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YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CONCERTS ON THE GREEN SERIES RETURNS TO PRESCOTT VALLEY AMPHITHEATER SUNDAY JUNE 5

By R. Oliphant
Friday, June 3rd, 2022

Programs are part of its effort to provide various communities in Yavapai County with “cultural” opportunities | Cultural programs are heavily focused on the  west side of the County

Yavapai Community College’s Performing Arts Center is in its second year of providing the “Concerts on the Green” series of cultural programs in Prescott Valley.   Last year, which was the first year of PAC’s “Concerts in the Green” series, was very successful.  It is hoped that this year’s programs will find similar acceptance and praise.

The Concerts on the Green series are held at Prescott Valley’s Theater on the Green, 7501 Skoog Blvd, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314.  Individual tickets: $20/adult, $5/youth 9-17 (age 8 and under free).

Categories : Event, Prescott Valley Campus

EMERGING WINEMAKERS COMPETITION & SYMPOSIUM IN ITS FOURTH YEAR

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022

Wines must be submitted by March 31 |  Events on Verde Campus April 23

Yavapai Community College in Clarkdale, Arizona is hosting the 4th Annual Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium. Wines from emerging (home) winemakers should be submitted by March 31st. Great on-line and in-person lectures on wild yeast fermentation, cork technologies and wine profiles will be held at the College on Saturday, April 23, 2022. 

The event will run from 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. MST (PDT) and will be held in person at the College and  streamed live online.

The event has been organized by the Grand Crew, a Yavapai College Viticulture and Enology student/alumni organization. The event will feature educational seminars during the Symposium, an awards ceremony and a roundtable discussion with the competition’s seven judges.

“We’re looking forward to being both in-person and online this year to celebrate our state’s emerging winemakers,” said the Competition Organizer Bill Anderson. “This is a great opportunity to learn from industry leaders and winemakers.”

An “emerging” winemaker is anyone at least twenty-one (21) years of age whose wine is not available commercially. Wine submissions are being accepted for the competition until March 31, 2022. For entry forms and submission details, visit www.emergingwinemakers.com.

The Symposium agenda is:

9:30 — 10 a.m.: Check-in 

10 – 10:15 a.m.:  Introductions + Tribute to Mitch Levy

10:15 – 11 a.m.: Keynote Speaker: James Callahan of Rune Wines

Title: “Controlled Chaos: Wild Yeast in Winemaking”

11 – 11:15 a.m.: Break

11:15 – 12 p.m.: Speaker II: Michael Stump of Lafitte Cork & Capsule: Title: “Cork Technologies”

12 – 12:45 p.m.: Lunch

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.:  Speaker III: Randy Caparoso, Editor-at-Large, The SOMM Journal:  Title: “”Redefining the Definition of Balance”

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.:  Break

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.:  Awards Ceremony

2:15 – 3 p.m.:  Roundtable Discussions

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.:  Farewell + Announcement of next year’s event

Tickets for the Symposium costs $35 per person for either online or in-person attendance and is open to the public. Those attending in-person will receive lunch and a glass of wine from the Southwest Wine Center, the teaching winery of Yavapai College.

 For tickets and more information on the event, the full rules of the wine competition and entry forms, visit www.emergingwinemakers.com.

Categories : Event, Viticulture

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

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE OBSERVES NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021

Hosting a variety of student and community events on Prescott and Verde Valley campuses

Yavapai Community College is observing National Hispanic Heritage month from September 15 through October 15.  The Community College is hosting a variety of activities and events for its students and residents in Yavapai County.

The four-week Hispanic Heritage celebration began on Wednesday, September 15, with a fiesta of Mexican food all day at the Prescott campus rider diner, and a photo booth for celebrity images with friends.

On September 22 and September 23, the Prescott and Verde Valley campuses respectively, hosted outdoor screenings of the animated feature “Coco.”  Pinatas were a part of each movie night, which began at 7 PM.

On September 30, Verde Valley students will host a Hispanic Heritage Month game night. Game night began at 6 p.m. in Building M-Room 137 on the Verde Valley campus.

On Friday, October 1, Yavapai Community College Spanish Professor Dr. Curtis Kleinman will deliver a talk about how to “embrace your inner bilingualism” and sharply improve your language learning ability. Kleinman’s talk is at noon in B-19, Room 147, on the Prescott campus.

Thursday, October 7 is a big HHM celebration day at the both the Verde Valley and Prescott campuses. A salsa dance party, hosted by Latin dance instructor Daniel Garcia, will take place at noon on the Prescott campus courtyard.

Also, on the evening of October 7, both the Prescott and the Verde Valley campuses will present an evening screening of the film, “Tortilla Soup.”

The community college will close out Hispanic Heritage Month on the Prescott Campus with a community celebration Wednesday, October 13, featuring community college President Dr. Lisa Rhine and renowned mask artist Zarco Guerrero sharing his art, his process and his influence: the late Cesar Chavez.

All activities and events are free and open to the public.

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OLLI, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOLD JOINT PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY

By R. Oliphant
Friday, August 27th, 2021

Free program to be held live at Community College Sedona Center and on-line on September 1 from 2-4 p.m.  Registration required

OLLI, the League of Women Voters, and Yavapai Community College have joined hands to deliver a program entitled “Reviewing Democracy–Ranked Voter Choice and More” on Wednesday, September 1 from 2-4 p.m.  The program will be held live at the Community College’s Sedona Center and simultaneously on-line.

The program is free and open to the public.  However, a member of  the public is asked to register if he or she wants to attend the program.

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YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANNOUNCES FUND RAISING EFFORTS FOR START OF FALL

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, August 26th, 2021

Fun Run, Dancing with the Stars, and Golf Classic all scheduled; Foundation creates a new Annual Fund to support athletic scholarships

Yavapai Community College has announced a series of fund raising events beginning with the Roughrider Athletics Classic Golf Classic on September 24. It will be followed by the  “Fun Run” on September 26 and the “Dancing for the Stars” fundraiser on October 2.  It also announced it has established a new Annual Fund to support its athletic department. 

The athletic programs, all of which emanate from the Prescott Campus, annually spend  an estimated $1.7 million in coaching salaries and related expenses.  In addition, they provide athletes with about $650,000 in scholarship assistance from the College’s General Fund. Most  of the athletes are recruited from outside Yavapai County and a several come from outside Arizona.

At the April 2020 Governing Board meeting, the issue of scholarships and out-county recruitment was raised by Third District Representative Paul Chevalier.  In response to his questions, it was learned that the College is taking major steps to change how it handles athletic scholarships and recruiting.  This included seeking to raise funds to support the scholarship program.

At the  October 2020  Governing Board meeting, the Community College announced a five-year plan in the works to use the Foundation to support all athletic scholarships and  a plan to lower  out-state tuition for athletes that will allow a wider national recruiting by coaches.

Categories : Athletics, Event, Scholarships

MARCH 5 OLLI PRESENTATION TOPIC WILL BE ‘SPECULATIONS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, March 1st, 2020

Room G-106, 12:45 p.m. until 1:45 p.m., Thursday, March 5 at Verde Valley campus

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Brown Bag Brain Buzz will host Jayana Clerk, “Speculations on Artificial Intelligence, from 12:45 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. Thursday, March 5 in Room G-106 at Yavapai College’s Verde Valley campus, 601 Black Hills Drive in Clarkdale.

Clerk taught world literature and world religions at The City University of New York. In her teachings, Clerk emphasized the emerging global reality.

Clerk earned her Doctorate at Columbia University in New York, where she specialized in literature, religions, and international studies.

Her earlier degrees were in English Literature from the University of London and from India.

Bring your brown bag or purchase lunch at the snack bar and join us at this free lunchtime forum, sponsored by Yavapai College.

For information about Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – OLLI at Sedona/Verde Valley, call Linda Shook, associate dean Sedona Center and OLLI director Sedona/Verde Valley, at 928-649-4275, email ol- lisv@yc.edu, or visit yc.edu/ollise- donaverde

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GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA AT SEDONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

By R. Oliphant
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

Program set for Friday, March 6, 2020 at 7 p.m.; College sponsored

The Glenn Miller Orchestra will play at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m.  The tickets for the program are advertised at $35.00.  Tickets available at YCPAC [click here] or at the door the night of the show. The program is sponsored by Yavapai Community College.

Below is an advertisement created by the Community College for the event.

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OSHER FREE BROWN BAG BUZZ ON VERDE CAMPUS THURSDAY, FEB 27 AT 12:45 IN ROOM G-106

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

Program features Supervisor Randy Garrison and Executive Assistant Brandi Bateman  who will  discuss County proposals and upcoming legislation

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Brown Bag Brain Buzz will host Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Randy Garrison and Brandi Bateman, executive assistant to Garrison, who will discuss the  upcoming legislative session and  Yavapai County proposals including taxation and other initiatives. The program begins at 12:45 on Thursday, February 27 in Room G-106 on the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale.

The presentation will address the upcoming legislative session, in particular legislative policies proposed by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors. These proposals include regulation on short term rentals, Title 36, a bed tax for the incorporated in the counties, and property tax exemptions for seniors and the disabled.

You may bring your brown bag or purchase lunch at the snack bar at Yavapai College Verde campus. The program is sponsored by Yavapai Community College.

Categories : Event

SEE DOCUMENTARY MOVIE “RECORDER” AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM, VERDE CAMPUS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 AT 6:30 P.M.

By R. Oliphant
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020

Film describes  Marion Stokes life and her secret recording of television programs 24 hours a day for 30 years (Admission $10; $5 for students and faculty)

The documentary movie, “Recorder,” was released in November 2019.  It is 87 minutes long.  It will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on the Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale Tuesday, February 25 in the Community Room.  The Community Room is located in Building “M” on the campus. The film is rated “Genre.”

 

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