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YVC Winery Tour Set For Mid-April
YVC Winery Tour Set For Mid-April
YVC Winery Tour Set For Mid-April
The central Washington community is invited to get a behind-the-scenes open house at the only teaching winery in the region.  Teach, Tour & Taste is Friday, April 18th, with doors opening at 5 p.m., and educational tours and tastings continuing until 7 p.m.    Y...
YVC Opens CAMP Application Window
YVC Opens CAMP Application Window
YVC Opens CAMP Application Window
Central Washington migrant or seasonal farmworkers, as well as their children, can access additional support when pursuing higher education.  The assistance is made available through Yakima Valley College’s College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP).   CAMP i...
YVC Offering A Host Of Wine Classes In Winter
YVC Offering A Host Of Wine Classes In Winter
YVC Offering A Host Of Wine Classes In Winter
For those looking to get into the ag industry, or those looking to expand their education, Yakima Valley College will hold a host of classes focused on the wine industry in the winter quarter.  Trent Ball, chair of Yakima Valley College’s Agriculture Department and Vineyard and Winery Technology Program, said as a department they tried to make these classes a reality for those already working in i
YVC Launches 3rd Cohort Of Ag Sciences
YVC Launches 3rd Cohort Of Ag Sciences
YVC Launches 3rd Cohort Of Ag Sciences
This fall, Yakima Valley College welcomed in their 3rd cohort of students seeking a Bachelors of Applied Science in Agricultural Sciences degree.  Trent Ball, head of YVC’s Ag Department said what makes their program unique is the connection with the farming community across central Washington.  He noted thei...
Yakima Valley Vintners To Host French Market Friday
Yakima Valley Vintners To Host French Market Friday
Yakima Valley Vintners To Host French Market Friday
Yakima Valley College’s teaching winery, Yakima Valley Vintners, will host a French Market and Wie Release Party on Friday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.  The event will take place in the school’s tasting room on the Yakima Campus, at 1606 West Nob Hill Blvd.  YVV officials say i...
YVC’s CAMP Program Looks To Help Migrant Farmworkers
YVC’s CAMP Program Looks To Help Migrant Farmworkers
YVC’s CAMP Program Looks To Help Migrant Farmworkers
In an effort to help migrant or seasonal farmworkers, and their children pursuing higher education, Yakima Valley College has their College Assistance Migrant Program, better known as CAMP.  CAMP is funding by the U.S. Department of Education to provide a range of support to help migrant or seasonal farmworkers and their family successfully complete the first year of college.   “...
YVV Honored At Recent Wine Competition
YVV Honored At Recent Wine Competition
YVV Honored At Recent Wine Competition
Yakima Valley College’s teaching winery was recently honored in a number of categories.  Yakima Valley Vintners received multiple honors at the 2022 Great Northwest Wine Platinum Competition.  YVV’s 2017 Red Backpack Red Wine received double platinum while the 2018 Dean’s List Merlot and 2017 Senioritis Red Blend each earned platinum honors.  In addition, double-gold honors wer...
YVC Opens Application Process For New Ag Degree Program
YVC Opens Application Process For New Ag Degree Program
YVC Opens Application Process For New Ag Degree Program
This week, Yakima Valley College started accepting applications for the first class of the school’s new Bachelor of Applied Science in Agricultural Sciences program. The program, according Tent Ball chair of YVC’s Agriculture Department, is designed for students at the very beginning of their careers who are interested in a four-year degree as well as working adults who are interested in advancin
YVC Awarded Over $300K To Help Undocumented Students
YVC Awarded Over $300K To Help Undocumented Students
YVC Awarded Over $300K To Help Undocumented Students
Yakima Valley College was recently awarded $321,850 in grant money to provide financial aid to undocumented students who are residents of Washington during the Spring 2021 Quarter. The funding, provided through the state’s Emergency Relief Grant program signed into law last month, will support resident undocumented individuals who demonstrate financial need but do not qualify for federally-funded

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