Focus to be on noncredit courses including kids summer programs

Zachary Jernigan has been hired as Yavapai College’s Community Education Coordinator for the Verde Valley and Sedona.  He will be focusing on non-credit courses in the Verde Valley  including summer programs for kids. He begins January 16.

Jernigan is a journalist, college creative writing instructor and author. His novels, No Return and the Nebula Award-nominated Shower of Stones, are compiled in Jeroun: The Collected Omnibus. His short fiction has been selected by publishers for the Pushcart Prize and shortlisted for the Spectrum Award.

For the Fall 2017 semester, Jernigan is teaching CRW 139: Introduction to Creative Writing.

As a journalist for Larson newspapers, residents in the Verde Valley have enjoyed his reporting on education and other matters for the Cottonwood Journal Extra and the Camp Verde Journal.  His replacement at Larson Newspapers is Kelcie Grega.

Congratulations Mr. Jernigan.

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