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YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE LAUNCHES WEEKLY PODCAST

Will cover academics, athletics, campus life and more

Yavapai Community College launched a weekly podcast in October, aiming to cover a wide range of topics, including academics, athletics, campus life, and more. You can listen to a podcast by clicking here.

Each episode features conversations with campus leaders, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members. So far, the College has released three episodes. The first is an interview with President Dr. Lisa Rhine, who discusses Yavapai College’s role in workforce development and community enrichment. The second episode features Dr. Marylou Mercado, who addresses how the College is meeting the community’s workforce needs. In the third, Dr. Doug Berry explores student empowerment and the latest innovations at Yavapai College.

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENT OCTOBER 2024 ANNUAL SAFETY & SECURITY REPORT REVEALS MINIMAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE CENTERS OR CAMPUSES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY OVER LAST THREE YEARS

There were 10 non-arrest referrals for alcohol violations (nine in Prescott dorms) and three referrals for drug violations (two in Prescott dorms). There was one case of intimidation reported at the Prescott campus in 2023 and a similar report in 2021 at the Verde Valley Campus

The Yavapai Community College Police Department released its annual safety and security report in October, revealing minimal criminal activity leading to arrests across both campuses and four centers during the reporting period.

The report highlights 10 non-arrest situations in 2023 involving alcohol violations, nine of which pertained to residence hall students. Additionally, three non-arrest situations related to drug violations were recorded, with two incidents involving residence hall students. One case of intimidation was also reported on the Prescott Campus in 2023 and one similar report in 2021 at the Verde Valley Campus.

For more details, please refer to the full report reproduced below that was prepared by the Campus Police Department, which outlines arrests and non-arrest referrals over the past three years.

COLLEGE LAUNCHES ITS 2024 CULTURAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MISSION WITH ROBUST OFFERINGS AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE PRESCOTT CAMPUS

West County residents (Prescott, Prescott Valley) receive special opportunities for cultural enrichment; Sedona and Verde Valley residents left pretty much on their own

Even before the fall 2024 semester began, Yavapai Community College initiated its cultural learning mission with an impressive lineup at the Performing Arts Center on the Prescott Campus. These events, allegedly aligned with the College’s mission, are expected to attract over a thousand attendees at a time to the Performing Arts Center.

While these outstanding programs primarily benefit the residents of Prescott and Prescott Valley, the College faces challenges in offering similar opportunities in the Sedona/Verde Valley area and other more semi-rural or rural areas in the County. It has yet to overcome those challenges. This has been the case for the past few decades.

Shown below are the major programs announced for August at the Performing Arts Center.

The College Mission “Yavapai College enriches our community by providing accessible, quality workforce, transfer, lifelong, and cultural learning opportunities.”

The Yavapai Community College Foundation has announced a 30-day, $25,000 matching grant donation challenge to help with scholarships and operations of the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center (FEC). The challenge is a result of a generous donation from Yavapai Community College District Governing Board member, Ray Sigafoos. The donation is described by the Community College in its press release, as slightly edited, follows: With this donation, every dollar contributed to the FEC through August 13 will be matched up to $25,000, effectively doubling the impact of any community member’s donation. The FEC is a child development center located on the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. It provides a safe, nurturing, child-centered program that focuses on promoting children’s learning. As a laboratory school, the FEC provides a setting for Yavapai College early childhood education students to develop the skills and competencies necessary for careers with young children. Learn more about the FEC online at www.yc.edu/fec. “We are deeply grateful for the generous matching donation from Ray Sigafoos,” said Victoria Sweet, Director of the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center. “His support not only bolsters our operating budget, but also provides scholarships for children in need of care. This contribution will have a profound impact on our staff and the children we serve, fostering excellence throughout our center.” Ray Sigafoos is the present District 1 representative on the District Governing Board. He has been a member since 2005. He is a graduate of NAU and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1971. He has served on the boards of a number of institutions over the years, including the Prescott Fine Arts Association, the Phippen Art Museum, the Primavera School, the Yavapai Community Hospital Association, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “I was Board Chair in 2007 when the FEC was dedicated,” said Sigafoos. “During my dedication speech I donated $2,000 and challenged the board to make a similar donation. As to the recent challenge, I have the ability and desire to see that FEC continues in its mission. I hope that the challenge is successful.” “How exciting it is to have a donor want to make such a personal impact for the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center,” said Community College Executive Director Mary Talosi. “Hopefully, this will encourage the community to join Mr. Sigafoos in his endeavor to support the Center, the early childhood development program, the faculty, staff and most importantly, the children of the FEC.” Those wishing to donate to the FEC may do so online at www.yc.edu/FEC25K.

30-day, $25,000 matching grant donation to help with scholarships and operations

The Yavapai Community College Foundation has announced a 30-day, $25,000 matching grant donation challenge to help with scholarships and operations of the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center (FEC). The challenge is a result of a generous donation from Yavapai Community College District Governing Board member, Ray Sigafoos.

The donation described by the Community College in its press release, as slightly edited, follows below:

With this donation, every dollar contributed to the FEC through August 13 will be matched up to $25,000, effectively doubling the impact of any community member’s donation.

The FEC is a child development center located on the Prescott campus of Yavapai College. It provides a safe, nurturing, child-centered program that focuses on promoting children’s learning. As a laboratory school, the FEC provides a setting for Yavapai College early childhood education students to develop the skills and competencies necessary for careers with young children. Learn more about the FEC online at www.yc.edu/fec.

“We are deeply grateful for the generous matching donation from Ray Sigafoos,” said Victoria Sweet, Director of the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center. “His support not only bolsters our operating budget, but also provides scholarships for children in need of care. This contribution will have a profound impact on our staff and the children we serve, fostering excellence throughout our center.”

Ray Sigafoos is the present District 1 representative on the District Governing Board. He has been  a member since 2005. He is a graduate of NAU and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1971. He has served on the boards of a number of institutions over the years, including the Prescott Fine Arts Association, the Phippen Art Museum, the Primavera School, the Yavapai Community Hospital Association, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

“I was Board Chair in 2007 when the FEC was dedicated,” said Sigafoos. “During my dedication speech I donated $2,000 and challenged the board to make a similar donation. As to the recent challenge, I have the ability and desire to see that FEC continues in its mission. I hope that the challenge is successful.”

“How exciting it is to have a donor want to make such a personal impact for the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center,” said Community College Executive Director Mary Talosi. “Hopefully, this will encourage the community to join Mr. Sigafoos in his endeavor to support the Center, the early childhood development program, the faculty, staff and most importantly, the children of the FEC.”

Those wishing to donate to the FEC may do so online at www.yc.edu/FEC25K.

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAKES LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO LOCATION OF TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024 PUBLIC TAXATION HEARINGS – PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS SHOWING MEETING AT ROCK HOUSE INCORRECT

Tuesday’s meeting will be held in the Community Room 19-147 on the Prescott Campus beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Yavapai Community College has made a last minute change in the location for Tuesday’s taxation hearings.  Originally scheduled in published newspaper notices for the Rock House on the Prescott Campus, it has been changed as of Saturday, May 18 to the Community Room 19-147 on the Prescott Campus. 

The start time for the meeting remains 1:00 p.m.

OLLI OFFERING WINE APPRECIATION WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY MAY 1 ON VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS

Workshop runs from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., workshop fee $15; participation fee $65

The Sedona-Verde Valley Osher Life Long Learning Institution will offer a wine appreciation workshop on the Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale on Wednesday, May 1.  The workshop fee is $15 and the participation fee is $65. The workshop will run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

You may register on-line at yc.edu/ollisvregister for the program.

DURING JUNE AND JULY, PERSONNEL AT THE VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO THE NEWLY RENOVATED $3.1 MILLION CENTER FOR LEARNING AND INNOVATION IN BUILDING M IN PREPARATION FOR THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER

Demolition of Building 19 on the Prescott Campus will begin the week of May 13 in preparation for construction of the $15.3 million Center for Learning and innovation

After two years, the renovation of Building “M” on Verde Campus is nearing its final stages. Personnel are expected to begin moving back into the newly refurbished premises throughout June and July, in readiness for the upcoming fall semester. The last renovation of Building “M” took place during the 2011-12 academic year.

The Community College says that the revamped facility will boast state-of-the-art digital technology aimed at enriching the student experience “through accessible content.” Additionally, it will offer contemporary learning spaces, study rooms, and student support services akin to those provided at the current Learning Center.

In a move approved by the Community College District Governing Board, approximately $3.1 million was allocated for the renovation of Building “M” in May 2022. The structure will be rebranded as the “Center for Learning and Innovation.”

Furthermore, the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board approved spending $15.3 million in May 2023 for a more expansive facility, somewhat resembling the Verde Valley Center for Learning and Innovation, on the Prescott Campus. Demolition of Building 19 on the Prescott Campus, where the Center will be located,  is scheduled to begin May 13, in preparation for  construction.

YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONDUCTS TRADITIONAL SWEARING-IN AND BADGE-PINNING CEREMONY FOR 27 RECRUITS

New officers will join law enforcement agencies across the state

Yavapai Community College, in a press release dated December 12, 2023, announced that 27 law enforcement recruits trained at the College’s Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy in Prescott participated in the traditional swearing-in and badge-pinning ceremony at the Prescott campus earlier this month.

At the ceremony, Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine thanked the recruits for stepping into a difficult role during uncertain times. She said, “To say that it’s a very difficult time to be a police officer is truly an understatement. Thank you for your selfless decision to protect and serve and to take on the risks and demanding responsibility for all of us to live in a safe and secure community.”

Prescott Valley Police Chief Bob Ticer delivered the keynote address, congratulating them for the life of integrity it took to volunteer to join what he described as the “most noble profession on the face of the earth.”

The following are the NARTA Class 55 graduates and the police agencies they are joining:

Arturo Castillo, Jr., and Jason Tyler Ehlert, Chino Valley Police Department

Benjamin Samuel Bruner, Christian Brady Carter, Aaron Joseph Cote and Jennifer Jane Glover, Prescott Valley Police Department

Brandon Kalani Kawainui Callio, Page Police Department

Casey Sky Dragos, Camp Verde Marshal’s Office

Christopher Flowers, Nicholas William Hamilton, Douglas Allen Harwood, Nicholas David McKay, Brian Lee Sutton and Luis Alejandro Terrazas, Prescott Police Department

Michael Andrew Bentley, Oro Valley Police Department

Oscar Molina Teran, Payson Police Department

Richard James Avery, Bradley James Bartell, Jaden Elliot-Kai Berney and Tyler Jon Slim, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office

Travis Steven O’Donnal, Ryan Hunter Palmer and Corey James Tousley, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

Ty Matthew Furr and Steele Domingo Salinas, Flagstaff Police Department

Victor Esteven Rodriguez, Maricopa Police Department

Zachary Joseph MacGregor, Jerome Police Department

Source: Yavapai Community College press release by JJ McCormack dated Dec. 12, 2023.

NEW APARTMENT ON PRESCOTT CAMPUS OF YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPEARS READY FOR TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY

College says it completely “gutted” Building 30 to transform it from a storage facility to a furnished apartment with modern appliances and laundry

Yavapai Community College has completed the construction of a new apartment on the Prescott Campus. According to Community College authorities, the remodeling effort began with a complete gut of Building 30 to transform it from storage to a furnished apartment. The apartment comes complete with all modern kitchen appliances and laundry facilities.

The campus apartment is intended to provide temporary housing for new faculty and staff transitioning to Yavapai Community College. The College has found housing in the Prescott area for its new faculty and staff challenging, so it is attempting to help out with a temporary solution.

According to Community College officials, ‘The new apartment is comparable to the Verde Valley Campus RV park and will help new employees with this temporary solution.’

The total cost of the apartment renovation is not yet known.

DISCOVER THE RICH INDIGENOUS NATURAL HISTORY OF CENTRAL ARIZONA WITH OLLI SEDONA/ VERDE VALLEY’S FREE 2-HOUR PROGRAM OCTOBER 10 AT THE VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS

Prior Registration with OLLI required; Program to run from 1:00 pm. to 3:00 p.m. | Learn how Yavapai-Apache experiences are directly tied to discoveries of gold around Prescott and rich copper mines on Mingus Mountain and much more

The Sedona/Verde Valley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will present a free two hour program on the Verde Valley Campus October 10 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the rich indigenous natural history of Central Arizona.  Registration before the program with OLLI is required.  The presentation will take place in Room 137 in Building “M” on the Verde Valley Campus.

Dr. Maurice Crandall will give the presentation.  Dr. Crandall is an Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and an enrolled member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation.

The following is how OLLI describes the program:

Learn how Yavapai-Apache experiences are directly tied to discoveries of gold around Prescott and rich copper mines on Mingus Mountain, and the perennial streams of the Verde River watershed to raise the crops necessary to feed the growing numbers of non-Indian settlers who flooded the region beginning in the 1860s. Even after the Yavapai-Apache returned from forced exile around 1900, they survived by working in mining operations and infrastructure projects while squatting on United Verde Copper Company land. The natural beauty of central Arizona is contrasted by the ugly remnants of this extractive past: slag heaps, leach fields, and abandoned mines. This lecture will challenge listeners to think about their relationship to the environment, how the natural history and resources of the region have been abused to the detriment of the land and its original inhabitants, and open a discussion of how to heal and move forward, honoring the natural history of the land and its people.

Dr. Maurice Crandall is an Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and an enrolled member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation. He previously taught at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Professor Crandall is a multi-award-winning author and public intellectual who has presented his research throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and Europe. His first book, These People Have Always Been a Republic: Indigenous Electorates in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1598–1912, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2019. His second book, on Yavapai-Apache Scouts, is under contract with W.W. Norton & Company. He received his PhD in History from the University of New Mexico, and is a graduate of Mingus Union High School.