Arizona college professor turns bike rides into a fundraiser for students
Dr. Daniel Schwartz hits the trail for his COVID Ride of Hope campaign.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - A Yavapai County professor is helping support his students by hitting the trails with his bike.
It's fair to say Dr. Daniel Schwartz is on a very important path in life.
Dr. Schwartz is an American Sign Language professor and interpreter at Yavapai College in Prescott. When the pandemic hit last year, he noticed the negative impact it was having on his students.
"I maintain contact with all of my students via email, via online discussion...and I did virtual office hours, and I was [hearing about] a lot of personal problems," said Schwartz. "Students were unable to make the class times because either their hours had been cut and they had to adjust their work shifts, or take on a second job that interfered with what was already previously a set aside time for our class time.