In this edition of “Campus Scenes,” you’ll enjoy a journey through a variety of images of life at Yakima Valley College’s campuses and learning centers. Above, a Grandview Fire Department truck is parked in front of the Grandview Library during Yak Family Night in September, an event welcoming YVC students and introducing them to resources supporting their academic and personal success. If you take a photo of an event or activity at YVC that you’d like to submit for consideration in a future “Campus Scenes” gallery, please email communityrelations@yvcc.edu.
President Teresa Rich, right, and Vice President for Instruction Kerrie Cavaness, second from right, dish up caramel apples to students during Halloween Fall Fest in Hopf Union Building.
Students talk to Herlinda Ruvalcaba, Bachelor of Applied Science programs director, during Yak Family Night on the Yakima Campus in September.
Elementary and middle school students watch as Chemistry Instructors Emeka Udenze, left, and Sam Mazhari, right, present a science experiment during a summer STEM camp.
Anti-racist strategist Herminia Esqueda gives a presentation on Tejano music as part of the college's Hispanic Heritage Month activities.
YVC staff and faculty take part in a workshop to learn best practices for supporting the college's first-generation college students as part of a national celebration honoring the successes of those students. Approximately 75% of YVC students are first-generation, along with many of the college's faculty and staff.
Students and employees participate in an interactive workshop on the history and building of altars for Hispanic Heritage Month and the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos).
Staff members play an oversized game of chess during the It's Fall, Y'all Employee
Social in October. The event also featured an employee cook-off, with several faculty
and staff preparing some of their favorite dishes, which were judged by a panel of
staff and members of the college's Board of Trustees.
Students in the college's Upward Bound program assemble models during a STEM activity during the program's annual summer residential experience. The experience brings students of local high schools to YVC to get a taste of college life.
Prospective students talk to enrollment services and other student services staff members during an Express Admit Day event on the Grandview Campus in late July.
Students enjoy caramel apples during Halloween Fall Fest in Hopf Union Building.
Photos by Matt Barton, multimedia content specialist.