AWC Strategic Planning: Horizon Symposium & Dinner, San Luis

As part of the AWC Horizon Symposium, we'd like to extend an invitation to our partners in San Luis, Somerton and Gadsden to join us for a conversation about a shared vision of educational excellence for our region.

We are calling on our colleagues in K-12 education, tribal officials, elected officials, small business owners, educators, parents, law enforcement, agriculture, or construction/development personnel, along with non-profits and local municipalities to join in the dialog.

We'd like you to participate at two times:

Friday, April 28

8:00am - noon - Horizon Symposium telecast from AWC Yuma Campus, with hosted focus group in San Luis (If you'd like to join us in Yuma for the Symposium, RSVP here)

6:00pm - 8:00pm - Horizon Dinner, San Luis, by the invitation of AWC President Daniel Corr and CampusWorks CEO Liz Murphy

More about the Horizon Symposium:

Horizon Symposium Speaking Lineup:

Friday, April 28, 7:30am - noon

AWC Yuma Campus (live streaming to San Luis and Parker)

8:00am - Keynote - Ray Suarez, Award-winning Journalist & Author

Uplifting Stronger, Safer, Healthier Communities through Educational Equity

8:45am - ED Talks (15 mins)

Design Thinking for Student & Community Success

Jen Chotiner, Ph.D., Department Chair, Biological Sciences

Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles

Aligning Economic Development & Education to Enhance the Region

Randy Kimmens, Ed.D. Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Development,

Maricopa County Community College District, Phoenix

Leveraging Consumer Trends for Regional Development

Anita Bhappu, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Retailing and Consumer Sciences

University of Arizona, Tucson

9:45am - Topic-specific Community Focus Groups

11:30am - High-level findings and wrap-up

More about Strategic Planning at AWC here.

Refreshments will be served.

Parker and San Luis: The symposium will be carried live at AWC Parker and AWC San Luis Learning Centers via television broadcast.

Please send any comments about the strategic plan to strategic.planning@azwestern.edu