Archive for Verde Campus – Page 2

COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL OFFICIALS GIVE GLOWING REPORT ON EIGHTH GRADE CTE SHORT COURSES AND COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT WITH YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE / FIRST BIG PAYBACK FOR FINALLY CREATING A CAMPUS CTE FACILITY

By R. Oliphant
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

Dr. Trish Alley and Principal Matt Schumacher shared their excitement and success of program | Goal to reduce public high school dropout rate that now stands  at 25% in the Sedona/Verde Valley area

Dr. Trish Alley, Cottonwood Oak Creek Educational Services, and Cottonwood Middle School Principal Matt Schumacher, lauded Yavapai Community College at the District’s Governing Board meeting on March 22 for its cooperation in developing the Career and Technical Education 3 ½ week courses for eighth grade students that were held on the Yavapai Campus in Clarkdale earlier this year.

Schumacher said the program is putting the Community School in a position where it can take students without a particular direction and see them become excited about pursuing a profession in law enforcement, culinary arts, or any of the other subjects covered by the short courses.

Before her resignation, former Sedona/Verde Dean Dr. Tina Redd said of the program that:  “We know it’s lifechanging. We know hands-on experiences will resonate with these students for years to come,” because the eighth grade  is a “formative” year in which a lot of decision-making about the future happens. She also said that additional partnerships may be forged in the future to make Community College career education programs available to more students in the Verde Valley,

The short courses offered for eighth grade students include: Law enforcement, construction, culinary arts, nursing, machining, and greenhouse growing.  The partnership between the Community College and the Cottonwood Community School District is described as groundbreaking for both schools. 

A short 6 minute video clip (mostly audio) of Dr. Alley and Principal Schumacher explaining the program  to the District Governing Board is posted below.  The entire video of the Governing Board meeting will be posted sometime in the future by the Community College.

Sources:  March 22, 2022 Governing Board meeting; Community College press release of March 3, 2022.

Categories : College for Kids, Verde Campus

CHEVALIER ADDRESSES VERDE CAMPUS OLLI GATHERING ABOUT YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

By R. Oliphant
Friday, March 4th, 2022

Argues that over the years the east side of County has been overlooked by Community College administrators and Board while the west side has prospered citing Camp Verde as one of those overlooked areas

Third District Yavapai Community College Representative Paul Chevalier spoke to a group of interested citizens about Yavapai Community College’s past, present, and future at an OLLI gathering on the Verde Campus in Clarkdale March 2.  Chevalier reviewed the background, history, and future of the Community College. He also shared his experience working on behalf of improving the Community College in Sedona and the Verde Valley  as Chair of the Verde Valley Board Advisory Committee and as a member of the Community College District Governing Board. 

Representative Paul Chevalier

Chevalier was particularly focused on what he sees as the inequitable development that has occurred between the east and west sides of the County. The inequity has occurred, according to Mr. Chevalier, despite the fact that Sedona and the Verde Valley have been paying “mega millions of dollars” to support the Community College over many years.

He used the town of Camp Verde as one example of an area the Community College has overlooked.  He said Camp Verde is the fastest growing east side community with a growing population estimated at over 13,000. The Community College collects Camp Verde citizens’ property taxes, he said, “but spends practically nothing there. Its elected Town Council, representing their residents, understandably is not happy about that.”

He urged the College to correct the inequities “between the two sides of the County as soon as possible.” 

Chevalier estimated that for every 10 people that live in the County on the west side of Mingus Mountain approximately four live on the east side. If the College spent $10 for every west side citizen and $4 for every east side citizen, said Chevalier, that would be equitable.  However, he continued, that “is not the case.”

Chevalier also asserted that there is “major resistance” for equitable spending of Community College revenue on both sides of Mingus Mountain. The west side competes very effectively for dollars and “wants their projects to be the top priority.” He pointed out that more subtle influences or biases may be at work favoring the west side of the County simply because the College administration is based in Prescott, the College president and vice presidents all live there, and four of the five present Governing Board members live there.

He evinced concern about the huge gap between the east and west sides of the County in providing performing arts programs.  He said he believed the College should start construction on enhancing its fledgling 10,000 square foot Career and Technical Education facility by adding from 20,000 to 30,000 square feet this year.

He urged his audience to attend and encourage others to attend a public meeting to be held about the future of the Community College at the Yavapai Community College Sedona Center March 22 at 4 p.m. “Frankly,” he said, “I need your help. I cannot do this alone.”

Mr. Chevalier has furnished the Blog with a copy of the speech that he gave to the OLLI group.  You may read it in its entirety by clicking on the link below.

PAUL CHEVALIER SPEECH MARCH 2 TO OLLI IN VERDE VALLEY

Categories : Camp Verde, Politics, Sedona Campus, Verde Campus

DR. RHINE MUM ON FUTURE OF VERDE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PENDING COMPLETION OF PLANS NOW BEING WORKED OUT; CHEVALIER OUTLINES UNMET NEEDS ON EAST SIDE INCLUDING CTE AND PERFORMING ARTS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, February 4th, 2022

President says she won’t make commitment on future development she can’t keep | Chevalier asks College to share data with the Board regarding east side development it claims to have collected

Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine was requested by Third District Governing Board Representative Paul Chevalier during the January 28 District Governing Board Workshop in Prescott Valley to share her views about the future development of the Community College in the Verde Valley.  In response, she refused to give any information saying that at this time she was “unwilling to commit to a plan” that she was unable to “fulfill.”  

Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine

Third District Governing Board Representative Paul Chevalier

Dr. Rhine also said in response to the request that the Community College was “working diligently on a plan” for the entire County and collecting data to ensure that the plan is “based on needs” supported “by evidence –data.”  She said the while there are “exciting plans for the whole county” it was “premature to share those plans” until there was certainty and the Board had approved them and a budget to support them.

Third District Representative Paul Chevalier asked about a Sedona meeting regarding development of the Performing Arts on the east side of the County. Dr. Rhine said she did not have any information about the meeting because it was in one of her Vice President’s areas.

Dr. Rhine was also asked by Chevalier if she would supply the data about the east side of the County the Community College had collected to use for future development decisions. She gave no direct response to that question. (Please see Video clip below.)

Representative Chevalier outlined his view of a few of the current unmet needs on the east side of the County that he believed were identical to those of citizens on the west side.  Those needs included more Career and Technical Education training and facilities and a need for many more Performing Arts educational programs. 

Chevalier made a strong argument for adding Performing Arts educational programming to the Community College curriculum on the east side.  He noted there were over 500 students enrolled in Performing Arts programs on the Prescott Campus this fall while only one or two classes and possibly a dozen students made up the Performing Arts curriculum and student population taking classes on the east side. He said we “probably have as many performing artists on the east side as on the west side” of the County.  . . . In Sedona alone, we have four Grammy winners.  . . . Mingus High School has a very vibrant Performing Arts program and Red Rock High School has a program as well.” 

According to Chevalier, when students in the Verde Valley graduate, “there’s no institution on the east side that you can go to and get Performing Arts.  That is something that is just as important on the east side as on the west side.”  However, the need on the east side, said Chevalier, “is not being catered to at all” by the Community College.

For additional context and discussion and to check the accuracy of this post, please see the video clip below of the Governing Board discussion with Dr. Rhine at the January 28 Governing Board meeting.  A video record of the entire Governing Board meeting is anticipated to be posted by the Community College following the next meeting of the Governing Board once the minutes of the Workshop are approved.  Please monitor the Governing Board website for the posting if you are interested in reviewing the entire meeting.

 

Categories : MASTER PLAN, Sedona Campus, Verde Campus

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT DR. LISA RHINE OUTLINES INVESTMENTS IN THE VERDE VALLEY TO BOARD DURING FRIDAY WORKSHOP

By R. Oliphant
Friday, January 28th, 2022

Notes 15.1% population growth on west side of Mingus since 2010 while only 4.8% growth on east side

Yavapai Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine provided the County College District Governing Board with an overview of the investment the College has made in the Verde Valley during the Friday, January 25 Board workshop.

At the beginning of her slide presentation, she noted the most recent democratic trends in the County.  According to data the Community College has collected, overall population growth in the County has been the most significant on the west side of Mingus.  She told the Board that since 2010 there was 15.1 percent growth on the west side of the County and only 4.8% growth on the east side. 

She did not explain how the difference in growth may impact future investments in the Verde Valley.

In the remaining portion of her presentation (see below) she outlined the College’s investment in the Valley beginning with the 2014 Southwest Wine Center.   She highlighted the Wine Center and vineyard, the 2017 Sedona Center renovation, the  2020  Building L renovation and  construction in 2021 of the Verde Valley Skilled Trades Center and small greenhouse.

She described creation of new classrooms for the beer brewing program and renovation of the Verde Campus Café.  She also pointed to new mini-classes for eighth-grade students and other programs and efforts made as a part of the investment in the Valley.

You can see all of Dr. Rhine’s eleven-minute slide presentation (absent questions that followed) in the video below.

 

Categories : Verde Campus

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COTTONWOOD-OAK CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNER ON NEW EIGHTH-GRADE “Mini-CLASS” PIPELINE PROJECT

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, January 27th, 2022

College provides transportation, faculty and facilities at no cost to the District; hopes to expand these “hands- on” courses throughout the Valley

Yavapai Community College and the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District have partnered in a unique training program for eighth-grade students.  Students in the District are given an opportunity to sign up for one of six three-week classes designed and taught by the Community College. There is no cost to the school district or the students. Students receive hands on training at the Community College in a selected mini-class.

Students attend their chosen class for four days a week for three weeks.  The six mini-classes are:  Law enforcement, construction, culinary arts, nursing, CNC machining, and Greenhouse growing. 

Verde Valley Campus Dean Dr. Tina Redd explained to the Sedona Council on January 25 that she hoped to expand the program to other school districts in the Verde Valley.

There are benefits to the Community College and the school district.  For the Community College, it is developing a pipeline that will encourage these future potential students to consider enrolling there once they graduate.  For the District, it is an opportunity of getting the eighth-grade students involved at an early age in the skilled trades and a particular profession.

The classes are very “hands-on.”  For example, the course in law enforcement involved classes showing students how to run radar detection, bike safety, crime scene investigation, crime searches, and real-life reenactments. The police officer instructors are from the Verde Valley.

You may view Dr. Redd’s short report on this program made to the Sedona Council January 25, 2022, on the video below.  You may review all of her presentation to the Sedona Council on video by clicking here.  

Sources:  Sedona Council meeting video of January 25, 2022; story in the Verde Independent by Vyto Starinskas published January 23, 2022.

Categories : Verde Campus

VALERIE AND DANIEL WOOD NAMED YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S 2021 VERDE VALLEY ALUMNI OF THE YEAR

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, November 18th, 2021

Careers exemplify scholarship, character and public service | “The education and experiences we received in the Verde Valley  helped us change our lives and achieve our dreams”

Valerie and  Daniel Wood were named  Yavapai Community College’s 2021 Verde Valley Alumni of the Year.  The award exemplifies the recipients commitment to scholarship, character and public service.

Below is the press release issued by the Community College announcing the award:

Yavapai College honored a Verde Valley success story on Wednesday; two former Fortune 500 executives who reinvented themselves through education, put literal roots down in our community and bottled wonders from its very soil. In a lunchtime ceremony yesterday, Cornville residents Valerie and Daniel Wood, Southwest Wine Center graduates and co-owners of Heart Woods Cellars, were named Yavapai College’s 2021 Verde Valley Alumni of the Year.

“Recently we were asked how has YC impacted our lives,” Valerie says. “Honestly, we don’t know what we would be doing today if it weren’t for Yavapai College. The education and experiences we received there helped us change our lives and achieve our dreams.”

Valerie and Daniel Wood both had professional careers in a Fortune 500 company. In 2003, they put down roots in the Verde Valley. New tasting rooms and restaurants were supporting the accelerating momentum of Arizona’s growing wine industry. Valerie and Daniel were meeting people and making new friends. Relationships are important to them, and they were enjoying new friendships, the beautiful environment and the peaceful pace. They looked forward to spending more time in Arizona.

Valerie explains, “Daniel and I each had good careers and worked for the same company, but we didn’t see enough of each other. We needed to find a way to spend more time together.”

In 2009 they left the corporate life and moved from Tokyo to Cornville for big blue skies, fresh clean air, rural setting and down-to-earth people. They immersed themselves in their new lifestyle, with plans to contribute and participate in a growing sector of the economy. That growing sector turned out to be the Arizona wine industry.

Their quest led them to a pivotal conversation with a local wine maker, who suggested they check out Yavapai College’s (then) brand-new Viticulture & Enology program in the Verde Valley. “So we took some classes thinking we would get a good overview,” Valerie and Daniel chuckle at the memory, “and we did not stop.”

“We were learning so much, the vineyards were being planted and the new Viticulture & Enology program was becoming quite the learning center for winemaking and grape growing and we became Founders at the Southwest Wine Center for contributing to the capital fundraising to build the winery.” Valerie said.

Valerie and Daniel helped plant thousands of grapevines in the College’s 13-acre vineyard. The Viticulture & Enology program instructors were experienced and passionate about sharing their knowledge and helping students gain experience and knowledge. “The instructors cared, and we felt it.” Daniel says.

Valerie says the program was eye-opening: “We were learning a lot; our brains were on overload, and we loved it. We were enjoying the camaraderie from students and instructors. We’d be in a class with other students and get to know their stories and their background. We were humbled by some of their life challenges and struggles. Some of our classmates couldn’t afford the books, or a babysitter, or the gas to drive from Phoenix to Verde Valley and back for a class. We would hear their dreams and feel their struggles. We all came together with a common interest of learning about winemaking and grape growing in Arizona.”

While attending college, they worked part-time at the Yavapai College Southwest Wine Center and are still part-time employees. In 2015, Valerie and Daniel graduated, with honors, in the second class of the Viticulture & Enology program.

The plan for their own winery unfolded gradually as established skills and new enthusiasms began to blend. “One of our last courses involved developing a business plan,” Valerie says. “We recognized that we could do it from a business point of view. We also acknowledged we did not have the capital for the start up. Serendipitously, we were invited to be part of the first Alternating Proprietorship Winery in the State of Arizona. It’s like a Co-Op where tenants share the large equipment & facility that is owned by a landlord who operates its own winery.”

Heart Wood Cellars is now a jewel of Arizona’s wine industry. In five years, they have produced 29 wines, and been awarded over 40 medals from the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and the Arizona Grand Wine Competition. Valerie and Daniel have achieved their dream of spending time together and growing meaningful relationships and participating in the community. “We are a part of our community now,” Daniel says, “we have a wonderful support network.”

The Woods have been studious also, about sharing their time. Valerie has taken a leadership position at the Yavapai College Foundation, where she is in her third year as president. Daniel volunteers his time and leadership skills in the Verde Valley Wine Consortium, currently on a committee, working with the Federal Government (TTB) on obtaining approvals for the Verde Valley to be a nationally recognized grape-growing region named the Verde Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area) and is past treasurer of the Arizona Wine Growers Association.

“We are grateful for all the support people have given us in our journey.” Valerie says. Valerie and Daniel want to support students in the Viticulture & Enology program at the Southwest Wine Center, where they have learned so much, and see how students and alumni have continued their relationships after classes.

Valerie and Daniel helped start the College’s student organization named Grand Crew, for students, alumni and wine industry supporters. Valerie says, “We wanted to find a way to help part-time and full-time students realize their dreams.” After graduation, they funded the Valerie and Daniel Wood VEN scholarship, which offers eight scholarships per year, for ten years. Now in its fifth year, their scholarships, like a healthy vineyard, have reached into the community and helped provide an impressive yield. Valerie says. “I have been out in the College vineyard harvesting next to a student, who says, ‘Thank you for the scholarship.’ One student walked up to us at a wine festival and said, ‘You gave me a scholarship. You gave me my life back. You changed my life, thank you.’ We hear from some students who have received our scholarships. It’s heartwarming to see their smiling faces and to know we had a positive impact.”

Yavapai College’s Alumni of the Year Award is bestowed annually to Prescott and Verde Valley Campus graduates whose careers exemplify scholarship, character and public service. For additional information on YC’s Alumni of the Year Awards, please visit: www.yc.edu/alumni

Source:  Yavapai Community College Press release dated November 12, 2021 and authored by Mike Grady.  See https://www.yc.edu/v6/news/2021/11/wood.html
Categories : Southwest Wine Center, Verde Campus

PRESIDENT RHINE SUGGESTS FUTURE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IMPROVEMENTS ON EAST SIDE OF COUNTY

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, September 30th, 2021

Says enhanced partnership with VACTE “critically important” | Will offer unmanned aviation systems at “east high school” | Expand east side cultural opportunities | Investigate “affordable on-campus housing opportunities” | But provides few specifics

Yavapai Community College president Dr. Lisa Rhine outlined some of the future considerations for improving the College’s educational opportunities in the Sedona/Verde Valley area of the County at the September 14 District Governing Board meeting on the Verde Valley Campus.    She offered no specific details about the future plans and did not identify by campus where the improvements might  occur in the future. 

She emphasized that enhancing the Community College’s partnership with the Valley Academy of Career and Technical Education was “critically important.”  At least 25% of the Community College enrollment at the large CTEC campus operated at the Prescott airport comes from high school students on the west side of the County.  She did not indicate what percentage of high school students are now enrolled in Career and Technical Education training at the College’s new CTE facility. Or, at the VACTE training center on highway 89 in Cottonwood.

Another promise she made was to expand the cultural opportunities for residents of the east side.  For over 50 years the Community College has pumped millions of dollars into the west side of the County in its commitment to bring cultural activities to that area of the County while mostly ignoring the east side. Whether it has any money available to back up this commitment in a meaningful fashion is problematic.

Dr. Rhine also hopes to expand athletics into the east side of the County.  Again, for 50 years the large and growing athletic program has been exclusively one for the east side of the County.  By 2022 there will be at least eight athletic programs with a multi-million dollar support program driving them.  It remains questionable whether Community College athletics will find a significant place on the east side of the County.  There is little interest and all of the major matches and events are scheduled on the west side of the County.  The distance and challenging driving conditions plus an absence of public transportation between the east and west sides of the County are major obstacles for east side residence attendance at west side events.  

While suggesting the future possibility of an affordable residence hall on the east side of the County for Community College students, Dr. Rhine appeared somewhat less than enthusiastic about the idea.  While the Community College has built three residence halls on the west side (one was recently torn down), it has never seriously considered construction of a single one of the east side.  It remains problematic whether such a facility will arrive any time soon on the east side of the County.

You may view her remarks in the short video clip below.

 

Categories : Verde Campus

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOLD NAMING CEREMONY FOR VERDE CAMPUS ART GALLERY IN HONOR OF PATTY MCMULLEN-MIKLES

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, September 26th, 2021

District Governing Board approved naming the art gallery on the Verde Valley Campus for Patty McMullen-Mikles a year and a half  ago at its February 2020 meeting; naming ceremony  to be held September  30 at 5 p.m. at the gallery on Verde Valley Campus

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board unanimously approved naming the art gallery on the Verde Valley Campus for Patty McMullen-Mikles at its February 2020 meeting. Mikles was  a former Yavapai College art instructor who passed away from cancer in 2015. The honor recognized the ongoing financial contributions (at $40,000 in 2020) being made by her family in support of aspiring art students at the Verde Valley Campus, and celebrate and recognize her lifetime of teaching and giving to others.

Ms. Ruth Wicks spoke of Ms. Mikles’ work at the college during the Governing Board meeting.  Bob Oliphant commended the president and faculty for its support of this honor.  Mr. Paul Kirchgraber, then executive director of the Community College Foundation, presented the resolution to the Governing Board.

In a September 22, 2021 press release, the Community College announced a naming ceremony to be held on Thursday, September 30 at 5 p.m. at the gallery on the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale.  The press release from the Community College follows below:

Yavapai Community College Press release: September 22, 2021 (Mr. JJ McCormick)

The woman universally described by her former students and colleagues as a fiercely dedicated champion of Yavapai College art programs is being honored posthumously with the renaming of the YC Verde Art Gallery in her honor.

The Patty McMullen-Mikles Gallery of Yavapai College naming ceremony, celebrating the life and legacy of the successful artist and beloved former YC art professor who died in 2015, is happening at the YC Verde Valley Campus art gallery at 5 p.m. Sept. 30.

The ceremony coincides with the opening reception for an exhibition titled “Don Reitz Follow Your Bliss.” The exhibition showcases the art and life of Reitz, a renowned ceramic artist and longtime Verde Valley resident who, before his death in 2014, gifted the college a mural that now decorates the east wall of the Southwest Wine Center.

McMullen-Mikles’ family, friends and former YC colleagues are cheering the fact that she is being memorialized with her name gracing the Verde campus gallery that she founded and directed early in her 20-year tenure with the YC Art Department.

“She is severely missed and well-deserving of this memorial renaming of the Verde campus art gallery,” said YC Professor Dr. Barb Waak. Although a talented artist whose paintings, drawings and fiber art pieces were represented by galleries throughout the Southwest, Waak said teaching was McMullen-Mikles’ “true gift. She could take students who were daunted at the prospect of putting pencil, charcoal, or brush to paper and coax the very best work out of them,” Waak said.

YC Professor Dr. Amy Stein said she is grateful the gallery renaming is happening after a concerted campaign by YC faculty members past and present. Stein called McMullen-Mikles a “generous teacher” who was passionate about art and education. “And her greatest gift to all of us the last year of her life was she taught us all how to leave this landscape with grace, beauty and dignity.”

McMullen-Mikles taught drawing, two-dimensional design, oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, among many other credit and community education classes for YC. She is credited with developing YC’s Associate degree program in fine arts and was a talented vocalist who did some touring in Europe, the United States and Canada early in her career.

The Patty McMullen-Mikles Gallery naming ceremony and the opening reception for the Don Reitz exhibition are free and all are welcome. Learn more about the combined events at yc.edu/artgallery.

Categories : Art programs, Event, Verde Campus

VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS OPEN HOUSE SET FOR AUGUST 7 FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON

By R. Oliphant
Friday, July 23rd, 2021

Opportunity for  prospective students to learn how tuition for an entire  fall semester is free  if  enrolled  in trades classes at the Verde Valley Skilled Trades Center

Yavapai Community College will have an in-Person Open House at the  Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale on Saturday, August 7, 2021,  from 10 a.m. to noon.

Tours will be conducted of the  new Skilled Trades Center facility where potential students can  learn more about the certificates that will be offered starting fall 2021. The Community College will also have staff available who can explain how a student enrolled at the Skilled Trades Center can attend the first semester tuition free.

Trades Center programs that are tuition free for one semester include: Construction, Electrical, HVAC  and Plumbing.

Visitors during the open house can also tour the  new Brewing facility. During the tour, prospective students can learn more about the Brewing Technology Certificate that will be offered beginning fall 2021.

Other areas on the Campus that are new and open to the public during the open house are the following: Greenhouse used in the Horticulture Program; Nursing Labs; Phlebotomy Lab; Fabrication Lab that houses CNC and Pre-Engineering; lab space for EMT program.

Yavapai Community College is located at 601 West Black Hills Dr., Clarkdale, AZ 86324.

Categories : Career and Technical Education, Verde Campus

SEVEN VERDE VALLEY STUDENTS AMONG 22 TOP STUDENTS HONORED BY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, April 15th, 2021

Students recognized during the traditional “Evening of Recognition” at ceremonies on the Verde Campus 

Yavapai College faculty and leadership honored the top 22 students across academic and technical education disciplines during traditional “Evening of Recognition” ceremonies at both the Verde Valley and Prescott campuses. The limited-attendance events featured congratulatory remarks from President Dr. Lisa Rhine and Academic Affairs Vice President Dr. Diane Ryan.

The highest student honors of the evening were the President’s and Vice President’s Awards for Academic Excellence. Earning the college-wide President’s Award this year was Kari Warne, a judicial studies student on the Prescott Campus who is one of only 20 community college students nationwide to earn an All-USA Academic Team Scholarship. Culinary Arts student Nika Roberts was the Vice President’s Award winner for the Verde Valley Campus and Sedona Center this year. 

“The students recognized at this ceremony have worked hard to distinguish themselves from others academically and through leadership and/or service. This group is particularly distinct because they continued to excel, grow, develop, lead and serve in the midst of pandemic,” President Rhine said in her remarks. She noted that each student honoree was vetted by faculty and staff – a difficult task given the Community College’s talented student population.

Speaking directly to the honorees, Rhine said: “You have proven yourself as outstanding leaders in our community. As educators, we are very proud of you and we thank you for your contributions. Your tremendous potential is very clearly reflected in your accomplishments. We are so fortunate that Yavapai College gets to be part of your journey and personal story.”

You may view the  April 5 award ceremony on the Verde Campus by going to this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMXHGyvPcg  or by clicking here.

The following seven students  are the Verde Valley Campus and Sedona Center Outstanding Student by discipline for the 2020-2021 academic year:

English, Daniel Fradenburg

Sociology, Hannah Roderick

Biology, Thomas Blatz

Biology, Giacomo Gandolfi

Viticulture and Enology, David Finch

Culinary, Benjamin Casas

Culinary, Ethan Anderson

The following 15 students are the Prescott Campus Outstanding Student by discipline for the 2020-2021 academic year:

Visual/Graphic Art, Dedra Smith

Visual Arts, Rachelle Sturdevant

Dance, Shannon Shea

Instrumental Music, Emily Schuler

Choral Music, Keiona Mack

Performing Arts, Andre Sylvester

Performing Arts, Gabrielle Baker

Sociology, Elizabeth Smith

Paralegal, Hannah Hovelsrud

English, Amanda Borja

English, Leah Farrington

Business, Brenda Clemen

Video Game Development, Stephen Driscoll

Allied Health, Katherine Morace

Early College, Alexander Cyr

Categories : Verde Campus
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