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Pima Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Pima Community College's West Campus, the oldest and largest in the six-campus system. More than 11,000 students each semester find affordable, quality education on Anklam Road near central Tucson. The Sonoran Desert surrounds the West Campus, which features hiking trails, shaded gathering areas, and landscaped courtyards.
• The West Campus, which opened in 1970, provides a full range of health-related professional programs, as well as programs in the visual and performing arts, creative writing and the sciences. Students can find a variety of transferrable courses in programs covering business, science, art, languages, computers and more. The West Campus also houses the unique Center for Archeological Field Training.
• Well-equipped laboratories support instruction in the sciences, health-related professions and visual and performing arts. The Center for the Arts includes the Louis Bernal Gallery, the Music Recital Hall and the Proscenium and Black Box Theaters. It provides an essential entertainment venue for the entire Tucson area.
• Pima Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Attorney General Goddard schools seniors on fraud protection (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:32:39 pm
  TUCSON, AZ (KOLD)--It's called Anti-Crime University--and Friday, class was held at Pima Community College's Desert Vista Campus. At the head of the class, speaking before 65 area seniors, was Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard.
• Baseball. Lobo Baseball Signs Seven to National Letters of Intent (University of New Mexico Lobos)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:08:45 pm
  University of New Mexico head baseball coach Ray Birmingham has announced the signing of seven future Lobos to the Lobo baseball team. Coach Birmingham and his staff have brought in some of the nation's best players from around the country and from the state of New Mexico. UNM has received national letters of intent from Chance Bragg, Jake McClasland, Eli Freese, Andrew Schugel, Jose Sierra, Sam ...
• Neighbors Briefs (Arizona Daily Star)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:20:22 am
  Nominations sought for teen citizen award
• Mass Choir grows considerably in 10 years Music notes (Arizona Daily Star)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:07:26 am
  The Tucson Arizona Mass Choir has had a pretty enviable first 10 years.
• Visual arts listing (Arizona Daily Star)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:13:08 am
  Visual arts

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