College News

With the announcement of a new certification program, Scottsdale Community College (SCC) is ready to meet the expanding opportunities for nursing careers locally and nationwide.

Arizona Commerce Authority and the Scottsdale School of Film+Theatre's inaugural Production Assistant Certification program will run Oct. 3 - 7, 2022.

Featuring four students from Scottsdale Community College who were chosen for Amazon Prime’s television series, The College Tour.

Scottsdale Community College Theatre and Technical Theatre students will showcase their talents in the upcoming production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Simon Stephens.

When Pamela Keller Hallows decided to return to school at 64, she felt reasonably nervous – attending a new school with classmates far younger than her felt intimidating. But Hallows never shied away from a challenge.

Maria Valenzuela emigrated from Mexico to the United States when she was seven. Neither she nor her mother spoke any English. She recalls being pulled out of school to accompany her mother to doctor appointments, where she would act as a translator, doing her best with the limited English she’d learned to help her mother navigate a complex and foreign healthcare system. 

Arizona continues to grow as a popular tourist destination, with approximately 47 million people visiting the Grand Canyon state in 2019, spending more than $25 billion and generating more than 300,000 hospitality and leisure jobs.