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Former AWC student to be featured speaker at AVID Summer Institute
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 08 June 2018 08 June 2018
Yuma, Arizona - Each year more than 40,000 educators gather at one of 12 AVID Summer Institutes to learn how to successfully implement AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) in their schools.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Travel to Canada, Singapore, South Korea, and China
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 08 June 2018 08 June 2018
Washington, DC - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada on June 9 to join President Donald Trump as the President and leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union, convene for Group of Seven (G7) meetings.
House Appropriations Committee Takes Major Step Toward Destruction of America’s Wild Horse & Burro Herds
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- Written by Grace Kuhn Grace Kuhn
- Published: 07 June 2018 07 June 2018
Washington, DC - The House Appropriations Committee today adopted an amendment introduced by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to manage wild horses and burros in non-reproducing or single sex herds, utilizing surgical sterilization of these federally-protected animals on the Western Range.
Department of Energy Launches $3 Million Prize Competition to Boost Domestic Solar Manufacturing
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- Written by Green Liver Green Liver
- Published: 08 June 2018 08 June 2018
Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the launch of the American-Made Solar Prize, a competition to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. The program will support entrepreneurs as they develop transformative ideas into concepts and then into early-stage prototypes ready for industry testing.
Mexican Consulate and the AWC Foundation Join Efforts with the IME-Becas Scholarship Program
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 07 June 2018 07 June 2018
Yuma, Arizona - A strong collaboration between the Arizona Western College Foundation and the Consulate of Mexico in Yuma, Arizona continues as the 2018 Memorandum of Understanding is signed with an objective of increasing the educational level of Mexicans or Mexican origin living in the United States through the program “IME-Becas”.