Learn About GED® Test Prep at Rio Salado

It Literally Pays to Go to School!

Earning more is within reach-- with Rio Salado's GED® test prep program.

Get started now by calling 480-517-8110. For more details, visit www.riosalado.edu/programs/abe.

September New Titles at the Rio Salado Library

Check out the latest additions to the Rio Salado Library for Septemeber, including the newly released PBS DVD, To Walk Invisible; a dramatic film chronicling the Brontë sisters extraordinary rise to literary fame in the male-dominated 19th-century world.

Fiction

• Glass Houses: A Novel by Louise Penny
• He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly
• Heirs: A Novel by Susan Rieger
• The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
• Lockdown by Laurie R. King
• The Marsh King’s Daughter: A Novel by Karen Dionne
• No One is Coming to Save Us: A Novel by Stephanie Powell Watts
• Rich People Problems: A Novel by Kevin Kwan
• UNSUB: A Novel by Meg Gardiner
• Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

Nonfiction

• Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and America’s Broken System of Justice by Stanlley Cohen
• Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for a Long, Active Life by Eric B. Larson and Joan DeClaire
• The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet by Henry Fountain
• Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It by Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair
• Love in a Time of Hate: The Story of Magda and Andre Trocme and the Village that Said No to the Nazis by Hanna Schott
• One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work with a Mentor – and Why You’ll Benefit from Being One by Kenneth Blanchard and Clair Diaz-Ortiz
• Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitchell J. Prinstein
• Race and Ethnicity in America by John Iceland
• The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss by Sandra Marinella 
• You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a “Useless” Liberal Arts Education by George Anders

DVDs

• American Experience: Oklahoma City
• American Experience: Rachel Carson
• To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters

This list is updated throughout the month as new books arrive. To view the complete list
of new titles from previous months, please see the Library New Titles Archive.

Successful Students Practice Life Balance!

Life​ ​balance​ ​makes​ ​learning​ ​easier!

• Sleep, eat and exercise
• Enjoy​ ​extracurricular​ ​activities​ & hobbies
• Call on your ​counseling​ ​department​​ ​for support www.riosalado.edu/counseling

Insights into Rio Salado's Adjunct Faculty Team

Rio Salado College is unique in many ways, especially as it relates to the role and impact of adjunct faculty. 

Over the last academic year, Rio Salado had 1,418 adjunct faculty members teaching a total of 10,410 sections of 1,071 different courses with a faculty turnover rate of less than 7 percent from the prior year. How do we do it?

Rio Salado Languages Faculty Chair Angela Felix shared some insights about Rio Salado’s adjunct faculty and how inclusion plays a key role in their success with the American Association of Community Colleges 21st Century Center team. Read now.

“Rio’s adjunct faculty are at the heart and soul of our instructional model," said Felix. "Ultimately, supporting the success of adjunct faculty supports the success of students, and that’s an outcome that benefits us all.”

Find the Super Teacher in You at Free Orientation

Join Rio Salado's Teacher Education team for a free, Teacher-In-Residence orientation session-- so you can discover the super teacher in you!

Rio Salado’s Teacher-In-Residence program provides a convenient and cost-effective way for students and working professionals with a bachelor’s degree to transition into and launch a teaching career—with paid employment opportunities in the classroom— so students can apply what they learn and earn an income while they complete their certification coursework.

Are you ready to follow the calling? Take part in one of these upcoming orientation sessions!

In-Person
October 4, 2017
November 1, 2017
December 6, 2017



All in-person sessions will take place 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Rio Salado Conference Center in Tempe: 2323 W. 14th St., Tempe, AZ 85281.

Virtual

September 27
November 15
December 20

Virtual sessions will take place 5 - 6:30 p.m Via Skype. Instructions will be provided after registration has been completed.


Register Now: www.riosalado.edu/tir

Eager to learn more now? Call 480-517-8140.

Rio Salado Teacher Preparation Programs are approved by the Arizona State Board of Education and Rio Salado College is a regionally accredited post-secondary institution.