Program will be “revamped” – brochures at Verde Valley Governing Board September meeting described the certificate program and requirements, however, no courses are being offered
There were a number of brochures at the entry table for the September 14 Governing Board meeting at the Verde Valley Campus describing in detail the Hotel and Restaurant Management certificate program at the Sedona Center. Among other matters in the brochure was a list of 11 courses that would lead to a certificate in Hotel and Restaurant management.
Unfortunately, the entire program is on hold. This decision is based on the Community College’s experience with COVID– 19 this past year and the industry. There were no classes offered in fall 2021 and no classes will be offered in spring 2022.
The Community College feels the program needs to be revamped and is looking forward to a new and more up-two-date approach to the Hospitality courses at the Sedona Center in the future.
The Community College has not announced a new date for restarting the program.
You may recall that in December 2017 that the Community College reported that the culinary program opened at the Sedona Center that fall had got off to a strong start. However, because of low enrollment, the hospitality programs offered on the Verde Valley Campus failed to open in the fall of 2017. During questioning by the Sedona Council at a December 2017 meeting, Verde Valley Campus Executive Dean James Perey said that he is meeting with the Yavapai-Apache Nation in December to explore the possibility of using the Nation’s new hotel as a facility to provide real life training in hospitality.
Perey said he has been told by businesses in the area that they are seeking employees who have both culinary and hospitality training. He sees a partnership with the Nation as an answer to the low enrollment in hospitality courses. The hotel offers the possibility of real life clinical training in hospitality management.
The program was moved to the Culinary Institute in 2018 at the Community College’s Sedona Center. That is where it now resides.
You may also recall that in 2019 the Community College announced that the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management would be available at the Prescott Campus as a second location for the program beginning September 2019. There is no indication it will be offered at the Prescott Campus this academic year.
