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Scholarships needed for new Tcertificate programs
he four new certificate programs that the Yavapai Verde Valley Campus Executive Dean James Perey said College District Governing Board (DGB) approved that the College conducted interviews, site visits, cost earlier this year hold the promise of serving both the analyses, and extensive research for two years before
education and economic needs of the residents of Yavapai developing plans for the programs. The extensive work
County. The Yavapai College Foundation wants to do its part to fulfill that promise.
The new certificate programs that start in the fall are Culinary Arts Fundamentals, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Enology, and Integrated Systems Engineering Technician. The first three will be administered from the college’s Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale, with many of the required courses available online for students throughout the district. Because of its technology and equipment requirements, Integrated Systems Engineering Technician will be based at the College’s Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) near the Prescott airport.
“A lot of research, community input and analysis went into putting together these programs, and we anticipate plenty of student interest,” said Steve Walker, Executive Director of the Yavapai College Foundation. “The Foundation wants to make sure that scholarship help is available for students who could not otherwise pursue these certificates and the related careers.”
“We’re always looking for and evaluating programs that meet the educational, economic, and cultural needs of
the people of Yavapai County and can be offered at a justifiable cost to students and taxpayers,” Yavapai College President Dr. Penny Wills said. “We believe these new programs meet those criteria, and we’re eager to welcome the new students that they’ll attract.”
paid off, and all four programs are scheduled to start in the fall 2015 semester.
Culinary Arts Fundamentals is a 16-credit-hour certificate program designed to equip students with culinary fundamentals needed for employment in the restaurant industry. Yavapai College plans to lease a teaching kitchen with six separate units at Camp Verde High School. “The YC certificate program will offer the first pathway to postsecondary certificates or credentials for those interested in pursuing employment in the field,” said Dr. Stuart Blacklaw, Provost and Vice President for Instruction & Student Development.
The Hotel and Restaurant Management Certificate
program, which will require 28 credit hours, will prepare individuals for management careers in hotels and commercial food service. “Annual openings for jobs in
this industry are 71 per year in Yavapai County,” Blacklaw noted. “The program will require little to no capital infrastructure – utilizing existing classrooms and facilities – while supporting local economy, business and industry.”
The Enology Certificate program (23 credit hours) is designed to prepare students for careers in the wine industry with an emphasis on wine production. The courses in this certificate are part of, and are applicable to, the College’s existing AAS degree program in Viticulture and Enology.
The Certificate in Integrated Systems Engineering Technician will prepare students to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to the identification and resolution of production problems in product manufacturing. “It’s no longer sufficient to know a single technology—such as robotics, engineering graphics or CNC—since these technologies are often integrated into a single system,” said John Morgan, dean of YC’s Career and Technical Education Center. “In order to
install, maintain and troubleshoot these complex systems, workers must be trained in multiple disciplines. That’s what the Integrated Systems Engineering Technician certificate is all about.”
For more information on providing scholarship support for students in these and other Yavapai College programs, contact Paul Kirchgraber, 928-717-7773; paul.kirchgraber@yc.edu.
The new Culinary Arts certificate program is designed to equip students with culinary fundamentals needed for employment in the restaurant industry.