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April is national Community College Month, and a time to shine the light on why community colleges matter.

Exercise can be a tough grind but the payoff to all that effort is worth it. For this week’s Wellness Wednesday, we look at ways you can motivate yourself and learn to love your workouts.

Springtime is here! Nature is in full bloom, and not just with flowers: it’s vegetable time! For this week’s Wellness Wednesday we look at the health benefits of spring vegetables.

Future nurse Geri Bentley needs a few college credits before she can transfer into a bachelor’s degree program. See how a scholarship and Rio Salado helped put her on the right path.

With years of experience in real estate investing, Rio Salado student Stephen Washington knows that opportunities abound in the field. He first got the real estate bug while living in Michigan but made the move to Arizona for sunnier skies.

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This year’s Be a Student’s Hero fundraising campaign aims to provide needed funds to students through two Rio Salado programs: The Melody Layne Miller Memorial Scholarship fund and the Student Life fund.

Your physical and mental wellness are very important, but so is your financial wellness. Developing better spending and saving habits can save you a lot of stress. Find out more about how to practice good financial self-care on our blog.

Mark your calendars, Be a Student’s Hero will be celebrated March 24, 2023. Mark your calendars, Be a Student’s Hero will be celebrated March 24, 2023. During this day of giving, the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation and the ten Maricopa Community Colleges will team together to share student stories, highlight college programs, and raise awareness of how financial gifts impact our community college students.

In the span of two years, Taylor Garman went from high school senior in Phoenix to university graduate in California to master’s degree program seeker in Ireland. What made this possible? Find out here.

A dip in the pool can do you a world of good. For this week’s Wellness Wednesday we look at the health benefits of swimming.

Alexa Horn knows how to out-muscle the competition. She flexes and uses all of her skills, both physically and academically, to get ahead in life. Find out more about her experiences as a dual enrollment student at Rio Salado.