CTE WELDING CLASS FINDS WAY TO SAVE THE COLLEGE MONEY

By R. Oliphant
Friday, October 9th, 2020

Welding fabrication class makes equipment for future College use; saves thousands

In a recent Facebook posting, Yavapai Community College  highlighted how the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) campus is using student training to save several thousands of dollars in future equipment replacement costs.

The post reported that welding instructor Robert Smith’s welding class was making new benches for the welding booths and gas welding stations. According to the post, the student designed benches include teaching and using skills in computerized plasma cutting, MIG welding, painting, design, and overall fabrication. This project will save the college several thousand dollars in replacing stool costs.

The post in Facebook also contained the photo below showing an excellent example  of the student work in this class.

Yavapai Community College Facebook photo

Categories : Career and Technical Education

COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROVIDES VIRTUAL TOUR OF RENOVATED BUILDING “L” ON VERDE CAMPUS

By R. Oliphant
Friday, October 9th, 2020

Go to Yc.edu/bldgL on your computer to take the virtual tour; it is amazing

Yavapai Community College has provided the public with the opportunity to take a virtual tour of the newly renovated Building “L” by going to  its website:  Yc.edu/bldgL.   The tour takes you inside and outside the new facility in detail.  Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine has described the new facility as “amazing.”

The newly renovated Building “L” probably cost the  Community College in total at least $6 million, although the College has not released the completed overall costs as yet to the public. 

Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine invites the public to the virtual reopening ceremony at noon on October 15 and encourages the public to take a virtual tour of the facility in the video clip below. 

Categories : Career and Technical Education

COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOLD GRAND REOPENING RIBBON CUTTING FOR BUILDING “L” ON VERDE CAMPUS OCT 15

By R. Oliphant
Friday, October 9th, 2020

Ceremony to be held virtually  at noon, October 15; Available  to the public at Yc.edu/bldgL on your computer 

Yavapai Community College will hold a grand reopening ribbon cutting ceremony for Building “L” on the Verde Campus October 15 at noon.  The celebration will be held virtually.  The public may join in the celebration by going to Yc.edu/bldgL.

Categories : Career and Technical Education

Dr. Paul Friedman receives “Spirit of Sedona” award for his work with OLLI

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Named “Community Collaborator of the Year” by Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona

Dr. Paul Friedman will be recognized by the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona as one of five “community heroes” who go “above and beyond “ to contribute to their local community, and gives each a “Spirit of Sedona” award.  There are  five categories for annual awards including  Philanthropist, Volunteer, Nonprofit Organization, Business Benefactor, and Community Collaborator of the Year. Paul is being recognized as the Community Collaborator or the Year as someone “who demonstrates effective community engagement and leadership by working collaboratively across the community to improve the quality of life in Sedona and the Verde Valley.”

Paul is being honored for his work at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) including having  facilitated two new classes per term for the last 12 years.  He also facilitates  the Lunch & Learn/Sedona Community Forum program, which has hosted nearly 200 community leaders for the whole community to meet, hear from, and dialogue with.

In addition, Paul founded and runs the Sedona Mediation Service (hosted by the Sedona City Manager’s Office), which helps local residents resolve disputes. And he has contributed to public education programs hosted by the Sedona Public Library, the League of Women Voters, the Sedona Women, Chamber of Commerce, Restorative Justice, the Jewish Community of Sedona, the Yavapai County Detention Center, the Verde Valley Forum, Hope House, the Humane Society, the Historical Society, SedonaKind, and several other groups.

This award comes with a grant of $1,000 from the ACF of Sedona that the honoree can donate to the non-profit organization of his choice. 

Categories : OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning)

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEGINS STREAMING FREE CONCERTS

By R. Oliphant
Sunday, October 4th, 2020

First program was Sunday October 4; Encore performance this Thursday at 7 p.m.; several more Sunday concerts are being scheduled

Yavapai Community College will stream local music from the stage of Yavapai College Performing Arts Center every Sunday at 3:30 p.m.  The performances appear to have been previously recorded live and are then presented via video playback on Sunday. The first performance was this past  Sunday,  October 4. An encore performance of that concert will be streamed this Thursday at 7 p.m.  Sunday’s concert featured Arizona Philharmonic flutists Andrea Graves and Jeannette Moore and music ranging from Chopin to Debussy to opera, Broadway and more.

To view last Sunday’s  concert, viewers were directed to  go to Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/event/326378. The link went live thirty minutes before the concert began. For more information, including individual concert details, please contact the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center Box Office at (928) 776.2000 or visit YCPAC online at: www.ycpac.com. The Blog assumes the same link will be used for the Thursday encore performance, however, please check at www.ycpac.com.

Future programs include Internationally renowned concert pianist Benita Rose follows October 11, with a playlist of romantic classics. Quartet Sabaku – four talented AZ Phil and Arizona Opera Orchestra musicians – will play the music of Bach, Beethoven and Buenos Aires on the October 18 broadcast; then, Arizona Opera and Santa Fe Opera tenor Bille Bruley closes October with Ten Thousand Miles Away: A journey of song from Dowland to Broadway on October 25.

The second half of the Yavapai Live! series will be announced next month. But November and December will include artists from the Prescott POPS, dueling pianos, Brahms, a Christmas concert and music from Phantom of the Opera.

The College says that “You do not need to purchase tickets for these events but we invite you to use our Donate button to support the arts and specifically performing arts student scholarships with a generous donation.”

Categories : Performing Arts Center

FREE JOB AND CAREER VIRTUAL FAIR TUESDAY, OCT 6 From 2:30 p.m to 4.30 p.m.

By R. Oliphant
Friday, October 2nd, 2020

Yavapai Community College’s Regional Economic Development Center will hold a Job and Career Virtual Fair 2020 from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 at YC.edu/jobfair

The online job fair will allow those who sign in to learn about the latest information about careers and to apply for part-time, full-time and temporary jobs.  It will also allow those online participants to meet with representatives from business, healthcare and non-profit organizations.

The Community College says that the emphasis for the Fair will be on job recruitment as well as career opportunities and resources that can lead to jobs.

The Fair is being offered through the combined efforts of Yavapai Community College, Prescott Chamber of Commerce, Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce, Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce, Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona, ARIZONA@WORK, NACOG, Prescott Valley Economic Development Center, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and US Vets. For more information, visit http//bit. ly/YavCtyJobFair or email Katherine. Anderson@yc.edu.

A video further explaining the job fair follows below.

Categories : Regional Economic Development Ctr

NEW WOMEN’S SOCCER PROGRAM COMING TO YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN 2021

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Recruiting for the 2021 season already  underway

Yavapai Community College has announced it has begun recruiting for its new women’s soccer program.   The program will begin in the fall 2021 at the new soccer field on the Prescott Campus. 

The Community College has made a commitment to the District Governing Board that it will seek to recruit players from Yavapai County. However, out-of-county and out-of-state players more easily help it fill up its residence halls.  Only  time will tell if it can and does carry out the commitment to recruit significant numbers of women soccer players from the County. 

The College has not made public any estimate of the overall real cost to the Community College of adding a new sports program such as this one to its athletic department.

The following is the announcement about the soccer program made by the Community College on Facebook earlier this week.

Yavapai College has announced the addition of women’s intercollegiate soccer to their championship athletic department starting in the fall of 2021.

The Roughriders will compete in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). There are currently 11 other women’s soccer programs in the ACCAC.

The women’s program will be featured in home and away doubleheaders with the existing Yavapai College men’s soccer program, winners of 78 conference, region, district, and national championships.

“I am very excited about this announcement and the opportunity to offer women’s soccer to our communities in Yavapai County,” said Brad Clifford, Director of Athletics. “The popularity of women’s soccer is at an all-time high right now, and I am ecstatic to see the growth of this program in the coming years. We have had tremendous success with our men’s soccer program, and I am anticipating the women’s program having the same success.”

Women’s soccer will join four other Roughrider athletic programs, including the aforementioned men’s soccer team, baseball, softball, and women’s volleyball.

Yavapai College expects to have its new head women’s soccer coach on campus by January 2021. The position will be posted on the college web site starting in October, with interviews following in November and the appointment of the first head coach for Yavapai College women’s soccer to be announced in December.

Yavapai College, its athletic department, and the community are excited to present this opportunity to interested candidates looking to use soccer as a means to continue their education.

Recruitment has begun for quality student-athletes who exhibit a commitment to academics and the advanced skills to play NJCAA Division I level soccer. Young ladies interested in being one of the pioneers of the program should complete and submit a women’s soccer recruiting form located on the athletic web site.

For more information on Yavapai College Athletics, visit www.goroughriders.com or contact Kelsey English, Assistant Athletic Director – Operations, at Kelsey.English@yc.edu.

Categories : Soccer team

COLLEGE TO SEEK BOARD APPROVAL AT OCT 20 MEETING OF ADDITIONAL FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES IN SPRING SEMESTER

By R. Oliphant
Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Recommending bringing back activity classes, in performing and visual arts, music, and physical education areas

Yavapai Community College President Lisa Rhine and her Executive Leadership team have decided to recommend to the Governing Board that more face-to-face classes be added to the spring semester, 2021. They are recommending the Community College  bring back activity class in performing and visual arts, music and physical education areas.

The recommendation will go to the Governing Board for formal approval at its next general meeting, which is scheduled for October 20, 2020. 

You may view the short announcement of this decision made by President Rhine in the video clip below.

Categories : ADMINISTRATION

70 MILE COMMUTE FROM WILLIAMS TO CTEC PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR 46-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF FOUR

By R. Oliphant
Friday, September 25th, 2020

With CTEC training, she is now earning a high-paying job with Flagstaff medical device manufacturer

There is a great story written by J.J. McCormick  in the September Yavapai Community College newsletter about Gwendolin “Gwen” Foley.  She is now 46 and enjoying a high-paying job with a Flagstaff medical device manufacturer because of her certificate in industrial machine maintenance from Yavapai Community College.

She began he quest for the certificate while living in Williams, Arizona and commuting to the Career and Technical Education Center at the Prescott airport, which is about 70 miles one way.   In his story, McCormick provides insight into the determination behind obtaining that certificate.  McCormick writes:

Gwen, now 46, recalled thinking at the time that she was too old to go back to school. She recalls also wondering if she would be happy working in manufacturing for 20 more years, or longer. The answer: “That’s a long time. In two years I could have the job I want and work until I retire doing what I want and making more money.”

That self-reflection, her family’s support, and her employer’s tuition reimbursement program combined to convince Gwen to enroll in YC’s Advanced Manufacturing Program at the Career and Technical Education Center in Prescott. The program offered Gwen exactly what she needed for the job at WL Gore that she had set her sights on – courses like electronics, welding and hydraulics – without requiring English and other undergraduate classes she didn’t need. YC instructors would direct Gwen to scholarships when she couldn’t afford needed supplies, or would teach her during their office hours when a class conflicted with her work schedule. “They were very accommodating,” Gwen said of her YC instructors. “If you ask, they will  help you get through.”

Gwen’s work ethic and drive to succeed twice earned her the Advanced Manufacturing Program’s Outstanding Student award. CTEC Professor Charles Allmon described Gwen as a “natural leader” who was always organized and prepared for class. “She shouldered a leadership role with her fellow students as a true leader does. A true leader also brings everyone around him/her along with them. Gwen has this quality.”

You may read the entire story by McCormick by clicking here. 

Categories : CTEC

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE VISITORS REMINDED TO FOLLOW COLLEGE COVID-19 PROTOCOL

By R. Oliphant
Friday, September 25th, 2020

Protocol includes masks, social distancing, wellness test, Clear App, and temperature taken on campus; no problems with protocol for first 6 weeks

Yavapai Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine has reminded all visitors that they should follow the Covid-19 protocol established by the College.  This includes wearing a mask, social distancing, downloading, download and using the Clear App, and taking you temperature at one of the College’s kiosks. 

Dr. Rhine says that during the first six weeks of the fall semester the employees, staff, faculty and visitors have collectively done a good job at following the College’s health and safety protocols.

You may view her short comment about the protocol in the video clip below that was made in her September 23 update.

Categories : COVID 19
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