Courses now open for registration; no comparable program or facility on Verde Campus or Sedona Center
Yavapai Community College unveiled its new Costume and Fashion Program May 24 in the recently renovated Performing Arts building, on the Prescott Campus. The program will be led by Yavapai Community College Performing Arts Costume Designer Gaea Steinbach. Prescott residents saw her creations in recent College musicals presented on the Prescott Campus, including Little Women, Into the Woods and Beauty and the Beast.
According to the Community College, “YC’s Costume and Fashion Program starts with the basics – Costume Construction I (THR 124) and Fashion Illustration (THR 221), available in the Fall 2018 semester – before expanding into the nuances of garment creation and the history of fashion design.”
Registration for the program opened on Monday, April 16, and classes are taught in the completely remodeled Performing Arts building, which opened earlier this year with a state-of-the-art costuming space. The College wrote that ”Students are also eligible to work backstage on College theatrical performances. These give students an opportunity to work in a production environment, merging their skills with the deadlines and conditions that professional designers work with every day.”
Spaces are available, for THR 124 and THR 221, but early registration is recommended. Classes can be found online at the Yavapai College Class search link https://www.yc.edu/v5content/academics/register.htm
In the newspaper story, the College justified closing the nationally recognized Film School at the Sedona Center because Sedona “didn’t have a lot of students.” This explanation is political tripe generated by the College to provide a smoke screen over its real intentions. After all, the Center didn’t have a lot of students because the College announced a year before closing the program it wasn’t accepting any new students. 
The Community College has announced that the University of Arizona has selected the Chino Valley Center as the venue for an agricultural trial to see if this is a good area for summer spinach growing. Chino Valley Farms is also participating in the project, which is part of the largest spinach-growing trial in Arizona.
Beginning in the fall of 2014, the District began offering several new certificates including Athletic Coaching, Canine Care and Handling, Electric Utility Technology, Therapy and Service Dog Team Skills, Gas Medal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding and a Pipe Welding. These new certificate programs are designed to prepare students for various careers in these industries through a combination of lecture, group discussion and hands on skill building experiences. 
“We plan to present this to the District Governing Board in the next month or two,” Wills said. “We’re always looking for and evaluating programs that meet the educational, economic and cultural needs of the people of Yavapai County and can be offered at a justifiable cost to students and taxpayers. We believe these new programs meet those criteria, and we’re eager to welcome the new students that they’ll attract.”