Book discussions and healthcare seminars open to the public
The Yavapai Community College library on the Verde Campus will feature book discussions and healthcare programs during November.
At 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 12 at 2 p.m., the public may join author Iris Yang for a discussion about her book, Wings of a Flying Tiger. Yang tells the story of one cousin’s courage and another’s determination to help a wounded American pilot during World War II in Japanese occupied China.
From noon until 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 13, “Healthy Boundaries in Everyday Life” will be the topic discussed by licensed associate counselor and adjunct faculty member Chris Hout. Hout’s presentation is on: “How can I draw a line in the sand with someone I care about?” and “What are healthy and unhealthy boundaries?” The program is presented to the public as part of the Distinguished Guest Lecture Series.
On Thursday, November 14 from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. healthcare and ethics with nursing is the topic and will be presented by professors Cindy Schroeder and Elizabeth Franco.
Yavapai Community College’s Verde Valley campus is located at 601 Black Hills Drive in Clarkdale. The library is located in Building “M.”
Representative Paul Chevalier triggered a discussion at the October 8 District Governing Board meeting on the question of whether the Board was complying with a provision of state law in its oversight of the President’s operation of the college. He suggested that the means being used by the Governing Board over the past several years to evaluate the management, conditions and needs of the College was too limited and possibly contrary to the intent of the legislature.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s (OLLI) Brown Bag Brain Buzz will host Dr. Diane Ryan, Yavapai College’s vice president of strategic initiatives on Thursday, November 7 at the Verde Campus. The program will be held in Room M-137 and begin at 12:30. The Verde Campus is located at 601 Black Hills Dr. in Clarkdale.
East Valley education advocate Ruth Wicks suggested to the Community College Governing Board at its October 8 meeting that it consider reducing the cost of tuition. Wicks’ noted that during the last few years the College had seen a “dramatic drop in enrollment.” Enrollment has dropped despite increased population growth in Yavapai County and “sister institutions have flourished,” she said.
The Valley Academy Career and Technology Education (VACTE)Superintendent Bob Wier thanked the College Governing Board and President for the ongoing, improving relationship between the two institutions. He stressed the need for a centralized Community College Career and Technology Center that would work closely and cooperatively with VACTE and the other schools in the East Region of Yavapai County.
The U.S. Department of Education reported in late September 2019 that the federal student loan default rate had dropped to 10.1% nationally. (See Government press release 
The U.S. Department of Education reported in its Equity in Athletics Data Analysis that all male coaches at Yavapai College on average earned from $2,000 to almost $5,000 more per year than female coaches. In a caveat to the report, that used 2017-18 data, the College explained the difference because of “increased years of service” among the male coaches. The disparity appeared to be caused primarily by the soccer team’s coaching staff. 