Award News

Each year the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation honors educators across the Valley for their efforts in supporting students and making educational opportunities more accessible with their Heroes of Education awards. Rio Salado College is proud to recognize Dr. Patricia Case as our 2023 Hero of Education.

A tool designed by a Rio Salado research team to predict student persistence in order to provide early intervention received national attention this spring from The Strategic Data Project, at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research.

Rio Salado’s Community Development division is in the news! The team received two awards recognizing their efforts in embracing diversity and supporting adult education in Arizona.

Latin is alive and thriving at Rio Salado College. See how learning Latin is helping students with language skills and preparing them for careers in many key industries.

Rio Salado College President Kate Smith was named the Arizona Women in Higher Education (AWHE) Woman of the Year this month on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.

Rio Salado College alum (and 2022 commencement student speaker) Cordero Holmes received a “Living the Dream” award from the City of Phoenix at its 37th annual Arizona MLK Awards breakfast at the Phoenix Convention Center on Jan. 13, 2023.

Congratulations to Rio Salado College adjunct faculty Dawn Chamberlain for receiving the Arizona Art Education Association’s Art Educator Secondary Education Division award.

September Marks Workforce Development, National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week

Great news! Rio Salado College President Kate Smith is one of 4 women chosen as finalists for the Greater Phoenix Chamber’s 35th Anniversary ATHENA Awards in the public sector category!