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YAVAPAI COLLEGE CATALOG • 2015/16
Yavapai College Foundation Office
Steve Walker, Vice President for College Development and Foundation
1100 E. Sheldon St. Prescott, AZ 86301 928.776.2025 foundation@yc.edu
Yavapai College Foundation
Ensuring Excellence in Education at Yavapai College and Supporting our Communities
Since 1972 the Yavapai College Foundation (YCF) has been committed to excellence in education and enhancing the opportunities of Yavapai College‘s students, faculty and local communities. The far-reaching scope of the Foundation is evident through its diverse auxiliary organizations and projects.
As Yavapai County and Yavapai College grow, the need for a strong and financially supportive Foundation has never been greater. There are many ways you can help:
• Give a gift today
• Designate a gift to a specific priority
• Name YCF in your planned gift or will
• Become a Foundation/Auxiliary member • Volunteer
Scholarships – Over 125 endowed funds benefit hundreds of students each year, with more than $1,000,000 awarded to deserving undergraduates over the last decade.
Yavapai College Foundation through our auxiliaries and volunteers support the needs and opportunities in our communities across our county.
Friends of Music
Supports the Music Department’s students and Programs, thereby providing a desirable environment for new and existing students. Through their financial contributions FOM have ensured that exceptional students are drawn into the Music Program and continue to educate future teachers/ performers who will carry the universal language of music to this and future generations. FOM had their first Annual Fundraiser Handel’s “Messiah sing-along” this last December in the Performing Arts Center at Yavapai College. Come join us!
Friends of the Family Enrichment Center
A group of individuals and companies dedicated to early childhood development and education. At the FEC, children are learning all the time! Teachers support and challenge them to develop new skills, to think creatively, and to work together to solve problems. FEC’s program also provides hands-on teaching experience for Yavapai College students, an invaluable resource for elementary and early childhood education. Each spring the auxiliary supports an event highlighting the learning that takes place in the FEC classroom called Framing the Future Luncheon.
Friends of the Southwest Wine Center
Support and raise funds for the Southwest Wine Center located on the Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus. The center will serve as a hub of education, research and rural economic development activity designed to support a young viticulture industry in achieving its potential as a significant US wine producing region. At the core of the center will be five key components: academic programs, student-run vineyard, full-production teaching winery, knowledge gateway and date repository, business linkages. FoSWC supports the center through outreach events such as “Plant a Vine” in May and hosts the annual Southwest Wine & Dine in the Vines in the fall.
Join and/or donate to YCF @ www.yc.edu/YCF.
Executive Committee
Perry Massie, President
Howard Moody, Immediate Past President
Steve Rutherford, First Vice President
Valerie Wood, Second Vice President
Karen Rizk, Treasurer
Jim Messerschmitt, Secretary
Dr. Penelope Wills, Yavapai College President
Steve Walker, VP of College Development and Foundation, Ex-Officio
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