For Diabetes Awareness Month I am excited to inform you what diabetes is all about. According to the CDC, Diabetes is #7 leading cause of death in the United States. 1/5 people don’t even know they have diabetes. Unfortunately, a lot of people are not taking their health seriously. So, in the last 20 years [...]

Creating a plan for your money can help reduce financial stress. Join Washington State Employees Credit Union’s Josh Bergman as he helps students change their mind about managing money. Bergman loves to change people’s minds about money by taking a dull, boring topic and instilling life and direction into it. Trained as a financial coach, [...]

Winter is around the corner and many people like doing different things. I wonder what is your favorite thing or things to do? Is your favorite thing to do going on vacation? Or going to the mountains? I personally have a few things that I like to do such as watching movies with hot chocolate, [...]

Yakima Valley College is hosting an upcoming Flagger Certification Training on Friday, November 18, 2022. The one-day training will be held from 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on YVC’s Yakima Campus - Skills Center, Building 32, Room 104. The training provides certification for work zone traffic control flaggers. The tuition fee of $55 includes a [...]

Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a traditional holiday that originated in Mexico; it is celebrated on November 1 to commemorate the children and November 2 to celebrate the adults. It is not one of my favorite holidays because it reminds me that some of my loved ones are not alive. [...]

What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that one partner uses to gain or maintain control and power over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be sexual, physical, emotional, economic, psychological, technological, threats of action, or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an [...]

Yakima Valley College will host several financial aid workshops to help students and their families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA). Upcoming Workshop Sessions Yakima Campus October 12, 2022 • November 9, 2022 • January 18, 2023 • February 15, 2023 2 – [...]

Gather all your socks for our October event! Introducing Socktober, an organization that gathers socks throughout October for homeless shelters. Homeless shelters are always in need of support from their community. As a YVC (Yakima Valley College) student, I have never felt left behind by my community. Our community is what helps us as students [...]

When did you last visit a pharmacy? We'd love your voice and encourage you to partake in the community here at YVC by getting involved in our Pharmacy Club. You don't have to be in the pharmacy field to join, although we will bring awareness to those opportunities for those interested. Pharmacy impacts everyone and we'd [...]

Advising Day is November 1 YVC is providing mandatory advising via phone, Zoom or an in-person session for students with less than 30 college-level credits. Advising Day will be held November 1, 2022. No daytime in-person or synchronous classes on November 1! Evening classes that begin at or after 6 p.m. are held at their [...]