Students at Rio Salado, an accredited college in Maricopa County, can positively impact the environment and have a chance to win scholarships through participation in Rio Salado College’s Dwindling Footprint Sustainability Contest. Participants can submit entries the following formats: comics, games, video, graphic art, original art, interactive multi-media and creative writing. Entries are to be [...]
Going back to school is never easy. It takes discipline, motivation and sacrifice. For Kathryn Freeman, it took those qualities, and then some. The single mother of two young children is graduating next month from Tempes Rio Salado College with an associate degree in dental hygiene. For the past year and a half, Freeman has [...]
University of the Sciences Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) will be partnering with SafeGuards LGBT Health and Resource Center to bring regular testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) to campus. SafeGuards is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health resource center in Philadelphia that is interested in branching out and working with more [...]
When nearly 200 graduates walk across the stage at Rio Salado’s GED graduation, they will walk away with more than a diploma. They will take with them a sense of accomplishment, confidence, and the successful completion of a life goal. “Receiving a GED has a tremendous impact on the lives of our graduates, said Lilybeth [...]
Two weeks ago, Catherine Hendrickson celebrated at Rio Salado Colleges graduation, along with hundreds of other students. She worked hard the last few years as a full-time student, even making the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. She earned an associate degree in chemical dependency, and yet, that was only half the battle. I was sentenced [...]
The University of the Sciences Board of Trustees today elected Marvin Samson, CEO of Samson Medical Technologies, chairman and Richard R. Howard, CEO of Advanced Pharmacy Services, vice chairman. The election follows the recent retirement announcement by outgoing chair Dr. Delbert S. Payne who was subsequently elected emeritus trustee at the board meeting. A [...]