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Yakima Valley Community College’s 2012-2013 Faculty Lecture Series continues on May 1 with Alicia Bickley presenting " When Opportunity Knocks: YVCC Students and The Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival."

Yakima Valley Community College’s 2012-2013 Diversity Series "Sustainability as Cultural Imperative" continues on Thursday, April 24, 2013 with YVCC Student Video Competition, "Why is Diversity Important to Me?". Diversity Series events are free and open to the public.

Yakima Valley Community College, in collaboration with the Yakima Area Arboretum, presents Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, an illustrated lecture by Mark Turner. Admission is free and open to the community.

Yakima Valley Community College, in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Early Learning’s Early Achievers program, is offering opportunities for childcare professionals to earn a degree in Early Childhood Education. Childcare professionals who are currently employed in a childcare program that participates in Early Achievers may be eligible for $5,000 in financial aid.

Yakima Valley Community College will offer classes this Spring Quarter 2013 for people who want to wet a line or climb a mountain.

Yakima Valley Community College has joined the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation's  leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through' community colleges.

Yakima Valley Community College is offering technology workshops in March. The classes will be student led and are free and open to the public.

Allied Arts of Yakima Valley has some interesting classes planned to start soon, but still needs teachers and volunteers to make them a reality.

Yakima Valley Community College will host information nights about YVCC’s Running Start Program for current high school sophomores and juniors and their parents.

Previous winners include two members of congress, a Washington Supreme Court Justice, a research scientist and a Fox News legal analyst.