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Music programs illustrate failure of program development in Verde

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, August 7th, 2014

Of 87 music courses offered, 85 are located only on the Prescott campus

Music 1The fall College online registration catalog contains sections that vividly illustrate how the Community College has failed to develop programs in the Verde Valley.  For example, it lists 87 separate courses of music instruction, and 16 areas of music concentration that students may consider.  However, of the 87 courses, 85 are taught only on the Prescott campus; two music courses exist at the Sedona Center for Arts and Technology campus. None appear online.  Source: 

 

 

Categories : Music, New Courses

Drone program created at CTEC and Chino Valley

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Unmanned aircraft company working with CTEC; was 80 acres on Verde campus considered?

Patrick Whitehurst of the Prescott Daily Courier reports that a new program is under development at the Chino Valley campus of Yavapai Community College that involves drones and a partnership with SWIFT Radioplanes.  Swift Radio planes is a local Prescott business that manufactures unmanned aircraft. The unmanned aircraft systems, known as drones, would be used for safety programs, “including fire sciences, emergency management and agricultural studies.”

CTEC and Chino Valley campus dean John Morgan, was quoted as saying that “It’s been kind of a long process because we had to get a COA (certificate of authorization) from the FAA. That process took us a couple of years to do. We’re going to take the bulk of this year to try to develop this program. . . . The largest portion of everything we’re going to be doing is really data
According to the Community College, it “will initially lease a Lynx radio-controlled aircraft manufactured by Swift Radioplanes, LLC to conduct scheduled flights that will collect imagery to be analyzed for training in existing academic programs. The Lynx is a fixed-wing electric motor aircraft with an 8-foot wingspan that can carry a variety of equipment, such as multi-spectral and thermal-imaging cameras.”  The aircraft will be flown only over the Chino Valley campus and will be operated below 400 feet, under line-of-site radio control.

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Categories : Career and Technical Education, Chino Valley campus

Taxpayer supported tennis court going up

By R. Oliphant
Monday, July 28th, 2014

 A $1.3 million dollar tennis complex being built on the Prescott campus is said to be what “every community will want in the future“

The Yavapai Community College tennis center complex going up on the Prescott campus was recently described by Prescott Daily Courier columnist Chris Howard  as consisting of “six post-tensioned concrete championship courts and a new stadium court — all with state-of-the-art lights, seating and viewing areas, 10 and under lines on the upper two courts, new and expanded tennis programs and no more crisis management.”  He wrote that “This facility will be what every community will want to have in their future.” 

He also reported that the Prescott Area Tennis Association had raised nearly $200,000 for the complex and the City of Prescott will give $25,000 and repave the parking lot between the new tennis facility and the baseball complex at Roughrider Park at a cost of about $80,000.  County taxpayers will provide the remaining $1.1 million dollars of the estimated cost for the complex.  To read more, click here.

The construction of the tennis area continues the Prescott tradition of building all athletic facilities on the Prescott campus.  After more than 45 years, it has never constructed an athletic facility anywhere else in the County.

 

 

 

Categories : Construction, Tennis Court

Poll says most believe College will fail in improving communications

By R. Oliphant
Saturday, June 14th, 2014

Verde Independent newspaper poll says most readers believe the College will fail in improving communications

A poll of its readers by the Verde Independent released June 14, 2014 indicated most readers believed Yavapai Community College would be unsucessful in its attempts to improve communications with Verde Valley residents.

The newspaper asked the following question:  Do you believe Yavapai College will be effective in its effort to improve communication with the Verde Valley?  In response, 22% or 17 respondents indicated they thought it would be successful.  However, 78% or 61 respondents indicated they believed it would not be successful.  The newspaper poll may be found by clicking here.

Categories : Polling data
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