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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Petronella Newhard spent 2 years at Arizona Western College and was an Honors Student. She was the commencement speaker at her graduation in 2011. Newhard… -
Dan Hann retired recently as AWC Vice President of Administration and Finance. He served under two of AWC's longest serving presidents, Jim Carruthers and… -
Jana Moore is Arizona Western College's Dean for Distance Learning. She has made working at AWC a family affair, since her husband, Steve Moore, is a… -
Sylvia Herrera was part of the first cohort of Arizona Western College students to complete a full two-year program in the 1960's. She says it was very… -
Dr. Glenn Mayle was first involved with Arizona Western College as the Yuma campus was being built. He returned in the 1970's to work as an adminstrator… -
Daniel Barajas is currently Dean of Career and Technical Education at AWC. He says his relationship with AWC began before he ever got to the campus. -
Tim Taylor was a student at Arizona Western College from August of 2011 through May of 2013. He says his interest in politics led him to pursue the post… -
Betty Borland is the wife of AWC President Ken Borland. She remembers their arrival in Yuma more than 35 years ago. -
Mark Reynolds retired after a distinguished career as Program Director at KAWC AM & FM. That career was not what he planned when he first came to AWC. -
Chuck Smalley led the choral program at Arizona Western College for more than three decades. He says the decision to move to Yuma came after an unusual…
