MARICOPA, Ariz. - Central Arizona College is targeting mid-December for churning the first piles of dirt at its newest campus in the city of Maricopa....

ARAVAIPA, Ariz. - Central Arizona College is currently working with consultants to see how proposed redistricting plans for the Pinal County superviso...

The sounds of electric saws, nail guns and heavy equipment reverberating throughout Pinal County are nothing unusual given the machine shop classes and John Deere programs offered by Central Arizona College.

But the regular din of background construction noise has been amped up by the excitement of a future sprouting all around the Pinal County Community College District.

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – Karen Hindhede, full-time professor of English at Central Arizona College since 2009, has been named one of five recipients of the college’s George Fridell Excellence in Teaching Award.

Formerly known as the President’s Award, the George Fridell Excellence in Teaching Award is presented annually in memory of Fridell, who passed away several years ago.

With a lineup of classes that includes Cake Decorating, Baking and Pastry I & II and Everything Chocolate, one might wonder if Central Arizona College’s culinary arts program offers baking as a major.

Beginning in the fall of 2013, that will, in fact, be the case as CAC will add a baking and pastry certificate as well as an associate degree.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Decorated Vietnam War veteran and esteemed psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Larry Germanson will be teaching a class at Central Arizona College’s Corporate Center aimed at increasing awareness and preparation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The course, offered through the college’s community education program, costs $49 to attend and will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Monday evenings Feb. 27-March 26. There will be no class March 12 due to CAC’s spring break.

No classes until 6 p.m. on Sept. 4 due to All-College Day

All Central Arizona College locations will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3, in observance of Labor Day.

The Central Arizona College choral program is ready to begin another great semester and is accepting new members.

Current students, as well as members of the community who enjoy singing, are invited to choose from three different choirs to enhance their vocal chords and share their talents.

The Central Arizona College Business Club earned seven second-place finishes on Feb. 4 at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Winter Leadership Conference.

Marquis Oaks (Coolidge, Ariz.) took second in Sports Management & Marketing and third in Business Communications, while Kendra Bowman claimed a pair of second-place finishes in Job Interview and Networking Concepts.

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. - The Central Arizona College Board of Governors approved the recommendation by the CAC administration to purchase approximately 208 acres of land in the San Tan Valley for construction of the college's new campus in the area.

The approval occurred during the board's monthly meeting held on Tuesday, Aug. 16, on the Signal Peak Campus.

The property is located on the northeast corner of Bella Vista Road and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, approximately one mile east of the Bella Vista-Ganzel Road (Ironwood Road) intersection, and roughly two miles east of the Hunt Highway-Bella Vista Road intersection at Johnson Ranch.

The decision to enroll in college brings with it numerous choices. Which classes do I take? Which major should I choose?

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – As Central Arizona College prepares for its reaccreditation process, the Higher Learning Commission acknowledged in its status report of CAC’s Action Projects that the institution’s recent accomplishments were impressive and the college was making great strides in meeting its originally stated goals.

The final report was issued in October of 2011 and is a strong indicator that Central Arizona College is moving in a positive direction as it prepares to be evaluated for reaccreditation.

Kaiso Chuang, professor of mathematics at Central Arizona College since 2005, has been named one of five recipients of the college’s George Fridell Excellence in Teaching Award for 2012.

Formerly known as the President’s Award, the George Fridell Excellence in Teaching Award is presented annually in memory of Fridell, who passed away several years ago.

Central Arizona College’s Entertainment Industry Technology program will host a seminar titled Entertainment Law from the Trenches on Mon., Feb. 20, at the college’s Signal Peak Campus.

The two-hour event begins at 6 p.m. and is open to the public at no cost. The program will be held in Room 116 of the Sheldon Building (Building T) at the Signal Peak Campus which is located between the cities of Coolidge and Casa Grande just east of I-10.

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. - Central Arizona College is gearing up for another semester of helping students earn their General Educational Development (GED) diploma at several locations throughout Pinal County this spring semester.

GED classes will be divided into two eight-week periods and are currently provided at no cost for Arizona residents.

Central Arizona College is once again preparing to help students earn General Educational Development (GED) and English Language Acquisition for Adults (ESL) diplomas at several locations throughout northern and western Pinal County this summer.

The Pinal County Community College District Governing Board is seeking input from the community on the potential of following the pre-cleared Pinal County Supervisors Redistricting Plan adopted by the county on Oct. 19, 2011.

For the last several weeks, the PCCCD Governing Board has collected feedback on two proposed maps developed for Central Arizona College. This third option would align CAC’s Governing Board Districts with the Pinal County Supervisors Districts.

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – The Pinal County Community College District Governing Board backed the findings of the Pinal County Transit Feasibility Study conducted over the past three years by the Pinal Central Express Partnership.

The approval came on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Central Arizona College’s Superstition Mountain Campus during the governing board’s monthly meeting.

Pinal County families are invited to delve into the classic cinemas featured during Central Arizona College's Family Flicks Series when One-Eyed Jacks arrives at the Aravaipa Campus.

Central Arizona College invites the families and community members of Pinal County to partake in the newest tradition of cozying up with some freshly popped corn in front of the big screen.

CAC Family Flicks: Classic Cinema will be showing The Man with the Golden Arm on Friday, Jan. 13, starting at 7 p.m. in Room A of the Coolidge Center. The Coolidge Center is located at 168 S. Main Street.