A must read for Yavapai citizens interested in the College and its future
The recent edition of “Prescott Living Magazine” provides an in-depth interview of Yavapai Community College President Lisa Rhine. It should be a must read for anyone in Yavapai County interested in the leader of its Community College and the College’s future.
The entire article can be found online by clicking here.
The interview, conducted and then written by Mr. Ray Newton, explores Dr. Rhine’s early childhood, her educational achievements, and her vision of the future for Yavapai Community College. As Mr. Newton points out, Dr. Rhine represents a major philosophical shift about the role of higher education in a dynamically changing social and economic marketplace.
Dr. Rhine explained in the article that “We’ve a new view of how post-secondary education should be structured to meet personal and societal needs. We’re putting that vision into place at Yavapai College. Classes and curricula now fit the needs of students instead of making students fit what for years have been academic policies based on centuries-old tradition.”
Aside from philosophy and expansive information about the College, the article provides some back-grounding that most readers should find fun and interesting. For example, did you know that Dr. Rhine was nominated to dance for the Dancing with the Stars fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northern Arizona? A charity event. This caused her and her husband to sign up for dance lessons. Dr. Rhine says they now “do Latin dances — the bachata and salsa — several times a week, and we love it.”