the lack of…
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    Susanna Zambrano is the Academic Advising and Student Services Coordinator at Arizona Western College. She got her start at AWC as a student back in 2002,…
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    Jack and Nancy are winter visitors to the Yuma area, for more than a decade they have become fixtures at AWC sporting events.
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    Gonzalo Huerta, a former student at AWC, says access to a local community college was critical to meeting his families’ educational goals…Gonzalo Huerta…
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    Lenny Foster is an Arizona Western College graduate who came to the Yuma campus in the late 1960's from his home on the other end of the state, on the…
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    Dr. Jim Carruthers is a former Arizona state legislator who enjoyed a long career at Arizona Western College, including 14 years as President. His…
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    Velma Townsend's family was farming in the Yuma area when the campus for Arizona Western College was first being built. She eventually became a student.…
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    Donald Butler is the Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture. He was part of the group that gathered to create Arizona’s first junior college in…
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    Bob Schmitt is an Arizona attorney who was born and raised in Yuma, but who ended up playing baseball at Arizona Western College by way of Tucson.