Welcome Honors Students

As an MCC Honors Student, you'll learn from highly qualified faculty in small, dynamic classes. You'll receive the highest level of personalized guidance and student support. And you'll acquire a first-rate education in an ideal learning environment - all at a very affordable tuition rate.

The MCC Honors Program is dedicated to helping you reach your highest potential. We offer a rigorous multi-disciplinary curriculum that emphasizes active, small-group learning supported by related extra-curricular activities.

Financial Benefits

There are two ways to receive money as a member of the Honors Program: the Presidents' Scholarship* and the Honors Achievement Award. Any student receiving money from either scholarship are required to take a minimum of one – three credit honors class. All scholarship recipients are automatically admitted into the Honors Program at MCC.

Recent graduates from NCA-accredited high schools in Maricopa County are eligible to apply for the Presidents' Scholarship, provided they rank in the top 15% of their graduating classes in the 6th, 7th or 8th semester and enroll in the academic year following high school graduation without having enrolled in any institution other than a Maricopa Community College. *ALL Presidents Scholarship Recipients MUST take an Honors-Only class.

Continuing and transfer students may apply for the Honors Achievement Award Program after having accumulated a minimum of 12 credits with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.250.

Congratulations to our 2011 - 2012 Scholarship Winners

Chancellors Scholarship: Melanie Ann Kahler
Foundation Scholarship: Brittany Jordan Leavitt
Betty Hedin Elsner Nominee: Shane Matthew Dye-McCartie

2011 Honors Program Graduates:

Congratulations to the following students have completed fifteen credits of Honors credits, one credit of Service Learning (totaling 50 hours of service), and have a cumulative GPA of a 3.50 or higher which earns the student the distinction of Graduating from the Honors Program:

Nancy Adams	Lea M. Laffertha	Amber Marie White
Hillary Andrews	Anca Octavia Mihalcescu	Kymri A. Bouldin
Stacie Peterson	Leslie Bryson	Bryan Allen Plummer
Kimberly Jane Harris	Steven Alden Schaub	Mary Herbst
Therese Victoria Schertl	Shela M. Hidalgo	Chiara Tovya Spence
Kevin R. Keleher	Tiffany Wilson

Honors Research Showcase

Congratulations to our Honors Reserch Showcase winners:

• 1st Place: Diane Cook - Topic: Diabetes
• 2nd Place: Lauren Lang - Topic: Scoliosis


Honorable Mentions
• Hailey Babb - Topic: Necrotizing Fasciitis
• Jessica Sabin - Topic: Self-Esteem
• Justin Harwood - Topic: Benefits of Good Sleep
• Erika Hawes - Topic: Thyroid Cancer

Thank you to all of the participants, your posters and your knowledge of your topics were outstanding. Thank you to our judges Dr. Ann Ewing and Dr. Carolyn St. Peter.

Upcoming Events

Honors Contrats for Spring 2012

The Honors Contract due date has been extended to Friday February 10th . You can turn them in to the Honors Office at the Red Mountain campus located on the second floor of the Palo Verde building and the Honors Office on the Southern & Dobson campus located in the Social/Cultural Science building (#14).

Wednesday February 15th : Honors Forum Lecture Series Speaker: Dr. Arsalan Iftikhar will be speaking on The Democracy Renaissance in the Arab World at Phoenix College, Bulpitt Auditorium, 7:00PM

Scholarship Application Due Date: Chancellor's, Foundation, and Betty Hedin-Elsner scholarship application is due on Friday March 9th. Application is on the Scholarship page.