Scammers have managed to acquire College owned phone numbers

Yavapai College is warning residents that scammers have acquired college owned phone numbers and are using them to make nuisance calls. Yavapai College chief information security officer, Sean Hagan, said: “It appears that someone was spoofing our telephone numbers and attempting to impersonate College employees. We are aware of five instances related to the scam so far. Given the design of the public telephone system, there’s not much we can do about it beyond collecting evidence and getting the police involved, which we are doing now.”

Yavapai College Financial Aid Director Diana Dowling said that “Yavapai College will never call you to tell you that you need to speak to a loan officer.”

Similar meeting scheduled for December 11 on Verde Campus

More than 50 building industry representatives met on the Prescott Campus October 24 to help craft a plan to develop and retain a strong workforce to meet long-term industry needs. The meeting was organized in response to a perceived workforce shortage in the building trades.

It is thought that during the recession that many in construction change careers and never returned. The industry needs workers and is apparently struggling to recruit them.

The College has scheduled a similar workforce development discussion on this topic to be held from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, Friday, December 15 in building M, room 137 of the Verde Valley campus. Representatives from the building trades who would like to attend the lunch must RSVP by December 11 by contacting Billy Norris, 928-717-7170 or email billy.norris@yc.edu.

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Kim Kapin to act as host

Yavapai College announced that it has partnered with Prescott Valley broadcasting for a weekly one-half hour talk show focusing on college activities. The Saturday show will be hosted by the Director of Marketing and Communications, Kim Kaplin.

The first show aired Saturday, November 4 at 12:30 PM. It is carried on KQNA am at 11:30 AM, 99.9 FM in Prescott and Chino Valley. It is also carried on 95.5 FM in Prescott Valley and Cottonwood. It will be  available via live streaming on kqna.com.

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Cochise Community College (among nine Arizona colleges) to compete for $1 million in prize funds

Cochise Community College in Arizona and 149 other community colleges will compete for $1 million in prize funds (to be announced in fall 2018) by insisting on high standards for learning, college completion without delay, and serving as a training ground for jobs that pay competitive wages. Cochise College is a public Arizona community college. The prize funds are being provided by through the Aspen Institute College Excellence program.

Founded in 1964, Cochise Community College has campuses in Douglas and Sierra Vista, and centers in Benson, Fort Huachuca, and Willcox. It was announced in October 2017 that the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has ranked Cochise College as one of the nation’s 150 best community colleges

Readers may be surprised to learn that Yavapai Community College apparently did not apply to the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program.  A full list of the selected colleges and details on the selection process are available at www.aspenprize.org.

The following nine Arizona colleges applied to the Institute to be considered for the award:

Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Cochise County Community College District

Estrella Mountain Community College

GateWay Community College

Mesa Community College

Paradise Valley Community College

Phoenix College

Pima Community College Scottsdale Community College

South Mountain Community College

The prize, awarded every two years, is the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America’s community colleges and recognizes institutions for exceptional student outcomes in four areas: student learning, certificate and degree completion, employment and earnings, and access and success for minority and low-income students.